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HISTORICAL    COLLECTIONS 


OF       THE 


ESSEX  INSTITUTE. 


VOLUME      V. 


PUBLISHED     FOR    THE     ESSEX    INSTITUTE, 

By    G-.    M:.    AVliipple    «fe    J^.    ^.    Smitli. 

1863. 


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CONTENTS. 


IVXJMBER       ONE. 

Journal  of  Capt.  Saniuel  Page,  in  the  Campaign  j  Notes  on  American  Currency,  No.  10,  ooiumunica- 

of   1779,  with   Notes,    communicated    by  S.  P.         !     ted  by  M.  A.  Stickney, 30 

Fowler.    (Continued.) 1    Materials  for  a  Genealogy  of  the  Higginson  Fam- 

A  Copy  of  the  First  Book  of  Births,  of  the  Town  !     ily,  compiled  by  Henry  Wheatland,      ...     33 

of  Rowley,  with  Notes,    communicated  by   M.  ;  Abstracts  from  Wills,  Inventories,  ifcc,  on  file  in 

A.  Stickney.    (Continued.) 9  j     the  Office  of  the  Clerk  of  Courts,  Salem,  Mass. 

A  List  of  Deaths  in  Beverly,  made  by  Col.  Rob-  j     Copied  by  Ira  J.  Patch.    (Continued.)       .       .      42 

ert  Hale, 16  j  Boston  Numismatic  Society 48 

Additional  Notice  of  Benjamin    Gerrish,  and  of 

the  Old  Gerrish  House,  by  Benjamin  F.  Browne,  23  I 


]vxjm:beii     ttto. 


A  Memoir  of  Gen.  John  Glover,  of  Marblehead,  by 
William  P.  Upham 

Who  was  the  First  Governor  of  Massachusetts  ?  by 
Joseph  B.  Felt.        .        , 

A  Copy  of  the  First  Book  of  Births  of  the  Town  of 
Rowley,  with  Notes, by  M.  A.  Stickney.  (Contin- 
ued.)        .       - 


73 


84 


Abstracts  from  Wills,  Inventories,  &c.,  on  file  in  the 
Office  of  Clerk  of  Courts.  Salem,  Mass.  Copied 
by  Ira  J.  Patch.    (Continued.)       ....    91 

A  List  of  Deaths  in  Beverly,  made  by  Col.  Robert 
Hale.    (Continued.) 94 

Corrections 96 


IMXJIMEBEK, 

A  Memoir  of  Gen.  John  Glover,  by  W.  P.  Up- 
ham.   (Continued.) -97 

A  Copy  of  the  First  Book  of  Births  of  the  Town 
of  Rowley,  with  Notes,  by  M.  A.  Stickney.  (Con- 
tinued.)         132 


THREE. 

Abstracts  from  Wills,  Inventories,  &c..  on  file  in 
the  Office  of  Clerk  of  Courts,  Salem,  Mass.  Cop- 
ied by  Ira  J.  Patch.    (Continued.)        .        .       .    l4o 

A  List  of  Deaths  in  Beverly,  made  by  Col.  Robert 
Hale.    (Continued.)        .        .        ,        .        .         .143 

Errata 144 


IVUIMCKER,       EOUR. 


Rantoul  Genealogy,  &c 145 

A  copy  of  the  First  Book  of  Births,  of  the  Town  of 

Rowley,  with  notes.    Communicated  by  M.  A. 

Stickney.    (Continued.) 152 

Wreck  of  the  Schooner  Nancy,  in  1752.       .  157 

Topsfield  Boundary,  in  1691 158 

Notes  on  the  Gray  Family 159 

Momoir  of  Gen.  John  Glover  ....  159 
A  copy  of  the  First  Book  of  Burialls,  of  the  town  of 

Rowley,  with  notes.    Communicated  by  M.  A. 

Stickney 161 


Copy  from  original  Book  of  Grants  of  Salem.  Com- 
municated by  Perley  Derby,  with  notes  by  B 
F.Browne.    (Continued.) ige 

Record  of  Marriages,  Births  and  Deaths,  in  the 
town  of  Lynn,  Vol.  2d.  Communicated  by  Ira 
J.  Patch 172 

The  Fort-Popham  Celebration      ....        175 

Abstracts  from  Wills,  Inventories,  &c.  Copied  by 
Ira  J.  Patch.  (Continued) 192 


NUMIBER       FIVE. 


Mr.  Rantoul's  yoath  and  apprenticeship    . 

Some  notes  upon  Mr.  Rantoul's  Reminiscences, 
by  B.  F.    Browne, 

A  copy  of  the  First  Book  of  Burialls  and  deaths 
of  the  Town  of  Rowley,  with  notes,  oommuni- 
oated  by  M.   A.  Stickney,       .... 

Materials  for  a  Genealogy  of  the  Ward  Family 
in  Salem,  or  Notices  of  the  Descendants  of 
Miles  Ward,  compiled  by  G.  R.  Curwen, 

Copy  fVom  original  Book  of  Grants  of  Salem, 
communicated  by  Perley  Derby,  with  notes  by 
B.  F.  Browne, 


193 

197 


207 


219 


Church  Records  of  Lynnfleld  copied  by  Ebeneaser 
Parsons, 228 

A  list  of  Deaths  in  Beverly,  made  by  Col  Robert 

Hale 231 

Dartmoor  Prisoners, 235 

Cheever  Family, 236 

Record  oi  Marriages,  Births  and  Deaths  in  the 
town  of  Lynn,  vol.  2,  communicated  by  Ira  J. 
Patch 237 

Gleanings  from  the  Records  of  the  Church  at 
Ipswich  ;  Hamlet,    .- 240 


I»frJM:BER       SIX. 


Mr.  Rantoul's  Establishment  in  Business— Intemper- 
ance and  Pauperism,  (continued,)  '^  .       .       .       241 

Some  notes  upon  Mr.  Rantoul's  Reminiscences,  by 
Benj.  F.  Browne, 247 

Historical  Sketch  of  the  Forts  on  Salem  Neck,  by 
Joseph  B.  Felt, -255 

A  copy  of  the  First  Book  of  Burialls  and  Deaths  of 
the  town  of  Rowley,  with  notes,  communicated 
by  M.  A.  Stickney,  (continued,)         ...       260 


Copy  from  Original  Book  of  Grants  of  Salem,  com- 
municated by  Perley  Derby,  with  notes  by  B.  F. 

Browne,  (continued,) 268 

Gleanings— Essex  Co.  Probate  Files,     .       .       .       274 
Hale  Memoranda,  (continued,)       ....       276 

Errata, 282 

Index  of  names, 288 


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HISTORICAL    COLLECTIONS 

O  F      T  H  E 

ESSEX     INSTITUTE. 


Vol.    V. 


February,    1863. 


ISTo.    1. 


JOURNAL  OP  CAPT.  SAMUEL  PAGE, 
IN  THE  CAMPAIGN  OF  1779,  WITH 
NOTES. 


COMMUNICATED   BY    SAMUEL    P.   FOWLER. 


Continued  from  vol.  iv,  page  249. 


May,  1776.  At  5  o'clock  this  afternoon, 
all  the  men,  who  stand  in  absolute  need  of 
shoes,  will  be  paraded  on  the  grand  parade  by 
Hills  to  receive  them,  and  the  names  of  the 
men  will  be  sent,  with  a  non-commissioned  offi- 
cer from  each  company.  In  the  reports  of 
Mondays  and  Thursdays,  the  whole  compa- 
nies, whether  present  or  absent,  will  be  ac- 
counted for,  and  if  the  companies  are  not  com- 
plete, there  will  be  columns  in  the  returns,  for 
those  mit'sing.  The  guards,  in  future,  will 
parade  precisely  at  7  o'clock.  It  is  a  shame 
for  the  guards  to  be  detained  on  the  parade ; 
the  utmost  precis^ion  must  be  observed  in  re- 
gard to  time.  The  hill  on  the  right  of  Capt. 
Alden's  quarters,  is  appointed  for  the  parade. 
Capts.  Burnham  and  Alden  will  make  a  re- 
ttim  of  the  number  of  flints  wanting,  to  fur- 
nish each  man  with  two.  If  any  of  the  Cap- 
tains object  to  the  following  arrangement  of 
the  companies,  they  will  send  their  objections 
in  writing,  to  the  commanding  officer,  before 


the  next  orderly  day.  The  rank  of  the  Cap- 
tains was  made  a  rule  for  the  arrangement,  as 
follows :  1st  Burnham,  2nd  Alden,  3rd  Ben- 
son, 4th  Page,  5th  Stetson. 

In  future,  application  for  the  sick  of  each 
company,  will  be  made  to  Dr.  Finley  for  ex- 
amination, and  if  they  are  unfit  to  remain  at 
their  respective  quarters,  they  will  be  admit- 
ted in  the  hospital,  by  his  certificate  only. 

May  20, 1799.  The  field  between  Young's 
and  Allar'.j  is  appointed  for  the  parade  of  the 
guards  precisely  at  7  o,clock. 

In  case  of  an  attack  in  the  night,  on  any  of 
the  pickets  or  companies  on  the  right,  the  left 
will  immediately  march  with  their  packs,  to  the 
crotch  of  the  road,  between  AUar's  and 
Young's.  In  like  manner  if  the  attack  is  on 
the  left,  the  conpamies  on  the  right  will  march 
to  the  same  place.  In  case  of  an  alarm  or  at- 
tack by  day,  all  the  companies  will  be  parad- 
ed on  their  own  alarm  posts,  with  their  packs 
slung,  and  wait  for  orders.  The  companies 
will  keep  themselves  in  readiness  to  move  at  a 
minute's  warning.  Returns  will  be  made  to- 
morrow morning  at  nine  o'clock,  of  the  flints 
wanting  to  make  two  good  ones  pr.  man,  and 
of  cartridges  to  complete  the  boxes.     All  bad 


cartridges  will  be  returned  to  the  commanding 
officer.  The  commanding  officer  repeats  his 
order,  that  when  a  flag  of  truce  comes  to  eith- 
er of  the  pickets,  it  is  to  be  stopped,  and  the 
name,  rank  and  papers,  which  the  officer  brings, 
are  to  be  sent  to  the  commanding  officer,  and 
the  flag  to  be  detained,  until  he  sends  orders 
for  his  dismission.  Care  must  be  taken,  that 
the  officer  holds  no  conversation  with  the  inhab- 
itants. All  desertiers.  with  their  arras,  ac- 
coutrements, and  clothing,  must  be  sent  to  the 
commanding  officer.  All  newspapers  from 
New  York,  which  are  collected,  will  also  be 
sent.  When  an  officer  has  a  warrant  for  a 
team  or  horse,  he  will  send  a  corporal,  and 
give  him  orders  not  to  abuse  or  insult  the  in- 
habitants. The  companies  will  parade  pre- 
cisely at  2  o'clock  in  the  morning,  until  fur- 
ther orders,  with  packs  done  up  and  slung. 
N.  B.  The  officers  will  see  that  their  men  go 
to  rest  by  dusk. 

Wbst  Point,  May  30,  1799. 
All  those  regiments,  who  are  not  furnished 
with  bayonet  belts,  are  to  make  a  return,  and 
apply  for  them  without  delay.  Those  of  the 
Light  Infantry,  whose  pieces  are  loaded,  should 
be  drawn  and  cleaned,  and  those  who  cannot 
draw  their  charges,  will  be  fired  this  evening 
at  retreat,  boating  in  platoons  under  the  direc- 
tion of  an  officer,  and  afterwards  none  are  to 
fire  their  pieces,  on  any  pretence  whatever. 
Issuing  companies  are  desired  to  issue  one 
quart  of  peas  pr.  man,  pr.  week,  until  further 
orders. 

Hkad   Quarters,  West  Point,  ) 
June  3,  1779.          j 

By  every  movement  of  the  enemy,  it  appears 
evident,  that  their  object  is  the  reduction  of  this 
post,  and  to  eflfect  this,  no   art,  stratagem  or 


force  within  their  power,  will  be  left  unessay- 
ed.     The  duty  therefore,  of  every  officer,  calls 
upon  them  to  u.se  every  possible  exertion,    to 
complete  the  works,  and  place  the  garrison  in 
the  most  respectable    order  of   defence.     The 
strictest  attention   must  be  paid  to  the  forma- 
tion of  the  troops;  their  arms,  ammunition  and 
accoutrements  must  be  daily  inspected,  as  the 
security  of  any  post,  depends  upon  the   alert- 
ness of  the  out  guards ;  the  commanding  officer 
expects  their  vigilance  and   attention  will  be 
an   effective  guard  against  the  danger  of  sur- 
i  prise.  The  safety  of  our  Country,  and  the  hon- 
i  or  of  our  arms,  demand  of  us  a  conduct  wor- 
I  thy  of  the  importance  of  our  cause.     Freedom, 
i  life  and  safety  are  the  object.s  of  our  contest, 
I  and  let  us  discharge   our  duty  like  men,  and 
i  we  shall  receive   the  gratitude  and  applause 
j  which  ever  attend  great  actions.     Lieut.   Sto- 
j  ry  is  to  do  the  duty  of   Adjutant,  and  Ensign 
I  Bullard  Q.  M.  to  the  corps  of  Infantry,   'till 
further  orders,  and  are  to  be  obeyed  as  such. 
The  North  Carolina  troops,  one  half  of  them 
properly  officered,  parade  to  morrow  morning 
for  fatigue  duty,  and  be  relieved  by  the  other 
half,  at  one  o'clock,  marching  at  that  time  in- 
to Fort  Arnold.     The  Coniraandant  is    much 
pleased  with  the  laudable  example,  the  officers 
have    set  in   their  forwarding   the  works,    by 
their  own  industry,  and  hopes  every  one    pos- 
sessed of  that  good  spirit,  will  continue  so   to 
do,  at  least  until  the  works  upon  the  Hill  are 
completed. 

Orders  for  the  Light  Infantry :  The  Light 
Infantry,  being  formed  in  a  separate  corps,  and 
honored  with  the  defence  of  the  outposts,  will 
consider  their  reputation  as  entirely  depend- 
ing upon  their  good  conduct,  and  that  alone 
will  determine  whether  they  are  worthy  of  the 
honor  conferred.  As  they  are  free  from  all 
kind  of  fatigue  duty,  they  will  preserve  a  clean- 


ly  and  soldier  like  appearance,  and  their  arms 
will  be  always  kept  bright,  and  in  the  most 
perfect  order.  Disobedience  of  these  orders 
will  be  severely  punished,  as  it  is  a  scandal 
for  a  Light  Infantry  man  to  appear  dirty,  and 
keep  his  arms  in  bad  order.  The  officers  and 
men  for  duty,  will  be  brought  on  the  parade, 
close  shaved,  and  powdered.  S«rgt.  Foster,  of 
Capt.  Burnham's  company,  is  appointed  Sergt. 
Major  to  the  Light  Infantry,  and  Sergt.  Jones 
Q.  M.  Sergt. 

Head  Quarters,  4th  June. 
Officers  for  tomorrow,  Major  Winslow,  Adj- 
utant Clapp.  The  General,  finding  the  troops 
fatigued,  ordered  no  duty  this  afternoon,  but 
directed  the  men  to  attend  to  cleaning  them- 
selves, their  arms&c,  and  that  in  future,  the 
fatigue  come  on  at  6  o'clock  in  the  morning, 
and  work  till  ten,  ai.d  the  same  numbers  from 
each  Regiment  come  on  at  three  o'clock  P.  M. 
and  work  till  seven,  and  each  man  to  have  a 
gill  of  rum,  till  further  orders.  The  Court 
Martial,  whereof  Col.  Jackson  was  President, 
is  dissolved.  The  same  officers  that  go  on  fa- 
tigue, will  continue  till  night. 

Head  Qdarters,  5th  of  June. 
Officers  to-morrow.  Major  Peters,  Adjutant 
Torrey.  Brigade  Major  Banister  is  appoint- 
ed to  do  the  duty  of  Adjutant  General  to  this 
Post,  and  Capt.  Bailey,  Brigade  Major  to  late 
Larnard's  Brigade,  till  futher  orders,  and  to 
be  obeyed  as  such.  The  fatigue  men,  in  fu- 
ture, will  be  turned  off  the  parade  in  files, 
and  march  in  that  order  to  their  work,  as  at 
present  they  march  in  no  order  whatever,  and 
the  officers  will  be  particular  on  this  account. 
Weekly  returns  will  be  made  out  to  day.  Ma- 
jor Hull's  orders.  A  return  will  be  made  this 
day,  of  the  state  of  each  companie's  deficien- 
cies of  arms,  bayonets,  flints,  amunition  and 


accoutrements,  likewise  of  the  number  of  shoes 
wanted. 

Head  Quarters,  7th  June  '79. 

Officers  to  morrow,  Col.  Patten,  and  Adju- 
tant 2d.  N.  Carolina. 

The  great  scarcity  of  forage  necessitates  the 
General  to  request  the  gentlemen  who  have  a 
right  to  keep  horses  at  public  expense,  to  re- 
move them  from  the  Point,  and  none  are  to  be 
detained,  excepting  two  for  the  commanding 
officers  of  Brigades,  and  Major  of  Brigades, 
two  for  the  Engineers,  one  for  the  command- 
ing officer  of  Light  Infantry,  and  the  public 
horses  necessary  in  the  Quarter  Master's  de- 
partment. Provision  is  made  for  keeping  the 
horses  sent  out,  at  Mr.  Nichol's,  near  Murder- 
er's Creek,  The  General  desires  an  immedi- 
ate compliance  of  these  orders,  and  in  the  most 
positive  terms,  enjoins  the  officers  command- 
ing at  Fort  Putnam,  to  prevent  the  soldiers 
from  making  fires,  or  lighting  candles  or  torch- 
es in  the  fort,  on  any  pretence  whatever. 

Head  Quarters,  8th  June,  1779. 

Officers  to-morrow,  Lt.  Col.  Mellen,  Adjt. 
Engles. 

Head  Quarters,  9th  of  June,  '79. 

Officers  to  morrow,  Lt.  Col.  Davidson,  Adjt. 
Taylor. 

The  committee  of  settling  the  rank  of  the 
Captains  of  Light  Infantry  of  Gen.  Patterson's 
and  late  Learnard's  Brigade,  whereof  Col. 
Jackson  was  president,  report  their  rank  as 
follows,  viz:  1st  Burnham,  2nd  Brewer,  3rd 
Alden,  4th  Soper,  5th  Blanchard,  6th  Page, 
7th  Stetson. 

Signed.  M.  JACKSON,  Col. 

The  following  notice  was  posted  in  our  Reg- 
iment. 

Lost  yesterday,  reconnoitering  with  his  Ex- 
cellency General    Washington,    a  spur   with 


treble  chains  on  the  side,  and  a  single  one,  un- 
der the  foot,  all  silver  except  the  tongue  of  the 
buckle,  and  the  rowell.  Whosoever  shall,  or 
has  found  it  and  will  bring  it  to  Col.  Kosaisz- 
ko,  or  at  Head  Quarters,  shall  have  ten  dol- 
lars reward. 

The  General  finding  the  necessity  of  the 
works  requires  it,  therefore  orders,  that  all  the 
mechanics  and  other  workmen,  that  were  here- 
tofore annexed  to  Capt.  Clough.  should  im- 
mediately join  him  again,  till  further  orders, 
also  if  there  are  any  more  masons,  they  are  or- 
dered to  be  attached  to  that  company,  for  the 
present,  as  the  works  greatly  require  it. 

Block  Housk  Hill,  June  9,  1779, 
Major  Hull's  orders.  The  Major  having 
been  pleased  to  appoint  Isaac  Robertson  of 
Capt.  Alden's  company.  Drum  Major,  and 
Lemuel  French  of  Captain  Child's  company, 
Fife  Major  (o  the  Corps  of  Light  Infantry, 
until  further  orders,  they  are  to  be  considered, 
and  obeyed  accordingly. 

Head  Quarters,  June  10,  '79. 
OflBcers  for  to-morrow,  Lieut.   Col  Bassett 
and  Adjt.  Haskell.     At  a  Brigade  Court  Mar- 
tial, whereof  Col.  Patten  was  President,   was 
tried  Lieut.   Wright  of    1st  North    Carolina 
Regiment,  accused  of  drunkeness  and  disobe- 
dience of  orders.     He    was  acquitted  by  the 
Court  of  both  charges,  and  was  released  from 
the  arrest.     The  General  can  not  however  o- 
mit  to  express  his  concern,  that  an  ofiicer,  who 
regards  the  welfare  of  his  Country,  or  his  char- 
acter, should  at  any  time,  especially  when   a 
near  approach  of  the  enemy  calls  for  the  ut- 
most vigilance  and   attention,  .so  far   descend 
from  the    honorable  line  of  conduct,    which 
ought  ever  to  mark  the  character  of  an  oflScer, 
as  to  draw  him.self  into  suspicion  of  the  com- 
mission of  crimes,  debasing  to  human  nature, 
and  which  render  him  unfit  to  discharge  those 


duties,  on  which  his  own  reputation,  and  the 
welfare  of  our  Countrymen  are  so  much  con- 
cerned. At  this  time,  it  becomes  highly  im- 
portant to  the  safety  of  this  Post,  that  all  per- 
sons be  prevented  from  coming  or  going  from 
this  Garrison,  except  those,  who  are  known  to 
be  friends  to  the  liberties  of  this  Country,  and 
have  proper  permission .  All  oflficers  are  there- 
fore called  upon  to  examine  every  person,  found 
in,  or  near  this  Fort,  and  confine  such  as  are 
found  without  passes,  from  the  executive  au- 
thority of  this  State,  or  .«ome  general  officer. 
The  guards  at  the  Avenues,  leading  to  this 
Post,  are  particularly  to  observe  and  regard 
these  orders. 

Head  Quarters,  June  11,  '79. 
Officers  to-morrow.  Major  Winslow,    Adjt. 
Hastey. 

Returns  are  to  be  made  of  the  mechanics  in 
the  Light  Infantry,  that  are  wanted  in  the 
works,  as  they  must  be  relieved  from  their  re- 
spective Regiments,  before  they  go  to  work. 
Brigadier  General  Patterson's  Brigade  will 
muster  to-morrow  morning  at  9  o'clock,  and 
late  Larnard's,  at  3  o'clock  P.  M.  and  parade 
accordingly.  Gen.  Patterson's  Brigade  will 
be  exempted  from  duty  in  the  forenoon,  and 
the  late  Larnard's  in  the  afternoon. 

June  11.  Orders  for  the  Light  Infantry. 
Officer  of  the  day,  to-morrow,  Capt.  Childs. 
Officer  of  Police,  Lieut.  Muzzey.  Officer  for 
Guard,  Lieut.  Buxton. 

The  business  of  the  officer  of  the  day,  will 
be  to  see  the  guard  marched  from  the  parade 
in  good  order,  and  will  visit  them  by  day  and 
night,  and  give  them  the  necessary  instructions 
for  their  duty,  and  make  reports  of  them  to 
the  commanding  officer.  The  officer  of  Po- 
lice will  attend  to  the  internal  regulations  of 
the  corps,  and  will  visit  all  the  tents,  and  see 
that  they  are  kept  neat ;  likewise  that  the  pa- 


s 

4 


rade  and  encampment  are  kept  clean,  and 
swept,  and  that  the  men  cook  their  provisions 
properly.  No  officer  •will  leave  the  encamp- 
ment without  permission  from  the  commanding 
officer,  and  no  non-commisioned  officer,  or  sol- 
dier will  leave  the  encampment,  without  a  writ- 
ten pass  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  com- 
pany, to  which  he  belongs,  and  not  more  than 
three  persons,  will  have  passes  at  the  same 
time.  The  Light  Infantry  will  be  mustered 
to-morrow  morning  at  9  o'clock,  and  will  not 
go  on  fatigue,  either  this  afternoon  or  to-mor- 
row morning.  Those  of  them,  that  have  not 
a  clean  shirt  and  stockings,  will  wash  them 
this  afternoon,  and  all  the  companies  will  ap- 
pear on  the  parade  clean  dressed,  shaved  and 
powdered.  The  men  must  all  appear  with 
their  uniforms,  and  arms  cleaned  in  the  best 
manner. 

Detailed  for  guard,  four  Sergeants,  four 
Corporals,  and  fifty  two  Privates. 

June  12,  1779.  The  commanding  officer, 
with  concern  has  beheld  the  inattention  of  the 
non-commissioned  officers,  to  the  conduct  of 
the  men  on  the  parade,  and  they  may  depend 
upon  it,  their  conduct  will  be  most  closely  ex- 
amined, and  if  they  have  not  resolution  to  do 
their  duty,  they  will  be  reduced  to  the  ranks, 
and  others  appointed  in  their  places;  at  the 
same  time,  the  utmost  support  and  encourage- 
ment will  be  given  to  those,  who  do  their  du- 
ty. No  non-commisioned  officer,  or  soldier 
should  ever  appear  on  parade,  without  some 
garment  with  sleeves,  and  those  having  uni- 
forms, will  wear  them  on  such  occasions. 

Head  Quarters,  June  12,  '79. 

Officers  to-morrow.  Col.  Jackson,  Adjt. 
Clapp.  A  picket  will  be  furnished  from  the 
North  Carolina  Brigade,  to  parade  at  retreat 
beating,  consisting  of  four  Sergeants,  three 
Corporals,  and  forty  Privates.  No  fatigue 
to-morrow,  and  the  troops  will  clean  and  rest 


themselves,  until  4  o'clock  in  the  afternoon, 
when  the  whole,  not  on  duty,  will  attend  Di- 
vine Service,  in  the  front  of  Fort  Arnold. 
One  Subaltern,  and  twenty  men,  furnished 
with  three  days  provisions,  will  parade  on  the 
Grand  Parade  to-morrow,  at  guard  mounting. 
Head  Quarters,  June  13,  '79. 

Officers  to-morrow.  Major  Peters  and  Adj't 
Torrey. 

The  Field  Officer,  Brigade  Major,  and 
Adjutant  of  the  day,  are  desired  to  dine  at 
Head  Quarters  when  they  are  on  duty,  with- 
out further  instructions,  instead  of  the  day 
they  come  off  duty.  Late  Larnard's  Brigade 
will  furnish  the  picket  to-night. 

Head  Quarters,  June  14,  '79. 
Officers  to-morrow,  Major  Farnold,  Briga- 
dier Major  Bailey,  Adjt.  Armstrong.  Pick- 
et to-night  from  General  Patterson's  Brigade. 
As  there  is  at  present  a  scarcity  of  rum,  at 
this  Post,  by  reason  of  its  not  being  forward- 
ed as  is  daily  expected,  the  General  is  under 
the  disagreeable  necessity  of  ordering,  that  the 
commissary  issue  but  half  a  gill  daily,  pr.  man 
to  the  troops  off  duty,  and  half  a  gill  extra, 
to  those  on  fatigue  till  further  orders. 

Head  Quarters,  June  15,  1799. 

Officers  to-morrow,  Lt.  Col.  Littlefield, 
Brig.  Major  Francis,  Adjt.  Evens.  The  Adj. 
utants  will  bring  on  to  the  parade  with  their 
men,  details  of  their  respective  E«giments, 
and  deliver  them  to  the  Brigade  Major  of  the 
day,  who  will  attend  the  parade,  and  examine 
the  guards,  and  know  if  they  are  complete  and 
equipped,  according  to  former  orders. 

Infantry  orders,  June  16  Returns  will 
be  made  to-morrow  at  9  o'clock,  to  the  Adj- 
utant, of  the  condition  of  each  company,  ac- 
counting for  all  absentees ;  at  the  same  time  re- 
turns will  be  made  to  the  Quarter  Master,  of 
the  deficiencies  of  arms,  bayonets,    accoutre- 


ments,  cartridges  and  flints,  likewise  of  the 
number  of  tents,  camp  kettles,  pails,  and  ax- 
es in  each  company.  One  Sergeant,  one  Cor 
poal,  and  a  drum  will  be  ordered  continually 
to  attend  the  officer  of  Police. 

The  officer  of  Police,  when  the  weather  is 
fair,  will  order  all  the  tents  struck  about  noon, 
and  they  will  remain  struck  two  hours.  The 
men  will  never  eat  in  their  tents  in  fair  weath- 
er, and  when  they  want  water,  they  will  apply 
to  the  officer  of  Police,  and  he  will  order  the 
drummer  of  Police,  to  beat  four  flams  on  his 
drum,  on  which  signal,  all  the  men  who  want 
water  will  a.><seinble  in  the  center  of  the  pa- 
rade with  their  pails,  and  they  will  be  put  un- 
der the  direction  of  a  non-commissioned  officer 
of  Police,  who  will  march  thence  to  the  water, 
and  see  that  they  get  that,  which  is  clean  and 
pure.  As  wood  is  very  handy  to  camp,  it 
may  be  taken  at  present  without  orders.  The 
Quarter  Master  will  call  upon  the  Adjutant, 
for  as  many  men  as  are  necessary  to  keep  the 
encampments  clean,  and  the  sinks  must  be  cov- 
ered every  day,  and  new  ones  dug  once  in 
four  days.  The  men  will  do  all  their  cooking 
at  a  place,  assigned  them  by  the  Quarter  Mas- 
ter, and  the  officer  of  Police  will  see,  that 
fires  are  made  no  where  else.  At  gun  firing  in 
the  morning,  all  the  Troops  will  turn  out,  and 
remain  on  the  parade  until  it  is  light  enough 
to  call  the  rolls.  Immediately  after  the  rolls 
are  called,  each  company  will  be  marched  un- 
der the  direction  of  a  commissioned  officer,  to 
the  nearest  washing  place,  where  all  the  men 
will  wash  their  hands  and  faces  clean.  At 
troop  beating,  all  the  companies  will  parade, 
neatly  dressed  in  their  uniforms,  with  their 
arms  clean  for  roll  call,  after  which  the  guards 
will  be  called  out.  At  retreat  beating,  the 
rolls  will  be  called  in  the  same  manner.  No 
non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier  will  be  ab- 


sent from  roll  call  without  permission  from 
the  commanding  officer  of  his  company.  No 
officer  will  be  ab.sent,  without  permission  from 
the  commanding  officer  of  the  Corps.  Every 
day  the  commanding  officer  of  each  company 
must  examine  the  men's  arms  and  ammunition 
and  see  that  they  are  clean,  and  in  good  order 
Every  Company  must  be  divided  into  four 
squads,  and  each  part  under  the  direction  of 
a  Jion-com missioned  officer,  who  is  to  consider 
himself  answerable  for  the  dress,  appearance 
and  behavior  of  the  men  of  his  squad.  The 
Officers  will  pay  the  strictest  attention  to  these 
orders,  and  see  that  they  are  executed  with 
the  greatest  exactness. 

Hkad  Quartkrs,  June  16,  1779. 
Officers  for  to-morrow.  Col.  Marshfield, 
Brigade  Major  Stade,  and  Adjutant  Enjjlish. 
Pickets  from  late  Larnard's  Brigade.  The 
Pay  Master  will  make  up  their  Abstracts  un- 
til the  1st  of  May.  The  Commanding  Offi- 
cers of  Corps,  who  want  money  for  recruiting, 
will  be  supplied  by  applying  at  Head  Quarters. 

Head  Quarters,  June  17,  1779. 
Officers  of  the  day  for  to-morrow.  Col.  Pat- 
ten, Brigade  Major  Bailey,  Adjutant  Taylor. 

Head  Quarters,  June  18,  '79. 
Officers  to-morrow,  Lt.  Col.  Miller,  B.  M. 
Haskell,  Adjt.  Haskell.  Picket  to  night, 
from  the  North  Carolina  Brigade.  There 
will  be  two  fatigue  parties  ;  each  party  will 
work  six  hours,  three  hours  in  the  forenoon, 
and  three  hours  in  the  afternoon  The  first 
party  will  parade  at  gun  firing,  the  second  at 
nine  o'clock ;  the  first  party  will  again  parade 
at  nine  o'clock,  and  the  second  at  five  o'clock. 
The  same  officer  will  attend  the  parade,  and 
see  that  the  men  are  in  season,  and  properly 
distributed.  All  the  mechanics  will  attend 
the  above   working  hours.     No   non-commis- 


ffloned  officer  or  soldier,  will  be  permitted  to 
bathe  himself  in  the  water,  between  the  hours 
of  six  in  the  morning,  and  dx  in  the  evening. 
All  officers  will  endeavor  to  prevent  a  breach 
of  this  order. 

Infantry  Orders,  18th  of  June,  1779. 

The  police  of  the  camp,  is  not  only  an  order 
of  his  Excellency,  Gen.  Washington,  but  of 
Congress.  And  the  commanding  officer  of 
this  corps,  is  determined  to  see  it  put  in  exe- 
cution at  all  events,  and  calls  upon  the  officers 
to  use  their  exertions,  in  causing  all  orders  to 
be  punctually  obeyed,  and  that  they  pay  the 
closest  attention  to  the  government  of  their 
companies,  as  their  reputation  will  stand  or  fall 
in  proportion  as  they  perform  or  neglect  their 
duty.  The  Captains  are  answerable  for  the 
companies,  and  the  commanding  officer  has  no 
one  to  look  to  but  them  ;  if  their  subordinate 
officers  do  not  perform  their  duty,  the  Cap- 
tains are  clothed  with  sufficient  authority  to 
call  them  to  an  account,  and  whatever  orders 
are  given,  they  must  be  answerable  for  their 
execution,  as  far  as  related  to  their  companies. 
The  tents  will  immediately  be  marked  with  the 
Captain's  name  and  numbered. 

The  squads  will  be  made  out,  agreeable  to 
former  orders,  and  the  men's  names  in  each 
squad,  together  with  the  names  of  the  non- 
commissioned officers,  who  have  the  care  of 
each  squad,  will  be  made  out  and  given  to 
the  Adjutant. 

Two  Captains,  four  Subalterns,  four  Ser- 
geants, four  Corporals,  and  one  hundred  and 
ten  men,  well  shod,  with  bayonets  and  three 
days  provisions,  will  parade  to-morrow  morn- 
ing at  9  o'clock,    for  three  days  command. 

Orders  for  the  Light  Infantry,   ) 
20th  June,  1779.      j 
At  a  court  martial,  of  which  Capt.  Alden 
was  President,   Samuel  Taylor,    a  soldier   in 


Captain  Burnham's  company,  was  tried  for 
sleeping  on  his  post,  found  guilty,  and  on  ac- 
count of  his  youth,  sentenced  to  receive  only 
thirty  nine  lashes.  The  commanding  officer 
approved  the  above  sentence,  and  ordered  it 
to  take  place  this  evening  at  roll  call.  At  the 
same  court  was  tried  Aaron  Roff  of  Captain 
Page's  company,  for  unsoldierlike  behavior  in 
making  a  disturbance  in  said  company,  and 
was  found  guilty,  and  sentenced  to  receive  fif- 
ty lashes.  The  commanding  officer  from  a 
consideration  of  the  court's  recomendation  in 
his  favor,  was  induced  to  pardon  him,  but  at 
the  same  time  he  warns  the  prisoner,  and  oth- 
ers against  such  conduct  in  future,  as  they 
may  depend  upon  it,  crimes  of  this  nature  will 
not  in  future  be  pardoned.* 

Gen.  Wayne's  orders  for  the  \ 
Light  Infantry.  j 
The  troops  will  march  at  eleven  o'clock, 
by  the  right,  making  a  short  halt  at  the  creek 
or  run,  next  on  this  side  of  Clements.  Eve- 
ry officer  and  non-commissioned  officer,  will 
remain  with,  and  be  answerable  for  every 
man  in  their  plattoons,  and  no  soldier  will  be 
permitted  to  quit  his  ranks  on  any  pretense 
whatever,  until  a  general  halt  is  made,  and 
then  to  be  attended  by  one  of  the  officers  of 
the  plattoon.  When  the  van  of  the  troops 
arrive  in  the  rear  of  the  Hill,  Col  Febegre 
will  form  his  Regiment  into  a  solid  column 
of  half  a  plattoon  in  front,  as  fast  as  they 
come  up.  Col.  Meiggs  will  form  in  the  rear 
of  Febeger,  and  Major  Hull  in  the  rear  of 
Meiggs,  which  will  form  the  right  column. 
Col.  Butler  will  form  on  the  left  of  Ff  beger, 


°  The  remainder  of  this  journal  is  miss- 
ing, but  there  was  found  appended  to  it,  in 
Capt  Page's  hand  writing,  the  following  or- 
der of  Gen.  Wayne,  to  be  observed  upon  the 
attack  of  Stony  Point. 


and  Major  Murphey  in  his  rear.  Every  oflB- 
oer  and  soldier  is  then  to  fix  a  piece  of  white 
paper,  on  the  most  conspicuous  part  of  his 
hat,  or  cap,  to  distinguish  them  from  the 
enemy.  At  the  word  march.  Col.  Febeger 
will  take  command  ot  one  hundred  and  fifty 
determined  and  picked  men,  properly  officer- 
ed with  their  muskets  unloaded,  placing 
their  whole  dependence  upon  their  bay- 
onets, and  will  move  about  twenty  paces 
in  front  of  the  right  column  by  the  route  No. 
1 ,  and  enter  the  sally  port  6  and  detach  an 
officer  and  twenty  men,  whose  business  it 
will  be  to  secure  the  sentries,  remove  the  ab- 
batis,  and  other  obstructions  for  the  lolumn 
to  pass  through.  The  column  wi  1  then  fol- 
low close  in  the  rear,  with  shouldered  mus- 
kets, under  Col.  Febeger,  with  Gen  Wayne 
in  person.  When  the  works  are  forct^d  and 
not  before,  the  victorious  troops  will  enter 
and  give  the  watch  word ;  '•  The  Forts  our 
own, "  with  repeated  and  loud  voices,  and 
drive  the  enemy  from  their  works  and  guns, 
which  will  favour  the  passage  of  the  whole. 
Should  the  enemy  refuse  to  surrender,  or  at- 
tempt to  make  their  escape  by  water  or  oth- 
er way,  vigorous  means  must  be  used  to  force 
them  to  the  former,  and  prevent  their  accom- 
plishing the  latter.  Col.  I;utler  will  move 
by  the  route  No.  2,  preceded  by  one  hundred 
men  with  unloaded  arms,  and  fixed  bayonets 
under  the  command  of  Major  Stewart,  who 
will  observe  the  distance  of  twenty  yards  in 
front  of  [word  wanting]  which  will  immedi- 
ately follow  under  the  command  of  Col.  But- 
ler, with  shouldered  muskets,  and  enter  the 
sally  ports  C.  or  D ;  the  officer  commanding 
the  aforenamed  hundred  men,  will  also  de- 
tach a  proper  officer  and  twenty  men,  a  little 
in  front  to  remove  the  obstructions.  As  soon 
as  they  gain  the  works,  ^ey  are  also  to  give 


and  continue  tte  watch  word,  which  will  pre- 
vent confusion  and  mistakes,  Major  Mur- 
phey will  follow  Col.  Butler  to  the  figure  3, 
when  he  will  divide  a  little  to  the  right, 
which  will  be  his  signal  to  begin,  and  to  keep 
up  a  perpetual  and  galling  fire  and  endeavor 
to  enter  letween  and  possess  the  works  A.  A. 
If  any  soldier  presumes  to  take  his  musket 
from  his  shoulder,  or  al  tempts  to  fire  or  be- 
gin the  battle,  until  commanded  by  his  pro- 
per offcer,  he  will  be  immediately  put  t  >  death 
by  the  officer  neirest  to  him,  for  the  coward- 
ice or  mistake  of  one  man,  is  not  to  put  the 
whole  into  danger  or  disorder  with  impuni- 
ty. After  the  troops  [several  words  miss- 
ing] advance  to  the  works,  the  strictest  si- 
lence must  be  observed,  and  the  greatest  at- 
tention be  paid  to  the  commands  of  the  officers. 
As  soon  as  the  lines  are  carried,  the  officers 
of  Artillery,  and  men  under  their  command, 
will  take  possession  of  the  cannon  to  the  end 
that  the  shipping  may  be  secured,  and  the 
Post  or  Verplanks  Point  annoyed  as  much  as 
possible,  to  facilitate  the  attack  on  that  quar- 
ter. The  General  has  the  fullest  confidence 
in  the  bravery  and  fortitude  of  the  corps,  he 
has  the  happiness  to  command ;  the  distin- 
guished honors  conferred  on  every  officer  and 
soldier,  who  has  been  drafted  by  his  Excel- 
lency, Gen.  Washington,  the  credit  of ,  the 
\  States  they  respectively  belong  to,  and  their 
j  own  reputation  will  be  such  powerful  induce- 
I  ments  for  each  man  to  distinguish  himself, 
{ that  the  General  can  not  have  the  least  doubt 
l^a  glorious  victory." 

I  "  Dr.  Thatcher  in  his  Millitary  journal 
I  informs  us,  that  the  fortress  at  Stony  Point 
I  was  a  strongly  fortified  post,  o.i  the  west 
j  bank  of  the  Hudson,  near  King's  ferry.  That 
I  the  possession  of  this  post  was  of  vast  im- 
j  portance  to  either  army,  as  it  afforded  com- 
munication between  the  middle  and   eastern 


states.  That  the  fortress  was  visited  by 
Sir  Henry  Clinton  in  person,  and  by  his  or- 
ders strengthened  and  rendered,  as  supposed, 
entirely  defensible.  Gen.  Washington  was 
extremely  desirous  to  dislodge  the  enemy 
from  this  position,  and  to  Gen.  Wayne,  he 
entrusted  the  hazardous  enterprise.  At  the 
head  of  one  thousand  two  hundred  men,  he 
made  the  attack  on  the  evening  of  July  16th, 
about  eleven  o'clock,  having  ordered  that  ev- 
ery man  should  advance  with  unloaded  mus 
kets  and  fixed  bayonets.  A  soldier  disobey- 
ed this  order,  and  began  to  load  his  piece ; 
the  order  was  repeated,  and  he  persisted  in 
his  resolution  to  load,  on  which  an  officer  in- 
stantly run  him  through  his  body,  with  his 
sword.  The  C.jntinentals  marched  to  the  as- 
salut,  in  the  face  of  a  most  tremendous  fire 
of  musketry  and  grape  shot,  and  succeeded 
in  gaining  the  inside  of  the  Fort,  when  the 
watchword  was  first  given.  "The  fort  is 
our  own,"  by  Major  Posey  The  British  lost 
one  hundred  killed  and  wounded  ;  the  Conti- 
nentals had  fifteen  killed  and  eighty  throe 
wounded.  The  number  of  prisioners  taken 
was  five  hundred  and  forty  three.  Of  the 
forlorn  hope  of  t  wenty  men  under  Lieut. 
Gibbon,  sent  to  remove  the  abbatis,  seventeen 
were  killed  or  wounded. 

A  COPY  OF  THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF 
BIRTHS,  OF  THE  TOWN  OF  ROW- 
LEY, WITH  NOTES. 


COMMUNICATED    BY    M.    A.    STICKNEV. 


Continued  from  vol.  IV,  page  255. 

1710—11. 
David  Spoford   the  son  of  Jonathan  Spof- 
ord  and  Jemima  borne  December  the  4   day 
1710. 


VOL    V. 


(2) 


Elizabeth  North  end  the  daughter  of  Eze- 
kiel  and  Dorothy  borne  December  the  15 
1710. 

Sarah  Jewet  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Jewet 
and  Mary  borne  August  17  1710. 

Jonathan  Johnson  the  son  of  Samuel  and 
Francis  Johnson  borne  March  28  1710. 

James  Hibbertt  the  son  of  George  and 
Sarah  borne  December  31   1710. 

Samuel  Dresser  son  of  Samuel  Dresser  & 
Mary  born  May  the  23  1707- 

David  Dresser  the  son  of  Samuel  Dresser 
&  Mary  bom  February  the  12  1709-10. 

Stephen  Hidden  the  son  of  Samuel  &  Ma- 
ry Hidden  borne  January  the  6  day  1710-11. 

Mehitabcll  the  daughter  of  Ephraim  Nel- 
son and  Sarah  borne  January  13  1710-11. 

John  Plumer  the  son  of  Benjamin  &  Jane 
borne  October  the  6  1708. 

Jane  Plumer  the  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Jane  borne  May  the  29  1710. 

Joseph  Nelson  son  of  Joseph  &  Hannah 
borne  March  the  l(J  1709-10. 

Moses  Nelson  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Han- 
nah borne  March  the  15  1710-11. 

Mary  Nelson  the  daughter  of  Gershom  & 
Abygall  Nelson  bom  Aprill  6  1711. 

Eebeckah  Dickinson  daughter  of  George 
and  Martha  his  wife  borne  November  the  5 
day  1710. 

Hannah  Lancaster  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Hannah  borne  December  22  1710. 

Elizabeth  Nelson  the  daughter  of  Francis 
Nelson  and  Mercy  borne  November  the  firs 
day  1710. 

Jane  Bridges  the  daughter  of  John  &  Hul- 
da  Bridges  borne  March  the  9  day  1711. 

Samuel  Adams  the  son  of  Isaac  Adams  and 
Hannah  borne  February  the  9  1711. 

Jane  Prime  the  daughter  of  Marine  &  Jane 
borne  September  the  8  1707. 


10 


Thomas  Prime  the  sod  of  Marke  &  Jane 
borne  May  16  1710. 

Marke  Prime  the  son  of  Samuel  Prime  and 
Sarah  borne  July  the  30  1710. 

Martha  Boynton  the  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Sarah  borne  April!  the  2  1710. 

Sarah  Brockelbanke  the  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Sarah  borne  June  15  1706. 

Mary  Brockelbanke  the  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Sarah  borne  Apriil  13  1707. 

Martha  Brockelbanke  the  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Sarah  borne  August  5  1708. 

Mary  Scott  the  daughter  of  Joseph  &  Ma- 
ry borne  January  the  26  1710-1 1. 

Thomas  Dresser  the  son  of  John  &  Marger- 
it  Dresser  borne  May  the  8  1711. 

Thomas  Lambert  the  son  of  Thomas  & 
Sarah  l^arabert  borne  August  the  14  1711. 

Thomas  Gage  the  son  of  William  Gage  & 
Mercy  borne  the  1  1711. 

Sarah  Dresser  the  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Dresser  and  Sarah  borne  December  2  1700. 

Richard  Dresser  the  son  of  Jonathan  & 
Sarah  Dresser  borne  December  17  1708. 

.  Hannah  Dresser  the  daughter  of  Jonathan 
^  Sarah  borne  August  19  1711. 

Mary  Gage  the  daughter  of  Thomas  &  Ma- 
ry borne  August  the  1 ,  1711. 

Hannah  Dresser  the  daughter  of  Joseph 
&  Elizabeth  borne  September  2  day  1711. 

Sarah  Pickard  the  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Johanna  bom  February  6  day  1710-11. 

Mehitabel  Tod  the  daughter  of  James  Tod 
&  Mary  borne  August  the  3  day  1711. 

Sarah  Hopkinson  the  daughter  of  Micael 
&  and  Sarah  borne  June  the  7  1707. 

Moses  Smith  the  son  of  Benjamin  Smith 
and  Martha  borne  June  6  day  1711. 

Hannah  Clarke  the  daughter  of  Judah  and 
Hannah  borne  September  the  9  1708. 


Mercy  Clarke  the  daughter  of  Judah  and 
Hannah  borne  November  5  1709. 

Judah  Clarke  the  son  of  Judah  &  Hannah 
borne  October  n  1711. 

Stephen  Pe2gre  the  son  of  Aron  and  Eliza- 
beth borne  January  11  1711-12. 

Elizabeth  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Tenny 
and  Sarah  born  Apriil  6  1712. 

Moses  Wood  the  son  of  Ebenezer  Wood 
and  Rachell  borne  Apriil  3  1712. 

Mary  Pilsbury  the  daughter  of  Amos  Pils- 
bury  and  Elizabeth  borne  29  day  February 
1711-12. 

Ann  Stewart  the  daughter  of  Ebenezer 
Stewartt  and  Elizabeth  borne  March  271712. 

Bethiah  Boynton  the  daughter  of  John  and 
Bethiah  borne  February  5  1711-12. 

Elizabeth  Searles  the  daughter  of  John  & 
Elizabeth  Searles  borne  January  23  1711-12. 

Josiah  Jewet  the  son  of  Joseph  Jewet  and 
Mary  borne  March  22  1712. 

Sarah  Stewart  the  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Stewart  borne  Apriil  25  1712. 

Benjamin  Wheeler  the  son  of  Jonathan 
Wheeler  and  Ann  borne  25  of  September 
1711. 

Mary  Stickne  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  & 
Mary  Stickne  borne  September  2  1711. 

Mehitabel  Dresser  the  daughter  of  Samnell 
Dresser  and  Mary  borne  May  14  1712. 

John  Greenough  the  son  of  Robert  Green- 
ough  senior  &  Mary  borne  Juue  the  16  1712. 

Samuel  Bradstreett  the  son  of  Jornathan  & 
Sarah  borne  August  the  9  1711. 

Nathaniell  Boynton  the  son  of  Richard 
Boynton  and  Sarah  borne  August  the  18 
1712. 

Daniel  Palmer  son  of  John  and  Mary  Pal- 
mer borne  July  the  31  1712. 

Mercy  Baley  the  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Ba- 
ley  and  Sarah  borne  March  21  1712. 


11 


James  Barker  the  son  of  James  and  Sarah 
borne  April  21  1712. 

Amos  Jewet  the  son  of  Daniel  Jewett  and 
Elizabeth  borne  May  the  1  day  1712. 

Faith  Platts  the  daughter  of  Isaac  Platts 
and  Elizabeth  borne  June  8  1710. 

Liphelit  Jewett  son  of  Stephen  Jewett  and 
Priscilla  borne  January  22  1711. 

Sarah  Platts  the  daughter  of  James  Plats 
and  Lidia  borne  June  the  22  1710. 

Jane  Sawyer  the  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and 
Hannah  borne  October  16  1712. 

Sarah  Mighill  the  daughter  of  Stephen  (and 
Nathaniel)  Priscilla  borne  November  16  1712 

Susanna  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Edward  Pai- 
son  and  Elizabeth  borne  November  the  17 
1712. 

Sarah  Archer  the  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Ann  borne  December  the  3  day  1712. 

Nathaniel  Spoford  the  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Jemima  borne  November  the  12  1712. 

Thomas  Wood  the  son  of  Thomas  Wood 
and  Sarah  borne  January  the  11  day  1712-13. 

Joshua  Prime  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
borne  September  28  1712. 

Samuel  Palmer  the  son  of  Thomas  Palmer 
and  Sarah  borne  November  the  20  day  1712. 

Mary  Wood  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Wood 
and  Abigail  borne  November  3  day  1712. 

Hannah  Baley  the  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Baley  &  Sarah  borne  the  30  day  of  June 
1709. 

Sarah  Baley  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  Ba- 
ley and  Sarah  borne  January  the  14  1710-11. 

Moses  Baley  the  son  of  Jonathan  Baley  & 
Sarah  borne  February  the  4  day  1712-13. 

Hannah  Peirson  the  daui.^hter  of  Stephen 
and  Hannah  Pierson  borne  May  6  day  1712. 

Margeritt  Boynton  the  daughter  of  Jona- 
than Boynton  &Margeritt  borne  AprillS  1712. 

Mehitabel  Kilburn  the  daughter  of  George 


Kilburn  and  Phebee  borne  February  6 1712- 

13. 

Jonathan  Nelson  the  son  of  Francis  Nelson 
and  Mercy  Nelson  borne  Aprill  the  16  1713. 

Amos  Dresser  the  son  of  Joseph  Dresser 
and  Johanah  borne  May  the  9  1713. 

Mehitabel  Platts  the  daughter  of  Mose3 
Platts  and  Hannah  born  November  the  11 
1712. 

Daniel  Wycora  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Jane 
borne  Aprill  the  22  day  1712. 

Isaac  Adams  the  son  of  Isaac  Adams  and 
Hannah  borne  May  25  1713. 

Mary  Hopkinson  the  daughter  of  Jeremiah 
&  Elizabeth  Hopkinson  born  March  27  1711. 

Moses  Sawer  the  son  of  John  Sawer  and 
Mary  born  July  the  23  1712. 

Elizabeth  Hobson  the  daughter  of  Hum- 
phrey &  Mehitabel  borne  March  26  1713. 

Ann  Jewet  the  daughter  of  Abraham  Jew- 
it  and  Sarah  borne  23  of  December  1705. 

Marke  Prime  the  son  of  Marke  and  Jane 
Prime  born  February  26  1713. 

Abraham  Jewet  the  son  of  Abraham  Jewit 
&  Sarah  borne  25  of  July  1713. 

Jeremiah  Hibbert  the  son  of  George  &  Sar- 
ah borne  Agust  the  11  day  1713. 

Abygaill  Bridges  the  daughter  of  John  & 
Hulda  borne  Agust  the  18  1713. 

Rebecca  Sawer  the  daughter  of  John  Saw- 
er and  Mary  borne  October  the  10  day  1713. 

Hannah  Nelson  the  daughter  of  Gershom 
Nelson  &  Abigail  borne  October  14  1713. 

Eben  Hiden  the  son  of  Ebenezer  &  Eliza- 
beth born  December  16  1710. 

Jonathan  Hiden  son  of  Ebenezer  &  Eliza- 
beth borne  January  19  1712. 

Ruth  Pickard  the  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Pickard  and  Johannah  borne  November  13 
1713. 

Jane  Lambert  the  daughter  of  Thomas  & 
Sarah  borne  November  the  1  1713. 


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Moses  Foster  the  son  of  Ebenezer  Foster 
and  Mary  borne  October  5  1713. 

Elizabeth  Nelson  the  daughter  of  Ephraim 
Nelson  and  Sarah  borne  January  27  1713-14. 

Hannah  Barke  r  the  daughter  of  Jacob  & 
Margeritt  borne  March  28  1710-11. 

Jacob  Barker  the  son  of  Jacob  &  Margeritt 
borne  the  1  1712-13.  ' 

Jonathan  Peirson  the  son  of  Stephen  Pier- 
son  and  Hannah  borne  February  26  1713-14. 

Ann  Boynton  the  daughter  of  Benony 
Boynton  &  Ann  borne  21  day  of  November. 

Jeremiah  Boynton  the  son  of  Ebenezer  and 
Sarah  borne  27  day  of  December  1711. 

Hannah  Boynton  the  daughter  of  Eben- 
ezer Boynton  &  Sarah  borne  August  4  day 
1713. 

Sarah  Boynton  the  daughter  of  Jonatnan 
&  Margarett  borne  Dec.  10  1713. 

Jane  Scott  the  daughter  of  Joseph  Scott 
&  Mary  borne  September  the  4  1712. 

Elizabeth  Smith  the  daughter  of  Benjamin 
Smith  and  Martha  borne  July  25  1713 

Joseph  Wood  the  son  of  Benjamin  &  Ele- 
nor  borne  Aprill  the  12  1714. 

John  Pillsbery  the  son  of  Amos  Pilsbery 
and  Elizabeth  borne  Aprill  13  1714. 

Rebecca  Pengre  the  daughter  of  Aron  & 
Elizabeth  borne  Aprill  the  22  1714. 

Jonathan  Brown  the  son  of  Ephraim  Brown 
and  Sarah  borne  Aprill  the  28  1713. 

John  Boynton  the  son  of  John  Boynton  & 
Bethiah  borae  May  26  1714. 

David  Jewett  the  son  of  Stephen  Jewett 
and  Priscilla  borne  June  the  10  1714. 

Abigaill  Jewett  the  daughter  of  Daniell 
Jewett  and  Elizabeth  borne  May  18  1714. 

Sarah  Elsworth  the  daughter  of  Jeremiah 
&  Hannah  Elsworth  borne  Aprill  17  1714. 

Rebecca  Bennett  the  daughter  of  William 
Bennett  &  Jemima  Borne  December  7  1708. 


Mary  Bennett  the  daughter  of  William  and 
Jemima  Bennett  borne  July  31  1710. 

David  Bennett  the  son  of  William  Bennit 
&  Jemima  born  March  23  1712. 

William  Bennet  the  son  of  William  Ben. 
net  and  Jemima  borne  February  15  1713-14. 

Daniel  He.seltine  son  of  John  &  Abigaill 
borne  August  the  5  1708. 

Mehitabel  Ha.seltine  daughter  of  John  & 
Abigaill  borne  February  14  1710-11. 

Martha  Lighten  daughter  of  Richard  &  Ab- 
igaill borne  Aprill  4  1714. 

Marcy  Sawyer  the  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and 
Hannah   borne  June  7   1714. 

Sarah  Barker  the  daughter  of  James  & 
Sarah  borne  September  11  1713. 

Jemima  Jewitt  daughter  of  Nemiah  &  Pris- 
cilla borne  November  the  13  1714. 

Benjamin  Dunell  the  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Elizabeth  borne  May  11  1714. 

Hannah  Tod  the  daughter  of  James  and 
Mary  Tod  borne  May  23  1714. 

Benjamin  Archer  son  of  Benjamin  &  Ann 
borne  January  11    1714  15. 

Jane  Palmer  daughter  of  John  Palmer  & 
Mary  borne  December  24  1714. 

Sarah  Adams  daughter  of  John  Adams  k 
Sarah  borne  October  11  1714 

David  Jewett  son  of  Joseph  Jewett  &  Ma- 
ry borne  August  11  1714. 

Mary  Broodstreet  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Sarah  borne  the  5  day  of  May  1714. 

Joseph  Scott  the  son  of  Joaeph  Scott  & 
Mary  borne  the  3  day  of  June  1714. 

Mehitable  Plumer  the  daughter  of  To- 
mas  Plumer  and  Ruth  borne  January  the 
11  day  1714-15. 

Epsiba  Plumer  the  daughter  of  Benja- 
min Plumer  &  Jane  borne  March  6  day 
1715. 


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Thomas  Barker  the  son  of  Jacob  &  Mar- 
garett  borne  May  15  1715. 

Elizabeth  Tenny  daughter  of  Samuel  & 
Ann  borne  January  15  1713. 

Moses  Prime  the  son  of  Marke  &  Jane 
Prime  borne  August  21  1715. 

Thomas  Johnson  the  son  of  Samuel  & 
Francis  his  wife  borne  July  eighth  day  1713. 

Nathaniel  Mighill  the  .son  of  Nathaniel  & 
Priscilla  Mighill  his  wife  borne  June  2  1715. 

John  Bridges  the  son  of  John  &  Hulda 
borne  June  the  tenth  1715. 

Jerusha  Boynton  the  daughter  of  Ebonezer 
Boynton  &  Sarah  borne  July  6  1715. 

Mary  Sawer  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
borne  July  the  9  1715. 

Nathan  Platts  the  son  of  Moses  and  Han- 
uah  Platts  borne  July  23  1715. 

Rebecca  Hibert  the  daughter  of  George  and 
Sarah  borne  August  the  30  day  1715. 

Rachell  Witten  borne  the  18  day  of  June 
1715  daughter  of  Elias  Witting  and  Rachell 
his  wife. 

Jonathan  Witten  the  son  of  Elias  Witten 
and  Rachell  borne  25  day  of  January  1713 
1714. 

Mercy  Smith  the  daughter  of  Benjamin 
Smith  and  Martha  borne  February  the  7  day 
1715-16. 

Priscilla  Tenny  the  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Priscilla  borne  Agust  the  1  1714 

Richard  Tenny  son  of  Daniel  &  Priscilla 
borne  Aprill  24  1716. 

Thomas  Ellsworth  the  son  of  Jeremiah  and 
Hannah  borne  March  26  1715-16. 

Hannah  Scott  the  daughter  of  Joseph  & 
Mary  Scott  borne  19  of  Lebruary  1716. 

Nathan  Lambert  the  son  of  Thomas  Lam- 
bert and  Sarah  borne  February  the  11  1715 
1716. 


Mary  Woodbery  the  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Hannah  borne  January  the  30  day  1715 
1716. 

Hannah  Boynton  the  daughter  of  John  and 
Bethiah  borne  February  29  1716  16. 

Nathan  Dresser  the  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Sarah  borne  Feb  the  23  1715  16. 

Joseph  Jewett  the  son  of  Jonathan  Jewett 
and  Mary  borne  December  1  1700. 

Benjamin  Jewitt  son  of  Jonathan  Jewett 
and  Mary  borne  Aprill  the  1  1703. 

Jedediah  Jewett  the  son  of  Jonathan  Jew- 
ett and  Mary  borne. 

Jacob  Jewett  the  son  of  Jonathan  Jewett 
and  Mary  borne  January  28  1708-9. 

Mehitable  Jewett  the  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Mary  Jewett  borne  July  the  19  1710. 

Marke  Jewett  the  son  of  Jonathan  &  Ma- 
ry Jewett  borne  January  15  1712-13. 

Moses  Jewett  son  of  Jonathan  Jewett  and 
Mary  borne  November  5  day  1715. 

Jonathan  Han-iman  son  of  Lenard  and  Mar- 
thy  his  wife  borne  April  2  day  1715. 

Elizabeth  Barker  the  daughter  of  James  & 
Sarah  borne  February  the  5  1715  -16. 

AflBah  Nelson  the  daughter  of  Epraim  and 
Deborah  borne  Aprill  the  13  1716. 

Israsl  Adams  the  son  of  Isaac  &  Hannah 
Adams  borne  April  the  25  1716. 

Abigail  Scott  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  & 
Sarah  borue  March  the  31  1716. 

Edward  Hiden  the  son  of  Ebenezer  &  Eliz- 
abeth borne  Aprill  22  1716. 

Ruth  Jewett  the  daughter  of  Joshua  Jew- 
ett and  Mary  borne  February  the  1  1715-16. 

Elizabeth  Boynton  the  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Margritt  borne  May  21  1715. 

Sarah  Prime  the  daughter  of  Samuel  Prime 
and  Sarah  borne  February  1715. 

Jonathan  Lighten  son  of  Richard  and  Abi- 


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gal  his  wife  borne  October  ye  ninth  day  1715- 
16. 

Samuel  Stickne  the  son  of  Samuell  Stick- 
ne  &  Susanna  borne  July  25  1716. 

Hannah  Kilburn  the  (laughter  of  George 
&  Phebe  Kilburn  borne  August  the  23  day 
1715. 

Sarah  Gage  the  daughter  of  William  Gage 
and  Mercy  borne  September  9  1713. 

William  Gage  the  son  of  William  Gage  and 
Mercy  borne  August  the  7  1715. 

Neheraiah  Nelson  the  son  of  Gershom  and 
Abgaill  borne  October  4  day  1716. 

John  Bennitt  the  son  of  John  and  Mary 
borne  September  the  nine  1716. 

Mary  Chute  the  daughter  of  James  Chute 
&  Mary  borne  the  8  day  of  November  1716. 

Thomas  Thirstan  the  son  of  Daniel  Thirs- 
ten  and  Lidia  borne  November  the  25  1716. 

Sarah  Dole  the  daughter  of  Richard  Dole 
&  Elizabeth  borne  September  the  29  day 
1716. 

Jonathan  Pickard  the  son  of  Jonathan 
Pickard  and  Johanna  borne  December  the  6 
1716. 

John  Sadeler  the  son  of  John  Sadeler  and 
Sarah  borne  August  24  1716. 

John  Hopkinson  the  son  of  John  &  Mary 
borne  the  25  of  March  1714. 

Jonathan  Hopkinson  the  son  of  John  and 
Mary  borne  the  10  day  of  February  1716-17. 

Benjamin  Brown  the  son  of  John  &  Aby- 
gaill  borne  September  24  1708. 

John  Brown  the  son  of  Samuel  &  Elizabeth 
borne  Aprill  the  5  1717. 

Stephen  Plummer  the  son  of  Thomas  Plum- 
mer  and  Ruth  borne  February  20  1716-17. 

Nathaniel  Spofford  the  son  of  Jonathan 
Spofford  &  Jemima  borne  November  10  1712. 

John  Spoford  the  son  of  Jonathan  Spoford 
and  Jemima  borne  December  12  1714. 


Hannae  Spoford  the  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Spoford  &  Jemima  borne  December  22  1716. 

Elizabeth  Adams  the  daughter  of  John  Ad- 
ams &  Sarah  borne  June  the  18  1717. 

John  Tod  the  son  of  John  Tod  and  Ruth 
borne  February  27  1716-17. 

Samuel  Bridges  the  son  of  John  Bridges 
and  Hulda  Bridges  borne  June  22  1717. 

Mary  Palmer  the  daughter  of  John  Palmer 
and  Mary  borne  June  the  1  1717. 

Sarah  Pallmer  the  daughter  of  Thomas 
Pallmer  and  Sarah  borne  November  10  1714. 

David  Palmer  the  son  of  Thomas  Palmer 
and  Sarah  Palmer  borne  July  19  1717. 

Edward  Sanders  the  son  of  Edward  San- 
ders and  Flizabeth  borne  March  13  day  1717. " 

Mary  Pengre  the  daughter  of  Aaron  Pen- 
gre  and  Elizabeth  borne  March  19  1717. 

John  Brocklebanke  the  son  of  John  &  Ruth 
borne  July  the  4  day  1717. 

Prise  ilia  Mighill  the  daughter  of  Nathanael 
and  Priscilla  borne  September  23  day  1717. 

Abigail  Nelson  the  daughter  of  Tnomas 
Nelson  and  Tabitha  borne  October  24  1717. 

Johannah  Boynton  the  daughter  of  Hillkiah 
Boynton  and  Priscilla  borne  Agust  the  17 
1712. 

Priscilla  Boynton  the  daughter  of  Hillkiah 
Boynton  and  Priscilla  borne  Aprill  the  11 
1714. 

Joseph  Boynton  the  son  of  Hillkiah  Boyn- 
ton and  Priscilla  borne  December  the  4  1717. 

Jonathan  Boynton  the  son  of  Jonathan  & 
Margeritt  borne  March  the  16  day  1716-17. 

Jeudith  Pillsbery  daughter  of  Amos  and 
Elizabeth  borne  November  the  20  day  1717. 

Simon  Clarke  the  son  of  Richard  and  Abi- 
gail borne  November  4  day  1717. 

Ebenezer  Clarke  the  son  of  Richard  and 
Abigail  borne  October  the  19  day  1717. 

Hannah  Elsworth  the  daughter  of  Jerimiah 


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Elsworth  and  Hannah  borne  January  the  14 
day  1717-18. 

Sarah  Wood  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Wood 
and  Sarah  borne  Agust  22  1717. 

Abigal  Lighton  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Abigal  his  wife  borne  October  the  ninth  day 
1718. 

Benjamin  Smith  the  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Martha  Smith  borne  March  5  day  1718. 

Rachell  Jewett  the  daughter  of  Aquilla  and 
Ann  Jewett  borne  the  30  of  January  1709-10. 

Esera  Jewett  borne  the  son  of  Aquilla  and 
Ann  borne  the  14  day  of  October  1710. 

Elizabeth  Jewett  the  daughter  of  Aquilh 
and  Ann  borne  September  10  1712. 

Rethiah  Jewett  the  daughter  of  Aquilla 
and  Ann  July  the  11  1715. 

Abell  Jewett  the  son  of  Aquilla  and  Ann 
borne  Aprill  the  10  1717. 

Amos  Peirson  the  son  of  Stephen  Peirson 
and  Hannah  borne  March  22  1718. 

Thomas  Sanders  the  son  of  Edward  San- 
ders and  Elizabeth  borne  March  18  1718. 

Mary  Witten  the  daughter  of  Elias  Witten 
&  Rachel  borne  17  day  1717-18. 

Ann  Palmer  the  daughter  of  Francis  Pal- 
mer &  Sarah  borne  May  28  1718. 

Mehitabell  and  Jane  Sawer  the  daughters 
of  Ezekiell  Sawer  and  Hannah  borne  March 
the  9  1718. 

Jonathan  Lambert  the  son  of  Thomas  Lam- 
bert and  Sarah  borne  July  13  1718. 

Elizabeth  Scott  the  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Elizabeth  borne  Aprill  the  11  day  1718. 

Mary  Hiberd  the  daughter  of  George  Hi- 
berd  and  Sarah  borne  January  the  2  day 
1717-18. 

Priscilla  Jewett  the  daughter  of  Nehemiah 
Jewett  and  Priscilla  Jewett  borne  May  the 
14  1718. 


Joseph  Sadeler  borne  August  23  1718  the 
son  of  John  Sadeler  and  Sarah. 

James  Stickne  the  son  of  Andrew  Stickne 
&  Elizabeth  borne  October  the  3  1715. 

James  Hiden  the  son  of  Ebenezer  Hiden 
and  Elizabeth  borne  June  2  day  1718. 

Mary  Lull  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Lull 
&  Hannah  borne  September  the  11  day  1717- 
1718. 

John  Bennitt  the  son  of  John  Bennitt  and 
Mary  born  September  the  14  day  1716. 

Humpry  Hobson  the  son  of  Humphrey  and 
Mehitsibel  borne  June  the  4  1718. 

Mary  Clarke  the  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Clarke  snd  Jane  borne  November  26   1718. 

Jonathan  Smith  the  son  of  John  Smith 
and  Ann  borne  October  22  day  1712. 

John  Smith  the  son  of  John  Smith  &  Ann 
borne  September  12  1711. 


Note.  Samuel  and  Jonathan  Platts,  who 
might  have  been  brothers,  were  early  settlers 
of  Rowley.  Samuel  probably  came  to  Row- 
ley with  his  wife  Sarah,  and  three  children, 
born  before  settling  there.  She  died  April  10 , 
1681.  He  married,  secondly,  Phillipa  Felt  of 
Salem,  December  19,  1682.  She  afterwards 
married  Thomas  Nelson  (Town  Clerk)  April 
9,  1690,  and  died  September  29, 1709.  His 
children  were: 

Samuel,  m   Mary  Law,  April  4,  1678. 

Abel,  m.  Lydla  Bailey,  May  8,  1672 

Elizabeth,  m.  Sam'l  Brocklebank,  Nov. 
2,  1681. 

Sarah,  b.  8,  16, 1654,  ra.  Sam'l  Prime,  Jan.  ^ 
1,  1673. 

James  b.  4,  11,  1661,  m.  Lidia  Hale, 
Sep.  10,  1691. 

Samuel  Platts  Jr.  was  Recorder  from  1686 
to  1690,  and  afterwards  from  1700  to  1719. 
He  wrote  a  large  round  hand,  but  irregular. 


16 


He  married  April  4,  1678,  Mary  Law,  and 
had  children,;  Bethiah  b.  March  15,  1689, 
m.  John  Boynton,  (a  son  of  Captain  Joseph 
Boynton,  a  former  Town  Clerk,)  April  17, 
1707  ;  Nathan  b.  June  19,  1698,  died  July 
17,  1698. 

He  appears  to  have  been  a  very  capable 
man,  and  was  a  Representative  to  the  General 
Court,  frequently  a  Selectman,  and  on  most  of 
the  important  committees  of  the  Town.  A 
stone  erected  to  his  memory  in  the  First  Par- 
ish Burial  Ground,  bears  the  following  in- 
scription ;  ' '  Here  lies  ye  body  of  Samuel 
Plats,  who  died  ye  March  24,  1726,  aged  78 
years." 

His  brother  Abel  Plats,  who  married  Lydia 
Baley,  May  8,  1672,  and  had  children,  Mo- 
ses, Hannah  &  Samuel,  was  Ensign  of  the  foot 
company  of  Rowley,  July  15,  1689,  and  was 
a  Lieut,  in  the  unfortunate  expedition  to  Can- 
ada in  1690,  commanded  by  Sir  Wm.  Phips, 
and  as  appears  by  the  Inventory  of  his  estate, 
dated  28.  5.  1691,  in  the  Essex  Probate  Rec- 
ords, "died  in  ye  Canada  voyage."  His 
widow  married,  secondly,  Capt.  Daniel  Wi- 
come.  Nov.  11,  1691. 

(To  be  Continued.) 

A  LIST  OF  DEATHS  IN  BEVERLY, 
MADE  BY  COL  ROBERT  HALE. 

The  original  of  this  Record,  together  with 
two  other  papers  by  the  same  hand,  (to  be 
hereafter  printed  in  the  Ins.  Coll.)  having 
been  saved  from  a  heap  of  papers  laid  aside 
to  be  destroyed,  was  given  to  Mr.  Hill,  the 
Town  Clerk  of  Beverly,  who  has  allowed 
them  to  be  copied  for  publication. 

Some  of  the  names,  it  will  be  perceived, 
are  followed  by  numbers;  one  set  of  these 
enumerates  those  who  died  out  of  the  town ; 
the  other  set,  it  is  believed,  enumerates  those, 


principally  children,   who  died  of  some  epi- 
demic, raging  at  that  time. 

The  manuscript,  as  will  be  seen,  is  some- 
what imperfect,  the  entire  first  leaf  being 
gone. 

E    S.  W. 

34  George  Tuck's  Child. 

35  John  Prince's  2d  Child. 

36  Nich'o  Morgan's     "     . 

37  Zechary  Stone  Jun'r. 

38  Joshua  Coming's  Wile. 

39  Widow  of  Richard  Leach. 

40  Nath'l  Clark's  2d  Wife. 

41  W'm  Eliot  (at  Jioston.)    4. 

42  Aholia  Diman's  Child. 

43  Sam'l  Hascoll. 

44  a  Tinker  at  Coming's 

45  Benj'a  Ellinwood. 

46  Jn'o*  Trevy's  Child. 

47  Sam'l  Stone's  Child. 

48  Wid.  of  W'm  Eliot  Sen. 

49  Rich'd  Woodberry's  Child. 

50  Randall  Presson's  Child. 

51  Nich'o  Morgan. 

52  Joseph  Tuck's  Child. 

53  D'n  Clements. 

54  W'm  Cleaves's  Child. 

55  Benj'a  Lovett's  Jun'rs  Child. 

56  John  Patch. 

57  Jon'a  Conant's  daughter. 

58  Eleazer  Giles  Jun'rs  Child. 

59  Sam'l  Ober's  Widow's  Son. 

60  Wid Burt. 

61  Cap  Jno'  Thorndike's  2d  Wife. 

62  W'm  Cleaves's  2d  Child. 

63  Rev.  Mr.  Champney's  Wife. 

64  Edw'd  Butman's  Child. 

65  Jno.  Stephens's  Child. 

66  Josiah  Smith's       " 

67  Geo.  Tuck's  2d       " 

•The?  ~ 


17 


68  John  Sallowes. 

Ober's  Child. 

Rebecca  Hale  Apr.  28,  1732. 

71  Josh, a  Woodberry's  Child. 

72  Sara'l  Harris's  2d  Wife. 

73  Jno.  Leach's  Child. 

74  Kobert  Morgan's  2d  Wife. 

75  Luke  Morgan  (drowned  at  Cape 
Sable)    5. 

76  Nath'l  Baker  Sep.  30,  1732. 

77  Jno.  Morgan's  Child. 

78  Nich'o  Morgan's     " 

79  Jo.  Morgan  Sen'r. 

80  Simeon     Arnaudin    (drowned  at 
Exeter) 6. 

81  Joseph  Lovett. 

82  Freeborn  Patch. 

83  Wid.  of  Nehemiah  Stone. 

84  James  Taylor  3d  his  wife 


his   two   children. 


85  > 
861 

87  Wid.  ofTho.  Whitredge. 

88  Rd.  Coye's  Child. 

89  Th'o  Woodberrye's  Child. 

90  Capt.  John  Thomdike's  " 

91  Joseph  Sallows's     "     " 

92  John  Giles's     "     " 

93  George  Tuck's  3d  " 

94  John  Eliot's     "     " 

95  Mary  Davis. 

96  Josiah  Smith's  2d  child. 

97  Wid.  of  Josiah  Haskell. 

98  Jno.  Cleaves's  3d  Wife 

99  Zob.  Woodberrye's  Wife. 

100  James  Taylor  Sen'r. 

101  Livermore  Whitredge's  Child. 
102) 

103  j" 

104  Jo.seph  Morgan's  2d  wife. 

105  John  Corning. 

106  Benja.  Smith. 

VOL.  V.  3 


John  Giles's  two  children. 


108 
109 
110 
111 
112 
113 
114 
115 
116 
117 
118 
119 
120 
121 

122 
123 
124 
125 
126 
127 
128 
129 
130 
131 
132 
133 
134 
135 
136 

Boston)  . 
137 
138 

maica) . . 
139 
140 
141 
142 
143 
144 
145 


.  Edward  Patch  Sen'r. 

Edw'd  Bond's  2d  Child. 

John  Baker's  Child. 

Josh'a  Woodberrye's  2d  Child. 

John  Stephens's       "     " 

Caleb  Clark's  Wife. 

Zecliary  Stone  Sen'r. 

Robert  Baker  (drowned  at  sea)  7. 

Benja.  Cleaves's  3d  Child. 

Jno.  Eliot's  2nd  Child.  July  1734. 

Zobtilon  Woodberrye's  Child. 

David  Stone's  " 

Dan'I  Wallis's  2d 

r/A    ]        [  Morgan,   at  Conn.  9. 

Benja.  Woodberry  ^      10. 

Zebulon  "   "  Most  at  sea.  11. 

Sam'l  Ellinwood     )      12. 

Caleb  Clark's  Child. 
James  Ellinwood. 
Rachel  Slue. 

Peter  Groves  Jun'rs  Child. 
John  Patch  ye  2d. 
Jona.  Biles  aged  87-1734. 
Wid.  of  Robert  Leech  aged  96. 
Isaac  Woodberry's  Child. 
John  Stanley's  Wife. 
William  Leech. 
Joseph  Trask's  Child. 
Israel  Ober  D.   12   1734  (at 

13. 

Mr  Champney's  Negro  W. 
Jno.*   Sallowes  Jun'r    (at  Ja- 

14. 

Live.  Whitredge's  2d  Child. 
David  Woodberry. 
Wid.  of  Joseph  Lovett. 
Lois  Kenny's  2d  Negro. 
Peter  Ellen  wood. 
Cornelia         May  7  1735. 
Jno.  West's  Negro  Man. 


•Tho. 


18 


146  Robert  Patch   (drowned  at  St. 
Kits) 15. 

147  Jno.  West       )  found'd  at  sea.lG. 

148  Tho.  Williams  J 17. 

149  Haz.  Smith  Jun.  21  1735. 

150  Josh'a  Herrick's  Child. 

151  Deborah  Cleaves. 

152  Wid.  of  Joseph  Stephens. 

153  "     of  Caleb  Wallis. 

154  Brackenbury  Patche's  Child. 

155  John  Mors's  ,    "     " 

156  Wid.  Hannah  Becket's  "     " 

157  Tho.  Hardee's  "     " 

158  John  Thorndike  Jun'rs  "     " 

159  George  Tuck's  4th  "     " 

160  Benja.  Patch  ye  2nd. 

161  Edw'd  Trask  Jun'rs  Child. 

162  Benja.  Eliot's  Negro  Child. 

163  Joseph  Foster  Jun'rs  Wife. 

164  Jona.  Phelps's  Child. 

165  James  Taylor's  Wife. 

166  Andrew  Balche's   Child.   May 
16  1736 1 

167  Benja.  Woodberrye's  Child.  .2. 

168  Henry  Blackfield.s  Child 3. 

169  Benj'a  Eliot's  Child. 

170  Wid.  Bridget  Gray. 

171  Henry  Blackfield's  2nd  Child.  .4. 

172  "         "       "      3d        '*    ..5. 

173  Zebulon  Hill's  Child 6. 

174  John  Stephen's  3d  Child. 

175  Jona.    Smith's  Child 7. 

176  "  "  "    8. 

177  Hewit    Herrick's  Son 9, 

179  l   Wi^^^^"^  Haskell's  twins. 

180  Nehemiah  Smith's  Child  10 

181  John  Stone. 

. . .  Jona.  Smith's  3d  Child 11. 

mes  Smith's  Child 12. 

184  Wid.   of  Benj.-  Smith's  Child, 
Au.  1,  1736 13. 


185  Sam'l  Trask's  Child. 14. 

186  Mr.  Champney's  Child. 

187  Deac.  B.  Balche's  Son 15. 

188  Wid.  of  Benj.  Smith's  2d  Child  16. 

189  "  "         "       3d     "     17. 

190  Sam'l  Smith's  Child 18. 

191  Ebenr  Cleaves's  " 

192  Wid.  Mary  Smith 19. 

193  Cushing  Corning 20. 

164  Jona.     Conants    Child  —  2d 

Child 21. 

195  Nehem.  Smith's  2d  Child. .  .22. 

196  Jona.  Thorndike's  Child 23. 

197  Neh.   Smith's  3d       " 24. 

198  "  "       4th      " 25. 

199  Joshua  Herrick's  Wife 26. 

200  Deborah  Trask 27. 

201  Mrs.  Eliza.  Hale  Aug  19 1736.  28. 

202  Lydia  Rutland 29. 

203  Israel  Clements 30. 

204  Joseph  Trask's  2d  Child 31. 

205  Sam'l  Smiths  2d         " 32. 

206  Rebecca  Hale  ye  2d.    Aug.  23d 
1736 33. 

207  Joseph  Trask's  3d  Child  ...  .34. 

208  Jona.  Conant's  3d  Child. . . .  35. 

209  Josh'a  Herrick's  2d     "      ...36. 

210  Sam'l  Smith's  3d  Child 37. 

211  Jo  Traske's  4th         " 38. 

212  Bethiah  Stanly  atDr  Balche's.  39. 

213  Josh'a  Herrick's  3d  Child. .  .  40. 

214  Sam.l  Smith's  4th         "     .  ..41. 

215  Jona,  Conant's  4th        "     ...42. 

216  "         "       5th       "     ...43. 

217  Jno.  Raye's  Molatto  Girl 44. 

218  Josh'a  Herrick's  4th  Child. .. 45. 

219  Jno.  Raye's  Child 46. 

220  Wm.  Trask's     " 47. 

221  Benja  Roundey's        ♦'  48. 

222  Jno.  Baker,8  2d  '♦  49. 

223  Josiah  Lovett's  "  50. 

224  Jno.  Rea's  2d  "  51. 


19 


225  his  wive's  Daughter,        62. 

226  Benja.  Koundey's  2d  Child.      53. 

227  Josiah  Woodberrye  3d  his  Child  54. 

228  Wm.  Cox's  Child 55. 

229  Josiah  Woodberry  3d  his  2nd 
Child 56. 

230  Benja.  Rutland's  "         "  7. 

231  Isaac  Gray's  Wife 58. 

232  Wm.  Cox's  2d  Child 59. 

233  Eandall  Preston's  Son 60. 

234  Wm.  Cox's  3d  Child 61. 

235  Mr.  Henry  Hale,  Sep.   30  1736 
(at  Exeter.) 18. 

236  Wid.  of  John  Patche's  Child.    62 

237  Andrew  Ellenwood's       " 

288  Capt.  Isa'c  Woodberrye's  2d  "  63. 

239  George  Herrick's  Child 64. 

240  Isaac  Gray  Juu'rs      " 

241  Brackenbury  Patche's     2d  " 

242  Benja.  Eoundy's  3d  Child        65. 

243  Jno.  Biles  (drowned  at  ye  Vin- 
yard) 19. 

244  Widof  Jno.  Patche's  2d  Child  66. 

245  *'     "     "         "         3d     "      67. 

246  Zeb  Hills  2d     "      68. 

247  I  Wm.    Tuck's  2  Children.  .  .  69. 

248} 70. 

249  Wid.  Read,  wid.  of  Christopher. 
250)  Wm.  Tuck  Jun'rs  2  Child'n  71. 

251  j   72. 

252  Samuel  West 73. 

253  Mr.  Kimball's  Molatto  Child.  74. 

254  John  Stephen's  4th  Child 75. 

255  "      "      "         5th       "         76, 

256  George  Tuck's  Negro 77. 

257  Mary  Lynch 78, 

258  Samuel  Todd 79. 

259  Geo.  Tuck's  5th  Child 80, 

260  Andrew  Eliot's       "  81, 

261  George  Herrick's  2d  Child       82. 

262  Nath'l  Millet's       "       "  83, 


263  Jno.  Giles's  4th  Child 84. 

264  Nicho'  Woodberrye's  " 85, 

265  Rich'd  Coye's  Wife 86, 

266")    Israel  Lovett's  2  Child'n,  .  87. 
267] • 88. 

268  Capt.  Ellis's  Negro 89. 

269  Hezek.    Hathan's   Wife    (at   S 
Village.) 

270  W^id.  of  Tho.  Fox  Sen 

27 1  Zeb.  Hill's  3d  Child 90. 

272  John  Woodberry  3d  his  wife 

273  Jer.  Butman's  Child 91, 

274  Andr.  Eliot's  Negro 92. 

275  Isra'l  Lovett)  drown'd  at  sea  20. 

276  Wm.  Johnson)  Janry  19  1736  21. 

277  Nurse  Williams 

278  Daniel  Wallis's  3d  Child. , . ,  93. 

279  Sarah  Sallowe's  Child 

280  Jona.  Stanley's       "      

Joseph  West  Barbad 20. 

281  Capt  Herrick's  Widow  Jun.  11 
177 

282  Andrew  Eliot's  Wife 16. 

283  Josh'a  Clark's  Child 94, 

284  Josh'a  Bisson  Jun'rs  2d  Child. . , . 

285  John  EUitrap's  Child 95, 

286  Caleb  Clark's  2d  Child 96. 

287  Wm.  Biles's  Child 97. 

288  "  "         "      98, 

289  Antho.    Wood's   Son   Aug.    1 
177 99. 

290  Wm.  EUinwood's  Child 

291  Wm.  Cleaves's  3d     "     100, 

292  Eben  Lovett's  Child 101, 

293  Sam'l  Stone's  2d  "   102. 

294  "         '•         3d  "   103, 

295  Nath'l  Millet's  2d  " lOL 

296  Benja.  Cleaves's  4th  Child.  .106. 

297  Jno  Morgan's       2d       "        106, 

298  Nath'l  Baker's  Child 107. 

299  "  "  "  108. 


5iO 


300  Wm.  Clark's  Child 109. 

301  Caleb  Clark's  3d  Child. ...   110. 

302  K'd  Whitredge's  Child HI. 

303  Josiah  Stone's  Child 112. 

304  Wid.  of  Zeb  Morgan's  Child.  113. 

305  Liverm.  Whitredge's  3d  "     114. 

306  Tho.  Cox's  Child 115. 

307  Capt.  Isaac  Woodberrye's  3d  Child. 

308  K'd  Whitredge's  2d  Child.  .116. 

309  Dan'l  Butman's  Child 117, 

310  John  Baker  (Davis's  Streights)  22, 

311  Widow  of  R'd  Thistle 

312  Dan'l  Batcheld'rs  Child. ...  118. 

3 1 3  Edw'd  Butman's  2d  "      119. 

314  Dan'l         "■         "         *•         12a 

315  Herb't  Thomdike's  Wife. 

316  Dan'l  Batcheld'rs  2d  Child.  .121. 

317  Hugh  Woodberrye's  Child 

318  Mary  Smith 

319  Herb't  Thomdike's  Sod 122. 

320  Hez.  Ober  Jun'rs  Child  . . .  .123. 

to  December  10  1737. 
8  years  ■   ■  ^  ■-■• 
the  first  6  years  &,  5  montbs. . 

165  died 165 

&  the  last  year  &  7  months. ...,,..  .155. 
40  per  annum. 

There  are  in  ye  account  of  ye  name  of 

Smith  22. 

'Wood  berry  18. 

Morgan  14 

Patch  13. 

79        Lovett  12. 

Cleaves  10. 

Herrick  10. 

Stone  10. 

Tuck  10. 

128       Ellinwood  9. 

Trask               *  8. 

Baker  X- 

Clark  T. 


Eliot  7. 

Stephens  6. 

Thorndike  6. 

Whitredge  6. 

Corning,  Hascoll,  Sallowes,  But. 
man,  Conant,  Cox,  Giles,  &  Taylor  5  each. 40. 
Biles,  Leech,  Ober,    Wallis,   and  Hale, 

4  each 20. 

30  names.  235. 

321  Leonard  Slue's  Wife 

322  Elisha  Woodberry's  Child..  124. 

323  Tho.   Haidee's  Wife  8.  11  1737. 

324  Elisha   Woodberry's  Child..  125. 

325  Benja.  Cleaves's  Negro  Child. 

820  Robert HaskallJr.  frowned  in  23 
o.-)^  r)'j  n  r      Virginia  on 

327RdCoye  j  Feb  3  1737  24 

828  Nath'l  Stone's  Wife  Mar.  12  1737. 
.329  Dan'l    Clark    (dy'd   in   West 

Indies) : 25. 

330  Edw.  Trask  May  5  1737 

831  Josiah  Woodberry's  Child  May  15. 

332  John  Thornd.   Jun'rs   son  Hale 
July  8 

333  Paul  Thorndike  Jun'rs  Child  30. 

334  Mary  Pierce  Aug.  2 

335  Tho.  Tuok's  Child,  stillborn  '^ 

336  Jon.  Woodberry's  2d  Wife"  IE 

337  Josb'a  Bisson  Jr's  Child  "    16 

338  Daniel  Black  "  26  126. 

339  Nath'l  Black  Jr,s  Child  '^  28  12T. 

340  Nicho.  (son  of  Rob't)  Ellinwood 
August  28 128 

341  Mihet  (son  of  Mihel)  Woodberry 
'^      29 129. 

342  Hannah  daught.  of  Israel  Ober 
S.  3 180. 

343  Joanna  (D'r  of  Jona.)  Woodberry 
"10 131. 

344  Eliza'h  Quarles  S.  20 
845  Jno.  EUitbarp's  Child  "  " 

346  Wm.  Woodbry's     "       "  "  13  2. 
a47  "  '^  "      183. 


21 


348  Capt.  Herrick's  Wife  Octo.  30 

349  Tho.  Cox  Nov.  5 

350  Time.  Clements,  killed  with  a 
cart  Nov. 8 

351  Lieut  Balch  Nov.  19 

352  Tho.  West's  Child         "20 

353  Wm.  Stone  drown'd  at  N  Castle  26 

354  Paul  Thorndike  Jr  )  supposed  to  27 

355  Hezekiah  Ober  Jr  >  be  lost  in  a  28 

356  Josiah  Foster  )  Hurricane,  29 
in  ye  West  Indies  Aug.  18,  1738. 

357  Jno.  Rea"s  Child. 

358  Andr.  Balche's  " 

359  Wid  Susanna  Cole  Feb.  10  1738 

360  Wid  Charity  Patch      "      20      " 

361  liartho.  Brown's  Child  "    21      " 

362  Andr.    Corning   Cast  away    at 
Salsbr.  Mar  7 30 

363  Lieut  iialche,s  Widow. 

364  Randall  Preston's  Child 

365  James  Taylor^s  "     Ap.  15 

1739* 

366  Jeffry  Thistle's  Child  June  22 

367  John  Leech        )  Supposed  to  be  lost  31 

368  Joseph  Leach    [  T^'J^sZZl  Ve  I 

369  Dav    Standley}  middle  of  February. 

1738. 

370  Jno  Bradford's  Wife.  .  .July  15 

371  Jno.  Grove's  Child  Sep  22 

372  Dea.  Jno.  Wood's  Negr.  Child. 

373  Dan'l  Wallis's  Child  Nov  6 

374  Capt  Andr.  Woodberry's  Negro 
Nov  16 

375  Tho.  West's  Child  Nov  19 

376  Mr.  Hez.  Ober  Nov  26 

377  Josh'a  Gruppy  at  Rhode  Island.     34 
to  Dec'r  10,  1739 

10  yrs.     37  3-10  pr.  Annum    . 

378  Wm  son  of  Capt  And  Woodberry 
(Bay) 35 

♦this  date  is  at  the  top  of  a  page  in  the  Manuscript. 
VOL.    V.  (4) 


379  Wm  Tuck  Jr's  Child.  Jan  3 

380  Wid.   of  Robert  Roundy  83 

yrs  old Jan  19 

381  Samuel  Tuck  Feb.  7 

382  Wid  Hann.  Wood,  aet  82. Feb.  24 

383  George  Hull's  Wife  aet  80  Mar  14 

384  Peter  Groves  Jun'rs  Child. . .  .15 

385  James  Chapman's  Wife 17 

386  Benja.  Standley's  wife  April  1 

387  Jno.  Woodberry  ('at  Methuen..6  36 

388  Wid  Martha   Lynch 

389  Nath.  Black  Jun'rs  Wife 10 

390  Wid  Annn  Foster 14 

391  Eleazer  Giles 24 

392  Caleb  Clark's  Child  May  29 

393  Nath'l  Black  Jan.  June  5 

394  Benja.  Lovett 

395  Capt  Herrick's  Negro  man. 

396  Wid  of  Tho.  Larkura. 

397  Zebulon  Hill 20 

398  Wm.  Gages  Child 

399  Jo.  Coming's  " 

400  Rob.  Morgan  Jun'rs  Child. 

1740. 

401  Died  a  Babe  of  John  Rea  A'gus.  11 

402  Infant  of  Randal  Presson  12 

403  Henry  Blashfield's  Wife     Nov    14 
to  Dec'r  10,  1740. 

404  Wid  Edw'd   Ashby  aet  93.  Jan  10 

405  Abraham  Johnson's   Child  Jan  17 

406  Nathaniel  Stone  near  80  yrs.  Feb  23 

407  An  Infant  of  Benja.  JefFerds 

408  Moses  Presson  lost  at  sea 37 

409  An  Infant  of  Sam'l  Smith. 

410  "         "       "  Isaac  Woodbury. 

411  The  Wife  of  Jos.  Bisson  Jr  Jun  7th 

412  Joseph  Morgan 30 

413  Infant  of  Joshua  Thorndike. 

414  Bartho.  Brown's  Mother. 

415  Infant  of  Wm  Gage  Sep  21t 

416  Child  of  James  Thorndike  Nov  24 


22 


13th 


417  Mr  Jo.  Tuck  died  suddenly— .28 

Dec.  1741 

418  Wid  Ober  aet  87  Jan.  29. 

419  Mr.  Rutland's  Wife 31st 

420  Mr  Paul  Thorndike  Feb.  14 

421  Infant  of  Mr  I  Herrick  Mch  6. 

422  Widow  Clerk  aet  82 13 

423  George  Hull  aet  92 14 

424  Infant  of  W.  Bllinwood   May  17 

425  "       "  Jeof.  Thistle         "  21 

426  "       "  Abig'l  Stone's 

J  Died  suddenly  at  Beaver   Pond 

427  >-  Ben,  A  Negro  man-servant  of  Mr. 
)  — Joshua  Herrick,  July  10th 

428  An  Infant  of  George  Tuck's  Aug  12 

429  "       "     "  Wm  Tuck  Sep'r  5 

430  John  Morse's  Son  John 17th 

431  Patience  Woodbury.  October. 

432  William    Patch,    suddenly   Nov    1 

D.     1742. 

433  Wid.  Willard  Decem'r  16th 

434  Wife  of  Ezra  Chapleman  Feb  1 

435  Capt.  Thomas  Ellice  Marh.  29th. 

436  Infant  of  Herbert  Thorndike  May 

437  and  a  Lad  Son  of  Saml.  Traske. 

438  Brackenbury  Patch 15. 

439  Child  of  Will.  Standley 

440  "      "  Thomas  Patch  June 

441  "       "  Joseph  Standly  "  26.80. 

442  Infant  of  Wm.  Ellin  wood 

443  Child  of  Thomas  Patch  July 

444  "  "  Eleazer  Giles 

445  "  "  Willi:  ButmanSept.  5 

446  "  '«  William  Haskel  Oct. 

447  "  "  Saml.  Ober  Oct  16. 

448  Deacon  Wood  died  Oct  18th 

449  His  Wife  Nov.  3d 

450  Wife  of  Neh.  Presson  18th 

451  A  Child  of  David  Stone   23d 

452  Wid.  of  John  Tuck  25 

453  Child  of  David  Stone        27 


454  Hezekiah  Hathan  Dec.  7 

455  Saml  Stone  Jr  )  '^'■"^°<^  ^ 

456  Rob.  Stone  (son  of  Robt)  )  sqnam  39 

457  Rob  Stone  (son  of  Zeckh)  killd.  at 
Le  Guira  March  1742-3 40. 

458  Francis  Ellis  )  *"PP°^^'^J*'sea  ^°*'    ^^ 

459  Alexr.  Biles  )  abt  two  years  agoe    42 

Now  abroad  for  a  long  while  unknown  where. 
David  Harris 
Mihel  Woodberry 
Gideon  Woodberry 
Mihel  Thorndike 

460  A  Porteguese  servt  of  Saml.  .  .43. 
Stone,  drowned  with  him  at  Squara. 

461  A  Child  of  Wm  Pierce. 

140  (Dec  7  1743 

462  Abner  Chapin  lost  going.  ....  .44 

to  Jersey  abt  3  years  agoe. 

463  Ralph  Ellinwood  Sr  died  abt.  2  1-2 
years  ago  older  yn  R.  H. 

Dec.  10,  1743. 

464  Infant  of  Joseph  Corning  D.  28 

465  Andr.  Eliot  Junr.  Jan  24 

466  Simon  Lovett  Etat  84  Feb  2 

467  Tho.  Tuck's  Child. 


died  of  ye 


Small  Pox 


468  Ezra  Chapman 

469  Nathl  Williams  Jr.  )   in  Europe 

470  Dixy  Morgan's  Child 

471  Randal  Preston  abt  42  Mar.  27 

472  Saml  Smith  abt  52  Apr.  29 

473  Infant  of  Jo  Larkum  May  18 

474  Mr  John  Ober  abt  72  "    29 

475  Eb  Lovett's  daughtr  abt  19  yr  old 

A'ru  T      n  }    killed  by  a         47 

4/DJno  Groves     y  -a,       u    r>  •    . 

)    J^  rench   Privateer. 

477  Richard  Patche's  Wife 

478  Edmd.  Ashbye's  Child 

479  Ditto 

480  James  Patch  2d  dyd.  in  Europe  48 

481  Edmd  Ashbye      "    July  9 

482  Peter  Pride  (68)  July  16 

483  Jno  Coye  killed  at  Isle  of  May  49 


45 


46 


23 


phia 


484  Eleanr  Ashbye. 

486  Peter  Groves  Junr's  2d  son 

487  Israel  Eliot  S.  20 

488  Wid.  of  Elias  Picket  fet  93  0.  20 

489  Benj  Thornd.  drownd  at  Philadel- 
50 


490 
491 
492 
493 
494 
495 


496 
497 
498 
499 
600 
501 
502 
503 
504 
505 
506 
507 
508 
509 
510 
511 
512 

513 
514 
515 
516 
517 
518 
519 
520 
521 
522 


Wid.  of  Jno  Williams  abt.  90. 
Leonard  Slue 
Jno.  Rea's  Child  Nov.  15. 
Negro  Child  of  Capt.  Herrick. 
Negro  Child  of  Capt  Hyleger. 
Infant  of  Saral  Harris  Junr 
Dec  10,  1744. 
1745 
Child  of  Wm  Ellinwood  Janry. 

"      "  Joseph  Corning  Feb  22 
Wid  of  Dea.  Saml  Balch 
Infant  of  go  Larkum. 
Jona  Harris  Jr  (at  Cape  Breton)  51 
Child  of  George  Tuck 
Tho  West 
Sanil  Stone 

Wife  of  Lt  Andr.   Balch.  Sept.    15 
Child  of  Ezra  Woodberry. 
Infant  of  Benj  Harvey. 
Child  of  Jno  Thornd.  Jun. 
Neh.  Presson's  Daughter. 
Ruth  Trask. 

Frances  Eliot  at  Lewisburg ...  52 
Israel  Elwell  "  "  "  ...53 
Benj  Harvey  Dec'r  1745 

1746 
Abigail  (dau  of  Israel)  Woodberry 
Benja.  Harvey's  Widow. 
Sam'l  Smith's  " 

R'd  Biles's  Wife 
Josh'a  Herrick's  negro  child 
Wm.  Ober.s  child 
John  Preston  at  Lewisburg      54. 

Rd.  Butman  )  West  Indies  55. 
J]dw.  Thorndike  j  56. 

Joseph  Coming's  Wife 


59. 
60. 
61. 


62. 


12. 


14. 


523  Andr.  Taylor  at  Statia  57. 

524  Eleazer  Giles  at  Lewisburg      58. 

525  Child  of  Sam'l  Woodberry 

526  George  Pierce 

527  Jno.  Groves  )   lost  bound 

528  Dan*l  Trask  j   to  Virginia 

529  Rd.  Cox  drowned 

530  Jona.  Biles's  Child  scal'd  to  death 

531  Herb  Thornd.  Jun'r  July  10 

532  Child  of  Ens.  B  Woodberry  )  135 

533  another  child  of  dito  ) 

534  Benja.  Brown  in  his  passage  ) 
from  Philadelphia  Aug  22  \ 

535  Elias  Picket.  Small  Pox  St 

536  Negro  Child  of  Capt  Herrick 

537  Jacob  Gray  Small  Pox.       S 

538  Wm.  Wales. 

539  Negro  Child  of  Robert  Stone 

540  Child  of  Wm.  Thistle. 

541  "      "  Andr.  Stone. 

542  Capt  Rob't  Woodberry  Oct  13 

543  Joseph  Eliot,  drowned  in  Bar- 
bad's  O.  31  63. 

544  Jack  Woodberry  Dec  5 

545  Ezra  Woodberry  (at  Statia)     64. 

Dec.  1746. 
1747. 

546  Peter  Groves's  Wife  abt.  65 

547  Moses  Gage's       "  77 

548  Deacon  Wm.  Dodge  abt  83  Jan  6. 

549  Cornelius  Larkum  abt  94 9. 

550  Capt  Wm.  Hyelger's  negro  child 

551  Neh.  Stone.  Small  Pox  abt  55.18. 

552  Vid  of  Jona.  Stone,  aet  79 

553  Sarah  Blashfield  abt  60  Feb  14. 

554  "         Bean's  child 

555  Sam'l  Stone's  Widow. 

556  Lieut.  B.  Cleaves  negro  child 

557  Capt  Herrick's  Wife 

558  —  Girdler's  Child 

559  Tho  Patch  A't  82  Mar  16 

560  Tho  Patch  Jun. 


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561  Tho  SalHs  abt  80  Mar  28 

562  Benja.  Roundy's  Wife  abt  48 

563  Ralph  Tuck's  Child. 

564  Andr.  Eliot's  Wife  Ap.  16 

565  Sam'l  Dennis  dy'd  suddenly  on 
ye  Beach  June  13. 

566  Robert  Stone  Etat  55  Aug.  7 

567  Edm'd  Giles's  Child 17 

568  Henry  Herrick  Sen  Aet  77. 

569  Henry  Trask,  drowned  at  Mr.  H'd  65 

570  Child  of  Jno.  Bradford  Jun. 

571  " 

572  Wm.  Haskell  Etat.  abt  40 

573  Joseph  Coming's  Child  De.  6 

Dec.  1747. 

574  Capt  Herrick's  Indian  Woman 
dy'd  abt  2  yr's  ago. 

1748 

575  Jona.  McKenny  abt  47 

576  Jno  Martin  abt  80 

577  Andr.  Eliot  abt  ()5 

578  Infant  of  Andr.  Thorndike. 

579  Joseph  Picket  Jun'rs  Child  Feb  1 1. 

580  Benj.  Cleaves  Jun'rs  Child 

581  Capt  Andr.  Wood's  Negro  Child 

582  Eliza  Read  aet  ar  52. 

583  Barnabas  Raymond.  VV.  Ind.  .66. 

584  Sam'l  Wood  berry's  Child 

585  Sam'l  Harris  Jrs.  Child 

586  Robin  Mingo  Aet  87 

587  Danl  Batchelder's  Molatto  Child. 

588  Benj.  Rutland  Apl  15  abt  68. 

589  Wid.  Joanna  VVoodberry  Aet  76. 

590  Dan'l    Ellenwood    (Sm.   Pox.  Lon- 
don  67 

591  Jno  Morgan  Jun'rs  Wife. 

592  Robert  Roundy's  Child 

593  '•  ■'  Wife   May  15. 

594  Rich'd  Hood'.s   Wife 24. 

595  Wm.  Eliot's  Child. 

596  Moses  Gage  June  30  Act.  80 

597  John  Blowers. 


598  Tho.  (son  of  Joseph)  Sallis.  Aug  12 

599  Jo.  Williams's  Child  136. 

600  ■)  2  Infants  of  Benj.  Ober  20  137. 

601  j  138. 

602  Ditto  negro  boy  Titus  139. 

603  A  child  of  Elisha  Woodbry 

604  David  Allen's  child  140. 

605  Nath'l  Williams's  Dau'r  abt 
35 141. 

606  Jona.  Herrick     ")  Supposed     W.^, 

607  Sam'l  Thorndike  [  to  be  lost    69. 

608  Joseph         "       j  Novr  1747  70. 

609  Edmund  Cleaves  |  coming  from  7 1 

610  Benja.  Clarli        j  Newf'dland  72 

611  Child  of  Joseph  Giddings       142. 

612  Ebenr  Williams's  Child        143. 

613  Another  of  his  chilrn  144. 

614  Child  of  B.  Dike  145. 

615  "         "         "  146. 

616  "         '<         "  147. 

6 1 7  Ebcn'r  Williams's  Child         1 48. 
6 IS  Wid  Taylor  Aet.  HI 

619  A   Child   of   Wid   of   Jona. 
Harris 149. 

620  "  *'  Lieut  Sam'l  Morgan's  160. 

621  "  "           Wid  of  Wm.  Has- 
kell D'r  9 151. 

622  Jer.  Butman  Jr.  W.  Indies       73. 

Dec.  10.  1748 
1749 

623  A  Child  of  Benja.  Clark         152. 

624  "     "     "Jona.  Smith  153. 

625  —  tto  Cornel  Woodberry        154. 

626  —  tto  Jeffery  Thistle  155. 

627  Abigail  Klwell         Jan  22d. 
628.  Wid  ef  Eleazer  Giles  S'r 25. 

629  "  Lydia  Elwell  abt  46 

630  Abigail  Ross  abt  79 

631  A  Child  of  Joseph  Wood         156. 

632  Geo  Trow  abt  84. 

633  Child  of  Jona.  Thorndike 

634  Negro  Child  of  Capt   Andr. 
Woodby 157. 

635  "  "  "         "  158. 


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ADDITIONAL  NOTICE  OF  BENJA- 
MIN GERRISH,  AND  OF  THE  OLD 
GERRISH  HOUSE. 


BY    BENJAMIN    F.    BROWNE. 


In  the  Historical  Collections  of  the  Essex 
Institute,  Vol.  2,  Page  213,  may  be  found  a 
very  valuable  and  interesting  notice  of  the  sub- 
ject of  this  article.  Having  been  lately  favored 
with  a  perusal  of  the  books  and  papers,  left  by 
the  late  Mr.  Benj.  Browne,  who  was  a  great 
grandson  of  Mr.  Gerrish,  and  also  by  the  kind- 
ness of  Robert  Peele,  Esq.  of  a  manuscript 
genealogy  of  the  family,  prepared  by  the  3d 
Benj.  G. ,  a  grandson  of  the  1st,  and  also  some 
family  papers,  I  am  enabled  to  prep  ire  this 
additional  notice,  which  may  be  interesting  to 
our  local  antiquaries. 

The  Old  Gerrish  House 
is  a  quaint  old  building  of  very  humble  appear- 
ance, and  a  time  honored  memorial  of  one,  who 
was  in  his  day,  of  great  note,  credit  and  honor 
in  our  ancient  town.  It  is  situated  near  the 
corner  of  Essex  and  Forrester  Streets,  and  is 
now  numbered  16  on  Essex  Street.  It  has 
been  in  possession  of  Mr.  Browne  and  his  wid- 
ow, till  within  a  few  months,  when  she  having 
deceased,  it  was  purchased  by  Mr.  William 
H.  Nichols. 

It  was  built  by  Nicholas  Bartlett,  about 
1644,  and  was  sold  to  Walter  Price,  whose  Ex- 
ecutors, John  and  Elizabeth  Price  conveyed  it 
Jan.  19th  1682,  to  Benj.  Gerrish.  In  the 
deed  to  G.,  it  is  described  as,  "one  Dwelling 
House  wherein  Nicholas  Bartlett  formerly 
dwelt,  with  one  quarter  of  an  acre  of  land  un- 
der and  adjoining,  lying  and  being  situated  in 
the  Town  of  Salem  as  aforesaid,  and  having 
the  now  Dwelling  House  of  William  Cash  on 
the  East  side  thereof,  and  bounded  with  a  Cove 
to  the  North,  with  the  street  or  highway  to  the 

VOL.    V.  (5) 


South,  and  with  a  lane  or  highway  down  to  the 
cove  on  the  West."  This  is  signed  by  John 
and  Elizabeth  Price,  witnessed  by  Edmund 
Batter  and  John  Hathorne,  and  acknowledged 
before  Bartholomew  Gidney,  Justice  of  the 
Peace. 

About  1696,  he  bought  of  William  Cash, 
the  dwelling  house  named  above  with  a  quar- 
ter of  an  acre  of  land.  He  built  on  the  prem- 
ises an  office,  and  a  number  of  other  buildings, 
and  a  wharf.  Here  he  kept  the  Custom  House 
and  an  English  and  West  India  Goods  store, 
and  appears  to  have  conducted  his  afiairs  with 
great  prudence.  Some  of  his  old  furniture 
was  purchased  by  Pickering  Dodge  Esq.  about 
20  years  since;  the  rest  remained  in  the  house 
till  the  decease  of  Mrs.  Browne. 

He  bought  of  John  Cromwell,  the  piece  of 
land  opposite  his  house,  being  about  an  acre 
and  a  quarter,  bounded  west  on  the  lane  now 
Becket  Street,  and  running  South  to  the  Beck- 
et  estate  ;  also  a  portion  of  land  in  Ferry  Lane, 
now  Bridge  Street,  of  Mr.  Wallis,  being  about 
4  1-2  acres;  likewise  a  piece  of  land  with  a 
warehouse  thereon  at  Winter  Island,  a  piece 
of  land  near  Castle  Hill  and  four  common  rights 
in  the  Great  Pasture,  and  he  had  likewise  for 
many  years,  a  lease  of  Prudence  Island,  in  the 
State  of  Rhode  Island. 

Division   of  the  Estate. 

He  died  April  24th  1713,  and  his  estate, 
according  to  the  inventory,  was  £1597  4s.  and 
the  expenses  of  the  funeral,  were  £47.  3s.  5d. 
He  gave  one  half  of  the  property  to  his  widow^ 
and  the  other  half,  equally  to  his  six  children . 
The  personal  estate  was  divided  in  1714,  but 
the  division  of  the  real  estate,  was  not  made 
till  1734,  when  the  whole  of  the  dwelling  house 
and  land  and  all  the  other  buildings  thereon, 
with  two  common  rights  in  the  great  pasture, 
were  assigned  to  the  widow,  as  her  half  of  the 


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real  estate.     She  had  the  income  of  all  the  real 
estate  to  this  period. 

The  land,  opposite  the  dwelling  house,  was 
divided  into  three  lots,  and  the  Elasterly  part 
(No  1)  "measuring  five  poles  in  front  from 
the  Eastern  side,  where  it  bounds  on  Mascoll 
and  Tyler,  to  continue  that  breadth  14  poles 
and  13  feet,"  fell  by  lot  to  his  son,  John  Grer- 
rish.  John  sold  this  land  to  Capt.  Clifford 
Crowninshield,  who  erected  upon  it  a  Rope  walk 
and  also  the  Dwelling  House  fronting  tlie  street, 
which  his  grandson  of  the  same  name,  owned 
and  occupied  for  many  years. 

Lot  No.  2,  "bounded  in  front  on  the  street 
4  Poles,  westerly  on  the  lane  leading  to  Beck- 
ets,  where  it  measures  12  Poles,"  fell  to  the 
representatives  of  his  daughter  Eunice,  deceased . 
This  was  afterwards  divided  into  four  parts. 
One  part,  now  occupied  and  owned  by  the 
heirs  of  Theophilus  Sanborn  deceased,  fell  to 
Mrs.  Lydia  Browne,  and  the  remainder  was 
sold  to  the  Rev.  Samuel  Fiske,  and  by  him  to 
Capt.  Joseph  Lambert,  who  erected  the  house 
fronting  on  Essex  Street,  and  which  was  many 
yeai-s,  occupied  by  his  son  Joseph,  and  is  well 
known  as  the  Lambert  Estate. 

Lot  No.  3,  "lying  in  the  rear  of  the  two 
first,  bounding  Easterly  on  Tyler  and  Masury's 
land  nine  Poles,  Southerly  on  Mascoll  and  Beck- 
et,  10  Poles  and  Westerly  on  Becket's  Lane, 
nine  Poles,  fell  to  his  daughter.  P]lizabeth 
Peircc,  and  by  her  sold  to  Rev.  Samuel  Fiske, 
and  by  him  to  Capt.  Joseph  Lambert. 

The  land  on  Ferry  Lane,  was  divided  into 
3  parts,  and  the  Westerly  part,  or  No.  4 
''bounded  Westerly  on  Col.  Higginson's  land, 
twenty  five  Polos.  Northerly  on  Ferry  Lane 
ten  Poles,  and  Southerly  by  the  water,  eleven 
Poles,  fell  to  his  daughter  Lydia,  wife  of  Mr. 
John  Browne. 


No.  5  adjoining  "bounded  North  on  Ferry 
Lane,  eleven  Poles,  and  thirteen  feet,  and 
South  by  the  water,  with  half  of  a  common 
right  in  the  Great  Pasture,  fell  to  Benj.,  the 
eldest  son  of  Deacon  G.  He  sold  this  land  to 
Richard  Derby  Esq.,  who  sold  it  to  Capt. 
John  Osgood,  and  is  the  same  lot  with  which 
the  Osgood  Wharf  is  so  closely  connected. 

No.  6,  east  of  the  proceeding  lot,  "  bounded 
on  Ferry  Lane,  eight  Poles,  and  running  the 
same  breadth  Southerly  to  the  water,  and 
Easterly  on  Mr.  Carlton's  land,  and  Souther- 
ly by  the  water ,  and  the  old  Ware  house  at 
Winter  Island,  and  the  other  half  of  the  com- 
mon right,  fell  by  lot  to  the  heirs  of  Mrs.  Han- 
nah Higginson,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Deacon 
G.  The  warehouse,  Fish  Press  and  appurte- 
nances, were  sold  in  1735,  by  the  other  heirs 
of  Nathaniel  H.,  to  John  Ward,  who  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Nathaniel. 

The  committee  who  made  the  division,  were 
Benj.  Lynde  Jr.,  Ichabod  Plaisted,  James 
Lindal  and  Timothy  Pickering. 

Madam  Gerrish  did  not  long  survive  the 
settlement  of  the  estate,  having  died  Decem- 
ber 24th  1734,  aged  61.  Her  funeral  expen- 
ses amounted  to  £124.  8s.  She  left  her 
estate  equally  to  her  two  children,  John  Ger- 
rish and  Lydia,  wife  of  John  Browne.  Her 
personal  estate,  according  to  the  inventory, 
was  £437.  18s.,  and  was  divided  Jan'y  10th 
1735,  but  the  real  estate  remained  undivided 
until  1750,  Mrs.  Lydia  Browne  having  died 
in  1744.  The  Easterly  half  fell  by  lot  to 
John  Gerrish,  and  the  Westerly  half  to  the 
heirs  of  Mrs.  Lydia  Browne.  John  G.  sold 
his  part  to  Timothy  Wellman,  who  in  1767 
conveyed  one  half  the  land  to  his  son  Timothy, 
who  erected  the  house,  long  known  as  the 
Wellman  house.  Timothy  Wellman,  in  his 
old  age,  conveyed  the  house  and  the  other 


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half  of  the  land,  to  William  Webb,  who  sold 
it  1786,  to  Miles  Ward.  Miles  sold  it  to  Mo- 
ses Thomas,  who  in  1793,  sold  it  to  Christo- 
pher White.  His  son,  Christopher,  sold  it  to 
David  Pingree  Esq.,  who  had  the  old  house 
demolished,  Dec.  '22d  1848. 

The  Westerly  House  (the  old  Gerrish 
House)  was  set  off  to  the  heirs  of  Mrs.  Lydia 
Browne,  and  was  held  by  her  husband,  John 
Browne,  until  1756,  at  which  time  his  son 
Benj.  came  into  possession.  John  died  in 
1770,  aged  70.  Benj.,  youngest  son  of 
Benj.,  bought  out  the  other  heirs,  and  lived 
there  till  his  decease  in  1860,  Sept.  2,  in  the 
87th  year  of  his  age. 

Mr.  Browne  notes  the  repairs  on  the  old 
house  from  1708  to  1846  as  costing  )^I447- 
83,  and  says  : 

"  It  now  hath  its  second  set  of  chimneys 
&  fourth  set  of  Clapboards,  its  second  set  of 
windows  &  frames,  its  second  set  of  floors 
&  third  of  stairs,  third  of  doors  &  third  coat 
of  plastering.  But  man  &  all  his  works  are 
doomed  to  decay  —  the  iron  bound  frame  of 
the  House  and  the  first  boarding  where  it 
has  been  most  exposed  to  the  wet  weather, 
is  on  the  decline — it  has  lasted  forages  past 
and  if  no  particular  accident  takes  place,  may 
last  for  ages  to  come,  so  that  in  some  future 
generation  its  dissolution  may  be  described." 

He  also  records  that  on  the  15th  day  of 
October  1805,  the  seeds  of  the  large  Apple 
tree  &  the  Pear  tree  were  planted  by  him. 

Materials  for  a  Genealogy  of  the  Ger- 
rish Family. 

Wm.  Gerrish  the  first  comer  to  New  Eng- 
land, was  educated  as  a  merchant  in  Bristol 
(England)  and  settled  first  at  Newbury  1640 
&  married,  17th  April,  1645,  Joana,  widow 
of  John  Oliver. —  The  children  by  Joana 
were: 


John  bom  12th  Feb.  or  15th  May  1646. 

Abigail  10th  May  1647. 

William  6th  June  1648. 

Joseph  23d  March  (H.  C.  1669)  1650. 

Benjamin  13th  January  1652. 

Elizabeth  10th  Septr  (or  20th)    1654. 

Moses  9th  May  1656. 

Mary  1st  April  (or  9th  May        1658. 

Anna  12th  Oct  1660. 

&  Judith  10  Sept  1662. 

Wife  Joana  died  14th  June  1667,  &  Wm. 
removed  to  Boston  the  next  year,  &  married 
Widow  Ann  Manning,  &  they  had  a  son 
Henry 

He  died  at  Salem,  August  9th  1687, while 
on  a  visit  to  his  relatives,  &  was  buried  in 
his  brother-in-law,  Walter  Price's  tomb.  He 
was  bom  August  17th   1620. 

Some  account' of  the  children  of  Capt.  Wil- 
liams may  be  found  in  Savage's  Genealog- 
ical Dictionary,  Vol  2d,  Pages  243-44. 
Two  of  these,  .foseph  and  Benjamin,  settled 
in  Salem  and  vicinity.  Joseph  married 
Anna,  daughter  of  Major  Bichard  Waldron; 
was  settled  in  the  Ministry  at  Wenham,  as 
successor  to  Kev.  Antipas  Newman  in  1673. 
He  had  sons,  Joseph  born  25th  April  1676. 
Harvard  College  1 700 ;  2  Paul,  of  whom  1 
know  nothing ;  3  John,  a  shipwright,  mar- 
ried Oct.  22d  1705,  Eliza,  daughter  of  Col. 
John  Higginson.  He  lived  in  Salem,  near 
where  the  Church  of  The  Immaculate  Con- 
ception stands.  In  his  Will,  made  8th 
March,  1731,  and  proved  July  14th,  1732, 
he  mentions  son  Joseph,  daughters  Ann,  Sa- 
rah and  Elizabeth,  the  residue  to  his  wife. 
4  Samuel,  who  was  a  Bookseller  in  Boston, 
married  a  Mrs.  Coney,  was  Register  of  Deeds 
for  Sufiblk,  and  Town  Clerk  of  Boston.  5 
Daughter  Elizabeth  born  9th  October  1673, 
married  Rev.  Joseph  Green  of  Salem  village; 


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and  6th,  Anna,  married  Rev.  Ames  Cheever 
of  Manchester.  For  Benjamin,  see  Mr  Good- 
ell's  notice  referred  to  at  the  beginning  of 
this  article. 

Descendants  of  Benjamin  Gerrish. 

1.  Benjamin,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Hannah 
(Ruck,)  born  January  17,  1683,  married, 
Dec.  25th  1712,  Abigail  Halloway,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Flint,  and  they  had  but 
one  Child,  Benjamin,  born  July  7,  1714. 
He  was  a  wholesale  trader  and  one  of  the 
Executors  of  his  father's  Will;  was  a  Rep- 
resentative to  Gen'l  Court,  and  made  one 
(or  perhaps  more)  voyages  to  Barbadoes  — 
Abigail  died  Sept.  13th  17r)0. 

2.  Hannah,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Hannah,  born  January  24,  I67S,  married 
Nathan'l  Higginson  April  23,  170'i,  son  of 
Col.  John  H.  and  grand-son  of  Rev.  John.  — 
Nath'l  died  in  1720  and  she  married  Ed- 
mund Batter,  Sept.  2oth  1724— Nath,l  and 
Hannah  had  two  sons  and  three  daughters. 
The  sons  died  young.  Of  the  daughters, 
Mary,  married  Nath'l  Andrew,  Sept.  20th 
1729,  and  she  died  Oct.  3d  1747.  They 
had  eight  children,  but  only  three  grew  up 
viz:  Jonathan,  mar'ed  Mary  Gardner,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  G.  John  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Abraham  Watson ;  and 
Mary  married  W^ra.  King.  John  was  the 
grand-father  of  Gov.  John  A.  Andrew. 

Hannah  Higginson  married  John  Ward,  son 
of  Deacon  Miles  Ward.  They  had  sons — 
John  married  Bethiah  Archer;  Nathaniel, 
who  died  in  1759;  Andrew  married  Sarah 
Heufield  ;  and  daughters  —  Hannah  married 
Capt.  Samuel  Webb;  and  Mary,  who  died 
in  e  irly  life. 

Elizabeth  Higginson  mar'd.  Obadiah  Mors, 
a  Jeweller  of  Boston.  They  had  a  son  Na- 
thaniel, baptized  at  1st  Churcli,  Salem,  Nov. 
8th,  1741,  and  of  them  I  know  no  more. 


3.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Hannah  Gerrish,  born  January  8th,  1681, 
married  John  Pcirce,  of  Newbury,  by  whom 
she  had  a  son  Benjamin  and  daughter  Eliza- 
abeth. 

The  children  of  Benjamin  Gerrish  and 
Anna  Payne,  two  sons  and  two  daughters, 
died  in  infancy. 

Children   of  Benj.    Gerrish   and    Eliza- 
beth   (TORNER.) 

1.  John  born  June  23  1698,  married 
Sarah  Cutler,  Sept.  11th  1735.  He  was  a 
Schoohnaster  in  Salem,  from  1724  to  1748  at 
a  salary  of  £80  pr.  annum,  and  he  gave  such 
satirfaction,  that  his  salary  was  increased  for 
several  of  the  last  years  £  17  10s.  There  were 
then  but  two  schools  within  the  main  body  of 
the  town;  Mr.  Nutting  taught  the  other.  Mas- 
ter Gerrish  was  as  famous  in  his  day  for  his 
penmanship,  as  Master  Hacker  was,  half  a  cen- 
tury ago,  and  I  have  some  specimens  of  his 
writing,  which  do  no  discredit  to  his  reputation. 
The  house  in  which  he  resided  was  in  Church 
Street,  and  has  been  known  in  our  day,  as  the 
Handy  House.  It  has  been  recently  demol- 
ished, and  the  site  is  covered  with  the  City 
Stable,  and  Steam  Fire  Engine  House.  His 
children  were  Mary,  born  June  19th  1736, 
Elizabeth,  born  December  5,  1737,  and  John, 
April  24th  1744;  I  know  no  more  of  them. 

2.  Lydia.born  June  22nd  1701,  and  died 
in  1744  ;  married  in  1725,  John  Browne,  son 
of  Dr.  Bartholomew  Browne,  and  great  grand- 
son of  Ruling  Elder,  John  Browne.  He  was 
a  merchant,  and  lived  in  the  house,  now  stand- 
ing on  the  eastern  corner  of  Essex  and  Wal- 
nut Streets.  He  died  in  1770.  Their  chil- 
dren, were  John,  who  died  young;  John  again, 
who  was  killed  in  battle,  in  Canada  in  1759; 
William  died  the  same  year,  on  board  the  Frig- 
ate, Sterling  Castle;  Elizabeth,  who  married 


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George  Newton,  an  oflBcer  in  the  43d  Regi- 
ment of  Foot,  who  were  both  living  in  Leeds, 
England,  in  1783 ;  and  Benjamin,  who  was 
born  April  15, 1733,  and  died  April  24, 1785. 
His  wife  was  Hannah  Archer,  and  she  survived 
him  39  years.  He  lived  in  the  old  Gerrish 
House,  which  he  inheiited  from  his  mother. 
He  had  three  sons,  viz:  John,  born  July  10, 
1758,  — removed  to  Windham,  Me. ,  and  mar- 
ried Hannah  Barker,  of  that  town,  Feb.  15, 
1786,  and  died  there  Nov.  27,  1837. 

Wm.,  born  August  26, 1765.  Went  to  sea 
and  was  impressed  into  the  British  Navy,  was 
promoted  to  a  Lieutenancy,  and  was  last  heard 
from  in  1784. 

Benjamin,  who  lived  in  the  old  Gerrish 
House,  died  Sept.  22,  1860,  aged  86  years, 
4  months.  Lived  a  bachelor  many  years  and 
married,  April  13,  1834,  Mary  Clark,  who 
survived  him,  and  at  her  death,  the  old  house 
was  sold  out  of  the  family .  Benj.  and  Hannah 
Browne  had  likewise  daughters.  Hannah  mar- 
ried James  Browne;  she  was  born  March  22, 
1761,  and  died  Nov.  26,  1834.  No  issue. 
Lydia,  born  July  19, 1763,  married  John  Eus- 
tace May  6,  1781.  She  died  June  5,  1830. 
They  had  two  daughters,  one  married  Theoph- 
ilus  Sanborn,  the  other  Richard  Davis.  Sarah 
born  March  17, 1768,  married  Nov.  16, 1788. 
Ebenezer  Phelps  removed  from  Salem  and 
lived  in  several  places,  finally  settled  in  Indi- 
ana, where  descendants  remain,  and  one,  Dr. 
Phelps,  is  living  in  our  neighboring  town  of 
Middleton.  Elizabeth  born  March  16,  1771. 
married,  Nov.  3,  1794,  John  Gray.  She 
died  May  15,  1806,  and  descendants  remain 
in  Salem.  Abigail  bora  Dec.  4,  1777,  mar- 
ried, Sept.  24,  1806,  Andrew  Archer,  re- 
moved to  Fairfield  Me.,  and  she  died  there 
May  27,  1845.     Descendants  remain  there. 


3.  Eunice,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Elizabeth  (Turner)  Gerrish,  born  August  19, 
1704,  died  Nov.  13,  1720,  unmarried. 

Benjamin  Gerrish,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Ab- 
igail Halloway,  married  Jan.  7,  1736,  Mar- 
garet Cabot.  Mr.  Felt  says  he  died  in  1752, 
without  being  more  definite,  and  says  he  was 
Governor  of  Bermuda.  He  lived  in  the  house 
on  the  North  side  of  Essex  Street,  which  was 
known  in  our  day,  as  the  Hathorne  House. 
It  stood  in  front  of  the  present  North  Church. 
This  land  composed  part  of  the  orchard  of 
Thomas  Maule,  who  conveyed  the  orchard 
9th  of  April,  1707,  to  his  son  John  Maule, 
and  described  it  as  containing  one  acre  and  a 
half,  bounded  Southerly  with  ye  Main  Street, 
Westerly  with  Joseph  Putnam's  land,  North- 
ei'ly  with  ye  bank  of  ye  North  River  and 
Easterly  with  ye  land  of  Jonathan  Corwin  Esq. 
March  14,  1712-13,  Walter  Newbury,  Mer- 
chant of  Boston  (of  the  Society  of  Friends^ 
sold  the  same  land  to  the  2nd  Benj.  Gerrish, 
father  of  this  Benjamin. 

Children  of  Benjamin  and  Margarett — 

Benjamin,  born  Nov.  21,  1737,  died  un- 
married. 

Cabot,  born  Nov.  21,  1739,  was  a  Ship 
Master,  probably  unmarried. 

Abigail,  born  Jan.  25,  1741. 

Abigail,  2d,  Jan.  16,  1743;  the  first  Abi- 
gail died  the  day  previous. 

William,  born  March  23,  1745. 

Margaret  and  John,  Gemini,  born  April 
16,  1748.  Margaret  married  Samuel  Mather 
of  Boston.     No  issue. 

Samuel,  born  March  16,  1749. 

Esther,  born  Feb.  16.  1751;  she  married 
Benjamin  Carpenter  Dec.  1,  1774,  and  he 
married  2dly.,  her  sister  Abigail,  July  26, 
1795. 


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Samuel,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Margaret, 
married,  January,  1773,  Sarah  Williams, 
of  Marblehead ;  most  of  his  long  life  was 
passed  in  the  house  on  Federal  Street,  which 
stood  on  part  of  the  land  of  his  father  and 
grand-father. — It  was  next  west  of  the  late 
Philip  Chase's  house,  and  forms  the  rear 
part  of  the  house  in  which  George  H.  Chase 
has  recently  lived,  No.  85. 

Children  —  Samuel,  born  August  23,  1 773, 
married,  and  died  leaving  no  issue. 

Margaret,  born  Sept.  10,  1775,  died  Nov. 
16th,  1861,  unmarried. 

Benjamin,  born  Nov.  20,  1777,  died  Nov. 
16th,  IbOl,  unmarried. 

William,  born  Jan.  18th,  1780,  died  Sept. 
1853,  unmarried. 

Sarah,  born  Oct.  9,  1781,  died  Oct 
'15,  1783. 

Cabot,  bom  Dec.  10.  1783;  married,  Jan. 
lU,  1808,  Abigail  Grwinu  oi  Salem,  daugh- 
ter of  Thaddeus.  He  died  at  Pensacola, 
Aug.  10th,  1822;  no  issue. 

Sarah,  born  Nov.  29,  1785,  was  2nd  wife 
of  Israel  Ward. 

Abigail  and  Catherine,  Gemini,  born  Nov. 
30th,  1787;  died  in  infancy. 

George,  born  Dec.  23,  1788;  died  at  sea, 
Dec.  26th,  1819;  married  Elizabeth  Fabcns 
of  Salem. 

Francis  C.  born  October  7th,  1791.  H. 
C.  1812:  died  April  16,  1819;  unmarried. 

Sarah,  wife  of  Samuel,  died  February  3d, 
1827,  and  he  married  2nd,  Elizabeth  Chip- 
man.  Samuel  died  Sept.  2nd  184-1,  aged 
95  1-2  years. 

George,  sou  of  Samuel  by  wife  Elizabeth 
Fabens,  had  Elizabeth,  bom  Sept.  3d,  1812, 
died  April  5th,  1837. 

George,  born  Sept.  4,  1814;  died  Oct. 
31,  1817. 


Sally  W.,  bom  Oct.  13th,  1816. 

George  Francis,  July  14th,  1819  ;  died 
at  sea,  Nov.  3,  1837. 

The  name  of  Gcrrish,  is  now  extinct  in 
Salem. 


NOTES  ON  AMERICAN   CURRENCY. 
NO.  10. 


COMMUNICATED    BY    M.    A.    STICKNEY. 


Soon  after  the  death  of  the  late  Samuel 
Gerrish  of  Salem,  which  occurred  in  the  year 
1844,  I  was  applied  to,  by  one  of  the  family, 
to  purchase  a  small  collection  of  coins,  which 
had  been  made  by  diflFerent  members  in  for- 
mer years.  They  consisted  of  early  dates, 
and  were  mostly  such  coins  as  might  have 
been  obtained  from  the  commercial  intercours- 
es with  Spain,  and  the  West  Indies;  some 
were,  however,  preserved  for  their  age,  or  sup- 
posed rarity. 

One  was  a  curious  French  coin.  Obv. 
LVD.  XIIII.  FR.  ET.  NAV.  REX.  1700, 
in  Billion.  In  its  field,  jj^  crowned,  the 
usual  device  of  the  Louis.  Rev.  Legend.  A. 
PIECE.  DE.  XXX.  DENIERS.  Across 
with  fleur-de-lis  in  its  quarters. 

There  was  a  very  good  series  of  French, 
and  English,  copper  coins,  in  the  collection, 
and  0  e  not  very  commonly  found,  of  Charles 
II  Farthings,  in  copper ;  a  pattern  piece,  and 
considered  much  rarer  than  those  struck  in 
silver.  Obverse  CAROLUS.  A.  CAROLO. 
Bust  in  profile,  to  the  right  laureate,  under 
which  is  the  date  1665.  Reverse,  QUAT- 
UOR.  MARIA.  VINDICO.  exergue,  Brit 
tannia.  This  coin  was  engraved  by  Roetier, 
and  the  design  of  Britannia  was  suggested  by 
the  figure  on  the  large  brass  coin,  of  Hadrian, 


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and  is  said  by  Evelyn,  to  bear  a  striking  re- 
semblance to  her  Grace,  the  Duchess  of  Rich- 
mond, a  favorite  of  Charles  IT.  According 
to  Walpole,  the  engraver,  who  was  in  love 
with  her,  attempted  to  give  her  likeness,  in 
the  representation  of  Britannia. 

The  Legend  QUATUOR.  MARIA.  VIN- 
DICO,  or  "The  Dominion  of  the  Four 
Seas,"  was  soon  dropped,  to  oblige  the  king 
of  France. 

I  was  surprised  to  find  several  beautiful 
and  rare  Roman  coins  in  the  collection,  which, 
upon  inquiring  I  was  informed,  that  they 
were  given  by  Grov.  Hutchinson,  to  his  pri- 
vate Secretary,  Samuel  Mather,  who  married 
Margaret  Gerrish,  and  wore  left  with  her,  or. 
his  departure  for  England,  with  Hutchinson, 
at  the  commencement  of  the  Revolution. 

One  of  the  Roman  coins,  in  first  brass,  and 
in  fine  condition,  had  on  its  Obverse,  the 
Bust  of  Hadrian  regarding  the  left  Legend. 
HADRIANUS.  AUG(ustus)  COS  III. 
P('ater)  P(atriao.)  (Hadrianus  Augustus 
Consul  III.  Father  of  his  Country . )  Reverse 
The  Emperor  standing  in  the  act  of  address- 
ing those  military  figures  before  him,  the  rep- 
resentatives of  their  Legions,  and  bearing 
the  Roman  Ensigns.  Exergue  Brittania.  S. 
C.  (Senatus  Consultu)  —  by  consent  of  the 
Senate. ' 

The  earliest  dated  modern  coin  was  a  Cobb, 
dollar,  of  Charles    V.    1554,*  of  the    usual 


*  The  Mines  of  Potosi  had  been  discovered  only 
nine  years  before  this  coin  wa,s  struck,  and  it  is  da- 
ted the  year  of  the  marriage  of  the  son  of  Charles 
V.  Philip  with  Mary,  Queen  of  England,  and  of  the 
issuing  of  coins,  said  to  have  been  coined  from  the 
Bullion  which  he  brought  with  him  from  Spain, 
and  which  was  coined  that  year  in  the  Mint  of  Eng- 
land, bearing  the  heads  of  each,  with  the  Arms  of 
England  and  Spain,  quartered  together;  they  were 
for  a  time,  the  legal  currency  of  our  Puritan  An- 


shapeless  and  irregular  appearance  of  that 
coinage,  and,  notwithstanding  the  long  period 
it  has  been  coined,  yet  weighing  in  value 
nearly  thirteen  cents  more,  than  the  U.  S. 
Dollar.*  This  coin  was  given  by  John  Cab- 
ot, an  eminent  merchant  of  Salem,  to  his 
daughter  Margaret,  when  a  young  girl,  and 
long  previous  to  her  marriage  with  Benjamin 
Gerrish  Jr.  which  took  place  Jan.  7th,  1736 ; 
and  was  constantly  carried  in  her  pocket,  till 
a  short  time  before  her  death,  when  she  gave 
it  to  her  grand-daughter  Margaret  Gerrish, 
who  died  at  Marblehead,  Nov.  16,  1861,  at 
the  advanced  age  of  eighty-seven  years,  two 
months.  It  is  not  likely  another  such  instance 
can  be  found  in  Salem,  of  a  coin  remaining 
over  a  hundred  and  fifty  years,  in  the  posses- 
sion of  only  two  individuals,  and  during  that 
long  period,  without  having  circulated. 

The  great  age  which  several  of  the  family 
have  attained,  has  contributed  to  the  preserva- 
tion by  them,  of  many  relics  of  the  past, — one 
of  which  was  brought  from  Bristol  England, 
by  William  Gerrish,  the  Head  of  the  Family, 
about  1640.  It  is  a  small  highly  finished 
brass  pestle  and  mortar,  with  the  name  and 
date  engraved  on  the  bottom,  "Benjamin 
Gerrish,  1566,"  and  is  in  perfect  preserva- 
tion, and  now  in  the  possession  of  the  family. 

In  addition  to  the  coins,  I  also  obtained  a 
painting,  which  they  said  was  got  by  Gov. 
Hutchinson,  and  came  into  their  hands, 
through  the  agency  of  Samuel  Mather.  It 
is  two  yards  in  length,  and  fifteen  inches  in 
width,  and  not  being  engraved,  is,  I  presume. 


cestors,  who  settled  New  England,  and  who  accor- 
ding to  Sir  Walter  Scott,  at  that  time,  from  their 
abhorrence  of  Popery,  refused  to  recive  them,  even 
as  a  gift. 

*  I  have  in  many  instances   received  essential 
assistance  in  these  notes,  from  Robert  Peele,  Esq. 


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a  unique  copy ;  the  title  reads  as  follows ; 
"  A  Perspective  View  of  the  Blockad  of  Bos- 
ton Harbour,  Islands  &e. ,  men  of  war  and 
the  landing  the  29th,  and  14th  Regiments  on 
the  first  of  October,  68,  as  taken  from  ye  end 
of  long  wharff  by  : 

Christian  Remick.* 

The  scroll,  which  contains  the  title,  is  orna- 
mented by  the  Flags  and  Warlike  weapons  of 
diflferent  Nations.  Over  the  Painting  is  a  scroll 
supported  by  two  cherubs,  bearing  the  inscrip- 
tion, "  Magna  Chartar,  "  in  the  centre  of  which 
stands  a  female,  clothed  only  with  a  scarf,  and 
proceeding  from  her  mouth,  the  word  Caritas. 

On  the  left  of  the  Painting,  is  a  curious  de- 
sign, guarded  by  two  Indians,  of  the  Explana- 
tion of  the  View,  which  is  thus  given : 

Explanation. 
No.  1.  Long  WharfF.  No.  5.   Beaver. 
"     2.  Mermaid. t         "     6.  Bonetta. 
"     3.  Romney.  "     7.  Senegall. 


No  16.  Long  Island. 
"  17.  G-alop's  Is- 
land. 

Nikses  Mate. 
Dear  Island. 
Sloop  Liberty. 
Point  Sherly. 
Aple  Island. 
Nodles  Island. 
Great  Bruster. 


18. 
19. 
20. 
21. 
22. 
23. 
24. 


4.  Launcestan. 


8.   Glasorow. 


*  Query.  Who  was  Christian  Remick  ?  who  ex- 
ecuted this  Painting? 

t  The  number  of  guns,  which  each  of  these  Ships 
carried,  as  follows ;  Mermaid  28,  Romney  .50,  Laun- 
cestan 40,  Beaver  14,  Bonetta  10,  Senegal  14,  Glas- 
gow 20,  Martin  10,  are  given  in  "  Edes  and  Gills 
North  American  Almanack,  and  Massachusetts  Reg- 
ister, for  the  year  1770."  This  Register  also  con- 
tains an  engraving  of  the  Landing  of  the  British 
Troops,  a  view  of  which.  Christian  Remick  has  al- 
so painted ;  they  differ  in  this  respect,  that  Revere, 
in  consequence  of  want  of  room,  gives  only  that 
part  of  the  Harbour,  where  the  Ships  and  Boats  lay 
with  a  view  apparently  taken  from  thera,of  the  City, 
and  of  its  five  principal  Wharfs,  which  were  at  that 
time.  Long  Wharf,  Hancock's,  at  the  North  part  of 
the  Town  ;  Foster's,  Gray's,  Tileston's,  at  the  South 
end. 

In  Drake's  History  of  Boston,  may  be  seen  this 
engraving,  which  he  had  copied  from  an  Almanac, 
belonging  to  John  F.  Eliot  Esq.,  and  which  is  the 
only  one,  to  my  knowledge,  beside  that  in  my  pos- 
session. 


No    9.  Martin. 

"  10.  Landing  ye 
Tropes. 

"11.  Tenders. 

"  12.  Castle  Wil- 
liam 

"  13.  Gover's  Is- 
land. 

"  14.  Dorcester 
Neck. 

"  15.  Spectricle  Is- 
land. 

On  the  end  of  long  Wharf,  of  which  but 
little  is  seen,  appear  several  spectators,  in  the 
Costume  of  that  time,  cocked-up  hats  and  canes, 
who  appear  waiting  the  landing  of  the  Troops, 
one  of  the  Tenders  (all  of  which  are  numbered 
11,)  is  at  the  head  of  the  Wharf,  and  four 
others  are  seen,  with  many  boats  (which  are 
numbered  10  in  the  Explanation)  transport, 
ing  the  Troops  from  the  Ships  in  the  Harbour, 
to  the  Wharf.  The  Mermaid  and  Glasgow 
lay  between  the  head  of  the  Wharf,  and  Gov- 
enors  Island,  and  Romney  opposite  Point  Sher- 
ly, and  Aple  Island,  on  which  appears  a  house, 
and  on  Point  Sherly,  a  large  settlement,  with 
a  Church.* 

The  eight  vessels  on  the  view,  extend  from 
Castle  Island  to  Nodles  Island. 

Castle  William,  with  its  fortifications,  and 
the  Flag  of  England  flying  over  its  works,  is 
seen,  as  is  the  case  with  all  the  Vessels  and 
Transports  in  the  Harbour.  The  works  of  the 
Fort,  appear  to  extend  towards  Govenors  Is- 
land to  the  water,  near  which  is  seen  No.  20. 

*  The  buildings  and  Chiu-ch,  on  Point  Shirley  in- 
dicates that  it  was  uien  occupied,  as  it  had  been  in 
former  years,  by  a  company  of  Boston  gentlemen, 
who  had  purchased  lots  there,  for  the  residence  of 
the  fishermen  in  their  employ.  They  erected  a  num- 
ber of  houses  for  their  own  accomodation,  also  a 
House  of  Public  Worship ;  all  signs  of  this  settle- 
ment, have  now  entirely  disappeared. 


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John  Hancock's  Sloop  Liberty,  in  a  disman- 
tled condition. 

She  being  seized  with  her  Cargo  of  Wine, 
from  Madeira,  by  the  Custom  House  officers, 
June  10,  on  a  charge  of  false  entry.  The 
difficulties  which  followed  in  consequence,  be- 
tween the  officers  of  the  Crown,  and  the  Peo- 
ple, led  Grov.  Bernard,  to  write  to  Lord  Hills- 
borough, that  without  more  Naval  or  Military 
Force,  the  Laws  could  not  be  executed,  and 
in  consequence,  the  14th  and  29th  Regiments, 
were  ordered  to  Boston,  in  six  Ships  of  War; 
these  with  those  before  in  the  Harbour,  amount- 
ed to  about* fourteen  at  the  time  of  the  disem- 
barkation of  the  Troops,  as  is  described  in  the 
Painting,  (Oct.  1,)  and  were  lying  with  their 
broadsides  to  the  Town,  with  springs  on  their 
cables,  and  their  guns  ready  for  firing,  instant- 
ly, upon  the  place,  in  case  of  opposition. 
The  landing  of  the  Troops  was  effected  under 
cover  of  the  Ships'  cannon, without  molestation. 

November  3d.  Emboldened  by  the  arrival 
of  Troops  at  Boston.  Hancock  was  sued  for 
£2000  sterling,  by  the  Admiralty  Court. 
The  Commisioners  prosecuting  him,  as  her  own- 
er, an^ll,  whom  they  supposed,  were  concern- 
ed in  unloading  the  wine,  for  the  value  of  her 
cargo,  and  treble  damages.  The  vessel  was 
finally  restored  in  1769,  by  a  declaration  of 
the  King's  Advocate,  that  his  Majesty  would 
prosecute  no  further. 

This  seizure ,  with  others  of  like  character 
made  by  the  English  Government,  caused  the 
merchants,  the  most  influential  men  in  the  Col- 
onies, to  declare  their  independance,  and  final- 
ly compelled  the  acknowledgement  in  1783. 

*  See  Gordon's  History  of  the  American  Rovolu. 
tion.  Vol.  1,  Page  247,  also  the  Essex  Gazette  Oct. 
4,  1768. 

VOL.   V.  (6) 


MATERIALS    FOR    A     GENEALOGY 
OF   THE    HIGGINSON    FAMILY. 


COMPILED    BY    HENRY    WHEATLAHD. 


The  following  communication  contains  ma- 
terials for  a  genealogy  of  the  Higginson  fam- 
ily, or  brief  notices  of  some  of  the  descend- 
ants of  the  Rev.  Francis  Higginson,  the  first 
minister  of  the  First  Church  in  Salem — -Sev" 
eral  of  the  facts,  were  obtained  from  an  old 
family  record;  others,  from  the  various 
church,  town,  county  records  &c. 

The  compiler  respectfully  requests  those 
who  may  have  additional  information,  to  com- 
municate the  same;  also  the  correction  of  any 
errors  that  may  be  detected. 

Rev.  Francis  Higginson,  sometimes  writ- 
ten in  the  old  MSS.  Higgeson,  second  son  of 
the  Rev.  John  Higginson,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, in  1587,  and  was  educated  at  Emanuel 
College  in  Cambridge.  He  was  settled  in 
the  ministry  at  Claybrook  in  Leicester.  For 
some  years  he  adhered  to  the  forms  and  cer- 
emonies of  the  Episcopal  church — but  after 
a  careful  examination  of  the  merits  of  the  con- 
troversy, then  agitating  the  community,  and 
the  various  arguments  addressed  on  both  sides, 
he  was  led  to  adopt  those  of  the  Puritans,  as 
being  most  consistent  with  his  religious  views 
and  belief — Becoming  thereby  a  non-con- 
formist, he  was  articled  against,  in  the  High 
Commission  Court  by  the  Laudian  Faction, 
and  persecuted,  though  not  prosecuted.  His 
high  reputation  as  a  divine,  and  as  a  person 
admirably  qualified  to  propagate  Christianity 
in  an  infant  colony,  induced  the  company  of 
Massachusetts  Bay,  to  invite  him  to  take  pas- 
sage to  New  England.  He  complied  "^rith 
their  request.  At  that  time  the  company 
were  preparing  to  send  out  five  ships  with 


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planters  to  the  colony,  and  on  board  one  of 
these,  the  "Talbot,"  Mr.  H.  and  his  family 
embarked.  He  sailed  from  Gravesend,  25, 
April,  1629,  and  from  Yarmouth,  Monday, 
May  16th,  and  arrived  at  Naumkeeke,  now 
Salem,  on  Monday,  June  29.  In  August 
of  that  year  he  gathered  a  church  in  Salem, 
which  church  was  the  first  in  the  colony.  He 
lived  about  one  year  after  his  arrival  and  died 
August  6,  1630,  leaving  a  widow  by  whom 
he  had  nine  children. 

See  a  Memoir  of  Rev  F.  H.  by  Rev.  Jos. 
B.  Felt,  in  N.  E.  Hist.   Gen.  Reg.  vi.  105. 

His  widow,  Mrs.  Ann  Higginson,  resided 
in  Salem  a  few  years  after  his  death,  thence 
removed  to  Charlestown  and  afterwards  to 
New  Haven,  where  she  died  early  in  the  year 
1640.  Her  estate  was  the  first  which  came 
before  thecourt  of  magistrates  for  settlement 
after  the  planting  of  that  colony.  The  court 
was  held  Feb.  5th,  1640. 

A  copyjOf  the  record,  the  orthography  not 
followed,  is  printed  in  Kingsley's  ^Historical 
Discourse  at  New  Haven,  April  25th,  1838, 
page  102. 

1  —  1.  John,  born  at  Claybrook,  Aug.  6, 
1661.     (2) 

2 — 2  Francis,  born  1617;  was  for  a 
time  schoolmaster  at  Cambridge;  went  to 
Europe;  resided  at  London  for  some  time  and 
visited  several  of  the  Universities  on  the  con- 
tinent for  the  improvement  of  his  mind ;  set- 
tled as  a  minister  at  Kerby  Steven  in  West- 
moreland, England,  and  there  he  died  about 
1670,  unmarried,  in  the  fifty-fifth  year  of  his 
age. 

3  —  3.  Timothy,  was  a  marriner  and  died 
unmarried. 

4 — 4.  Theophilus  died  at  the  age  of  37 
leaving  one  son,  Samuel,  born  at  New  Haven, 
Aug.  26,  1650. 


5  —  5.  Samuel,  Capt.  of  a  Man-of-war 
in  Cromwell's  time,  afterwards  Capt.  of  an 
East  India-man,  died  at  the  age  of  44. 

6 — 6.  Ann  married  Thomas  Chatfield  of 
Guilford,  New  Haven,  Easthampton  L.  I. ; 
probably  no  children. 

7  —  7.  Mary  died  Tuesday,  May  19th, 
1629,  during  the  passage,    aged  4  years. 

8  —  8.  Charles,  Captain  of  a  ship  in  the 
Jamaica  Trade,  died  at  the  age  of  49. 

9 — 9.  Neophytus  died  at  the  age  of  about 
20  years. 

SECOND  GENERATION. 
(2)  Rev.  John  Higginson,  (1  —  1.) 
born  at  Claybrook,  Aug.  6,  1616 ;  kept  the 
Grammar  School  at  Hartford ;  afterwards 
chaplain  of  the  Fort  at  Saybrook.  In  1641, 
went  to  Guilford  and  assisted  the  Rev.  Hen- 
ry Whitfield  in  the  ministry,  whose  daughter 
Sarah  he  afterwards  married.  He  was  never 
ordained  at  Guilford  but  remained  there  in  the 
discharge  of  the  ministerial  duties  until  1659, 
when  he  left  with  the  intention  of  going  with 
his  family  to  England.  The  vessel  in  which 
he  sailed  was  obliged  to  put  into  Sal^n  Har- 
bour on  account  of  the  weather ;  while  there  he 
was  persuaded  to  settle  over  the  church  which 
his  father  had  planted  about  thirty  years  pre- 
vious. He  remained  and  was  ordained  their 
pastor  in  August,  1660,  and  continued  in  this 
place  the  honored  and  respected  minister  un- 
til his  death,  which  took  place  Dec.  9,  1708. 
His  wife,  Sarah,  died  July  8th,  1675 ;  he 
married  2dly  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  Adam 
Blackman  of  Stratford,  and  widow  of  Joshua 
Attrater,  of  New  Haven  and  Boston ;  she  was 
bom  in  1636,  and  died  March  9th.  1708-9 
10—1.  John,  b.  at  Guilford  1646,  (3 .) 
11 — 2  Nathaniel,  born  at  Guilford,  Oct. 
11,  1652.     (4) 


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.  12  —  3.  Sarah*  married  Richard  Wharton 
of  Boston,  who  died  in  London,  about  1690; 
had  daughters,  Sarah,  born  7th  Aug.  1671 ; 
married  John  Cotta;  Bethiah,  born  18,  Sept. 
1672 ;  Frances,  born  6,  Oct.  1673 ;  Katha- 
rine, born  Oct.  1674;  two  last  probably 
died  young. 

13—4.  Anna  married,  Oct.  4th,  1682, 
William  Dolliverf  of  Gloucester. 

14  —  5.  Thomas,  served  his  time  with  a 
goldsmith  in  England ;  returned  to  New  Eng- 
land ;  sailed  for  Arabia,  and  was  lost. 

15  —  6.  Francis,  born  in  Salem  9,  4lh, 
1660 ;  went  to  hia  uncle  Francis  at  Kerby- 
Steven,  who  educated  him  at  the  University, 
and  died  at  London,  in  1684, 

16 — 7.  Henry,  born  in  Salem,  18,  10, 
1661 ;  educated  a  merchant;  went  to  Barba- 
does  as  factor,  and  died  there  in  1685. 

THIRD    GENERATION. 

f3)  John  Higginson,  (10  —  1)  born  at 
Guilford  in  1646 ;  educated  a  merchant,  set- 
tled in  Salem,  Lieut.  Colonel  of  the  Regi- 
ment, a  member  of  the  Council,  had  sust;iined 
the  principal  offices  of  the  town ;  married  9  8, 
1672,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
CSymmes)  Savage,  of  Boston.  He  died 
Mch  23,  1719,  aet.  73. 

17  —  1.     Mary,  b.  Sept.  27,  1673.     (5) 
18—2.     John,  b.  Aug.  20,  1675.     (6) 
19—3.     Thomas  b.  Dec.  23,  1677  ;  died 
Sept.  18,  1678. 

20—4.  Nathaniel,  b.  April  1.  1680. 
(7) 

21  —  5.      Sarah,   b.  June  1,  1682;  mai- 

*  See  Higginson's  Letters  in  Mass.  Hist.  See' 
Coll.,  3d  Series,  Vol.  VII,  198-205 ;  also  Felt  in  N. 
E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.  IX  339. 

t  See  Babson's  History  of  Gloucester  page  81 . 


ried   June  22,    1699,    Nathaniel   Hathorne, 
and  died  August  5,  1699. 

22  —  6.  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  13,  1684; 
md.,  Oct.  22d,  1705,  John  Gerrish,  (8.) 

23  —  7.  Margaret,  b.  Nov.  10,  1686; 
died  June  18,  1688. 

(4)  Nathaniel  Higginson,*  (11  —  2) 
born  at  Guilford,  Oct.  11,  1652  ;  graduated 
at  Harvard  in  1670 ;  went  to  England,  and 
was  with  Lord  Wharton  about  seven  years,  a 
steward  and  tutor  to  his  children.  In  1681, 
was  employed  in  the  mint  of  the  tower.  In 
1683  went  in  the  company's  service  to  Fort 
St.  George,  in  the  East  Indies ;  was  Secre- 
tary and  Member  of  the  Council,  afterwards 
Governor  of  the  Factory  at  the  Fort.  In 
May,  1692,  was  married  to  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Richards,  who  came  out  to  India 
several  years  previous,  to  be  chief  of  Balla- 
sow  Factory  in  Bengal ;  and  died  on  the  pas- 
sage, leaving  a  wife  and  two  daughters,  the 
companions  of  his  voyage.  In  1700  he  re- 
turned to  England  with  his  wife  and  children, 
and  established  himself  in  mercantile  business 
at  London.  He  died  at  a  Parish  called  Pan- 
creas, Soper  Lane,  London,  Oct.  31,  1708, 
and  had  the  following  children  : 

24—1.  Elizabeth,  born  Dec.  3,  1693, 
died  in  London,  about  1700. 

25—2.     Richards,  born  May  18,  1695. 

26  —  3.  Nathaniel,  born  May  30,  1696, 
died  in  1701. 

27—4.  Sarah,  born  Dec.  2,  1697,  mar- 
ried to  Stephen  Aynsworth. 

28  —  5.  John,  born  Aug.  23,  1699,  died 
on  his  passage  to  England,  in  1700. 

29  —  6.     Deborah,  born  1700. 

30  —  7.     Francis,  bom  1705,  died  1709. 

♦See  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.,  1,  34. 


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FOURTH  GENERATION. 
5.  Mary  Higginson  (17  —  1)  born  Sept. 
27,  1673 ;  was  married  1st  April  4,  1695, 
to  Thomas  Gardner  Jr.,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (Porter)  Gardner  (born  25.  8  1671, 
died  about  1696.)  2dly  married  Apr.  25, 
1699,  Edward  Weld  of  Salem,  a  physician, 
son  of  Daniel  and  Uethiah  (Mitchelson)  Weld, 
a  grandson  of  Joseph,  of  Roxbury,  who  came 
to  New  England,  it  is  supposed,  in  1635. 
He  was  born  7th  of  June,  1666,  and  died  Sept. 
1702,  and  had  '-'^ 

30—1  Daniel,  born  April  13,  1700^  and 
died  before  the  father. 

3dly,  married,  May  3, 1708,  Deacon  James 
Lindall  of  Salem,  son  of  Timothy  and  Mary 
(Veren)  Lindall,  born  Feb.  1,  1675,  died 
May  10,  1753  (J.  L.  had  previously  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Corwin  Esq., 
Dec  15,  1702  ;  she  died  May  19,  having  had 
Elizabeth,  born  Sept.  29,  1703,  a  son  born 
Jan.  12,  and  buried  Jan  13.  1702,  and 
Mary,  born  Dec  14,  1705.) 

31  — 2.     James,  born  May  21,  1710. 

32  —  3.  Veren,  born  May  14, 1711,  died 
April  29,  1712. 

33  —  4.     Sarah,  born  June  17,  1712. 

34  —  5.     Abigail,  born  June  16,  1713. 

35  —  6.  Rachel,  born  Aug.  9,  1714,  died 
Sept.  9,  1714. 

36  —  7.     Timothy,  born  April  14,  1716. 

(6)  John  Higginson,  (18 — 2)  b.  Aug. 
20,  1675,  educated  a  merchant;  lived  at 
Salem;  died  Ap.  26,  1718.  Married,  Sept 
11,  1695,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Gardner,  Jr.,  of  Salem.  She  was  born  Apr. 
4,  1676,  and  died  June  20,  1713.  He  mar- 
ried 2dly,  Nov.  11,  1714,  Margaret,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  and  Margaret  (Mitchell) 
Sewall.     She  was  bom  May  7,  1687  ;  died 


Mch.  1736.  A  Register  of  Probate  from 
June  3,  1698,  to  Oct.  23,  1702.  See  Vol. 
3,  Page  5,  of  the  Collections. 

37  —  1,  Elizabeth,  b.  June  28,  1696, 
(9.) 

•38—2.  John,  b.  Jan'y  10,  1697-8, 
(10.) 

39—3.  Samuel,  b.  Feb.  5,  1699-1700, 
died  Sept.  23,  1702. 

40—4.  Sarah,  b.  Feb.  13,  1702-3,  died 
June  14,  1746;  married,  Dec.  1,  1732,  John 
Cabot,  Jr.,  son  of  John  and  Anna  (Ome) 
Cabot,  b.  Oct.  26,  1704,  died  June  3,  1749. 
A  Physician  in  Salem ;  graduated  at  Harv. 
Coll.  in  1724. 

41—5.  Francis,  b.  Nov.  29,  1705  ;  died 
Nov.  29;  1705. 

42—6.  Henry,  b.  Sept.  23,  1707,  died 
Dec.  1,  1708. 

43  —  7.     Stephen,  b.  July  31,  1716,  (11) 

44—8.     Nathaniel,  b.        1718,  d.  1719. 

(7)  Nathaniel  Higginson,  (20 — 4)  b. 
Apr.  1,  1680,  died  1720;  married, 
Apr.  23,  1702,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min Gerrish,  Collector  of  the  Customs  at 
Salem,  and  Hanntih  Ruck,  bom  Jan'y  24» 
1678;  died 

45—1.     Nathaniel,  b.  Mch.   30,    1704; 

d.  Oct.  6,  1706. 

46—2.     Francis,   b.  Dec.  22,   1705;  d. 

Aug.  15,  1707. 

47—3.     Mary,  b.  Oct.  14,  1708,  (12.) 
48—4.     Hannah,  b.  Nov.  8.  1712,  (13.) 
49—5.     Elizabeth,  b.    Sept.    30,  1714; 

died  ;  married,  Jan'y  9, 1734, 

Obadiah  Mors,  of  Boston,  Goldsmith. 

(8)  Elizabeth  Higoinson,  (22 — 6)  b. 
Oct.  13,  1684,  died  married  John 
Gerrish,  son  of  Rev.  Joseph  Gerrish,  of 
Wenham. 


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50—1.  Elizabeth,  b.  July  17,  1710; 
died  Aug.  2,  1710. 

51  —  2.  Anna,  b.  Aug.  13,  1712. 

52  —  3.  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  4,  1714. 
53—4.  Elizabeth,  b.  May  15,  1720. 
54—5.  Joseph,  b.  Aug.  28,  1721. 
55  —  6.  Mary,  b.  Aug.  3,  1723. 

FIFTH    GENERATION. 

(9)  Elizabeth  Higginson,  (37 — 1) 
born  June  28,  1696  ;  'died  Mch  20,  1722-3; 
married,  Oct.  20.  1715,  Eev.  Benjamin  Pres- 
cott,  the  first  Minister  of  the  Middle  Pre- 
cinct in  Salem,  now  South  Danvers.  He 
was  son  of  Jonathan  Prescott,  of  Concord, 
and  Elizabeth  Hoar;  was  bom  Sept.  IG, 
1687,  graduated  at  Harvard  in  the  class  of 
1709.  He  married  2dly,  July  15,  1732, 
Mercy,  daughter  of  Kev.  Henry  Gibbs,  of 
Watertown.  She  died  Dec.  18,  1744,  leav- 
ing one  son,  Henry.  He  married,  3dly,  Oct. 
6,  1748,  Mary,  sister  of  the  first  Sir  Wm. 
PeppercU,  widow  1st  of  Hon.  John  Frost,  of 
Newcastle,  and  2dly,  of  Kev.  Benjamin  Col- 
man,  D  D.,  of  Boston.  She  was  born  Sept. 
4,  1686,  and  died  April  18,  1766.  Kev.  B. 
P.  died  at  Danvers  May  28,  1777,  having 
been  the  minister  of  this  Church  from  Sept. 
23.  1718,  to  Nov.  16,  1756,  when  here- 
signed  his  charge. 

56 — 1.  Benjamin,  b.  Jan'y  29,  1716- 
17;  graduated  at  Harvard,  1736.  Merchant 
at  Salem.  Died  Aug.  18,  1778;  married, 
Nov.  26,  1741,  Eebecca,  daughter  of  James 
and  Martha  (Lane)  Minot,  of  Concord, 
Mass.  She  was  born  May  15,  1720,  and 
died  Oct.  8,  1761.  (See  Genealogy  of  Minot 
family,  in  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Keg.,  Vol.  1, 
Pages  176  and  259  ) 

57  —  2.  John,  b.  Aug.  2  ;  died  Aug.  3, 
1718. 

VOL.    V.  (7) 


58  —  3.  Hannah,  b.  Dec  6,  1719  ;  died 
about  1775.  Married  Dec.  29.  1737,  Capt. 
Daniel  Epes,  son  of  Col.  Daniel  Epes,  of  Sa- 
lem ;  had  eleven  children,  viz :  Daniel ; 
Francis ;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Joseph  Proctor, 
of  Gloucester;  Hannah,  wife  of  Peter  Clarke, 
of  Lyndeborough,  N.  H.;  Samuel;  Benjamin, 
Mercy ;  Mary,  wife  of  Isaac  Lewis,  of  Fran- 
cestown,  N.  H.;  Sarah,  wife  of  Israel  Put- 
nam, of  Danvers ;  William ;  and  Joseph. 

59  —  4.  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  15,  1721, 
d.  March,  1755;  married  William  Frost, 
son  of  John  and  Mary  (Pepperell)  Frost, 
and  had  five  children,  born  in  Newcastle,  N. 
H. ;  Mary,  Benjamin,  William,  son  died  in 
infancy,  and  John. 

60  —  5.  Sarah,  bom  Jan'y  29,  1722-3  ; 
died  May  12,  1723. 

(10)  John  Higginson,  (38-2,)  b.  Jan'y 
10,  1697-8;  graduate  of  Harvard  College 
in  the  class  of  1717.  Married,  Dec.  4, 
1719,  Kuth  Boardman;  she  died  June  14, 
1727.  Married  2dly,  April  28,  1732,  Es- 
ther Cabot,  daughter  of  John  and  Anna 
(Orne)  Cabot.  He  died  July  15,  1744, 
having  sustained  chief  offices  of  the  Town  ; 
in  1725  chosen  County  Kegister,  &c.  He 
had  the  following  children : 

61  —  1.     John,  b.  Oct.  11,  1720,  (14.) 

62  —  2.  Elizabeth,  b.  March  30,  1722, 
(15.) 

63  —  3.  Ruth,  b.  Sept.  25,  1723,  d.  Ju- 
ly 29,  1727. 

64  —  4.  Andrew,  b.  June  5,  1727,  grad- 
uated at  Harv.  Coll.  in  1745,  went  as  a  fac- 
tor to  the  West  Indies,  and  was  lost  on  his 
homeward  passage. 

65  —  5.  Francis,  b.  Feb.  3,  1732-3, 
(16.) 

66  -  6.     Nathaniel,  b.  Dec.  13,  1734. 

67  —  7.     Susannah,  b.  May  8,  1737. 


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(11)  Stephen  Higginson,  (43  —  7)  b. 
July  31,  1716,  d.  Oct.  12,  1761.  Married, 
Apr.  22,  1743,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  John  and 
Anna  (Orne)  Cabot,  b.    Mch  8,  1710-11,  d. 

.     He  held  principal  oflBces  in  the 

Town ;  a  merchant  of  great  repute ;  he  took 
an  active  part  in  the  establishment  of  the 
Social  Library  in  Salem,  in  1760.  which,  in 
1810,  was  purchased  by  the  proprietors  of 
the  Salem  Athenaaum,  and  in  addition  to  the 
Philosophical  Library,  formed  the  nucleus  of 
that  highly  valuable  collection  of  books. 
Children : 

68—1.  Stephen,  b.  Nov.  28,  1743, 
(17.) 

69—2.     Sarah,  b.  Jan'y  14,  1744,  (18.) 

70  —  3.  John,  b.  Apr.  30,  1746;  died 
August,  1750. 

71  —  4.  Henry,  b.  Dec.  14,  1747  ;  died 
unmarried. 

72  —5 .  Deborah  b.  July  21,1750;  died 
Sept.,  1753. 

73—6.  Deborah,  b.  Jan'y  6,  1754, 
(19.) 

74—7.  Elizabeth,  bap.  May  2,  1756, 
(20.) 

(12;  Mary  Higginson,  (47  —  3)  b. 
Oct.  14,  1708;  died  Oct.  3,  1747.  Mar- 
ried, Sept  20,  1729,  Nathaniel  Andrew,  of 
Salem,  mariner  and  merchant,  son  of  Joseph 
and  Abigail  (Grafton)  Andrew,  b.  Aug.  10, 
1705,  d.  4  Feb.,  1762.     Children : 

75—1.  Nathaniel,  b.  June  11,  1731; 
died  Mch  20,  1731-2. 

76  —  2.  Mary,  b.  April  5,  1733;  mar- 
ried,  Apr.  25,  1753,  William  King,  son 
of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  King,  and  had 
daughters  Mary,  wife  of  Benjamin  Webb; 
Hannah,  wife  of  Benjamin  Hodges;  and  Eliz- 
abeth, wife  of  Jonathan  Mason,  all  of  Salem. 


77  —  3.  Joseph,  b.  Feb.  7, 1734,  d.  Feb. 
24,  1734. 

78—4.  Abigail,  b.  Feb.  7, 1734,  d.  Feb. 
16,  1734. 

79—5.  Hannah,  b.  May  1736,  d.  Nov. 
28,  1736. 

80  —  6.  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  6,  1737-8,  d. 
May  16,  1781 ;  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  Gardner,  b.  Mch.  30, 
1739;  d.  Jan.  17,  1820. 

81  —  7.  John,  b.  Sept.  27,  1747;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Eliz- 
abeth [Pickering]  Watson,  b.  Feb.  11, 1748, 
d.  22nd  of  Feb,  1830.  He  resided  in  Salem 
as  a  goldsmith  and  jeweller,  afterwards  re- 
moved to  Wyndham,  Me,  where  he  diod  in 
1791. 

82  —  8.  Nathaniel,  b.  Nov.  23,  1745,  d. 
Sept.  12,  1754. 

(13)  Hannah  Higginson  (48  —  4)  b. 
Nov.  8, 1712;  married,  Sept.  17,  1734,  John 
Ward  of  Salem,  peruke-maker,  son  of  Miles 
and  Sarah  (Massey)  Ward,  b.  July  7,  1707. 

83—1.  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  21,  1735,  d. 
April  4,  1808;  married,  Nov.  9,  1758,  Sam- 
uel Webb. 

84—2.  Mary,  b.  Aug.  9,  1737,  d.  May 
27,  1740. 

85—3.  John,  b.  Jan.  10,  1738;  mar- 
ried, June  4,  1761,  Bethiah  Archer.  He 
died  Dec.  1,  1789. 

86—4.  Nathaniel,  b.  Jan.  29, 1739-40, 
died  in  1759,  unmarried. 

87  —  5.     Andrew,  b.  Oct.  6, 1742,  d. 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Edmund  and  Ly- 
dia  (Hardy)  Henfield,   born.  May  14, 1759. 

SIXTH  GENERATION. 

(14)  John  Higginson  (59  —  1)  b.  Oct. 
11,  1720,  d.  Sept.  23,  1774.  He  sustained 
various  town  offices,   was  Register  of  Deeds 


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for  thirty  years,  and  in  1765,  Lieut.  Col.  of 
1st  Essex  Regiment.  He  married.  Sept  19, 
1743,  Hannah  Marsh  of  Braintree,  who  died 
Feb.   9,  1747.     He  married   2dly,  Oct.  4, 

1747,  widow  Elizabeth  Wolcott,  and  3dly  Dec. 
29,  1755,  Mehitable,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Mehitable  [Sewall]  Robie.  She  survived  him 
and  died  at  Salem,  Jan.  1818,  aged  94,  hav- 
ing for  many  years,  in  connection  with  her 
daughter  kept  a  school  of  great  repute. 
They  were  among  the  best  and  most  truly  re- 
fined women  of  that  day  in  New  England. 

88  —  1.  Mehitable,  b.  April  6,  1759,  d. 
Dec.  15,  1759. 

89—2.  John,  b.  Sept.  1760,  d.  Dec.  22, 
1762. 

90—2.  Andrew,  b.  Aug.  5,  1762,  d. 
Sept.  9,  1763. 

91—4.  Mehitabable,  b.  Mch.  26,  1764, 
d.  July  19,  1846,  having  for  many  years  been 
a  noted  teacher  in  Salem.* 

(15)  Elizabeth  Higginson  (60 — 1)  b. 
Mch.  30,  1722,  d.  Nov.  1781 ;  married  Jo- 
seph Cabot,  son  of  John  and  Anna  (Orne) 
Cabot,  (bapt.  July  24,  1720,  d.  Dec.  8, 
1767,  set.  48.) 

92—1.  John,  b.  14th  Jan.,  1744-5,  at 
Salem,  died  at  Boston,  Aug.  28,  1821,  Mer- 
chant of  Beverly,  Salem  and  Boston  ;  married 
Hannah,  daughter  of  George  and  Lydia  (Her- 
rick)  Dodge.  She  died  Feb.  7,  1830,  set. 
72.t 

93—2.  Joseph,  b.  Jan.  19,  1745-6,  d. 
Feb.  5,1774;  merchant  of  Salem;  married, 
Aug.  4.  1768,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Timothy 
and  Rebecca   (Taylor J   Orne,   b.   July   17, 

1748,  d.  Nov,  17,  1818,  having  had  two  chil- 
dren, Rebecca  and  Joseph. 


*  See  obituary  notice  in  Salem  Gazette,  Tues 
July  21,  1846. 

t  See  Hist.  Coll.  Inst.  IV,  275.. 


94—3.  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan,  16,  1746-7, 
d.  Ap.  16,  1747. 

95  —  4.  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  24,  1747-8, 
d.  June  20,  1786;  married  Joseph  Lee,  son 
of  Thomas  and  Lois  (Orne)  Lee  of  Salem,  b. 
May  22,  1744,  d.  1831.     For  many 

years  a  merchant  and  shipmaster  of  Beverly, 
Salem  and  Boston.  Their  children  were  Jo- 
seph, Nathaniel  C,  Elizabeth,  George,  Amel- 
ia, 1st  wife  of  Hon.  C.  Jackson  of  Boston, 
Charles,  Thomas,  Nancy,  Henry,  John,  Fran- 
cis and  Rebecca. 

96—5.  Andrew,  b.  Aug.  2,  1749,  d. 
Jan'y  11,  1750. 

95  —  6.  Andrew,  b.  Dec.  16,  1750,  d. 
May  1791 ;  resided  in  Beverly;  engaged  with 
his  brothers  in  commercial  pursuits ;  married, 
Apr.  25,  1773,  Lydia,  daughter  of  George 
and  Lydia  (Herrick)  Dodge.  Their  children 
were  Sebastian ;  Elizabeth,  1st  wife  of  James 
Jackson,  M.  D  ,  of  Boston;  Nancy;  Sally, 
2d.  wife  of  James  Jackson,  M.  D.,  of  Bos- 
ton; Andrew;  Robert;  Lydia,  wife  of  P.  T. 
Jackson,  of  Boston;  Sebastian;  Katy,  wife 
of  Charles  Foster,  of  Cambridge  and  Boston ; 
Susan,  wife  of  Jesse  P.  Richardson  of  Salem 
and  Roxbury.* 

98  —  7.  George,  b.  Jan.  16,  1751,  d. 
April  18,  1823.  In  early  life  he  resided  in 
Beverly,  engaged  in  commercial  pursuits.  In 
1793,  he  removed  to  Boston.  In  1788,  he 
was  an  influential  member  of  the  State  Con- 
vention, to  act  upon  the  adoption  of  the  Fed- 
eral Constitution.  Subsequently,  he  has  been 
elected  to  the  U.  S.  Senate.  He  married 
Elizabeth,   daughter  of  Stephen  Higginson. 

99  —  8.  Nathaniel,  b.  May  2,  1753,  was 
lost  at  sea.     Unmaried. 

100—9.  Stephen,  b.  Nov.  26, 1754;  mar- 
ried Deborah  Higginson.* 


*  See  Hist.  Coll.  of  Inst.  Vol.  IV.  275. 
t  Sec  71— 6. 


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101  —  10.  Francis,  b.  June  14,  1757, 
d.  married  Nancy,  daughter 

oi  John  and  Sarah  (Pickering)  Clarke,  of 
Salem,  who  died  Sept.  9,  1788,  aet.  27,  hav- 
ing had  Francis ;  John  Higginson  ;  Mary 
Ann,  married,  1st,  N.  C.  Lee,  and  2dly  F. 
Blanchard;  Frederick;  and  Eliza. 

102—11.  Samuel,  b.  Nov.  9,  1759, 
d.  1819.     Merchant  at  Boston;  mar- 

ried Sarah  Barrett,  and  had  Sarah;  Polly; 
Samuel;  Mary  Clark;  Eliza  Lee,  wife  of 
Charles  FoUen,  of  Cambridge;  Stephen;  Jo- 
seph ;  Sarah,  1st  wife  of  Rev.  Francis  Park- 
man  of  Boston;  Susan  Copley;  Richard 
Clark ;  Edward ;  Mary  Ann,  wife  of  Freder- 
ick Cabot ;  and  Charles  Stanton. 

(16)  Francis  Higginson  (63  —  5)  born 
Feb.  3,  1732-3 ;  resided  in  Salem ;  married, 
July  15,  1758,  Esther,  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Esther  COrne)  Gardner  of  Salem.  The 
widow  married,  Oct.  6,  1761,  Daniel  Mackey 
of  Salem,  and  had  several  children. 

(17)  Stephen  Higginson  (68  —  1)  born 
at  Salem,  Nov.  28,  1743 ;  merchant  at  Salem 
and  Boston;  died  Nov.  22,  1828;  married 
Susan,  daughter  of  Aaron  and  Susanna  (Por- 
ter) Cleveland,  b.  1736,  d.  1788.  Chil- 
dren: 

103  —  1.     John,  bom  at  Salem,  Jan.  15, 

1765,  married,  1796,  at  Paris,  a  French  la- 
dy, and  had  Jennet,  who  died  young ;  Sim- 
plice,  the  wife  of  the  Baron  Rouille. 

104—2.     Sarah,  b.  at  Salem,  June   11, 

1766,  d.  in  1805;  married  Dudley  Atkins 
Tyng,  and  had  Sarah  Winslow,  b.  1794,  mar- 
ried 1st  Charles  Head,  2dly,  Joseph  Mar- 
quand,  of  Newbury  port;  Susan  Cleveland, 
bom  1795,  married  Hon.  B.  A.  Newton  of 
Pittsfield  Mass;  Dudley  Atkins,  M.  D.  born 


1798 ;  Stephen  Higginson  D.  D.  of  Philadel- 
phia b.  1800;  Charles,  b.  1801;  George,  b. 
1803,  d.  unmarried  in  1823 ;  Mary  Cabot, 
b.  1805,  married  Hon.  Robert  Cross,  of  Ames- 
bury,  and  James  Higginson,  b.  1807. 

105—3.  Nathaniel,  b.  Feb.  12,  1768; 
resided  in  Philadelphia;  a  lawyer;  married 
Sarah  Rhea,  of  that  city,  and  died  in  1794, 
without  issue. 

106—4.  Stephen,  b.  at  Salem  Nov.  20, 
1770,  died  at  Cambridge,  Feb.  20,  1834; 
married,  Aug.  1794,  Martha  Salisbury,  who 
d.  Sept.  20,  JL803 ;  married  2d ly,  Feb.  14, 
1805,  Louisa  Storrow,  daughter  of  Capt.  Tho- 
mas Storrow  of  the  British  array.  He  resid- 
ed at  Cambridge,  and  was  for  many  years 
steward  of  Harvard  College. 

Children:  Elizabeth  Sewall,  b.  June  3, 
1795,  d.  March  1796;  Elizabeth  Sewall  b. 
May  26,  1796.  married  Rev.  Dr.  Keith  of 
Virginia  and  d.  without  issue ;  Susan  Cleve- 
land, b.  March  1800,  d.  Aug.  1801;  Mar- 
tha Salisbury,  b.  June  6,  1801,  married  Icb- 
abod  Nichols  D.  D.,  of  Portland;  Stephen, 
b.  Aug.  4,  1803,  d.  June  13, 1804  ;  Francis 
John,  M.  D.,  bom  May  6,  1806;  mar.  Susan 
Cleveland  Channing,  resides  in  Brattleboro, 
Vt;  Stephen,  b.  Jan.  4,  1809,  married  Ag- 
nes G.  Cochran,  and  resides  in  Brookline; 
Anne  Storrow,  b.  Dec.  13,  1809;  Edward 
Cabot,  b.  April  21,  1812,  d.  March  1814; 
Waldo,  b.  May  1,  1814,  a  civil  engineer,  for 
many  years  Superintendent  of  the  Boston 
and  Lowell  Railroad;  Susan  Louisa,  b.  Nov. 
19,  1816;  Samuel  Thatcher,  b.  March  31, 
1818;  Mary  Lee,  b.  April  1, 1820;  Edward 
Cabot,  b.  Dec.  20,  1821,  d.  1824;  Thomas 
Wentworth,  b.  Dec.  22,  1823,  formerly  a 
minister  in  Worcester,  now  Col.  1st  South 
Carolina  Regiment. 

107 — 5.     Barbara  Cooper,  b.  at  Salem, 


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Jan.  15,  1774,  married  Samuel  G.  Perkins, 
of  Boston,  had — Barbara,  who  married  Walter 
Channing,  M.  D.,  of  Boston,  and  died  in 
1822;  Susan  Cleveland,  married  George 
Searle,  and  died  without  issue;  Elizabeth 
Peck;  Nancy  Maynard ;  Stephen  Higginson; 
James  Handyside. 

108  —  6,  Elizabeth,  b.  at  Salem,  Aug. 
5,  1776,  married  Dudley  Atkins  Tyng  (his 
second  wife ;)  after  his  death,  she  married 
James  Morss,  D.  D.,  of  Newburyport,  and 
died  without  children. 

109  —  7.  George,  b.  at  Boston,  July  19, 
1779,  married,  1800,  Martha  Babcock,  and 
d.  March  1812,  leaving  children;  Martha 
Babcock,  married  Augustus  Aspinwall,  and 
died  in  1833,  no  issue;  Susan  Cleveland; 
George,  who  married  Mary  Cabot  Lee,  and 
resides  in  Boston;  John;  James  Babcock: 
Sarah  Rhea. 

110 — 8.  Henry,  b.  at  Boston,  Feb.  5, 
1781,  married,  1803,  Nancy  M.  Gushing, 
and  had  children;  Henry,  died  Aug.  1824. 
set.  17;  Samuel  Perkins,  married  Freelovc 
W.  Smith,  of  Iowa;  Stephen  C;  John  Gush- 
ing; George  Maynard. 

111  —  9.  Susan  Cleveland,  b.  at  Boston, 
Ap.  20,  1783,  married  Francis  Dana  Chan- 
ning, who  died  Nov.  1812,  and  had  children; 
Susan,  married  F.  J.  Higginson;  Lucy  El- 
len; William  Henry. 

He  married  2dly,  Miss  Perkins  of  Boston, 
she  died  leaving  one  son. 

112  — 10.  James  Perkins,  b.  at  Boston, 
July,  1791,  married  Martha,  the  widow  of 
George  Higginson,  and  had  children ;  Fran- 
ces Saltonstall ;  Louisa  Gore ;  Mary  Hub- 
bard; Sarah  Rhea;  Charles  James;  John 
A.ugustus;    Henry  Frederick. 

VOL.   v.  8 


He  married  3dly,  Sarah  Perkins  of  Boston. 

(18)  Sarah  Higginson  (67  —  2)  b.  Jan. 
3,  1745,  (o.  s.)  d.  May  5,  1772,  married, 
Jan.  3,  1767,  John  Lowell,  LL.  D.,  an  Amer- 
ican Statesman  and  Jurist,  son  of  Rev.  John 
and  Sarah  (Champney)  Lowell,  b.  in  New- 
bury, June  17,  1743,  (o.  s.,)  graduated  at 
Harvard  in  1760;  admitted  to  the  practice 
of  the  Law  in  1762;  resided  in  Newbury- 
port until  1777,  when  he  removed  to  Boston. 
He  took  an  active  part  in  the  organization 
of  the  State  and  National  governments.  He 
was  appointed  by  Washington  to  the  bench 
of  the  District  Court  of  Massachusetts.  He 
died  at  Roxbury,  May  6,  1802.  They  had 
the  following  children : 

113  —  1.  Anna  Cabot  Lowell,  b.  March 
20,  1768,  d  Dec.  1811. 

114  —  2.  John  Lowell,  born  in  Newbury- 
port, Oct.  6,  1769,  died  in  Boston,  March 
10,  1840,  a  lawyer  and  political  writer  of 
great  repute.  Though  he  always  refused  to 
accept  office,  few  men  in  his  day  had  so  much 
influence  on  Public  opinion.  He  was  Presi- 
dent of  the  Massachusetts  Agricultural  Socie- 
ty, and  took  a  deep  interest  in  agricultural 
matters. 

115  —  3.  Sarah  Champney  Lowell,  bom 
Jan.  1,  1771,  died  unmarried. 

(19)  Deborah  Higginson,  (73  —  6)  b. 
Jan.  6,  1754,  d.  Dec.  14,  1820,  married  1st 
Stephen  Cabot.*  He  died  having  one  daugh- 
ter. 

116—1.     Mary,  born  Feb.  4,  1778,  died 
Aug.  2,    1802.     Unmarried. 
She  married  2dly,  Joseph  Lee.f 

*  (See  100  —  9.) 
t  (See  95  — 4.) 


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^20)  Elizabeth  Higginson,  (74 — 7) 
baptised  May  2,  1756,  d.  July  1826,  mar- 
ried, Feb.  22,  1774,  George  Cabot.* 

Children : 

117  —  1.     George,  died  unmarried. 

118  —  2.     Henry,  died  young. 

119 — 3.  Charles  G,  graduated  at  Har- 
vard, 1796;  d.  at  Havana,  Jan.  1811,  aet.  34; 
merchant  of  Boston;  unmarried. 

120 — 4.     Elizabeth,  died  young. 

121—5.  Elizabeth,  b.  1785,  d.  Aug. 
17,  1839,  married,  Sept.  2,  1827,  Rev. 
John  Thornton  Kirkland,t  S.  T.  D.,  LL.  D., 
formerly  Pastor  of  the  Church  on  Church 
Green,  Boston,  and  President  of  Harvard 
University  from  1810  to  1828 ;  son  of  Rev. 
Samuel  and  Jerusha  (Bingham)  Kirkland ; 
b.  at  Herkimer, Herkimer  Co.,  N.Y.,  Aug.  17, 
1770,  died  at  Boston  April  16,  1840. 

122 — 6.  Henry,  married  Anna  S.  Blake. 
She  died  in  Boston  Mch  22,  1845,  »t.  49. 

123  —  7.  Edward,  d  in  Boston,  Dec. 
17,  1803,  set.  20. 


ABSTRACTS  FROM  WILLS,  INVEN- 
TORIES, &c.,  ON  FILE  IN  THE 
OFFICE  OF  CLERK  OF  COURTS, 
SALEM,  MASS. 


COPIED    BY    IRA    J.    PATCH. 


Continued  from  Vol.  iv,  page  28.3. 


John  Weed,  4  mo.  1690. 
Inventory  of  the  estate  of  Lieut.  John  Weed 
of  Amesbury,  taken  (by  request  of  his  eldest 
son,   Samuel  Weed)  March  21,  1688-9,  by 


*  (See  98  —  7.) 

t  See  Young,  A.,  Discourse  on  the  life  and  char- 
acter, May  3,  1840;  also  Palfrey,  John  G.,  Dis- 
course on  the  life  and  character,  June  5, 1840. 


Samuel  Foot,  Thomas  Sargent  and  Thomas 
Barnard  Sr.,  amounting  to  £737  15s.  6d. 
returned  by  said  Samuel  Weed,  who  by  con- 
sent of  his  mother,  Deborah  Weed,  as  on  file, 
his  appointed  admr.  24th  of  June,  1792. 
John  Tawley,  4  mo.  1690. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  John  Tawley,  taken 
25th  of  June,  1690,  by  Robert  Kitchen  and 
Benjamin  Marston,  amounting  to  £722  2s.  4d. 
returned  by  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  relict  widow  of 
the  deceased,  June  24,  1690. 

Ahel  Huse,  7  mo.  1690. 

will  of  Abel  Huse,  Sr.  of  Newbury,  dated 
7th  of  March,  1689-90,  mentions  his  wife, 
Mary,  sons  Abel,  Thomas,  William,  John, 
daughters,  Ruth  Browne,  Sarah  Huse,  Eben- 
ezer  Huse.  appoints  his  wife  sole  extx.  Wit- 
nesses, Benaiah  Titcomb  and  H.  Shortt.  Pro- 
bate Sept.  30,  1690.  Inventory  of  estate  of 
Abel  Huse,  deceased  29th  of  March,  1690, 
taken  18th  of  Sept.,  1690,  by  Henry  Lunt 
and  Jacob  Toppan,  amounting  to  £416  2s., 
returned  by  the  extx.,  Sept.  30,  1690. 
Moses  Bradstreet,  7  mo.  1690. 

Will  of  Moses  Bradstreet,  dated  16th  of 
August  1690,  mentions  his  wife's  children 
by  her  former  husband ;  son,  John  Bradstreet, 
to  him  one  half  of  the  farm  "yt  was  my  Father 
Broadstreets,"  sons,  Humphrey,  Nathaniel, 
Moses  and  Jonathan.  Daughters,  Bridget 
and  Hannah.  Appoints  John  and  Moses  exrs. 
Witnesses,  Edward  Pay  son,  Nicholas  Wallis 
and  Nehemiah  Jewett,  probate  Sept.  30, 1690. 
Inventory  of  above  estate,  taken  26th of  Sept., 
1690,  by  Samuel  Platts  and  Nehemiah  Jew- 
ett, amounting  to  £1257  2s.,  debts  against 
the  estate,  £31  12s.  5d.  Returned  Sept.  30, 
1690. 

Benj.  Stevens,  7  mo.  1690. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Seargent  Benj.  Ste- 
vens, of  Salisbury,  dec'd  March  13.  1689-90, 


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taken  16th  of  Sept.,  1690,  by  Jonn  Allen 
and  Jeremy  Allen,  amounting  to  £307  10s., 
returned  by  Hannah,  relict  widow  of  the  dec'd 
who  is  appointed  adrax.,  Sept.  30,  1690. 

Benoni  Mackerest,  7  mo.  1690. 
Inventory  of  estate  of  "  Benoney  mak  Rast 
of  Salisbury,"  deceased  Aug.  7,  1690,  taken 
Sept.  13,  1690,  by  Benjamin  Eastman  and 
Philip  Browne,  amounting  to  £177  5s.,  re- 
turned by  Lydia,  relict  widow  of  dec'd,  who 
is  appointed  admx. 

Henry  Dole,  7  mo.  1690. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Henry  Dole,  taken 
26th  of  Sept.,  1690,  by  Samuel  Pluraraer 
and  Joseph  Pike,  amounting  to  £208  9s.  7d., 
returned  by  Mr.  Richard  Dole,  Sr.  and  Sarah 
Dole,  of  Newbury,  widow  of  dec'd,  who  are 
appointed  exors. 

Saml.  Parker,  7  mo.  1690. 

Inventory  of  the  estate  of  Samuel  Parker, 
of  Haverhill,  taken  Sept.  29,  1690,  by  Wil- 
liam Starlin  and  Christopher  Bartlett, 
amounting  to  £128  4s.  6d.,  returned  by 
Martha  Parker,  relict  of  deceased,  who  is  ap- 
pointed admx. 

Danl.  Bradley,  7  mo.  1690. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Daniel  Bradley,  Sr., 
"slain  by  the  heathen,  the  13th  of  August, 
1689,"  taken  Sept.  23,  1689,  by  Daniel 
Ladd,  Jr.  and  Samuel  Ayer,  amounting  to 
£215  Is.  lOd..  List  of  debts  due  from  the 
estate  amounting  to  £39  14s.,  returned  Sept. 
30,  1690,  by  Mary  Bradley,  relict  widow  of 
deceased  admx. 

Petition  of  Daniel  Bradley,  son  of  the  de- 
ceased, that  his  brother,  Joseph  Bradley,  may 
be  appointed  admx.,  Sept.  30, 1690. 

Wm.  Acey,  7  mo.  1690. 
Will  of  Wm.  Acey,  of  Rowley,  being  very 
aged,   dated  22d  of  April,  1689,   mentions 


grandchild,  John  Brown  of  Rowley,  Nathan- 
iel Brown  and  Ebenezer  Brown;  grandchild, 
Bethiah  Brown's  daughter,  Sarah  Brown;  son 
John  Acey's  three  daughters,  Elizabeth,  Han- 
nah and  Margaret;  appoints  his  grandson, 
John  Brown,  with  whom  he  is  at  present,  to 
be  sole  exor, ;  witnesss,  Richard  Dumener, 
Benjamin  Goodridge  Sr.;  probate  Sept.  30, 
1690. 

Joseph  Wilson,  7  mo.  1690. 
Inventory  of  estate  ot  Joseph  Wilson,  taken 
Sept.  26,  1690,  by  Shorebome  Wilson,  a- 
mounting  to  £85  Is. ;  list  of  debts,  £40  14s. 
lid.;  returned  by  said  Shorebome  Wilson, 
Sept.  30, 1690. 

Nathl  Clark,  7  mo.  1690. 

Will  of  Nathaniel  Clark,  of  Newbury,  da- 
ted 21st  of  August,  1690,  mentions  son  Na- 
thaniel, if  he  lives,  to  come  home,  son  Thom- 
as, and  his  wife^  father  Noyes,  sons,  Henry, 
Daniel  and  Josiah,  his  brigandine,  and  all  es- 
tate, not  already  disposed  of,  to  his  wife  and 
son  John,  whom  he  appoints  exors.,  to  bring  up 
his  four  youngest  children,  and  when  the  chil- 
dren are  of  age,  the  estate  to  be  divided  into 
six  parts,  his  wife  to  have  two  parts,  and  his 
son  John,  daughters  Sarah,  Elizabeth  and  Ju- 
dith to  have  the  other  parts  equally ;  appoints 
his  father-in-law,  Tristam  Coffin,  and  his 
friends,  Henry  Somerby  and  William  Noyes, 
overseers;  witnesses,  William  Noyes  and  Re- 
becca Somerby,  probate  Sept.  30,  1690,  and 
widow  Elizabeth  and  son,  John,  exors. 

Inventory  of  above  estate,  taken  Sept.  27, 
1690,  amounting  to  £714  9s.,  returned  by 
the  exors.,  Sept.  30,  1690. 

John  WaUis,  9  m^.  1690. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  John  Wallis  of 
Gloucester,  taken  29th  of  Jan.,  1690-91,  by 
William  Elerse,  Isaac  Elwell  and  Ezekiel  Col- 


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lins,  amounting  to  £50  13s.,  returned  by  Ma- 
ry, relict  of  deceased,  who  is  appointed  admx, 
29  —  1  rao.  1G91. 

Mark  Pitman,  9  mo.  1690. 
Inventory  of  estate  of  Mark  Pitman  of  Mar- 
blehead,  taken  June  6.  1690,  by  Nathaniel 
Norden  and  Aichibald  Ferguson,  amounting 
to  £75  8s.  9d.,  returned  by  Sarah,  relict  of 
the  deceased,  who  is  appointed  admx. ,  25th 
9  mo.,  1690. 

Hugh  Jones,  9  mx).  1690. 
Inventory  of  estate  of  Hugh  Jones,  taken 
by  William  Trask  and  Stephen  Small,  amount- 
ing to  £83  19s. 

George  Keysar,  9  mo.  1690. 
Will  of  George  Keysar  of  Salem  :  being 
aged  and  full  of  years,  dated  Feb.  16,  1686-7, 
mentions  wife,  Rebecca  Keysar,  apprentices, 
John  Stone  and  Joseph  Russell,  eldest  son 
Eleazer,  John,  Benjamin,  daughter,  Hannah 
Keysar,  she  not  being  able  to  take  care  of 
herself,  her  brother  to  provide  for  her,  son-in- 
law  Thomas  Mould ;  and  Mary  his  wife,  son 
Eleazer's  two  children,  Mary  and  Sarah,  un- 
der age,  son  John's  children,  John,  George, 
Timothy  and  ,  grandchildren  Rob- 

ert and  Sarah  Gilloway,  under  age,  Sarah 
Cannon,  the  wife  of  Robert  Cannon,  Edward 
and  Susanna  Martin  of  Boston,  his  first  wife's 
sister's  children,  his  daughter-in-law,  Eliza- 
beth Aslebey,  his  wife's  daughter;  appoints 
his  sons  Eleazer  and  John  exors.,  witnesses, 
John  Hathorne,  William  Hirst,  Simon  Wil- 
lard  and  Samuel  Piekman,  probate,  Sept.  20, 
1690. 

Rich'd  Woodbury,  9  mo.  1690. 
Will  of  Richard  Woodbury,  being  called  in 
the  service,  in  the  expedition  against  Canada, 
dated  Aug.  1,   1690,  mentions  wife  Sarah, 
sons  and  daughters ;   appoints  his  wife  Sarah 


and  eldest  son,  Richard  his  exors.,  and  his 
brothers,  Thomas,  William  Woodbury  and  Ro- 
ger Haskell,  overseers,  witnesses  Wm.  Wood- 
bury and  Edward  Whittington,  probate  25th 
of  9  mo.,  1690. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Richard  Woodbury, 
"who  dyed  at  his  return  from  ye  Late  Cani- 
die  Expedition  on  the  20th  day  of  this  instant 
and  was  buried  in  Boston,"  taken  25th  of 
Nov.  1690,  by  Andrew  Elliott  and  Daniel 
Collins,  amounting  to  £326  13s,  7d.,  returned 
by  Sarah,  widow,  and  Rich'd,  eldest  son  of 
deceased,  exors.,  25th  of  9  mo.,  1690. 

John  Gove,  9  mo.  1690. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  John  Gove,  taken  3d 
of  February  1690,  by  Nathaniel  Sillsbey  and 
Samuel  Pike,  amounting  to  19s.  due  to  the 
estate,  by  his  wages  at  the  eastward,  £16  5s. 
7d.,  returned  by  Lt.  Jeremiah  Neal,  June 
30,  1691,  who  was  appointed  admr.  Jan.  27, 
1690. 

John  Newmash,  Jr.,  9  mo.  1690. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  John  Newmarsh,  Jr. 
of  Ipswich,  taken  30th  of  March,  1691,  by 
Jacob  Fo.ster  and  John  Hanniford,  amounting 
to  £346  3s.  6d..  returned  by  Johanna,  his 
widow,  who  is  appointed  admx.,  3d  of  9  mo., 
1691. 

Moses  Maverick,  1  mo.  1690. 
Petition,  dated  April  12,  1691,  of  Edward 
Woodman  of  Boston,  who  married  Remember, 
the  daughter  of  Moses  Maverick,  late  of  Mar- 
blehead.  In  behalf  of  the  seven  children  of 
said  Remember,  his  wife  showeth :  that  ad- 
ministration of  said  Maverick  estate,  was  grant- 
ed to  Eunice,  relict  widow  of  the  deceased 
the  15  of  July,  1686,  and  nothing  hath  been 
done  towards  the  settlement  of  said  estate. 
Said  Woodman  therefore  prays  that  the  Court 
will  order  said  Eunice  to  give  an   account  of 


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her  administration,  that  there  may  be  legal 
settlement,  and  those  entitled  receive  their 
just  dues. 

It  is  ordered  that  said  Eunice  be  summoned 
to  bring  in  her  account  at  the  next  County 
Court  at  Salem,  on  the  last  Tuesday  of  June 
next.     April  22,  1691. 

Benj.  Agur,  1  mo.  1691. 
Will  of  Benjamin  Agur  of  Salem,  ship- 
wright, dated  8th  of  July,  1689,  mentions 
brother  Thomas  Augur,late  of  Salem, deceased, 
father  Benjamin  Augur,  late  of  Salem,  de. 
ceased,  mentions  the  children  of  his  father-in- 
law,  David  Shipping  of  Salem,  shipwright, 
and  appoints  said  Daniel  his  sole  exor.,  wit- 
nesses, John  Coombs,  Rebecca  Prince  and 
Eliezer  Moody,  Sr.,  probate  at  Boston,  Mar. 
2,  1690-1,  presented  by  David  Phippen,  and 
allowed  by  Sim  Broadstreet,  and  Sara  Sewall 
and  Isa  Addington  assists. 

John  Cheney,  2  mo.  1691. 
Mary  Kilburne  and  Martha  Cheney  apptd 
admx.  of  their  brother's  estate,  John  Cheney, 
who  died  of  small  pox  in  the  Canada  Expe- 
dition, under  Capt.  Nelson,  leaving  no  broth- 
er.    April  22,  1691. 

Sam'l  Smith,  2  mo.  1691. 
At  Court  April  22,  1691.     Whereas  Sam- 
uel Smith  of  Rowley   died  in   the  voyage   to 
Canada,  Mary  relict  of  said  Samuel  requests 
Letter  of  Administration,  which  is  granted. 

Adam  Gage,  2  mo.  1691. 

To  the  Court  at  Ipswich  31  March  1691. 

The  petition  of  Thomas  Gage  showeth  that 
my  brother  Adam  Grage  went  out  a  soldier 
for  Canada  and  there  was  slain  in  their  Majes- 
ties service,  and  hath  left  a  widow  and  not 
any  child  and  neither  house  land  or  household 
stuff  considerable,  but  hath  several  debts  to 
pay,  and  he  is  willing  to  take  administration 


and  do  the  best  he  can  or  if  they  do  not  see 
cause  to  appoint  him,  he  wishes  to  be  heard 
in  behalf  of  the  creditors. 

Eoh't  McLaJlin,  4  mo.  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Robert  Mackclaflin 
of  Wenham  taken  Sept.  19,  1690,  by  Rich- 
ard Hutton  and  John  Batchelder  senr  amount- 
ing to  £101  9s  6d  returned  June  30  1691 
by  Capt.  Tho's  Fiske  of  Wenham  adm'r. 

John  Milk,  4  mo.  1691. 

Will  of  John  Milk  of  Salem  dated  16 
March  1687-8,  mentions  wife  Sarah  son  John 
daughter  Mary  Milk,  appoints  wife  and  son 
executors.  Witnesses  William  Dounten,  Re- 
becca Dounten  and  William  Smith,  probate 
26  9  mo  1689. 

Inventory  of  above  estate  taken  1st  July 
1691,  by  William  Dounten  and  James  Sy- 
monds,  amounting  to  £71  2s  Id  returned  by 
Sarah  Milk  one  of  exors.  June  30  1691. 

John  Harwood,  4  mo.  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  John  Harwood 
senr  taken  20  9  mo  1690,  by  Samuel  Cutter 
sen  and  Zachariah  Marsh  senr.  amounting  to 
£113  12s,  returned  by  Em  Harwood  widow 
and  Jonathan  Harwood  son  of  deceased  14 
1  mo  1690-1,  and  administration  granted  to 
them. 

agreement  dated  March  2  1690-1,  between 
the  widow  Em  Harwood  and  her  children 
John  Jonathan  David  and  Alice  Harwood 
that  the  estate  shall  remain  as  it  is  without 
any  division  during  the  widow's  life. 

Philip  Prance,  4:  mo.  1691. 
Inventory  of  the  estate  of  Philip  Prance 
of  Marblehead  dec'd  his  wife  Rachel  also  de- 
ceased taken  19th  Mar  1690-1  by  Richard 
Reith  and  Nathaniel  Norden  amounting  to 
£165  Is  7d.  at  the  request  of  James  Smith 
cousin  german  in  blood  to  the  deceased. 


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The  deposition  of  Samuel  Cheever  of  Mar- 
blehead  aged  51  years,  30  March  1691. 
James  CoUins,  4  mo.  1691. 

"  An  Inventory  of  the  Estate  of  James 
Collins  of  Salem,  who  went  A  voiage  to  Bar- 
bados June  ye  18th  1685  And  not  as  yet 
Returned  nor  heard  of"  taken  June  30, 
1691  by  Samuel  Phippen  and  John  Rogers 
amounting  to  £62  13s.  returned  by  his  widow 
Hannah  Collins,  who  asks  for  allowance  for 
educating  and  bringing  up  Adoniram  y  son 
of  said  James  by  his  former  wife,  from  3 
years  old  until  he  was  13  years  of  age,  and 
James  her  own  son,  and  is  appointed  admx. 
June  30,  1691. 

Bob't  Bennett,  4  mo.  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Robert  Bennett  of 
Marblehead,  who  died  February  6th  1690-1, 
taken  by  William  Beale  Sr  and  Robert  Bart- 
lett  sen.  amounting  to  £33  4s  6d  returned 
June  30  1691  by  George  Bonfield  who  is 
appointed  admr. 

The  testimony  of  William  Beale  aged  up- 
ward of  sixty  years  William  Dagget  upward 
of  30  years  and  David  Furnace  aged  upward 
of  twenty-one  years,  all  of  Marblehead. 
June  30  1691. 

John  Pumery,  4  mo.   1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  John  Pumary  of 
Salem  taken  by  Edward  Norice  and  Walter 
Palfrey  amounting  to  £147  l;ls  6d.  re- 
turned by  Mary  relict  of  the  dec'd  who  is 
appointed  admx. 

Mary  West,  4  mo.  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Mary  West,  late  of 
Manchester,  widow  deceased  on  the  28th  day 
of  October  1690,  taken  20  November  1690 
by  John  Hill  Thomas  West  and  Jonn  Siblee 
amounting  to  £161  19s  6d.  returned  by 
John  Lee  who  is  appointed  admr.  June  30 
1691. 


John  Northey,  4  mo.  1691. 

Will  of  John  Northey  sen  of  Marblehead, 
dated  8  September  1688,  mentions  children 
John  Northey  and  Sarah  Martin  and  her 
sons  John  Martin,  Peter,  Samuel,  Robert,  and 
Thomas ;  grandchild  John  Picket,  Dorothy 
Picket,  appoints  his  son  exor.  witnesses 
Erasmus  James,  Nathaniel  Norden,  and  Wil- 
liam Waters,  probate  June  30  1691. 
John  Neal  4  mo.  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  John  Neal  taken 
6th  April  1791  by  Jeremiah  Neal  and  Sam- 
uel Pike  amounting  to  £17  18s  4d  debts 
due  to  the  estate  £32  5s  4  l-2d,  due  from 
the  estate  £2  19s  returned  by  Samuel  Neal 
admr.,  30th  June  1691. 

Wm.  Sibley,  4  mo.  1691. 

Will  of  William  Sibley  of  Salem  dated 
30  January  1690-1,  mentions  sons  John  Sib- 
ley Joseph  Sibley  Nathaniel  Sibley  under 
age,  daughters  Ruth,  Rachell,  wife  Ruth  and 
appoints  her  extx,  and  his  friends  Capt. 
Jonathan  Walcott,  John  Sibley,  Thomas 
Haines  and  Thomas  Putnam  to  be  overseers. 
Witnesses  Thomas  Haynes  John  Putnam  Jr. 
and  Thomas  Putnam.  Probate  June  30 
1691. 

Address  to  the  Court  from  Ruth  Siblye 
widow  of  said  William  sheweth,  that  she 
had  by  will  a  good  farm  of  140  acres  from 
her  father  William  Canterbury,  she  was 
first  married  to  Thomas  Small  by  whom  she 
had  one  son  and  three  daughters,  her  first 
husband  deceased  about  1 5  years  8ince,  mar- 
ried to  William  Sibly  about  14  years  since, 
her  husband  brought  little  estate  with  him 
and  was  sickly  for  several  years  being  thought 
to  be  in  a  consumption,  &c.  dated  June  30 
1691. 
George  Ropes,  Mary  Ropes,  4  mo.,  1691. 

Inventory  of  the  estate  of  George  Ropes 


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deceased  after  the  death  also  of  his  widow 
Mary  taken  1st  July  1691  by  Simon  Wil- 
lard  and  William  Dounton,  amounting  to 
£55  8s  6d  returned  by  John  Ropes  son  of 
above  who  is  appointed  admr  June  30  1691. 
RoVt  Stone,  4  mo.  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Robert  Stone  Junr 
and  Hannah  his  wife  taken  7th  July  1691, 
by  Jeremiah  Neal  and  John  Buttolph,  a- 
mounting  to  £87  16s  returned  by  the  widow 
Sarah  Stone,  relict  of  Rob't  Stone  Sen'r  de- 
ceased, who  is  appointed  admx.  June  30 
1691. 

George  Oakes,  4  mo.  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  George  Oakes  of 
Lynn  deceased  the  17th  of  April  1691  taken 
by  John  Blaney  senr  and  Michael  Bowden, 
amounting  to  £59  14s  3d.  list  of  debts  due 
from  the  estate  amounting  to  £48  13s  6d. 
returned  by  John  Oakes  brother  of  the  de- 
ceased who  is  appointed  admr  with  the  con- 
sent of  "  Ginnet  Oake "  mother  of  the  de- 
ceased, July  18th  1691. 

Zebalon  Hill,  4  mo.  1691. 

Will  of  Zebulon  Hill  Jr  of  Salem  marri- 
ner  intending  a  voyage  to  sea,  dated  23d  Oc- 
tober 1690,  mentions  his  honored  father  and 
mother  still  surviving.  Brother  Benjamin 
and  other  brothers  and  sisters,  appoints  his 
father  exor.  witnesses  Samuel  Beadle  Thom- 
as Beadle  and  Benjamin  Gerrish.  probate 
June  30,  1691. 

John  Hill,  4  mo.  1691. 

Will  of  John  Hill  of  Salem  Cooper,  being 
found  a  voyage  to  sea,  dated  9th  October 
1690  gives  to  his  wife  Priscilla  all  his  es- 
tate real  and  personal,  witnesses  Retire 
Shattuck  and  Samuel  Williams  probate  June 
30,  1691. 

Inventory  of  above  estate  taken  30  June 
1691,  by  Roger  Derby  and  Richard  Prythe- 


rek,  amounting  to  £91  7s  6d  returned  by 
Piiscilla  Hill,  ext'x  June  30  1691. 

Gabriel  Holman,  4  mo.  1691. 
Inventory  of  estate  of  Gabriel  Holman  of 
Marblehead  his  wife  also  being  deceased 
since  taken  June  8  1691  by  Francis  Girdler 
and  Francis  Grant  amounting  to  £4  6s  list 
of  debts  due  from  the  estate  £4  7  s  6d  re- 
turned by  Sam'l  Holman  the  Eldest  son  left 
of  the  deceased,  June  30,  1691. 

Alice  Elwell,  4  mo.  1691. 

Will  of  Alice  Elwell  of  Gloucester,  dated 
24  March  1690-1, mentions  her  late  husband 
Robert  Elwell,  five  daughters  one  being  Al- 
ice Bennett  appoints  Morris  Smith  and  John 
Day  exors  witnesses  James  Stevens  and 
Thomas  Millett  Sen.,  probate  June  30  1691. 
died  10th  April  1690-1. 

Inventory  of  above  estate  taken  9  May 
1691,  by  Thomas  Millet  Senr,  Joseph  AUin 
and  Jonathan  Orris,  amounting  to  £49  2s 
6d.  returned  by  exor  June  30,  1691. 

Jona.  GatcheUs  4  mo  1691. 
Inventory  of  the  estate  of  Jonathan  Gatch- 
ell  of  Marblehead  taken  11  June  1691  by 
Erasmus  James  and  John  Nicholson  amount- 
ing to  £8  11  s6d  returned  by  Jeremiah 
Gatchell  brother  of  deceased  June  30  1691. 

Thaddeus  Redding,  4  mo.  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Thaddeus  Reading 
of  Marblehead  who  died  6  January  1690, 
taken  24th  June  1691  by  William  Beale 
Senr,  Robert  Bartlett  Senr  and  Benjamin 
James,  amounting  to  £511  Os  3d.  returned 
by  John  Reading  admr  June  1691. 
Patrick  Corsey  4  mo.  1691. 

"  An  a  Count  of  Patrick  Corsy  Testate  a 
Depts  as  it  apeareth  for  seaming  thare  Mai- 
estis  and  the  Country  a  Gainst  the  Indiens 
vnder  the  command  of  Capt.   Guniand  Wil- 


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lard  from  August  28th  90 :  to  the  16  of 
May  91  £11  07s  OOd.  Cr  to  a  Goon  at 
£00  128  Od. 

pr  mee  Jno.   Conants." 

Allen  Breed  4  mo.  1691. 
Inventory  of  the  estate  of  Allen  Breed 
senr  who  died  Mar.  17  1691  taken  by  Na- 
thaniel Ballard  and  Henry  Stacey  amounting 
to  £46  7s,  returned  June  30  1601  by  Allen 
Breed  senr  of  Lynn  who  is  appointed  admr 
and  give  bond  with  John  Breed  and  Joseph 
Breed  as  sureties. 

Wm.  Averill,  4  mo.  1691. 
Will  of  William  Averill  of  Topsfield, 
dated  15  April  1680,  mentions  wife  and 
eleven  children  under  age,  sons  John,  Na- 
thaniel ;  appoints  his  wife  sole  extx.  wit- 
nesses John  Wilds  and  Sarah  Wilds,  pro- 
bate June  30  1691.     died  23d  April  1 691. 

Inventory  of  estate  taken  by  Samuel  How- 
lett  and  Daniel  Kedington,  amounting  to 
£589  4s  3d  returned  by  Hannah  widow  and 
extx  of  said  William  June  30.  1691. 

Wm.  Babb,  4  mo.  1691. 
Inventory  of  estute  of  William  Bab  taken 
February  2U,  1690,  by  Nathaniel  Felton 
and  Isaac  Cook,  amounting  to  £4  17s  re- 
turned by  Deborah  Babb  widow  of  dec'd 
who  is  appointed  admx.     June  30  1691 

Mathew  WoodweU  A  mo.  1691. 
Will  of  Mathew  Wood  well  of  Salem,  dated 
28th  of  Dec.  1690,  mentions  wife  Mary,  sons 
Samuel,  John,  Mathew  and  Joshua,  dauo-h- 
ters  Mary,  Margaret,  Elizabeth  and  Dorcas, 
appoints  his  wife  sole  extx.,  and  Mr.  John 
Pickering,  senr.  and  Mr.  Manasseh  Marston 
to  be  overseers,  witnesses,  John  Marston  senr. 
George  Ingersoll  Jr.  and  Robert  Nowell,  Sr. 
probate  30th  of  June,  1691.     Inventory  of 


above  estate,  taken  by  William  Dounton  and 
Manasseh  Marston,  amounting  to  £180  17s. 
6d.,  returned  by  the  widow  and  extx.,  Mary 
Woodwell,  June  30,  1691. 


Boston  Numismatic  Society. 
Boston,  Jan.  8,  1863.  The  annual  meet- 
ing was  held  at  the  rooms  of  the  Historical 
and  Genealogical  Society,  Mr.  J.  Colburn, 
Vice  President,  in  the  chair.  The  following 
gentlemen  were  elected  officers  for  the  ensuing 
year :  President,  Winslow Lewis,  M.  D. ;  Vice 
President,  Jeremiah  Colburn;  Treasurer, 
Henry  Davenport;  Secretary,  William  S.  Ap- 
pleton.  The  Cabinet,  of  the  Society,  contains 
about  one  thousand  coins,  most  of  which  are 
the  American  series  of  Medals  and  Coins. 
There  are  many  fine  specimens  of  foreign  coins, 
embracing,  Greek,  Roman,  French,  Chinese, 
Japanese,  Siamese,  and  a  very  fair  collection 
of  English  ;  most  of  the  foreign,  are  donations 
from  members  and  gentleman  interested  in 

the  study. 

The   Secretary  exhibited    several  coins   of 

much  interest ;  one  was  a  rare  pattern  for  "5 
Decimes"  of  the  French  Republic  of  1793. 
It  is  a  large  coin  of  bell-metal,  with  the  in- 
scription "Regeneration  Francaise,"  repre- 
senting the  Goddess  of  Reason  giving  nour- 
ishment to  the  French  Nation.  A  medal,  al- 
so, was  shown  by  the  same  gentleman,  struck 
in  silver,  size  38,  by  the  New  England  Socie- 
ty, for  the  Promotion  of  Manufactures  and 
Mechanical  Arts.  Obverse;  a  beautiful  head 
of  Archimedes  and  the  date  1826.  Reverse; 
representations  of  a  carding-machine,  a  steam, 
boat  and  a  steam-engine,  with  the  inscription 
"  Genius,  Intelligence  and  Industry  triumph," 
with  the  names  of  Archimedes,  Galileo,  New- 
ton, Franklin,  Watts  and  Fulton,  surrounded 
by  rays  of  glory.  The  name  of  the  artist  C. 
Gobrecht,  is  on  each  side. 


HISTORICAL    COLLECTIONS 


O  F      T  H  E 


ESSEX     INSTITUTE. 


Vol.    V. 


April,     1863. 


No.    2. 


A    MEMOIR    OF 

GEN.     JOHN    GLOVER, 

OI>  MABBLEBEAD. 


BY   WILLIAM  P.    UPHAM. 


{A  Report  read  at  a  Meeting  of  the  Essex  Institute,  March 
9th,  1863,  upon  a  donation  to  the  Library  of  certain 
books  formerly  belonging  to   GenH  Glover.) 


These  books  were  recently  presented  to  the 
Essex  Institute  by  Hon.  Robert  Hooper*  of 
Boston,  with  the  exception  of  one  volume,  be- 
longing however  to  the  same  series,  presented 
by  Wm.  R.  L.  Ward,  Esq.f  of  New  York. 
They  form  a  most  valuable  donation,  consisting 
of  seven  manuscript  volumes.  One  contains 
copies  of  letters  written  by  Gen.  Glover 
while  in  the  Revolutionary  service,  herein  re- 
ferred to  as  the  Letter  Book.  The  other  six 
are  the  Orderly  Books,  kept  in  the  21st  Provin- 
cial Regiment,  afterwards  the  14th  Continental 
Regiment.  This  Regiment  was  commanded  by 
Col.  John  Glover  from  the  commencement  of 
the  Revolution  until  the  21st  of  February  1777, 
when  he  was  made  Brigadier  General.     From 


*  A  grandson  of  Gen.  Glover. 
t  A  great-grandson  of  Jonathan   Glover,  who 
was  a  brother  of  Gen,  Glover. 

VOL.    V.  (9) 


that  time  until  the  close  of  the  war,  it  constitu- 
ted part  of  Gen.  Glover's  Brigade. 

In  the  Orderly  Books,  above  mentioned,  are 
preserved  the  General  Orders  issued  each  day 
from  Head  Quarters  at  the  place  where  this 
Regiment  was  stationed,  during  the  following 
periods  of  the  Revolution  : 

Volume  No.  1,  beginning  June  29th,  1775, 
Head  Quarters  at  Cambridge,  and  ending  Sept. 
14th,  1775. 

No.  2,  beginning  Sept.  15th,  1775,  and 
ending  Jan.  5th,  1776. 

No.  3,  beginning  Jan.  6th,  1776,  and  end- 
ing July  26th,  1776,  Head  Quarters  at  New 
York. 

No.  4,  beginning  Oct.  19th,  1776,  Head 
Quarters  at  Mile  Square,  N.  Y.,  and  ending 
Oct.  14th,  1778,  Head  Quarters  at  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.  A  gap  occurs  in  this  Number 
from  Nov.  24th,  1776,  Head  Quarters  at 
North  Castle,  New  York,  to  June  28th,  1778, 
Head  Quarters  at  Fort  Arnold,  N.  Y. 

No.  5,  beginning  March  6th,  1779,  Head 
Quarters  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  ending 
July  28,  1779,  Head  Quarters  at  Ridgfield, 
Conn. 


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No.  6,  beginning  Aug.  3d,  1781,  Head 
Quarters  at  Phillipsburg,  N.  Y.,  and  ending 
Nov.  26th,  1781,  Head  Quarters  at  the  High- 
lands, N.  Y. 

Orderly  Books  of  the  Revolution  are  very 
rare,  and  it  is  doubtful  whether  there  exists 
another  series  so  complete  and  well  preserved 
as  this.  For,  though  all  Aides  de  Camp 
and  Majors  of  Brigades  were  ordered  "to 
keep  regularly  entered  in  a  Book  all  the  Gen- 
eral Orders  of  the  Army,  as  well  as  those  of 
the  Brigade  they  belong  to,"*  still  such  Books 
were  considered  of  no  value,  except  for  a  tem- 
porary purpose,  and  the  constantly  shifting 
movements  of  the  different  portions  of  the  Ar- 
my, the  frequent  and  sudden  marches,  the  loss 
of  baggage,  and  especially  the  careless  irreg- 
ularities of  Camp  life,  caused  them  to  be  poor- 
ly kept,  and  soon  lost. 

For  the  student  of  American  History,  noth- 
ing could  afford  so  interesting,  and  at  the 
same  time  so  reliable,  a  source  of  information  ; 
and  the  reader  viewing,  as  if  actually  present, 
the  very  scenes  as  they  transpired  from  day 
to  day  in  that  long  and  doubtful  contest  which 
finally  established  our  Independence,  will  gain 
a  higher  appreciation  of  the  wisdom,  patience 
and  benevolence  of  Washington,  and  the  brav- 
ery and  fidelity  of  his  officers  and  of  his  army. 

As  no  biography  has  ever  been  written  of 
Gen.  Glover,  to  whom  these  manuscripts  be- 
longed, and  with  whose  career  they  are  so 
intimately  connected,  the  following  article  may 
serve  as  an  accompaniment  and  illustration  of 
the  books  themselves,  and  at  the  same  time  do 
some  justice  to  the  memory  of  that  distin- 
guished patriot,  "active,  modest  and  indus- 
trious, the  friend  of  Washington,  the  trustiest 
friend  of  freedom,  the  hero  of  Trenton,  "f 


*  See  Orderly  Book,  No.  1,  July  20,  1775. 
t  Address  of  Geo.  B.  Loring  before  the  Colum- 
bian Society  in  Marblehead,  Jan.  8,  1856.  page  5. 


General  John  Glover  was  born  in  Salem 
Mass.,  Nov.  5,  1732,  and  was  baptised  in  the 
First  Church  in  Salem,  Nov.  26.  He  died 
in  Marblehead,  Jan.  30,  1797.  His  father, 
Jonathan,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Salem,  Dec,  14, 
1702,  and  married  Tabitha  Bacon  of  Salem, 
Feb.  23,  1727.  Jonathan,  Sr.,  father  of  the 
preceding,  was  born  in  Salem,  April,  1677, 
and  was  the  son  of  John  Glover,  who  was 
married  in  Salem  in  1660,  probably 
the  son  of  Charles  Glover,  who  came  from 
England  to  this  country  in  1630,  and  joined 
the  First  Church  in  Salem,  as  a  member  in 
full  communion,  June  10,  1640.* 

Gen.  John  Glover  and  his  three  broth- 
ers, Jonathan,  Samuel  and  Daniel  removed 
from  Salem  to  Marblehead  when  young,  and 
became  engaged  in  various  branches  of  trade  : 
Jonathan  was  a  hatter,  Samuel  a  goldsmith, 
Daniel  a  blockmaker,  and  John  a  shoemaker. 
In  1754,  Oct.  30,  John  married  Hannah  Gale 
of  Marblehead. 

He  soon  after  entered  into  the  fishing  busi- 
ness, and  was  prosperously  engaged  in  that 
and  other  mercantile  pursuits  until  the  outbreak 
of  the  Revolution.  His  brother  Samuel  was 
a  Captain  through  the  French  War,  in  Joseph 
Williams'  Regiment,  during  the  year  1757, 
and  in  Jonathan  Bagley's  Regiment,  from 
1758  until  the  end  of  the  War. 

John  and  his  brother  Jonathan  appear  by 
the  Marblehead  Records  to  have  held  for 
many  years  offices  of  honor  and  trust  in  the 
Town  Government,  and  were  connected  with 
many  enterprises  for  the  benefit  of  the  inhab- 
itants. In  1773,  when  the  prevalence  of  the 
Small  Pox  excited  such  apprehension  among 
the  people  of  this  vicinity,  they  were  the  prin- 
cipal movers  in  building  the  Hospital  for  the 
purpose  of  inoculation  on  Cat  Island,  now  Low- 


*  For  a  Grenealogical  table  of  the  family,  see  the 
appendix. 


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ell  Island,  in  Salem  Harbor.  For  this  purpose 
leave  was  granted  by  vote  of  the  town  of  Sa- 
lem, Aug.  16,  1773,*  and  they,  with  others, 
erected  the  Hospital,  and  carried  it  on  at  their 
own  expense  for  more  than  a  year   successful- 

ly.t 

There  was  a  large  party,  however,  who  did 
not  believe  in  the  efficacy  of  inoculation,  and 
so  fierce  was  the  opposition  on  the  part  of 
some  of  the  people,  that  they  threatened  to 
mob  the  proprietors  of  the  Hospital.  But 
Jonathan  Glover,  with  an  energy  appropriate 
to  the  place  and  the  occasion,  having  station- 
ed a  loaded  cannon  in  the  hall  of  his  house, 
opened  his  doors,  and  declared  his  readiness 
to  receive  the  rioters.  This  prompt  action 
seems  to  have  prevented  any  actual  violence, 
but  the  controversy  continued  to  cause  great 
excitement  in  the  neighborhood,  and  only 
ended,  when,  in  the  spring  of  1775,  the  far 
more  important  question  of  Liberty  engrossed 
the  attention  of  all, 

Marblehead  made  early  preparations  for  the 
great  struggle  which  her  citizens  wisely  judged 
to  be  inevitable. ^: 

Before  the  year  1775,  a  full  Militia  Kegi- 
ment,  of  a  thousand  men,  had  been  maintained 
by  this  town,  then  in  point  of  wealth  and  im- 

*  Felt's  Annals,  1st  Edition,  page  484.  M'd 
Town  Records. 

tA  very  interesting  account  of  this  Hospital, 
and  of  the  "  Small  Pox  War"  which  it  occasioned 
in  1774,  may  be  found  in  the  Marblehead  Mirror  of 
March  21st,  1863,  written  by  J.  H.  Orne,  of  Mar- 
bleliead.  The  proprietors  of  the  Hospital  were 
Elbridge  Gerry,  Jolin  Glover,  Azor  Orne  and  Jon- 
athan Glover.  For  an  account  of  the  building  of  a 
similar  Hospital,  in  the  southeast  part  of  the  great 
pastures  in  Salem,  see  a  Memoir  of  Dr.  Edward 
A.  Holyoke,  Boston,  1829,  Appendix  I. 

t  See  Gordon's  History  of  American  War  i,  422. 
M.  Town  Records. 


portance,  the  second  in  the  Colony  of  Massa- 
chusetts. 

This  Regiment  was  reorganized,  men  and 
officers  being  enlisted  for  the  Continental  ser- 
vice. The  ten  companies  were  very  soon  com- 
pleted, and  the  men,  thoroughly  equipped  and 
disiplined,  ready  to  turn  out  for  duty  on  any 
emergency.  John  Grlover  was  chosen  Col- 
onel. On  the  26th  of  February,  1775, 
when  Col.  Leslie  made  his  famous  descent  up- 
on the  quiet  "  City  of  Peace,"  had  he  not 
prudently  avoided  a  collision  in  the  affair  at 
North  Bridge,  the  brave  men  of  the  Marble- 
head Eegiment,  who  had  instantly  collected 
upon  the  alarm  being  given,  and  were  all  ready 
drawn  up  on  the  line  of  his  retreat  from  Sa- 
lem, would  have  given  him  a  similar  reception 
to  that  which  met  Col.  Smith  and  Lord  Percy 
on  the  19th  of  April,  when  retreating  from 
Lexington.* 

John  Glover  had  for  many  years  been  in 
the  military  service,  and  had  held  the  follow- 
ing commissions,  the  originals  of  which  are 
still  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants,  first, 
as  "  Ensign  in  the  third  military  foot  Compa- 
ny in  the  Town  of  Marblehead,  under  the 
Command  of  Richard  Reed  Esq.,  in  the  fifth 
Regiment  of  Militia  in  the  County  of  Essex, 
whereof  Jacob  Fowle  Esq.  is  Colonel,"  dated 
March  l2th,  1759,  and  signed  by  Thomas 
Pownall,  Governor,  and  Andrew  Oliver,  Sec- 
retary ;  second,  as  "Captain  Lieut't  in  the 
military  Company  of  Foot  in  Marblehead, 
under  the  Command  of  Azor  Orne  Esq.  in 
the  Regiment  of  Militia  in  the  County  of  Es- 
sex, whereof  Jacob  Fowle  Esq.  is  Colonel," 
dated  Feb.  12th,  1762,  and  signed  by  Fran- 
cis Bernard,    Governor,    and   John   Cotton, 

*  See  4th  of  July  Oration  at  Salem,  1842,  C.  W. 
Upham ;  also  an  account  of  Leslie's  Retreat  by  C. 
M.  Endicott. 


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Dep.  Secretary;  third,  as  "Captain  of  a  mili- 
tary Company  of  Foot  in  the  Town  of  Mar- 
blehead,  in  the  Regiment  of  Militia  in  the 
County  of  Essex,  whereof  John  Gallison 
Esq.  is  Colonel,"  dated  February  8th,  1773, 
and  signed  by  Thomas  Hutchinson,  Gover- 
nor, and  John  Cotton,  Dep.  Secretary.  - 

Col.  Glover  abandoned  his  extensive 
business,  and  devoted  himself  with  his 
whole  energy  to  the  patriot  cause.  His 
money  was  given  to  aid  the  enlistment  of 
men,  and  the  purchase  of  supplies  for  the 
Continental  army ;  and  his  vessels  were 
turned  into  privateers.  Associated  with  him, 
were  such  men  as  Col.  Azor  Orne*  and  El- 
bridge  Gerry,  with  whom  he  was  intimately 
connected,  both  in  town  and  state  affairs.  While 
in  the  army  he  maintained  a  constant  corres- 
pondence with  them,  as  influential  members 
of  the  State  Government,  in  regard  to  the  con- 
duct of  the  War,  and  the  fowarding  of  men 
and  supplies.! 

It  is  sufficient  evidence  of  the  high  opinion 
which  Glover's  fellow  townsmen  had  of  his  a- 
bility,  that  they  should  at  once  select  him  as 
the  best  fitted  to  command  a  Regiment  com- 
posed of  nearly  all  the  able-bodied  men  of  the 
town;  and  the  sequel  justified  the  selection, 
for  this  Regiment,  and  the  14th  Continental, 
which  was  formed  from  it,  at  the  new  enlist- 
ment of  Jan.  1,  1776,  became  under  the  care- 
ful and  constant  training  of  Glover,  the  best 
equipped,  best  disciplined,  and  most  reliable 
Corps  in  the  Army. 

Frequently  called  upon  in  those  sadden  and 
critical  emergencies,  which  put  to  the  severest 
test  the  soldier's  courage  and  endurance,  its 
brave  men  elicited  the  applause  and  admira- 
tion of  all,  by  their  unexampled   readiness, 


♦  Marblehead  Register,  April  17,  1839. 
t  See  Letter  Book. 


skill  and  intrepidity ;  engaged  in  most  of  the 
important  battles  of  the  War  from  its  com- 
mencement to  its  close,  in  many  instances  as- 
signed the  post  of  honor  when  extraordinary 
difficulty  or  peril  surrounded  the  Army,  and 
ever  prepared  and  willing  for  service,  either 
on  the  land  or  on  the  water,  this  Regiment 
established  that  world-wide  reputation,  which 
Marblehead  has,  from  that  time  to  the  present, 
so  nobly  sustained. 

The  sacrifices  which  Marblehead  made  for 
the  cause  of  the  Revolution,  are  shown  by  the 
following  facts.  In  1772,  the  tonnage  of 
Marblehead  was  upwards  of  twelve  thousand, 
and  the  number  of  polls  twelve  hundred 
and  three;  in  1780,  the  polls  were  but  five 
hundred  and  forty  four,  and  the  tonnage  at 
the  peace,  was  only  fifteen  hundred  and  nine  ; 
nearly  every  able-bodied  citizen  was  abroad 
engaged  in  the  public  service,  either  "upon 
land  or  water,"  and  at  the  close  of  the  contest, 
there  were  within  the  borders  of  this  single 
town,  four  hundred  and  forty- eight  widows, 
and  nine  hundred  and  sixty-six  fatherless  chil- 
dren. No  other  town  in  the  United  States  of 
the  same  population  and  property,  lost  so  large 
a  proportion  of  both,  probably,  as  Marble- 
head.* 

The  following  taken  from  the  Marblehead 
Register  of  April  17,  1830,  gives  a  brief  ac- 
count of  some  interesting  events  in  the  early 
history  of  the  Revolution. 

"Marblehead  Reminiscences. 

1773,  Dec.  16th  Tea  destroyed  in  Bos- 
ton. 

1774,  March  25th.  Boston  Port  Bill 
passed,  only  Coasters  allowed  to  enter  after 
being  searched  at  Marblehead  and  an  officer 
put  on  board  to  proceed  to  Boston ;  many 
strangers  in  town,  and  great  buzz  among  the 
people. 


*  Report  on  the  American  Fisheries,  by  Loren. 
zo  Sabine  1853,  page  202. 


63 


July  5th.  Governor  Gage  in  town,  and 
dines  with  Mr.  Robert  Hooper. 

Angust  1st.  Town  sent  eleven  carts  laden 
with  Jamaica  fish  and  a  cask  of  oil  to  Boston, 
as  a  present  to  the  inhabitants  of  that  town. 

Sept.  30th.  The  British  soldiers  stationed 
on  Marblehead  Neck.  The  soldier, ., who 
wounded  Capt.  Merritt,  was  there  punished ; 
five  hundred  lashes.  A  Town  Meeting  was 
previously  held  on  the  subject,  which  was  re- 
ferred to  the  military. 

Oct.  6th.  Great  fire  in  Salem;  our  peo- 
ple go  over  with  the  Union  Engine,  Edward 
Homan,  Captain.  The  town  of  Salem  after- 
wards credits  the  town  of  Marblehead  for 
saving  their  town,  or  a  great  part  of  it. 
Thanks  were  given  to  Capt.  Homan  for  his 
exertions :  it  is  said  that  boards  were  held  be- 
fore his  face  at  the  time. 

Oct.  8th.  Sloop  arrived  from  Boston,  so- 
liciting further  donations. 

1775,  Feb.  9th.  His  Majesty's  ship  Live- 
ly, 20  guns,  Capt.  Bishop,  arrived  and  an- 
chored opposite  the  Fort,  Capt.  and  officers, 
few  days  after,  dine  on  shore. 

Feb.  26th.  Came  into  the  harbour  a  trans- 
port with  246  troops,  which  were  landed  while 
the  people  were  gone  to  meeting  in  the  after- 
noon on  Homan's  Beach,  and  there  loaded 
their  guns  and  marched  out  of  town.  Some 
of  the  soldiers  carried  coils  of  rope.  It  after- 
wards appeared,  that  when  they  arrived  at  the 
North  Bridge  in  Salem,  the  people  took  up 
the  bridge  to  hinder  them  from  going  further 
that  way.  A  compromise,  afterwards  took 
place,  between  the  commander,  and  the 
people;  the  bridge  was  let  down  and  he 
was  allowed   to  march  yards,    which 

he  did,  and  so  returned  to  Marblehead  after 
dark  and  went  on  board  the  Transport  again. 
As  they  returned  through  the  town,  they 
passed  the  Marblehead  Regiment,  all  hands  to 
quarters. 

March  14th.  Capt.  Bishop  again  dined 
on  shore  He  is  said  to  be  a  good  kind  of 
man. 

April  19th.  British  troops  march  out  of 
Boston.  Paul  Revere  previously  left  the  town 
and  spread  the  news.     Battle  at  Lexington. 


April  20th.  Capt.  Bishop  sent  a  message 
on  shore :  Town  Meeting  on  the  subject ;  many 
people  moving  out  of  town. 

May  3rd.     Brig  Nancy  sailed  for  Europe. 
"    21st.     Mr.  Whitwell  preached  to  Ar- 
tillery Company  at  Old  Meeting  House.    Text 
Chron.  28,  15. 

May  22nd.  Drums  and  fifes  go  about 
town ;  fishermen  enlisting  for  Continental  Ar- 
ray. 

May  25th.  Generals  Howe,  Burgoyne, 
and  Clinton  arrive  at  Boston. 

May  26th.     Lively  ordered  to  Boston. 

28th.     Preaching   at  church.     Text 
Jer.  9,  24. 

May  30th.  Alarm ;  soldiers  said  to  be 
landing  at  the  ferry ;  Glover  with  the  Regi- 
ment turn  out ;  himself  with  a  short  jacket  on ; 
alarm  false. 

May  31st.  The  Lively  sailed  for  Boston  ; 
the  Merlin,  Sloop  of  war  takes  her  place. 

June  6th,  Arrived  a  schooner  from  W. 
Indies;  Glover's;  he  went  off  to  meet  her; 
the  Merlin  sent  his  barge,  to  order  her  to  the 
ship.  Glover  refused,  and  so  run  her  into  Ger- 
ry's wharf;  much  people  collected  to  see  the 
fray. 

June  11th.  Sailed  Schooner  Charlotte  Ste- 
phens W.  Indies. 

June  15th.  Town  send  a  Committee  of 
three  on  board  the  Merlin. 

June  17th.     Battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 

2lst.     A  general  muster  in  town; 
orders  came  for  the  Regiment  to  march. 

June  22nd.  The  Regiment  march  for 
Cambridge. 

August  1st.  The  Merlin  stops  the  fishing 
boats  as  they  pass. 

Angust  24th.  Company  of  Volunteers  ar- 
rive from  Cambridge  for  privateering.  They 
are  to  go  on  board  Col.  Glover's  schr. 

Sept.  11.  John  Grush  in  schr.,  sailed  for 
W.  Indies. 

Sept.  21.  All  hands  repairing  Fort,  Sun- 
days not  excepted. 

Sept.  27.  A  schooner  from  New  Provi- 
dence in  ;  in  the  evening  they  went  off  and 
took  her  and  carried  her  round  to  ferry. 

1776,  Jan.  7.  Trees  on  Cat  Island  cut 
down  last  night,  suppose  by  the  Merlin. 


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June  1.  The  representatives  from  Salem 
were  not  received  at  the  General  Court  be- 
cause they  were  chosen  by  kernels  of  corn 
and  pease," 

It  will  be  seen  by  the  above,  that  the  Mar- 
blehead  Regiment  was  transferred  from  the 
Militia  to  the  Provincial  or  Continental  ser- 
vice about  the  22dof  May,  1775.  On  the 
21st  of  June,  they  were  ordered  to  march. 
On  the  22d  they  marched  to  Cambridge,  and 
reported  for  duty  to  Gen'l  Ward,  then  in 
command  of  the  gathering  forces. 

The  drumsticks  which  were  used  to  beat 
the  drum  on  the  day  when  the  Regiment 
marched  from  Marblehead  to  Cambridge, 
have  been  preserved  in  Marblehead  as  an 
honored  memento  of  the  occasion,  and  were 
lately  presented  to  the  Essex  Institute. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  officers  of 
this  Regiment : 

Colonel, —  John  Glover. 

Lieutenant  Colonel, —  John  Gerry. 

Major, —  Gabriel  Johonnot. 

Adjutant, —  William  Gibbs. 

Captains, —  Wm.  R.  Lee,  Wm.  Courtis, 
Wm.  Bacon,  Thomas  Grant,  Joel  Smith, 
Nicholson  Broughton,  Wm.  Blackler,  John 
Merritt,  John  Selman,  Francis  Symonds. 

Lieutenants, — John  Glover,  Robert  Har- 
ris, Wm.  Mills,  Wm.  Bubier,  John  Bray, 
John  Stacey,  Nathaniel  Clark,  Joshua  Pren- 
tice, Isaac  Collyer,  Wm.  Russell. 

Ensigns, —  Edward  Archbold,  Thomas 
Courtis,  Seward  Lee,  Ebenezer  Graves,  Joshua 
Orne,  J.  Devereaux,  Jr.,  Nathaniel  Pearce, 
Robert  Nimblett,  Edward  Holman,  George 
Ligngrass. 

These,  except  Capt.  Wm.  R.  Lee  and 
his  Lieutenant,  John  Glover,  and  Ensign  Ed- 
ward Archbold,  were  all  commissioned  by  the 
Provincial  Congress  June  23d,  1775.  (See 
Am.  Arch.  4th  Series,  Vol.  II,  828.)*   Lee 

*  John  Glover  received  also  a  commission,  which 
is  still  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants,  from 


soon  after  became  Major,  and  finally  was  Col- 
onel. He  was  distinguished  throughout  the 
war  for  bravery  and  ability  as  an  officer,  and 
was  honored  by  Washington  with  the  ap- 
pointment to  the  office  of  Adjutant  General, 
but  declined  it  in  favor  of  Col.  Pickering. 
(Sparks'  Writings  of  Washington,  Vol.  IV, 
372,  433;  Vol.  V,  158.)  Col.  Lee  was  af- 
terwards, from  1802  to  1825,  Collector  at  the 
Port  of  Salem. 

John  Glover  was  the  eldest  son  of  the  Col- 
onel, and  was  subsequently  a  Captain  in  the 
14th  Regiment.  Archbold  also  became  Ad- 
jutant in  the  same  Regiment. 

The  uniform  of  the  Regiment  consisted  of 
a  blue  round  jacket  and  trowsers  trimmed 
with  leather  buttons.  (Lossing  Am.  Rev., 
Vol.  2nd,  606.)  It  received  the  name  of 
the  21st  Regiment,  but  was  afrerwards  also 
known  as  the  "Marine  Regiment."  While 
at  Cambridge  it  had  an  important  share  in  that 
series  of  operations  which  finally  resulted  in 
the  evacuation  of  Boston  by  the  "ministerial 
army,"  and  its  officers  were  often  honored 
with  those  temporary  appointments  which  in 
a  new  army  require  so  much  skill  and  expe- 
rience.    (See  Ord.  Book,  No.  1.)* 

On  the  4th  of  Oct.,  1775,  Col.  Glover 
with  Stephen  Moylan,  (one  of  Washington's 
Aids  and  Muster  Master  General)  at  the  re- 
quest of  Washington,  took  charge  of  the 
equipment  and  manning  of  the  armed  vessels 
and  cruisers  which  did  such  invaluable  service 
in  the  early  part  of  the  war.  He  and  his 
Regiment  were  stationed  at  Beverly,  for  this 
purpose,  from  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1775, 
until  July  20th,  1776,  when  they  left  that 
place  for  New  York. 


the  Continental  Congress,  dated  July  Ist,  1775 
signed  by  John  Hancock,  President,  and  Charles 
Thomson,  Secretary. 


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While  at  Beverly,  two  Captains  of  the 
Regiment,  John  Selman  and  Nicholas  Brough- 
ton,  (afterwards  a  son-in-law  of  Col.  Glov- 
er,) undertook  the  first  naval  expedition  of 
the  Revolution ;  Broughton,  as  Commodore, 
commanding  the  Schooner  Lynch,  6  guns,  and 
Selman  the  Franklin,  4  guns,  (the  same  after- 
wards commanded  by  Capt.  Mugford,)  each 
taking  his  company  for  the  crew. 

An  interesting  account  of  this  expedition, 
written  by  Capt.  Selman  himself,  may  be 
found  in  the  Salem  Gazette  of  July  22nd, 
1856.  They  sailed  from  Beverly  Oct.  21st, 
1775,  their  main  object  being  to  intercept 
and  capture  the  British  transports  and  ves- 
sels. Being  detained,  however,  a  long  time, 
by  adverse  winds  and  weather,  and  hearing 
that  men  were  being  recruited  for  the  British 
army  at  Quebec,  on  the  Island  of  St.  John's, 
(now  Prince  Edward's  Island,)  they  landed 
at  that  place,  and,  with  their  crews,  captured 
the  Fort  on  the  Island,  and  also  took  prisoners 
and  brought  off  "Gov.  Colbeck  and  Judge 
Wright,"  who,  as  they  were  informed,  "were 
the  ofl&cial  persons  swearing  these  men  in  be- 
half of  George  3d.  for  Quebec,"  the  inten- 
tion being,  ' '  to  break  up  this  recruiting  busi- 
ness," and  "do  essential  service  to  Mont- 
gomery, who  was  then  attacking  Quebec." 
Having  returned  to  Beverly,  with  their  prison- 
ers and  other  captures,  they  repaired  at  once 
to  Cambridge,  to  report  to  Gen.  Washington 
their  success,  but  were  surprised  to  find  him 
displeased  with  the  result  of  the  voyage.  The 
General  Orders  of  Nov.  5,  1775,  (Ord.  Book 
No.  2.,)  give  an  explanation  of  this  cool  re- 
ception. Washington,  at  that  time,  consid- 
ered it  of  the  greatest  importance  to  concili- 
ate the  people  of  the  Northern  Provinces ; 
and  he  might  well  fear,  that  the  vigorous  and 
somewhat  rough  manner  in  which  Selman 
and  Broughton  had  treated  the  dignitaries  of 


St.  John's  Island,  would  tend  to  interrupt  the 
friendship  which  then  existed  between  that 
people  and  the  Colonies. 

It  was  under  the  agency  of  Col.  Glover 
that  Capt.  John  Manly's  vessel  was  fitted  out, 
and  the  crew  was  obtained  from  his  Regiment. 
Manly,  who  was  a  native  of  Marblehead,  re- 
ceived a  naval  commission  from  Washington, 
October,  1775.  His  first  command  was  the 
schooner  Lee  ;  he  was  subsequently  in  com- 
mand of  the  frigates,  Hancock  and  Hague. 
He  died  in  Boston,  in  1793,  and  was  buried 
with  distinction. 

Capt.  Samuel  Tucker,  another  celebrated 
Privateersman  of  Marblehead,  sailed  under  the 
same  auspices.  He  is  said  to  have  captured 
more  British  guns  and  British  seamen  than 
Paul  Jones,  or  any  other  Captain  in  the  ser- 
vice of  the  thirteen  states.  Captain  Tucker 
took  John  Adams  to  Europe  in  1779.  On  the 
passage,  he  fell  in  with  an  enemy.  It  was 
agreed  to  fight  her,  and  also  that  Mr.  Adams 
should  retire  below ;  but  Tucker  soon  observed 
him,  with  a  gun,  fighting  as  a  common  ma- 
rine, and  in  tones  of  authority  ordered  him  to 
leave  the  deck ;  Mr.  Adams,  however,  con- 
tinued at  his  post,  when,  at  last,  Tucker  seized 
him,  and  forced  him  away,  exclaiming  as  he 
did  so,  "I  am  commanded  by  the  Continental 
Congress  to  carry  you  in  safety  to  Europe, 
and  I  will  do  it. "  He  removed  after  the  Rev- 
olution to  Bristol,  Maine,  where  he  died  in 
1803.* 

The  gallant  Capt.  James  Mugford  also, 
whose  capture  of  the  Brig  Hope,  with  her  car- 
go of  fifteen  hundred  barrels  of  powder, 
besides  other  munitions  of  war,  in  Boston  Har- 
bor on  the  17th  of  May,  1776, was  of  such  in- 
estimable value  to  the  Colonies,  had  been  a 

*  Report  on  the  American  Fisheries,  by  Loren- 
zo Sabine,  page  201. 


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Captain  in  this  Regiment,  and  his  crew  of 
20  men  were  volunteers  from  it  at  Beverly. 
This  capture  was  at  the  time  considered  by 
Washington  as  of  the  greatest  importance, 
supplying  the  army  as  it  did  with  the  much 
needed  article  of  powder  at  a  time,  when  the 
whole  stock  on  hand  did  not  amount  to  more 
than  nine  rounds  per  man,  and  our  lines,  if 
attacked,  could  have  made  no  resistance. 

Capt.  Mugford,  with  others  in  Marblehead, 
had  been,  the  previous  year,  impressed  into 
the  British  service  by  a  press-gang,  which 
came  ashore  from  the  Frigate  Lively,  then  ly- 
ing in  Marblehead  harbor,  opposite  "Skin- 
ner's Head  "  on  the  Neck  side.  The  Frig- 
ate  had  thi-own  out  ballast  here,  and  the  place 
is  still  called  ' '  the  Ballast. ' '  Mugford's  wife, 
as  soon  as  she  heard  of  the  capture  of  her  hus- 
band, went  on  board  the  frigate,  and  demand- 
ed his  release,  stating  that  they  had  but  just 
been  married,  and  she  depended  upon  him  for 
her  support.  The  Captain  promised  to  re- 
lease him,  and  did  so. 

When  taken,  Mugford  had  been  sent  on 
board  a  sloop  of  War,  which  lay  off  the  Har- 
bor. While  there,  he  heard  the  sailors  talk- 
ing about  the  "powder  ship,"  which  they 
were  expecting  from  England.  It  was  this 
knowledge,  which  made  him  so  eager  to  under- 
take his  enterprise.  He  applied  for,  and  ob- 
tained from  Gen.  Wanl,then  at  Philadelphia, 
a  commission,  with  power  to  capture  the  ex- 
pected vessel,  and  under  that  commission  he 
sailed.  The  haste  with  which  he  proceeded 
occasioned  some  irregularities,  which  perhaps 
was  the  cause  why  the  prize  money  failed  to 
be  properly  and  justly  paid. 

Mugford's  naval  victory  on  the  19th  of 
May,  1776,  though  fatal  to  himself,  places 
him  first  on  the  List  of  Nflval  Heroes  and 
Martyrs  of  the  Revolution.     At  his  funeral. 


which  was  conducted  with  great  ceremony 
and  distinction,  the  "  Marine  Regiment"  per- 
formed the  Military  honors. 

To  show  the  activity  and  zeal  with  which 
the  privateering  business  was  conducted  at 
that  time,  it  is  stated,  that  in  a  single  season 
there  were  despatched  from  Salem  and  Bev- 
erly fifty-two  privateers,  chiefly  owned  in  Sa- 
lem and  Beverly,  which  mounted  about  seven 
hundred  and  fifty  guns,  and  carried  crews  of 
nearly  four  thousand  men.  From  May  1776, 
to  February  1778,  the  American  Privateers, 
one  hundred  and  seventy-three  in  number, 
made  prize  of  seven  hundred  and  thirty-three 
British  vessels,  which  with  their  cargoes  were 
worth  more  than  twenty-five  millions  of  dol- 
lars, after  deducting  the  value  of  the  proper- 
ty retaken  and  restored.* 

The  following  documents  show  the  manner 
in  which  Glover  was  connected  with  this  bus- 


INSTBUCTIONS  TO  COLONEL  GLOVEB  AND 

mk.  moylan. 

Camp  at  Cambridge,  ) 
•      Oct.  4,  1775. 1 

His  Excellency,  having  resolved  to  equip 
two  armed  vessels,  has  empowered  you  to  ne- 
gotiate this  business,  in  which  the  following 
directions  are  to  be  observed  : 

1st.  That  the  vessels  be  approved  sailers, 
and  as  well  found  as  possible. 

2d.  That  you  have  an  appraisement  made 
of  them,  by  indiflferent  people. 

3d.  That  you  agree,  at  as  reasonable  a 
rate  as  you  can,  for  the  hire  of  the  vessels, 
and,  if  possible,  procure  the  cannon  and  swiv- 
els on  loan,  and  if  not,  purchase  them  at  the 
cheapest  rate  per  month. 

4th.  If  you  cannot  equip  them  suitably 
at  Salem  or  Marblehead,  one  of  you  proceed 
to  Newburyport,  where  there  are  several  ves- 
sels, and  sundry  cannon  provided,  suitable 
for  this  purpose. 

5th.     You  are,  as  soon  as  possible,  to  send 


*  American  Fisheries,  Sabine  200. 


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down  proper  directions  for  the  making  of  the 
cartridges,  and  providing  ammunition,  and  a 
list  of  what  will  be  wanted. 

6th.  You  are  to  nominate  some  suitable 
person  at  Cape  Ann,  Marhlehead,  and  such 
other  place,  where  any  prizes  may  be  sent,  as 
an  agent  to  take  care  of  such  prizes,  instruct- 
ing him  to  give  as  early  information  as  possi- 
ble of  all  captures,  and  the  list  of  cargoes,  as 
far  as  he  can  do  it  from  papers.  These  per- 
sons when  nominated  by  you,  to  receive  in- 
structions from  Head  Quarters.  You  are  also 
to  settle  with  them  the  terms ;  and  let  them  be 
persons  of  approved  good  character,  and  known 
substance.  All  agreements  &c.  to  be  put  in 
writing. 

7th.  All  contracts  entered  into  by  you 
jointly,  when  together,  or  separately  in  case 
one  should  go  to  Newbury,  the  General  will 
ratify  and  confirm. 

8th.  As  soon  as  either  of  the  vessels  is 
in  such  forwardness,  as  to  be  ready  to  sail  in 
a  few  days,  you  are  to  send  notice  to  Head 
Quarters,  that  the  oflScers  and  men  may  march 
down. 

I  am  Gentlemen,  your  obedient  servant, 

GEORGE  WASHINGTON. 


colonel  joseph  reed  to  the  committees 
of  salem  and  gloucester. 

Camp  at  Cambridge,  \ 
October  4,  1775.      J 
Gentlemen: 

I  am  directed  by  his  Excel- 
lency General  Washington,  to  inform  you, 
that  he  has  referred  the  disposition  of  the 
cargo  of  the  vessel  lately  taken  within  your 
District,  to  the  General  Court  of  this  Colo- 
ny, to  whom  he  has  also  recommended  the 
brave  captors  for  a  suitable  compensation. 
He  now  proposes  to  equip  the  vessels  as 
ships  of  war,  and  immediately  to  send  them 
on  a  cruise  ;  or,  if  these  vessels  are  not  fit  for 
the  service,  to  exchange  them  for  others,  for 
which  purpose  he  has  despatched  Colonel 
Glover ;  and  as  it  will  not  only  be  a  protec- 
tion for  the  coast,  but  probably  greatly  dis- 


VOL.    V. 


(10) 


tress  the  enemy,  his  Excellency  requests 
your  kind  assistance  to  Colonel  Glover  in 
managing  this  business. 

1  am,  by  his  Excellency's  orders, 
most  respectfully,  Gentlemen, 
your  obedient  and  humble  servant, 

J.  REED. 


COLONEL  JOSEPH  REED  TO  COLONEL  JOHN 
GLOVER. 

Head  Quarters,  Cambridge,  ") 
October  4,  1775,} 
Sir: 

The  vote  of  the  General  Court  is  at 
length  received,  but  in  such  terms,  and  in 
such  a  manner,  that  his  Excellency,  the  Gen- 
eral, does  not  choose  to  meddle  with  either  of 
the  vessels.  You  will,  therefore,  on  receipt 
of  this,  take  two  other  vessels,  the  most  suit- 
able for  our  purpose,  upon  the  best  terms  you 
can.  Let  them  be  prime  sailers,  put  them 
into  the  best  order,  and  lose  no  time.  A 
great  number  of  transports  are  hourly  expect- 
ed at  Boston,  from  Jihgland  and  elsewhere. 
If  you  cannot  equip  them  with  guns  suitable 
from  Salem,  by  going  to  Newburyport  you 
may  find  not  only  a  suitable  vessel,  but  have 
your  choice  of  guns  for  the  purpose.  As 
you  may  have  more  men  upon  your  hands, 
than  you  will  be  able  to  manage,  Mr.  Moy- 
lan,  the  Muster-Master  General,  is  associated 
with  you  in  this  business;  and  whatever  en- 
gagements are  entered  into  by  you  and  Mr. 
Moylan,  when  you  may  happen  to  be  togeth- 
er, or  by  either,  in  case  one  goes  to  Newbury, 
the  General  will  fully  ratify  and  confirm. 

I  am.  Sir, 

your  most  obedient  servant, 

J.  REED. 
To  Colonel  John  Glover,  Marblehead. 


S.  MOYLAN  AND  J.  GLOVER  TO  GENERAL 
WASHINGTON. 

Salem,  Monday,  Oct.  9,  177o. 
Sir: 

We  were  too  sanguine  in  our  expecta- 
tions on  Saturday,  which  occasioned  Mr.  Moy- 
lan to  tell  Mr.  Reed,  that  one  of  the  schoon- 


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ers  would  be  ready  for  the  sea,  on  Thursday 
next.  It  is  difficult  to  procure  carpenters,  to 
put  them  in  the  necessary  order.  We  there- 
fore think  it  will  be  Saturday,  before  the  first 
will  be  ready  to  sail ;  on  that  day,  we  would 
recommend  to  your  Excellency  to  order  the 
Captain  and  his  company  to  set  off;  on  the 
Wednesday  ensuing,  we  have  no  doubt  but 
that  the  other  vessel  will  be  properly  fitted. 

Col.  Glover  has  given  the  strongest  proofs 
of  his  good  opinion  of  the  schooner,  command- 
ed by  Captain  Broughton :  he  has  ventured 
his  brother  and  his  favorite  son  on  board  of 
her.  However,  lest  any  blame  may  lie  with 
him,  if  any  misfortune  should  happen,  (which 
God  avert,)  he  will  be  pleased  to  have  the 
Captain  and  his  company  removed  to  a  ves- 
sel of  better  fame  for  sailing.     "     ''     ^ 


COL.  JOSEPH  REED  TO  CAPT.  NICHOLSON 
BKOUGHTON. 


Sir: 


Head  Quabteks,  Oct.  12,  1775. 


You  are  to  recruit  your  present  crew 
to  seventy  men,  including  officers,  but  not 
out  of  the  companies  stationed  at  Marblehead 
for  the  security  of  the  coast,  without  the  con- 
sent of  the  committee.  You  will  have  fur- 
ther instructions  in  a  few  days.  In  the  mean 
time  you  are  to  follow  the  orders  of  your 
Colonel. 

I  am,  Sir, 

your  very  humble  servant, 

J.  REED. 

(The  same  to  Capt.  Selman.) 


JOHN  GLOVER  TO  GEN.  WASHINGTON. 


Sir: 


Marblehead,  Oct.  15,  1775. 


This  will  acquaint  you,  the  two  ves- 
sels, that  the  Captains  Broughton  and  Sel- 
man are  to  command,  are  ready  to  take  the 
troops  on  board.  The  forms  for  the  cannon 
and  swivel  cartridges  I  have  sent  to  Col. 
Burbank.  Would  it  not  be  best  that  every 
man  be  furnished  with  a  spear,  or  cutlass, 
and  a  pair  of  pistols,  if  to  be  had?  Our 
guns  are  very  unhandy  in  boarding.     I  have 


procured  provisions  for  two  vessels,  saving 
four  thousand  weight  of  bread,  which  can- 
not be  had  here,  but  at  the  extravagant  price 
of  thirty-two  shillings  per  hundred  weight. 
Capt.  Selman  has  his  complement  of  men,  to 
ten,  which,  with  your  Excellency's  leave,  he 
will  take  out  of  the  regiment.  Capt.  Brought- 
on is  very  unwell,  but  hope  it  is  nothing 
more  then  a  bad  cold,  which  he  took  at  the 
time  of  his  running  his  vessel  on  shore.  He 
has  not  been  able  to  recruit  a  single  man 
here ;  apprehend  he  may  get  his  complement 
out  of  the  Kegiment  with  your  Excellency's 
leave.  This  morning,  six  o'clock,  saw  a  ship 
coming  out  of  Boston ;  steered  her  course  di- 
rectly for  Marblehead,  which  alarmed  the  in- 
habitants very  much.  She  came  almost  to 
the  harbour's  mouth,  tacked  ship,  and  stood 
off  where  she  now  is  about  one  or  two  leagues 
distant.  I  communicated  to  my  son  your  Ex- 
cellency's intention  (as  handed  to  me  by  Col. 
Beed)  of  giving  him  the  command  of  one  of 
the  vessels,  which  he  seems  much  pleased 
with  ;  hope  his  conduct  will  meet  your  Ex- 
cellency's approbation ;  he  therefore  waits  for 
directions. 

I  am  your  Excellency's 

most  obedient  servant, 

JOHN  GLOVER. 
To  his  Excellency,  Gen.  Washington. 


ROBERT  H.  HARRISON  TO  WILLIAM  PALFREY 
AND  COL.  JOHN  GLOVER  OF  MARBLEHEAD. 


Sir: 


Cambridge,  December  4,  1776. 


I  am  commanded  by  his  Excellency 
to  inform  you  that  he  received  your  favours 
of  the  1  St.  and  3d.  instant,  and  that  your  ac- 
tivity and  conduct  merit  his  approbation. 
He  is  much  obliged  to  the  people,  who  have 
afforded  their  assistance  in  securing  this  val- 
uable prize,  and  for  the  alertness  they  have 
discovered,  and  zeal  for  the  service  of  their 
country.  Y'^ou  will  be  pleased  to  spare  the 
Committee  a  few  of  the  cannon  shot,  taking 
a  receipt  for  the  same,  and  mentioning  the 
cost,  that  they  may  be  repaid  when  they  get 
theirs.     As  to  the  cannon,  his  Excellency  is 


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exceedingly  sorry  that  the  want  of  them  here 
is  so  great  that  he  cannot  spare  them,  or  he 
willingly  would.  His  Excellency  thinks 
that  the  ship  Concord  and  cargo  should  be 
a  prize,  as  the  enemy  every  day  are  seizing 
our  vessels;  but,  conceiving  himself  not  au- 
thorized to  judge  a  vessel  coming  from  Brit- 
ain here,  with  goods  for  a  company  or  house 
in  Boston,  he  thinks  it  expedient  to  send  to 
Congress  for  their  determination,  for  which 
purpose  an  express  will  go  to-morrow  morning 
with  such  letters  and  papers  as  may  be  nec- 
essary for  them  to  determine  upon. 

If  this  vessel  can  be  run  up  into  some  se- 
cure place,  where  the  enemy  cannot  get  her 
again,  the  goods  may,  and  should  be  kept  on 
board,  under  a  proper  guard,  to  prevent  em- 
bezzlement. But  if  this  cannot  be  done,  and 
there  will  be  danger  of  the  enemy's  recover- 
ing the  ship  and  cargo,  the  goods  must  be 
landed.  The  bill  of  lading  is  sent  for  that 
purpose,  which  will  do  as  well  as  the  invoice. 
There  are  several  small  parcels  on  board,  for 
which  there  are  no  invoices. 


I  am,  &c., 
K. 


H.  HARBISON. 


P.  S.  The  Committee  may  keep  the  two 
four-pounders  you  spared  them  till  called  for. 
Take  their  receipt.'-' 

On  the  1st  of  January,  1776,  most  of  the 
men  of  the  21st  or  Marine  Regiment  re-en- 
listed for  the  war  and  formed  the  14th  Con- 
tinental Regiment,  the  new  arrangement  of 
the  Army  taking  effect  from  that  date.  Col. 
Glover  was  commissioned  Colonel  of  the  New 
Regiment. 

The  following  list  of  the  Company  Officers 
of  the  1 4th  Regiment,  is  taken  from  Glover's 
Letter  Book. 

1st  Company.  Capt.,  W'm  Courtis  Esq. — 
First  Lieut.,  Edward  Archbold  —  Second 
Lieut.,  Thos.  Courtis — Ensign,  James  Fos- 
ter. 

*  See  American  Archives,  4th  series,  Vols.  3 
and  4.     Also  Lossing,  II.,  637. 


2nd  Company.  Captain,  Thos.  Grant  Esq. — 
First  Lieut.,  William  Bubier — Second  Lieut. 
Eben'r  Graves — Ensign,  John  Allen. 

3d  Company.  Captain,  John  Glover  Esq. — 
First  Lieut.,  Joshua  Ome — Second  Lieut., 
Marston  Watson — Ensign,  William  Hawks. 

4th  Company.  Captain,  Nathaniel  Bond 
Esq. — First  Lieut.,  Theophilus  Munson — 
Second  Lieut.,  Seward  Lee  —  Ensign,  Jere- 
miah Reed. 

5  th  Company.  Captain,  Joseph  Swasey 
Esq. — First  Lieut.,  Robert  Williams — Sec- 
ond Lieut.,  Thomas  Fosdick —  Ensign,  Rob't 
Wormsted. 

6  th  Company.  Captain,  Joseph  Lee  Esq. — 
First  Lieut.,  Nath'l  Clark  —  Second  Lieut., 
Joseph  Stacey — Ensign,  Samuel  Gatchel. 

7  th  Company.  Captain,  Moses  Brown 
Esq.  —  First  Lieut.,  William  Graves —  Sec- 
ond Lieut.,  John  Wallis —  Ensign,  John 
Clarke. 

8th  Company.  Captain,  Gilbert  Warner 
Speakman  Esq.  —  First  Lieut.,  Robert  Nim- 
blitt  —  Second  Lieut.,  William  Jones  —  En- 
sign, John  Brown. 

On  the  20th  of  July,  1776,  Glover  marched 
with  his  Regiment  from  Beverly  to  New 
York.  Having  arrived  there  on  the  9  th  of 
August,  they  were  ordered  to  join  Greneral 
Sullivan's  Brigade.  (Gen.  Orders.  Am. 
Archives,  5th  Series,  Vol.  1,  514  &  913.) 

On  the  16  th  of  August,  Capt.  Fosdick, 
with  Capt.  Thomas,  took  command  of  two 
fire  ships,  and  proceeding  up  the  Hudson  Riv- 
er, attacked  and  endeavored  to  set  fire  to  the 
Phoenix  and  Rose,  two  British  Ships  of  War 
that  had  passed  up  the  river  and  stationed 
themselves  at  Tarrytown.  Fosdick  grappled 
the  Phoenix,  but  failed  to  set  fire  to  her ; 
they  however  burned  the  tender  beloning  to 


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the  Phoenix,  and  the  British  ships  soon  after 
retreated  back  to  the  fleet,  leaving  the  river 
unmolested.     (Gordon,  II.,  305.) 

Capt.  Thomas  Fosdick  had  acted  as  Ad- 
jutant of  the  2l8t  Regiment,  and  was 
Glover's  Brigade  Major  in  1778.  He 
appears  to  have  been  a  particular  friend 
and  was  afterwards  connected  with  his 
family.  He  was  an  excellent  penman, 
as  appears  by  his  name,  written  on  the 
first  page  of  No.  4  of  the  Orderly  Books, 
which  Book  was  probably  kept  by  him  as 
Brigade  Major. 

The  14th  Regiment,  during  the  battle  of 
Long  Island,  Aug.  27th,  was  stationed  on  New 
York  Island.  At  five  the  next  morning,  it 
crossed  over  to  Long  Island  and  took  post  at 
Wallabout  Bay  on  the  left  of  the  American 
Army.  On  the  28th,  Washington  having  de- 
cided upon  the  perilous  plan  of  evacuating 
Long  Island,  Colonel  Glover  with  the  whole 
of  his  Regiment  fit  for  duty  were  called  upon 
to  take  command  of  the  vessels  and  flat  bot- 
tomed boats,  which  had  been  brought  down 
from  the  North  River  for  the  purpose  of  trans- 
porting the  army  across  to  the  New  York 
side. 

The  following  account  of  the  manner  in 
which  they  performed  this  important  service, 
and  also  of  the  subsequent  evacuation  of  New 
York,  is  taken  substantially  from  Gordon's 
History  of  the  American  War.  Gordon,  who 
is  now  considered  one  of  the  best  authorities, 
derived  much  information  from  Glover,  both 
by  personal  conversation  and  correspond- 
ence. In  this  as  well  as  other  parts  of  his 
History  the  phraseology  indicates  that  he 
made  frequent  use  of  Glover's  letters.^ 

*  Compare  Glover's  letter  to  his  mother,  Oct.  6, 
1776,  with  Gordon's  account  of  the  attack  on  New 
York,  Sept.  15,  1776. 


On  the  28th  of  August,  the  boats  and  ves- 
sels, which  were  to  transport  the  army  from 
Long  Island,  having  all  been  collected  at 
Brooklyn,  Col.  Glover  went  over  from  New 
York  to  superintend  the  transportation  ;  at 
about  seven  in  the  evening,  officers  and  men 
went  to  work  with  a  spirit  and  resolution  pe- 
culiar to  the  Marblehead  Corps.  The  oars 
were  muffled  and  everything  was  done  with 
the  greatest  possible  silence  and  despatch. 
General  Washington,  heedless  of  the  entrea- 
ties of  his  officers,  who  urged  him  to  pay 
more  regard  to  his  personal  safety,  staid  on 
the  Island  through  the  night,  encouraging  and 
directing  the  men,  and  only  left  when  the  cov- 
ering party  abandoned  the  lines  at  about  six 
the  next  morning. 

During  the  first  part  of  the  night  the  tide 
was  at  ebb,  and  the  wind  blew  strong  from 
the  Northeast,  which  adding  to  the  rapidity 
of  the  current,  rendered  it  apparently  impos- 
sible to  effect  the  retreat  with  the  few  row- 
boats  at  command,  and  put  it  out  of  the  pow- 
er of  Col.  Glover's  men  to  make  any  use  of 
the  sail  boats.  General  M'Dougal,  who  had 
charge  of  the  embarkation  of  the  troops,  sent 
Col.  Grayson,  one  of  the  Commander  in  Chief's 
aids,  to  report  to  his  excellency  their  em- 
barrassed situation  ;  and  gave  it  as  his  opin- 
ion that  a  retreat  was  impracticable  that 
night.  The  Colonel  returned  soon  after,  not 
being  able  to  find  the  Commander  in  Chief, 
on  which  the  General  went  on  with  the  em- 
barkation under  all  these  discouragements. 
But  about  eleven,  the  wind  died  away  and 
soon  after  sprung  up  at  South  west,  and  blew 
fresh,  which  rendered  the  sail  boats  of  use, 
and  at  the  same  time  made  the  passage  from 
the  Island  to  the  City,  direct,  easy  and  ex- 
peditious. Providence  further  interposed  in 
favor  of  the   retreating  army,  by  sending  a 


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thick  fog  about  two  o'clock  in  the  morning, 
which  hung  over  Long  Island,  while  on  New 
York  side  it  was  clear. 

The  fog  and  wind  continued  to  favor  the 
retreat,  till  the  whole  army,  9000  in  num- 
ber, with  all  the  field  artillery,  such  heavy 
ordinance  as  was  of  most  value,  ammunition, 
provision,  cattle,  horses,  carts  &c.,  were  safe 
over. 

The  water  was  so  remarkably  smooth  as 
to  admit  of  the  row-boats  being  loaded  to 
within  a  few  inches  of  the  gunnel.  The  en- 
emy, unconscious  of  what  was  going  on,  were 
so  near  that  they  were  heard  at  work  with 
their  pickaxes  and  shovels.  In  about  half 
an  hour  after  the  lines  were  finally  abandon- 
ed, the  fog  cleared  off  and  the  British  were 
seen  taking  possession  of  the  American  works. 
Four  boats  were  on  the  river,  three  half  way 
over,  full  of  troops ;  the  fourth,  within  reach 
of  the  enemy's  fire  upon  the  shore,  was  com- 
pelled to  return ;  she  had  only  three  men  in 
her  who  had  tarried  behind  to  plunder.  The 
river  is  a  mile  or  more  across,  and  yet  the 
retreat  was  effected  in  less  than  thirteen 
hours,  a  great  part  of  which  time  it  rained 
hard.* 

This  event,  one  of  the  most  remarkable  in 
the  War,  did  much  towards  establishing  the 
fame  of  Washington,  and  confidence  in 
his  ability  as  a  military  leader.  It  would, 
however,  have  been  impossible  but  for  the 
skill  and  activity  of  Glover  and  his  Maible- 
hcad  Regiment. 

On  the  4th  of  Sept.,  Glover  was  placed  in 
command  of  General  Clinton's  Brigade,  and  on 
the  1 3th  and  14th,  he  with  his  Brigade  su- 
perintended the  evacuation  of  New  York  City. 
During  the  night  of  the  13th,  they  removed 

*  (See  Gordon,  II,  313.) 


safely  to  the  Jersey  shore  all  the  sick  in  and 
about  the  City,  amounting  to  500. 

Having  accomplished  this,  they  had 
carried  their  tents  and  all  their  baggage  to 
the  river  to  be  transported  up  in  boats,  when 
an  alarm  took  place,  and  Glover  received  or- 
ders to  march  his  brigade  to  Harlem  (about 
eight  miles  from  New  York  on  New  York  Is- 
land) to  join  Gen.  M'Dougal.  They  were 
thus  compelled  to  leave  the  baggage  of  two 
regiments  behind,  which  afterwards  fell  into 
the  hands  of  the  enemy.  The  next  morning, 
Sept.  15,  they  marched  to  Kingsbiidge  (15 
miles  from  New  York,  at  the  Northern  ex- 
tremity of  the  Island.)  They  had  but  just 
reached  there,  and  were  unslinging  their  knap- 
sacks, when  an  express  arrived  with  an  ac- 
count that  the  enemy  were  landing;  upon 
which  they  marched  back  without  any  kind  of 
refreshment,  joined  five  other  brigades,  about 
7000  men,  and  formed  on  Harlem  Plains,  hav- 
ing marched  23  miles,  besides  the  labor  of 
transporting  the  sick. 

About  eleven  o'clock,  Gen.  Howe  landed 
his  troops,  under  cover  of  five  ships  of  war, 
in  two  divisions,  between  Kip's  bay  and  Tut- 
tle  bay,  on  the  East  River  half  way  between 
New  York  and  Harlem,  the  Hessians  in  one 
place  and  the  British  in  another.  As  soon  as 
Gen.  Washington  heard  the  firing  of  the  men 
of  war,  he  rode  with  all  despatch  towards  the 
lines,  but  to  his  great  mortification,  found  the 
troops  posted  there  retreating  with  the  ut- 
most precipitation.  His  attempts  to  stop 
them  were  fruitless,  though  he  drew  his 
sword,  threatened  to  run  them  through, 
cocked  and  snapped  his  pistols.  A  strong 
division  of  the  British  army  under  General 
Clinton  had  previously  landed  at  a  place 
higher  up  than  where  the  Americans  had  ex- 
pected them.     Three  large  ships  were  sta- 


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tioned  in  the  North  Eiver  opposite  to  those 
on  the  East  Eiver,  and  all  kept  up  a  con- 
stant cannonading  with  grape  shot  and  lan- 
grage  quite  across  the  Island.  When  the 
British  were  completely  landed,  they  marched 
on  towards  the  Kingsbridge  road. 

The  Americans  that  had  fled  upon  the  ap- 
proach of  the  enemy,  stopped  not  till  they 
were  met  by  Col.  Glover's  and  the  five  other 
brigades.  The  forces  being  joined,  the 
whole  marched  forward  and  took  post  on  some 
heights  where  they  remained.  The  troops 
now  wished  to  be  led  forward  against  the 
British,  but  Washington,  though  at  first  he 
consented,  on  mature  consideration  refused, 
as  he  could  place  no  dependence  upon  the  mi- 
litia and  flying  camp,  who  composed  half  the 
number  then  present.'' 

Meanwhile  the  British  Generals  wasting 
their  time  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Robert  Mur- 
ray, a  quaker,  (where  Mrs.  Murray,  a  good 
and  true  friend  to  the  American  cause,  en- 
tertained them  civilly  with  cakes  and  wine  ) 
and  their  army  being  consequentl}'  inactive, 
gave  Gen.  Putnam  the  opportunity  to  escape 
with  about  3500  men  from  New  York  City 
where  they  had  been  left  when  Col.  Glover 
had  been  ordered  away. 

Thus  was  the  evacuation  of  New  York  ef- 
fected with  much  more  success  than  could 
have  been  expected  considering  the  superior- 
ity of  the  British  force,  and  the  confusion  oc- 
casioned among  the  Americans  by  their  un- 
expected attack.  It  is  indeed  surprising  that 
the  British  did  not  capture  the  whole  Army, 
situated  as  it  was  on  a  long  and  narrow  is- 
land, with  a  broad  river  on  each  side,  up 
which  the  British  fleet  could  have  easily 
transported  forces  sufficient  to  cut  off"  the  re- 
treating Americans.     But  here — as  well  as 


*  See  Glover's  letter  to  his  mother,  Oct.  fith. 


at  the  previous  evacuation  of  Long  Island, 
and  in  the  wonderful  series  of  retreats  which 
Washington's  Army  soon  afterwards  made 
till  they  reached  and  recrossed  the  Deleware, 
and  achieved  the  splendid  victory  at  Tren- 
ton which  gave  such  new  vigor  and  life  to  the 
sinking  cause  of  Liberty — Providence  seems 
to  have  taken  under  its  special  protection 
that  army  upon  which  rested  the  hopes  of  hu- 
manity. 

The  energy  and  skill  displayed  by  Glover 
at  this  time  in  removing  the  sick  from 
New  York  and  in  saving  the  public 
stores  and  ammunition,  proved  him  to  be  an 
officer  of  uncommon  ability,  and  obtained  for 
him  the  particular  regard  and  friendship  of 
Washington.  An  opportunity  soon  after- 
wards occurred  for  him  and  his  brigade  to 
prove  that  they  also  possessed  courage  and 
prowess  on  the  field  of  battle.  The  Army, 
being  still  encamped  on  N.  Y.  Island,  were 
nearly  surrounded  by  the  enemy  who  made 
various  attempts  to  dislodge  them,  and  on 
the  18th  of  October  a  skirmish  took  place  in 
which  Glover  and  his  Brigade  acted  a  con- 
spicuous part,  and  behaved  with  such  gal- 
lantry and  coolness  as  to  receive  the  special 
thanks  of  both  Gen.  Lee,  who  commanded  the 
Division,  and  Gen.  Washington. 

The  British  Army  under  Howe  amounting 
at  that  time  to  about  30,000  men,  nearly 
twice  the  number  of  the  American  Army,  on 
the  18th  of  October  made  their  first  landing 
on  the  mainland,  at  Frog's  Neck  in  west  Ches. 
ter  County,  a  few  miles  to  the  east  of  Kings- 
bridge,  which  was  the  most  important  position 
in  the  American  lines,  being  their  only  means 
of  passage  from  the  Island.  Washington  re- 
garded with  much  anxiety  this  movement  of 
the  enemy.  A  successful  landing  at  this  place 
would   turn  the   left  of  the   American   Army 


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and  deprive  them  of  their  only  means  of  es- 
cape ;  and  it  was  evident  that  such  a  landing 
could  not  long  be  prevented.  It  was  there- 
fore by  the  urgent  advice  of  Gen.  Lee,  who 
had  just  arrived  from  the  field  of  victory  at 
Charleston,  determined  to  withdraw  the  array 
from  the  Island.  Meanwhile,  to  delay  the 
advance  of  the  British,  Col.  Glover's  Brigade 
was  despatched  to  West  Chester,  where  they 
met  them  and  soon  became  engaged  in  con- 
flict. Glover  succeeded  twice  in  repulsing 
the  enemy,  but  finally,  finding  their  force  to 
be  greatly  superior  in  number,  by  Gen.  Lee's 
orders  he  withdrew  to  a  strong  position  in  the 
rear. 

This  skirmish  served  to  check  the  British 
and  thus  give  time  for  the  withdrawal  of  the 
men  and  army  stores  from  N.  Y.  Island. 
By  it  Glover  had  the  honor  of  being  the  first 
to  resist  the  landing  of  a  British  Array  on  the 
main  land  of  America.  For  his  services  he 
was  thanked,  in  General  Orders  of  the  19th, 
by  Gen.  Lee  as  follows : 

Mile  Square,  Oct.  19,  1776. 

Gen.  Lee  returns  his  warmest  thanks  to 
Col.  Glover  and  the  Brigade  under  his  com- 
mand, not  only  for  their  gallant  behavior  yes- 
terday, but  for  their  prudent,  cool,  orderly 
and  soldierlike  conduct  in  all  respects.  He 
assures  these  brave  men  that  he  shall  omit  no 
opportunity  of  showing  his  gratitude.  All 
the  wounded  to  be  immediately  carried  to  Vol- 
antine's  Hill,  at  the  second  Liberty  pole, 
where  surgeons  should  repair  to  dress  them  ; 
they  are  afterwards  to  be  forwarded  to  Fort 
Washington. 


The  following  are  the  General  Orders  of 
Washington : 

Head  Quarters,  Oct.  21,  1776. 

The  hurried  situation  of  the  Gen.  the  two 
last  days  having  prevented  him  from  paying 
that  attention  to  Col.   Glover  and  the  officers 


and  soldiers  who  were  with  him  in  the  skir- 
mish on  Friday  last,  that  their  merit  and  good 
behavior  deserved,  -he  flatters  himself  that  his 
thanks  though  delayed  will  nevertheless  be  ac- 
ceptable to  them,  as  they  are  offered  with 
great  sincerity  and  cordiality ;  at  the  same 
time  he  hopes  that  every  other  part  of  the  Ar- 
my will  do  their  duty  with  equal  bravery  and 
zeal  whenever  called  upon,  and  neither  dan- 
gers nor  difficulties  nor  hardships  will  discour- 
age soldiers  engaged  in  the  cause  of  Liberty 
and  while  we  are  contending  for  all  that  free- 
men hold  dear  and  valuable. 


The  following  letters  written  by  Glover  are 
of  particular  interest  in  connection  with  this 
part  of  the  Campaign.  They  are  taken  from 
his  letter  book. 

Burdit's  Perry,  Sept.  16,  1776. 
Sir: 

This  moment  by  express  from  Gen. 
Washington  I  am  to  inform  you,  it  is  ordered 
you  should  send  me  a  particular  account  of  the 
situation  of  the  troops  under  your  command, 
as  from  the  cannonading  this  morning  he  is 
anxiously  concerned  for  you. 
I  am  Sir  yours  &c. , 

JOHN  GLOVER, 
Commandant  Brigade. 

To  Col.  DURKEE. 


Sir: 


Burdit's  Ferry,  Sept.  28,  1776. 


The  express  I  sent  off  to  Gen.  Mer- 
cer is  this  moment  returned,  being  obliged  to 
go  to  Amboy  to  find  him ;  enclosed  is  his  let- 
ter to  your  Excellency.  Col.  Baldwin's  Reg- 
iment is  much  in  want  of  tents,  there  being 
none  to  be  had  here,  nor  any  barns  but  what 
are  taken  up  for  the  sick.  The  men  by  being 
so  much  exposed  I  fear  will  be  all  sick  and 
very  soon  unfit  for  duty.  The  enemy  are 
forming  an  encampment  on  the  edge  of  North 
River  about  one  mile  below  where  the  battle 


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was  fought  on  Monday  last.  I  have  moved 
the  Brigade  up  the  hill  about  one  mile  and  a 
half  from  the  ferry.  Col.  Bradley's  Regi- 
ment is  posted  between  my  Brigade  and  Pau- 
lus'  Hook.  The  Asia,  man  of  war,  passed  by 
that  post  at  nine  o'clock  this  morning.  Col. 
Durkee  saluted  her  with  5  shots,  32  pounders, 
which  was  not  returned.  Col.  Durkee  expects 
to  be  reinforced  with  500  men  from  Gen. 
Mercer,  when  he  hopes  to  defend  the  post 
should   he  be  attacked. 

I  am  with  duty  and  respect 

your  Excellency's  most  obedient 
humble  servant, 

JOHN  GLOVER. 
To  his  Excellency  Gen.  Washington. 


The  following  is  the  reply  to  the  above  let- 
ter, copied  from  the  original : 

Hkad  Quarters,  Col.  Moriss's,  ) 
Sept.  18,  1776.  \ 
Sir: 

The  inconveniences  Col.  Baldwin's 
regiment  must  of  necessity  be  exposed  to,  for 
the  want  of  tents,  is  a  circumstance  I  can  on- 
ly lament  but  cannot  remedy;  to  supply  them 
from  this  place  is  altogether  out  of  my  power, 
as  one  half  of  the  brigades  here  are  in  the 
same  situation ;  all  T  can  say  on  the  subject  is 
to  recommend  to  you,  the  building  of  huts  in 
the  most  convenient  manner  the  nature  of  the 
case  will  admit  of,  to  answer  the  present  pur- 
pose, until  proper  barracks  can  be  erected ; 
where  these  huts  are  to  be  placed,  as  also  the 
propriety  of  continuing  your  present  encamp- 
ment so  far  distant  from  the  ferry  as  a  mile 
and  a  half,  will  be  determined  upon  the  spot 
by  Gen.  Green  and  yourself;  he  is  gone  to 
visit  your  quarters  to  day. 

I  am  Sir 


your  humble  servant, 

G.  WASHINGTON. 


Col.  Glover. 


English  Neighborhood,  New  Jersey,  ( 
Oct.  6,  1776. ; 
Rever'd  Sir: 

I  am  now  to  inform  you  I  have 
taken  the  liberty  to  return  your  name  as 
Chaplain  to  my  Regiment  during  the  time  it 
was  in  Beverly.  For  which  service  I  have 
drawn  £5  per  month  which  is  only  half  pay, 
there  being  only  one  Chaplain  allowed  by 
Congress  for  two  Regiments.  Enclosed  is 
£30,  which  you  will  please  to  accept  as  a 
gratuity  for  your  services  above  mentioned, 
with  my  best  regards  to  yourself  and  lady, 
and  believe  me  to  be  respectfully  yours  &c., 
JOHN  GLOVER. 

P.  S.     My   best   regards   to    Mr.    Agent 
Bartlett  and  Lady. 

Per  favor  of  Capt  Nicholas  Thomdick.* 


"  Fort  Constitution,  ) 
Oct.  7,  1776.  ]■ 
Dear  Mother : 

My  last  was  the  23d  ult. 
by  Baker,  since  which  I  received  yours  of  the 
9th  and  15th,  in  answer  thereto.  Your  let- 
ter I  gave  his  Excellency  who  observed  that 
the  business  of  the  Army  in  its  present  con- 
fused state  was  more  than  he  could  possibly 
attend  to,  without  anything  else,  but  was  very 
sorry  to  have  any  gentleman  ill  treated  or 
superseded,  who  had  his  appointment  from 
him  and  who  had  conducted  to  his  satisfaction, 
but  all  that  he  at  present  could  do  was  to  write 
to  Congress  or  the  Marine  Committee ;  which  he 
since  told  me  he  did  and  enclosed  your  letter, 
to  which  he  has  not  received  an  answer.  The 
appointment  of  persons  to  appraize  the  powder 
does  not  lay  with  the  General,  but  with  the 
Congress  or  Marine  Committee.  Mr.  Gerry 
has  it  in  his  power  to  do  more  for  you  than 
any  one  else.  I  dare  say  will  upon  applica- 
tion. The  Congress  have  resolved  to  raise 
88  Battalions  for  the  defence  of  the  Ameri- 
can States,  of  which  Massachusetts  is  to  fur- 
nish 15.     The  whole  number  including  com- 


♦  This  letter  was  probably  written  to  Rev.  Isaac 
Story  of  Marblehead. 


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missioned,  non-commissioned  officers  and  pri- 
vates is  64,064.  A  Colonel  of  a  Regiment  to 
have  500  acres  of  land,  Lieut.  Col.  450,  Ma- 
jor 400,  Captain  350,  subaltern  officers  300, 
non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  100 
each  at  the  end  of  the  war.  This  to  be  given 
them  out  of  lands  in  the  State  from  whence 
they  came.  IJesides  this  the  soldiers  are  to 
have  20  dollars  bounty  and  a  suit  of  clothes. 
Had  this  been  done  12  months  ago  we 
should  now  have  had  an  army  who  would 
have  been  a  match  for  the  enemy  in  the  open 
field ;  but  at  present  we  dare  not  meet  them 
there,  our  array  being  composed  of  flying  Camp, 
four  months  Levy  men,  and  one  month  Militia, 
who  are  always  uneasy  and  cannot  go  through 
the  fatigue  and  hardships,  which  soldiers  are 
necessarily  called  to,  like  those  troops  that 
have  been  seasoned  to  it.  We  have  a  few  old 
Regiments,  if  detached  by  themselves,  I  believe 
would  do  honour  to  their  Country,  but  we  are 
obliged  to  intermix  them  with  the  raw  troops, 
which  is  by  far  the  greatest  part  of  the  army, 
consequently  confuse  the  whole.  This  we  saw 
verified  on  the  15th  ult.,  the  day  we  evacu- 
ated New  York,  and  happy  for  us  we  began 
the  retreat  so  timely  as  we  did,  otherwise  the 
whole  that  were  in  the  City  must  have  been 
cut  off;  for  the  enemy  had  landed  18,000 
men  on  that  day  on  the  East  side  about  4 
miles  from  the  City,  covered  by  10  sail  of  men 
of  war,  and  opposite  to  them  on  the  North 
River  came  up  three  large  ships.  The  whole 
kept  up  a  constant  cannonading  with  grape 
shot  and  langrage  quite  across  the  Island. 
I  lost  2  men  in  the  retreat,  Wormsted  Trefry 
of  Marblehead  and  Benjamin  Rawden  of  Lynn. 
On  the  23d  a  detachment  from  several 
Corps,  commanded  by  Lieut.  Col.  Jackson, 
consisting  of  240  men  were  sent  oflf  to  dis- 
lodge the  enemy  from  Montressor's  Island,  for 
which  purpose  six  boats  were  provided  to  car- 
ry 40  men  each.  Col.  Jackson  led,  Major 
Hendly  of  Charlestown  with  him.  They  were 
met  by  the  enemy  at  the  water's  edge  before 
they  landed,  who  gave  them  a  heavy  fire. 
Notwithstanding  this  the  Col.  landed  with  the 
party  in  his  boat,  gave  them  battle  and  com- 
pelled them  to  retreat,  called  to  the  other  boats 
to  push  and  land,  but  the  scoundrels,  coward- 
VOL.   V.  (11) 


like,  retreated  back  and  left  him  and  his  party 
to  fall  a  sacrifice.  The  enemy  seeing  this, 
150  of  them  rushed  out  of  the  woods  and  at- 
tacked them  again  at  30  yards  distance. 
Jackson  with  his  little  party  nobly  defended 
the  ground  until  every  man  but  eight  was 
killed  on  the  spot,  and  himself  wounded,  be- 
fore he  ordered  a  retreat.  Major  Hendly  car- 
rying off  Col.  Jackson  was  shot  dead  as  he 
was  putting  him  into  the  boat,  and  not  a  sin- 
gle man  of  the  8  but  what  was  wounded. 
One  of  them  died  at  the  oar  before  they  land- 
ed on  the  Main.  The  officers  who  command- 
ed the  other  boats  are  all  under  arrest  and 
will  be  tried  for  their  lives.  In  short  if  some 
example  is  not  made  of  such  rascally  conduct, 
there  will  be  no  encouragement  for  men  of 
spirit  to  exert  themselves.  As  the  case  now 
is  they  will  always  fall  a  sacrifice,  while  such 
low-lived  scoundrels,  that  have  neither  Hon- 
our nor  the  Good  of  their  Country  at  heart, 
will  skulk  behind  and  get  off  clear. 
Yours  &c., 

JOHN  GLOVER. 


The  two  following  letters  are  taken  from 

the  American  Archives,  5th  series.  Vol.  II. 

EXTRACT  OF  A  LETTEE  FROM  COLONEL 
GLOVER,  DATED 

Mile  Square,  Oct.  22,  1776. 
You  no  doubt  heard  the  enemy  landed  all 
their  army  on  Frog's  Point  the  11th  instant, 
leaving  only  twelve  hundred  men  in  York, 
and  there  remained  until  the  18th,  which  was 
Friday.  I  arose  early  in  the  morning  and 
went  on  the  hill  with  my  glass,  and  discovered 
a  number  of  ships  in  the  Sound  under  way ; 
in  a  short  time  saw  the  boats,  upwards  of  two 
hundred  sail,  all  manned  and  formed  in  four 
grand  divisions.  I  immediately  sent  off  Ma- 
jor Lee  express  to  Gen.  Lee,  who  was  about 
three  miles  distant,  and  without  waiting  his 
orders,  turned  out  the  brigade  I  have  the  hon- 
our to  command,  and  very  luckily  for  us  I  did, 
as  it  turned  out  afterwards,  the  enemy  having 
stole  a  march  one  and  a  half  miles  on  us.  I 
marched  down  to  oppose  their  landing  with 
about  seven  hundred  and  fifty  men,  and  three 


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field-pieces,  but  had  not  gone  more  than  half 
the  distance  before  I  met  their  advanced  guard 
about  thirty  men ;  upon  which  I  detached  a 
Captain's  guard  of  forty  men  to  meet  them, 
while  T  could  dispose  of  the  main  body  to  ad- 
vantage. This  plan  succeeded  very  well,  as 
you  will  hereafter  see.  The  enemy  had  the 
advantage  of  us,  being  posted  on  an  eminence 
which  commanded  the  ground  we  had  to  march 
over.  However,  I  did  the  best  I  could,  and 
disposed  of  my  little  party  to  the  best  of  my 
judgment ;  Colonel  Seed's  on  the  left  of  the 
road.  Colonel  Shepherd's  in  the  rear  and  to 
the  right  of  him,  Colonel  Baldwin's  in  the 
rear  and  on  the  right  of  Shepherd's,  my  own 
regiment  commanded  by  Captain  Courtis  (Col- 
onel eToAonno^  being  sick,  and  Major  Zee  being 
Brigade  Major,)  bringing  up  the  rear  with 
the  three  field-pieces  of  artillery.  Thus  dis- 
posed of,  I  rode  forward — fob  !  the  anxiety  of 
mind  I  was  then  in  for  the  fate  of  the  day, — 
the  lives  of  seven  hundred  and  fifty  men  im- 
mediately at  hazard,  and  under  God  their  pres- 
ervation entirely  depended  on  their  being  well 
disposed  of;  besides  this,  my  country,  my  hon- 
our, my  own  life,  and  every  thing  that  was 
dear,  appeared  at  that  critical  moment  to  be 
at  stake  —  I  would  have  given  a  thousand 
worlds  to  have  had  General  Lee,  or  some  oth- 
er experienced  officer  present,  to  direct,  or  at 
least  to  approve  of  what  I  had  done  —  looked 
around,  but  could  see  none,  they  all  being 
three  miles  from  me,  and  the  action  came  on 
so  sudden  it  was  out  of  their  power  to  be  with 
me,) — to  the  advance  guard,  and  ordered  them 
to  advance,  who  did,  within  fifty  yards,  and 
received  their  fire  without  the  loss  of  a  man ; 
we  returned  it,  and  fell  four  of  them,  and  kept 
the  ground  till  we  exchanged  five  rounds. 
Their  body  being  much  larger  than  mine,  and 
having  two  men  killed  and  several  wounded, 
which  weakened  ray  party,  the  enemy  pushing 
forward  not  more  than  thirty  yards  distant, 
I  ordered  a  retreat,  which  was  masterly  well 
done  by  the  Captain  who  commanded  the  par- 
ty. The  enemy  gave  a  shout  and  advanced ; 
Colonel  Heed's,  laying  under  cover  of  a  stone 
wall  undiscovered  till  they  came  within  thirty 
yards,  then  rose  up  and  gave  them  the  whole 
charge ;  the  enemy  broke  and   retreated   for 


the  main  body  to  come  up.  In  this  situation 
we  remained  about  an  hour  and  a  half,  when 
they  appeared  about  four  thousand,  with  sev- 
en pieces  of  artillery :  they  now  advance,  keep- 
ing up  a  constant  firing  of  artillery ;  we  kept 
our  post  under  cover  of  the  stone  wall  before 
mentioned  till  they  came  within  fifty  yards  of 
us,  rose  up  and  gave  them  the  whole  charge 
of  the  battalion ;  they  halted  and  returned  the 
fire  with  showers  of  musketry  and  cannon 
balls.  We  exchanged  seven  rounds  at  this 
post,  retreated  and  formed  in  the  rear  of  Col. 
Shepherd  and  on  his  left ;  they  then  shouted 
and  pushed  on  till  they  came  on  Shepherd, 
posted  behind  a  fine  double  stone  wall ;  he 
rose  up  and  fired  by  grand  divisions,  by  which 
he  kept  up  a  constant  fire,  and  maintained  his 
post  till  he  exchanged  seventeen  rounds  with 
them,  and  caused  them  to  retreat  several 
times ;  once  in  particular  so  far  that  a  soldier 
of  Colonel  Shepherd's  leaped  over  the  wall 
and  took  a  hat  and  canteen  off  of  a  Captain 
that  lay  dead  on  the  ground  they  retreated 
from.  However,  their  body  being  so  much 
larger  than  ours,  we  were  for  the  preservation 
of  the  men  forced  to  retreat,  and  formed  in 
the  rear  of  Baldwin's  regiment;  they  then 
came  up  to  Baldwin's,  but  the  ground  being 
much  in  their  favour,  and  their  heavy  train 
of  artillery,  we  could  do  but  little  before  we 
retreated  to  the  bottom  of  the  hill,  and  had  to 
pass  through  a  run  of  water,  ('the  bridge  I  had 
taken  up  before,)  and  then  marched  up  a  hill 
the  opposite  side  of  the  creek,  where  I  left  my 
artillery  ;  the  ground  being  rough  and  much 
broken  I  was  afraid  to  risk  it  over.  The  en- 
emy halted,  and  played  away  their  artillery  at 
ns,  and  we  at  them,  tiirnight,  without  any  dam- 
age on  our  side,  and  but  very  little  on  theirs. 
At  dark  we  came  off,  and  marched  about 
three  miles,  leading  to  Dobb's  Ferry,  after 
fighting  all  day  without  victuals  or  drink,  lay- 
ing as  a  picket  all  night,  the  heavens  over  us 
and  the  earth  under  us,  which  was  all  we  had, 
having  left  our  baggage  at  the  old  encamp- 
ment we  left  in  the  morning.  The  next  morn- 
ing marched  over  to  Mile  Square.  I  had 
eight  men  killed  and  thirteen  wounded,  among 
which  was  Colonel  Shepherd,  a  brave  officer. 
Sunday,  General  Lee  sent  for  and  informed 


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mo  there  were  two  hundred  barrels  of  pork  and 
flour  at  East  Chester,  if  the  enemy  had  not 
taken  it:  would  be  glad  I  would  think  of 
some  way  to  bring  it  off.  I  sent  out  and 
pressed  fifteen  wagons,  and  at  night  turned 
out  the  whole  brigade,  and  went  down  so  nigh 
the  enemy  we  heard  their  musick  and  talk 
very  plain,  and  brought  off  the  whole. 

Wednesday,  sent  out  a  scouting  party,  prin- 
cipally from  my  own  regiment,  who  met  with 
a  party  of  Hessians,  and  attacked  them,  kill- 
ed twelve  and  took  three  prisoners;  one  of 
the  slain  was  an  ofiicer  of  rank,  on  horseback; 
the  horse  was  taken  and  brought  off.  We 
had  one  man  mortally  wounded,  of  Colonel 
Baldwin's  regiment. 

Sunday,  the  enemy  struck  their  tents,  and 
were  on  a  march  in  two  colums,  one  to  the 
right,  and  the  other  to  the  left,  towards  the 
North  River.  General  Lee  immediately  gave 
orders  for  his  division,  which  consisted  of  eight 
thousand  men,  to  march  for  North-Oasth,  to 
take  the  ground  to  the  eastward  and  north  of 
them,  about  fourteen  miles  distance.  We  had 
not  marched  more  than  three  miles  before  we 
saw  the  right  column  advancing  in  a  cross 
road  to  cut  us  off,  not  more  than  three  quar- 
ters of  a  mile  distance ;  this  being  our  situation, 
eight  thousand  men  on  the  road  with  their  bag- 
gage, artillery,  and  on^undred  and  fifty  wag- 
ons, filled  the  road  for  four  miles.  We  then 
turned  off  and  marched  by  Dobb's  Ferry  road, 
and  got  into  White-Plains  about  ten  o'clock 
Monday  morning,  after  being  out  all  night. 
We  left  General  M'DouyalVs  brigade  posted 
on  a  height  between  the  enemy  and  us,  to  cover 
our  march.  About  twelve  o'clock  they  at- 
tacked him  with  a  heavy  column,  supported 
with  twelve  pieces  of  artillery,  who  pressed 
him  so  hard  he  was  obliged  to  retreat,  having 
twenty  men  killed  and  about  forty  wounded, 
and  wholly  from  their  artillery. 

I  am  posted  on  a  mountain,  commanding 
the  roads  to  Albany  and  New  England;  the 
enemy  on  one  opposite,  about  one  mile  dis- 
tance. We  expect  an  attack  every  moment; 
I  don't  care  how  soon,  as  I  am  very  certain, 
with  the  blessing  of  God,  we  shall  give  them  a 
drubbing.  Where  you  will  hear  from  me 
next  is  very  uncertain. 


EXTRACT  OF  A  LETTER  FROM  FORT  LEE, 
(LATE  FORT  CONSTITUTION,  BUT  NOW  ALTER- 
ED BY   GENERAL  ORDERS,)  DATED  OCTOBER 

19,  1776. 

"  Yesterday's  affair  was  honourable  to  us. 
Three  regiments,  Glover's,  Reed's,  and  Shep- 
herd's, of  Massachusetts,  under  Colonel  Glover, 
who  commanded  the  brigade,  were  advanced 
under  cover  to  receive  the  enemy,  marching 
out  towards  the  country.  Colonel  Shepherd 
was  well  covered  under  a  wall,  and  at  thirty 
or  forty  yards  gave  their  Grenadiers  and  In- 
fantry an  unexpected  heavy  fire,  then  a  sec- 
ond, and  third,  which  broke  the  enemy  so 
much  that  they  ran  away  as  fast  as  they  could, 
in  confusion.  They  returned  with  field-pieces 
and  outflanked  our  party,  which  occasioned 
our  people  to  retreat  to  a  short  distance,  where 
they  rallied  well  and  kept  their  ground  against 
their  cannonade  and  numbers.  Our  men  be- 
haved with  remarkable  spirit  and  coolness, 
and  I  think  are  in  a  good  way  to  do  great 
things.  We  lost  a  few,  thirty  or  forty  killed 
and  wounded,  Two  deserters  from  the  enemy 
say  they  lost  one  thousand,  but  really  I  have 
the  best  opinions  to  believe  they  lost  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  or  upwards,  as  our  men  fired 
with  great  coolness  at  a  good  distance.  They 
are  trying  to  surround  us.  It  won't  be  easy; 
and  I  am  mistaken  if  they  don't  meet 
some  severe  rubbers." 

In  a  letter,  dated  North  Castle,  Nov.  14, 
1776,  Col.  Glover  describes  the  attack  of  the 
British  under  Gen.  Leslie  upon  the  right  of 
the  American  army  at  White  Plains  on  the 
28th  and  29th  of  October.  Gen.  M'Dougal 
with  about  1600  men  was  posted  on  Chatter- 
ton's  Hill  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  Bronx. 
Gen.  Leslie  and  Col.  Rahl  were  ordered  to 
dislodge  him.  Four  regiments  of  militia,  upon 
the  approach  of  the  British  cavalry,  ran  away, 
leaving  Gen.  M'Dougal  with  only  600  men, 
with  these  he  defended  the  hill  for  about  an 
hour,  against  the  whole  fire  of  twelve  pieces 
of  artillery,  and  of  musketry  and  cavalry, 
with  the  loss  of  forty-seven  men  killed  and 
seventy  wounded.     On  the  morning  of  the 


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next  day,  the  29th,  the  British  made  an  at- 
tack upon  a  hill,  where  Col.  Glover  command- 
ed. Grlover  had  one  brass  twenty-four,  a  six, 
and  a  three  pounder,  and  three  iron  twelve 
pounders.  The  enemy's  line  extended  as  far 
as  he  could  see  from  right  to  left,  appar- 
ently about  12,000  men.  They  approach  in 
four  columns,  the  cavalry  and  artillery  in  front, 
till  within  about  three  quarters  of  a  mile  of 
the  hill,  then  file  off  to  the  left  to  take  post  on 
a  hill  to  the  right  of  Grlover,  which  overlooks 
the  one  he  is  posted  on :  he  reserves  his  fire, 
until  they  get  into  the  valley  between  the  two 
hills,  when  he  brings  his  guns  to  bear  upon 
them,  beginning  with  the  three  pounder,  and 
reserving  the  brass  twenty  four  pounder  till 
the  last.  The  British  were  put  into  such  con- 
fusion, they  were  compelled  to  retreat.  Gen. 
Leslie  lost  in  this  affair  28  killed  and  127 
wounded. 

After  this.  Glover's  brigade  was  stationed 
at  North  Castle,  under  Gen.  Lee,  until  the 
last  of  November,  when  it  was  ordered,  with 
the  rest  of  Lee's  division,  to  join  Gen.  Wash- 
ington, Washington,  who  was  then  retreat- 
ing across  the  state  of  New  Jersey,  had  but 
the  remnant  of  an  army,  and,  to  use  his  own 
words,  nothing  but  the  "  infatuation  of  tbe  en- 
emy" prevented  even  that  remnant  from  be- 
ing utterly  destroyed. 

When  Lord  Cornwallis  reached  the  Del- 
aware, the  rear  guard  of  the  American  army 
had  just  gained  the  opposite  shore,  at  about 
twelve  o'clock  on  the  night  of  the  8th  of  De- 
cember. On  the  10th  Washington  had  but 
1700  men;  but  in  a  few  days  Lee's  division 
of  more  than  3000  men  joined  him  under  Gen. 
Sullivan  (Lee  having  been  captured  on  the 
13th  while  on  the  march  in  New  Jersey.) 
The  Republican  cause  was  now  desperate 
indeed,   but   this   reinforcement   encouraged 


Washington  to  undertake  that  glorious  enter- 
prise, the  recrossing  the  Delaware  and  the  at- 
tack upon  Trenton,  which,  resulting  in  such 
success,  changed,  as  if  by  magic,  the  whole 
aspect  of  affairs. 

When  this  movement  was  decided  upon, 
Washington  sent  to  the  Camp  for  volunteers. 
Col .  Glover  had  the  honor  of  being  the  first 
to  send  back  the  answer  "all  ready;"  and 
again  his  brave  and  hardy  soldiers  were  se- 
lected to  perform  the  most  difficult  part  of 
the  undertaking,the  transportation  of  the  troops 
and  artillery  across  the  swollen  and  rapid  Del- 
aware, filled  with  broken  and  floating  ice. 

The  night  (Dec.  25th,)  was  intensely  cold 
and  wintry,  and  snow  and  sleet  added  to  the 
difficulty  of  the  passage ;  two  or  three  soldiers 
were  frozen  to  death ;  yet  the  men  worked 
cheerfully  and  successfully,  animated  by  the 
presence  of  Washington,  who  himself  shared 
all  their  toils  and  sufferings.  The  passage 
was  effected  before  daybreak,  and  by  four 
o'clock  the  troops  took  up  their  line  of  march, 
Glover's  Brigade  leading  the  advance.  One 
of  his  Captains,  his  soif  John  Glover,  discov- 
ered that  the  arms  had  been  rendered  unfit 
for  use  by  the  storm  ;  this  was  immediately 
reported  to  Washington.  His  answer  was 
"  advance  and  charge.'^* 

At  daybreak  they  reached  Trenton,  which 
they  immediately  attacked  in  two  divisions. 
The  enemy  having  lost  their  artillery  by  the 
surprise,  and  perceiving  that  they  were  sur- 
rounded and  must  be  cut  to  pieces,  surrend- 
ered. 918  prisoners  with  all  their  ammuni- 
tion were  captured.  From  this  time  hope 
dawned  upon  the  Americans,  while  the  British 
Army  was  filled  with  such  consternation,  that 
its  Generals  found  it  necessary   to  abandon 

♦  Wilkinson's  Memoirs  Vol  I,  128. 


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New  Jersey,  and  retreat  to  New  York ;  and 
the  campaign,  which  hitherto  had  been  so  dis- 
astrous, ended  in  victory  and  honor  for  the 
cause  of  Freedom. 

The  following  extract  from  a  speech  in  the 
Massachusetts  Legislature  by  Gren.  Knox, 
who  was  chief  of  artillery  in  the  affair  at  Tren- 
ton, is  the  only  instance  where  justice  appears 
to  have  been  done  to  the  brave  men  of  Mar- 
blehead  who  rendered  such  good  service  on 
that  memorable  night. 

Sir:  I  wish  the  members  of  this  body  knew 
the  people  of  Marbleheadas  well  as  1  do — I 
could  wish  that  they  had  stood  on  the  banks 
of  the  Delaware  river  in  1776  in  that  bitter 
night  when  the  Commander  in  Chief  had 
drawn  up  his  little  army  to  cross  it,  and  had 
seen  the  powerful  current  bearing  onward  the 
floating  masses  of  ice,  which  threatened  de- 
struction to  whosoever  should  venture  upon 
its  bosom.  I  wish  that  when  this  occur- 
rence threatened  to  defeat  the  enterprise, 
they  could  have  heard  that  distinguished 
warrior  demand  "  Who  will  lead  us  on  f  and 
seen  the  men  of  Marblehead,  and  Marblehead 
alone,  stand  forward  to  lead  the  army  along 
the  perilous  path  to  unfading  glories  and 
honors  in  the  achievements  of  Trenton. 
There,  Sir,  went  the  fishermen  of  Marble- 
head, alike  at  home  upon  land  or  water,  alike 
ardent,  patriotic  and  unflinching,  whenever 
they  unfurled  the  flag  of  the  country.'' 

Thus  for  the  second  time  the  American 
Army  owed  its  preservation  to  the  strong 
arms  and  unflinching  courage  of  Glover  and 
his  Marblehead  fishermen.  It  is  said  that 
the  evening  before  the  2oth  Washington 
called  a  council  of  officers,  and  laid  before 
them  his  plan,  stating  that  the  only  difficulty 
was  the  apparent  impossibility  of  crossing 
the  river  at  that  time ;  upon  which  Col.  Glov- 
er, addressing  the  Commander  in  Chief,  said: 


*  Report  on  the  fisheries,  Lorenzo  Sabine,  202. 


"  You  need  not  be  troubled  about  that,  (Gen- 
eral, my  boys  can  manage  it." 

Soon  after  the  battle  of  Trenton,  Glover 
returned  home  to  Marblehead  for  the  pur- 
pose of  attending  to  his  private  affairs. 

On  the  21st  of  February,  1777,  he  was 
appointed  by  Congress,  Brigadier  General. 
This  honor  he  at  first  declined,  influenced 
partly  by  a  modest  reluctance  to  assume 
any  high  position,  and  partly  by  an  anxious 
regard  for  the  welfare  of  his  family.  His 
property  had  been  so  much  sacrificed  by  his 
sudden  departure,  and  long  absence  from 
home,  that  it  was  with  difficulty  he  could 
find  means  of  support  for  his  wife,  and  eight 
children,  of  whom  the  eldest  was  then  but 
fifteen  years.  The  following  letter,  written 
by  Washington,  is  of  itself  a  monument  to 
his  memory. 

"  Headquarters,  Morristown,  ") 
26  April,  1777.      J 
Sir: 

After  the  conversations  I  had 
with  you  before  you  left  the  army  last  win- 
ter, I  was  not  a  little  surprised  at  the  con- 
tents of  yours  of  the  1st  instant.  As  I  had 
not  the  least  doubt  but  you  would  accept  of 
the  commission  of  Brigadier,  if  conferred 
upon  you  by  Congress,  I  put  your  name  down 
in  the  list  of  those,  whom  I  thought  proper 
for  the  command,  and  whom  I  wished  to  see 
preferred.  Diffidence  in  an  officer  is  a  good 
mark,  because  he  will  always  endeavour  to 
bring  himself  up  to  what  he  conceives  to  be 
the  full  line  of  his  duty ;  but  I  think  I  may 
tell  you  without  flattery,  that  I  know  of  no 
man  better  qualified  than  you  to  con- 
duct a  Brigade.  You  have  activity  and  in- 
dustry ;  and  as  you  very  well  know  the  duty 
of  a  colonel,  you  know  how  to  exact  that 
duty  from  others. 

I  have  with  great  concern  observed  the  al- 
most universal  listlessness,  that  prevails 
throughout  the  continent ;  and  I  believe  that 
nothing  has  contributed  to  it  more  than  the 


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resignation  of  officers,  who  stepped  early  for- 
ward and  led  the  people  into  the  great  cause, 
in  which  we  are  too  deeply  embarked  to  look 
back,  or  to  hope  for  any  other  terms  than 
those  we  can  gain  by  the  sword.  Can  any 
resistance  be  expected  from  the  people,  when 
deserted  by  their  leaders?  Our  enemies 
count  upon  the  resignation  of  every  officer  of 
rank  at  this  time,  as  a  distrust  of  and  deser- 
tion from  the  cause,  and  rejoice  accordingly. 
When  you  consider  these  matters,  I  hope  you 
will  think  no  more  of  private  inconveniences, 
but  that  you  will,  with  all  expedition,  come 
forward  and  take  that  command  which  has 
been  assigned  to  you.  As  I  fully  depend 
upon  seeing  you,  1  shall  not  mention  any- 
thing* that  has  passed  between  us  upon  this 
subject  to  the  Congress. 
I  am  Sir, 
Your  most  humble  Servant, 

GEORGE  WASHINGTON. 
General  Glover."" 

Immediately  upon  the  receipt  of  this  let- 
ter. Glover,  yielding  to  the  request  of  Wash- 
ington, accepted  the  appointment  of  Brigadier 
and  left  his  home  to  rejoin  the  army  at  I'ecks- 
kill.  He  arrived  there,  June  14,  and  took 
command  under  Gen.  Putnam,  who  had  but 
3000  Continental  troops,  2000  of  which  were 
crossing  the  North  river  to  join  Gen.  Wash- 
ington. Gen.  Glover  at  this  time  did  impor- 
tant service  in  resisting  the  encroachments 
of  the  enemy  at  New  York,  and  also  in  urg- 
ing the  forwarding  of  men  and  supplies  from 
Massachusetts.  Besides  this  he  was  in  con- 
stant correspondence  with  Washington,  and 
with  Schuyler,  Heath,  Timothy  Pickering, 
James  Warren,  and  other  leading  men,  part 
of  which  is  here  given  : 

Peekskill,  15th  June,  1777. 
Dear  Sir: 

This  will  inform  your  Excellen- 
cy 1  arrived  at  this  place  yesterday.     Rec'd 


*  (Copied  from  the  original.) 


Gen.  Putnam's  orders  to  march  my  Brigade 
to  Head  Quarters.  Upon  enquiring  into  the 
state  of  the  troops,  found  them  in  a  most 
shocking  condition,  without  coats,  breeches, 
stockings  or  shoes;  many  of  them  having 
nothing  but  a  frock  and  blanket  to  cover 
their  nakedness. 

Col.  Wigglesworth's  and  Swift's  Regiments 
are  without  tents,  nor  are  there  any  to  be  had 
here.  I  have  ordered  the  troops  to  be  ready 
to  march  upon  the  shortest  notice,  and  had 
the  men  tents  to  cover  them  and  clothes,  I 
should  cross  the  North  River  to-morrow. 

I  beg  leave  to  recommend  to  your  Excel- 
lency Mr.  Fosdick,  a  young  gentleman  who 
served  as  adjutant  in  my  Regiment  in  1775 
and  1776,  for  a  Brigade  Major  He  is  a  dil- 
igent, active  young  man  and  a  good  discipli- 
narian, and  I  flatter  myself  will  do  the  duty 
exceedingly  well. 

I  am  with  great  esteem 

your  Excell'ys  most  Obed't  hum.  Serv't,' 
JOHN  GLOVPJl. 
To  his  Excellency  Gkn.  Washington. 


Head  Quarters,  Middle  Brook 
20th  June,  J  777 


•} 


Sir: 

The  enemy  decamped  the  night  be- 
fore last,  and  have  returned  to  their  former 
position  from  Amboy  to  Brunswick.  This 
appears  to  have  been  in  consequence  of  a  sud- 
den resolution,  as  they  had  been  employed 
in  raising  a  chain  of  redoubts  from  Somerset 
to  Brunswick ;  which  they  would  not  have 
done,  had  they  at  first  intended  to  abandon 
their  new  ground  in  so  short  a  time.  What 
may  have  determined  them  to  change  their 
plans  it  is  hard  to  tell.  Whether  they 
might  have  been  alarmed  by  the  animation 
among  the  people,  which  brought  them  to- 
gether in  considerable  numbers,  and  disap- 
pointed in  the  movements  they  may  have  ex- 
pected to  make,  thence  concluding  their  de- 
sign impracticable;  or  whether  they  may 
have  an  operation  against  some  other  quar- 
ter in  view,  the  event  must  show.     In  the 


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meantime  I  think  it  necessary  to  be  upon  our 
guard  against  any  sudden  expedition  up  the 
North  river,  and  therefore  desire  you  will, 
if  you  have  advanced  any  distance  from 
Peekskill,  halt  where  you  are  and  proceed  no 
further;  if  you  are  near  that  post  return  to 
it,  or  if  you  have  not  crossed  the  river  you 
are  of  course  to  continue  where  you  are. 
I  am  Sir 

your  most  Obcd't  servant, 

G.  WASHINGTON. 
B.  Gen.  Glovbe. 


Peekskill,  June  21st,  1777. 

Sir :  I  received  your  favour  of  yesterday ; 
was  preparing  to  cross  the  river  this  morn- 
ing, but  am  now  halted,  and  shall  remain  at 
this  post  till  otherwise  ordered. 

I  am  Your  Excell'ys  most  Obed't 
humble  Serv't 

JOHN  GLOVER 
His  Excellency  Gbn.  Washington. 


Peekskill,  17th  June,   1777. 
Dear  Sirs: 

This  will  inform  you  that  Howe 
with  his  whole  army  quitted  Brunswick  Sat- 
urday morning  last  very  early,  and  was  on 
full  march  for  the  Delaware.  He  moved  by 
three  columns;  one  by  Cranbury  which  is 
their  left ;  one  by  the  Post  Road  with  their 
baggage,  boats  and  the  bridge  to  throw  over 
the  Eiver;  in  this  column  were  between  5 
and  600  wagons.  The  right  column  march- 
ed by  Millstone,  which  consisted  of  their 
Light  Infantry  and  Grenadiers  (with  a  pro- 
digious train  of  heavy  artillery)  supposed  to 
be  about  8000.  Gen.  Sullivan  who  was  at 
Princeton,  with  about  2000  troops,  according 
to  orders,  was  retreating  and  skirmishing  on 
their  right  column  Saturday  afternoon. 

Gen.  Washington  began  his  order  of  march 
Saturday  night,  at  which   time  I  apprehend 


the  enemy  was  near  Trenton  Ferry.  In  my 
opinion  they  will  effect  their  crossing  the 
Delaware  However  it  is  not  certain  they  in- 
tended to  cross  there.  Should  they  go  high- 
er up  to  Correll's  Ferry,  which  is  nine  miles 
further,  it  will  give  Gen.  Washington  more 
time  to  come  up  with  them;  should  that  be 
the  case,  I  doubt  whether  he  will  be  able  to 
do  much  with  his  little  body,  which  is  only 
a  handful  compared  to  the  enemy's  whole 
Army.  He  will  endeavor  to  harrass  them. 
A  general  battle  he  will  not  risk.  A  defeat 
would  be  fatal  to  us.  Should  Howe  get  to 
Philadelphia,  which  1  have  great  reason  to 
fear  he  will,  (for  it's  not  in  our  power  to  pre- 
vent him  ;  nor  is  it  at  a  time  that  we  have 
any  reason  to  expect  miracles  to  be  wrought 
in  our  favor,)  we  have  nobody  to  blame 
but  ourselves.  Had  people  of  interest 
and  influence  attended  to  the  public 
interest,  we  might  have  had  an  army  now 
in  the  field  that  would  bid  defiance  to  Howe 
and  his  whole  force.  But  Privateering  and 
Stockjobbing  (1  am  sorry  to  say  it)  has  been 
the  sole  object  of  their  attention.  Js  it  not 
a  shame  that  America,  who  boasted  of  her 
three  millions,  should  be  ravaged  and  sub- 
jugated by  18  or  20,000  poltroons?  Rouse, 
my  fellow  Countrymen,  from  your  sleepy 
lethargy,  and  come  forth  into  the  field  and 
assist  your  brethren,  who  are  jeoparding 
their  lives  for  you,  your  wives  and  children, 
as  well  as  for  themselves ! 

We  must  and  shall  all  share  the  same 
fate,  either  freemen  or  slaves;  if  there  be 
any  among  you  who  plead  inability,  that 
ought  not  to  be  an  excuse ;  here  is  a  good 
school;  if  there  be  any  that  are  timid  and 
dare  not  come  forth,  (which  I  cannot  sup- 
pose to  be  the  character  of  any)  let  them 
exert  themselves  by  hiring  a  good  able  bod- 
ied man,  and  see  him  well  clothed  and 
equipped,  then  hand  him  over  to  some  offi- 
cer in  the  Continental  service.  This  plan 
adopted  and  strictly  adhered  to,  I  am  per- 
suaded would  soon  fill  the  army.  How  is 
it  possible  for  a  few  recruiting  officers  to 
raise  such  an  army  as  was  ordered  by  Con- 
gress, and  which  was  absolutely  necessary 
to  defend  and  secure  the  liberties  of  Amer- 


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ica?  Every  man  who  has  the  good  of  his 
country  and  posterity  at  heart  ought  to  put 
his  shoulders  to  the  burthen,  and  bear  part 
of  the  weight;  he  that  does  not  ought  to  be 
discarded  and  not  suflfered  to  breathe  Amer- 
ican air.  There's  no  man,  let  his  abilities 
and  circumstances  be  what  they  will,  but 
is  able  to  do  something  (in  this  day  of 
difficulty  and  distress)  for  the  good  of  his 
Country. 

I  have   always  been  a  lover  of  the  civil 
Law,  and  ever  wished  to  see  America  gov- 
erned by  it,  but  1  am  fully  of  the  opinion 
that  it  would  be  the  salvation  of  this  Coun- 
try were  Martial  Law  to  take  place,  at  least 
for  1 2  months,  and  Gren.  Washington  invest- 
ed with  power  to  call  forth   (any  or)  all  the 
male   inhabitants  (if  wanted)   at  24   hours 
notice;  then  instead  of  hearing  the  disagree- 
able tidings  that  our  army  are  fleeing  before 
the  enemy,  you  would  hear  that  they  had 
compelled  the  enemy   to  quit  this  land,  or 
had  cut  them  to  pieces — =-=     ='■= 
I  am  with  esteem 
your  assured  friend  and  humble  Scv't, 
JOHN  GLOVER. 
Col.  Jow'a  Glover  or  Azor  Ornk.  Esq. 


Peekskill,  22nd  June,  1777. 
Dear  Sirs : 

The  Ship,  two  tenders  and  two 
row-galleys  mentioned  in  my  last,  of  the  1 7th 
Ins't,  have  gone  back  to  Spitting  Devil  Creek. 
Howe,  after  marching  out  from  Brunswick 
with  an  apparent  design  to  cross  the  Dela- 
ware, having  boats,  bridges  and  everything 
necessary  for  the  purpose,  did  nothing  more 
towards  it  than  forming  a  line  from  thence  to 
Somerset  Court  house,  about  9  miles,  building 
a  chain  of  redoubts  on  his  right  to  secure  him 
from  an  attack ;  he  remained  there  5  days 
and  then  sneaked  off"  by  night  (and  it  is  well 
he  did,  for  had  he  gone  by  day,  we  could 
only  have  looked  athim)'-'  and  returned  back 
to  Brunswick  again,  as  you  will  see  by  the 
enclosed  letter  from  Gen.  Washington  to  me. 


(See  Gordon,  II,  472.) 


which  came  by  Express  yesterday,  in  6  hours, 
notwithstanding  it  is  70  miles  at  least. 

I  am  to  march  with  my  Brigade  for  East 
Chester  with  two  pieces  of  artillery,  to-mor- 
row, and  encamp  within  about  three  miles 
of  Fort  Independence,  an  advance  post, 
at  least  30  miles  from  Peekskill  and  about 
18  from  York;  don't  expect  to  tarry  long 
there ;  such  is  the  fluctuating  situation  of 
our  Army,  that  we  cannot  tell  this  day 
where  we  shall  be  the  next,  and  this  ever  will 
be  the  case  while  the  enemy  commands  the 
River,  by  which  they  can  bring  their  whole 
force  to  one  single  point,  with  great  ease, 
and  in  a  very  little  time  —  •*  "  " 
Your  assured  friend 

and  very  humble  Servant, 
JOHN  GLOVER. 
Col.  Jon'a  Gix)vkr  or  Azor  Orne,  Esq. 

Peekskill,  2nd  July  1777. 
Dear  Sir: 

The  enclosed  is  a  copy  of  General 
Washington's  letter  to  General  Putnam,  by 
which  you  will  see  it  is  his  opinion,  that  Gen- 
eral Howe  will  soon  make  an  attack  on  this 
post.  It  is  therefore  of  the  utmost  impor- 
tance that  the  troops  of  our  State  come  for- 
ward immediately.  I  hope  no  time  will  be 
lost;  much  is  at  stake.  We  are  in  no  condi- 
tion to  prevent  their  penetrating  through  the 
Highlands  unless  speedily  re-enforced. 
I  am,  Dear  Sir,  yours  Respectfully, 

JOHN  GLOVER,  B.  Gen. 
To  the  Hon'bl  Major  Gbn.  Heath. 


P.  S.  Lest  you  should  not  have  received 
any  advice  from  our  Northern  army,  and  be 
at  a  loss  to  know  what  his  j-lxcellency  means 
by  "  Intelligence  contained  in  copies  of  let- 
ters transmitted  to  him  by  Gen.  Putnam," 
I  have  enclosed  the  copies  therein  referred 
to,  which  with  the  others  be  pleased  to  com- 
municate to  our  Gen'l  Court,  and  excuse  my 
not  writing  to  them. 

I  am  Dear  Sir  yours,  &c., 

JOHN  GLOVER. 


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WHO   WAS  THE  FIRST  GOVERNOR 
OF   MASSACHUSETTS? 


A  paper  read  at  a  Meeting  of  the  Essex  Institute,  on 

Monday,  April  6,  1863,  by 

JOSEPH     B.     FELT. 


To  differ  in  opinion,  on  this  or  other  topics 
of  enquiry,  especially  with  those  noted  for 
their  talents  and  acquirements,  is  always  at- 
tended with  unpleasant  associations  and  feel- 
ings. Still  it  is  the  lot  of  human  imperfection, 
and  unavoidable  in  the  discussion  of  senti- 
ments and  opinions,  honestly  entertained.  The 
occasion  of  the  question  just  submitted,  is  a 
note,  published  by  the  Hon.  James  Savage, 
in  his  second  edition  of  Winthrop's  Journal. 
This  note  is  printed  on  pages  200  to  203  in- 
clusive, of  the  second  volume.  It  is  also  con- 
tained in  his  Genealogical  Register,  2  V.  122. 
It  holds  an  argument  against  some  remarks 
in  the  first  volume  of  the  Annals  of  Salem, 
which  advocate  the  position  that  Endicott  pre- 
ceded Winthrop  as  the  proper  Governor  of 
this  Commonwealth.  It  advances  and  de- 
bates two  prominent  ideas,  which,  as  the  wri- 
ter thinks,  call  for  examination.  One  is,  that 
the  comparison  between  the  source  of  Carver's 
trust  as  Chief  Magistrate  of  Plymouth  Colo- 
ny, and  that  of  Endicott's,  is  incorrect.  An- 
other, that  because  the  latter  person  held  of- 
fice under  those  of  the  Company  of  Massachu- 
setts, who  resided  in  England,  he  was,  there- 
fore, no  Governor  in  1629,  in  the  right  accept- 
ation of  the  word.  We  will  endeavor  to  take 
a  fair  view  of  these  two  subjects,  in  the  order 
already  presented.  With  regard  to  the  com- 
parison, the  maker  of  it  intended  by  it  neither 
more  nor  less,  than  relative  authority  for  ofii- 
cers  designated  by  the  like  names.  His  lan- 
guage was,  "  The  rule,  which  required  John 

VOL.   v.  (12) 


Carver  to  be  accounted  Governor  of  Plymouth, 
gives  Mr.  Endicott  similar  precedency  to  Mr. 
Winthrop."  That  we  may  perceive  more  ful- 
ly the  force  of  this  remark,  we  will  glance  at 
the  newly  arrived  Pilgrims  on  the  coast,  which 
they  concluded  to  adopt  as  their  refuge  from 
the  trials  of  the  Old  World.  They  had  no 
more  authority  for  their  plantation  govern- 
ment, and  protection,  than  the  Patent,  re- 
ceived from  the  Company  of  North  and  South 
Virginia,  by  John  Wincob  in  his  own  name, 
who,  to  their  deep  regret,  was  unable  to  take 
passage  with  them.  The  main  cause  of  their 
having  no  better  warrant  to  occupy  territory 
on  our  shores,  was  the  opposition  of  the  King 
and  his  prominent  supporters  to  the  en- 
couragement of  dissenters  in  any  part  of  his 
dominions.  Such  a  document  was  no  more 
available  for  their  purpose  than  the  subse- 
quent one,  taken  out  by  John  Pierce,  and 
termed  a  "Dead  Pole,"  from  the  Company 
of  New  England,  and  sold  by  him  at  an  ex- 
orbitant advance,  to  the  adventurers  for  the 
Colony,  in  1623,  after  he  had  unsuccessfully 
striven  to  hold  the  settlers  here  as  tenants  at 
his  will.  It  was  of  less  force  and  worth  than 
the  Patent,  obtained  from  the  same  authori- 
ties in  1630,  which  the  rulers  of  Plymouth 
Plantation  considered, — as  is  plain  from  their 
several  earnest  petitions  to  the  throne,  until 
the  Usurpation — as  not  near  so  valuable  for  se- 
curing their  privileges  as  the  Charter  of  our 
Commonwealth,  under  the  directions  of  which 
Endicott  was  elected  Governor  in  1629.  The 
intimation,  that  the  contract,  signed  by  Carver 
and  his  associates,  was  suflScient  to  endow  him 
with  the  full  honor  and  responsibilities  of  a 
Chief  Magistrate,  while  the  instrument,  which 
authorized  Endicott  to  sustain  a  similar  rela- 
tion to  the  people  with  him,  could  not  place 
him  upon  an  equal  footing  with  the  former, 


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may  be  judged  of  by  the  conduct  of  the  Pil- 
grims themselves.  The  anxious  and  pro- 
tracted eflTorts,  which  they  made  before  their 
embarkation  from  Leyden,  to  obtain  even 
their  first  Patent,  materially  defective  as  it 
was,  shows  how  very  reluctant  they  were  to 
be  compelled,  when  arrived  at  their  new  abode 
in  America,  to  adopt  the  last  resort  of  self- 
constituded  government.  It  is  evident  to  me, 
that  they  would  have  much  preferred  that 
Carver  should  be  placed  over  them  by  author- 
ity of  their  own  Company,  like  that  which 
promoted  Endicott,  than  by  that,  which  they 
were  forced  to  create,  though  absolute,  un- 
sought and  unwelcome  necessity.  Besides, 
Carver  was  no  less  dependent  on  the  will  of 
the  immigrants,  who  placed  him  at  the  head 
of  their  affairs,  than  Endicott  on  that  of  his 
fellow  members  of  the  Corporation,  who  vo- 
ted, that  the  supreme  care  of  their  colony 
should  be  committed  to  him. 

Tn  view  of  these  considerations,  is  there 
any  inaccuracy  in  the  foregoing  quotation? 
The  meaning  of  it  is  plainly,  that  if  Carver's 
associates  chose  him  for  their  head,  without 
constitutional  power  from  any  charter  from 
the  Crown,  or  without  any  Patent,  in  the  gen- 
eral name  of  their  company,  from  the  Corpor- 
ation of  North  and  South  Virginia,  and  he 
might,  under  such  circumstances,  be  rightfully 
entitled  Grovernor  in  advance  of  Bradford, — 
there  is  fiiU  as  much  propriety,  to  say  the 
least,  that  Endicott,  chosen  by  freemen  or 
members  of  the  Massachusetts  Company, 
among  whom  he  held  a  prominent  stand,  as- 
sembled in  General  Court  in  London,  and  un- 
der royal  sanction,  to  be  their  Governor  of 
this  Commonwealth,  —  should  be  alike  enti- 
tled precedently  to  Winthrop.  It  seems  to 
me  incapable  of  candid  and  true  contradiction , 
that  the  comparison  was  and  is  pertinent  and 


correct  in  its  application,  and  that  both  cases, 
considered  as  to  the  sources  whence  the  pow- 
er of  governing  was  derived,  are  the  same  in 
a  corporate  kind,  though  diverse  in  degree, 
and  that  it  is  much  more  in  favor  of  Endicott 
than  of  Carver,  though  I  believe  that  the  lat- 
ter may  justly  hold  his  rank  as  the  first  and 
chief  ruler  of  the  Pilgrims.  We  will  next 
consider  the  position,  that  because  Endicott 
was  appointed  chief  magistrate  for  our  Col- 
ony by  members  of  the  Company,  convened 
in  London  1629,  still  this  constituted  him  no 
Governor  in  the  true  acceptation  of  the  term. 
For  an  intelligent  settlement  of  this  point, 
much  depends  on  the  right  interpretation  of 
the  word  denoting  such  an  oflScer  of  state. 
A  few  late  writers  have  had  printed  in  their 
works  the  very  expressions  of  the  General 
Court  in  England,  which  inform  us  in  the 
most  direct  and  plainest  style,  that  they  elect- 
ed Endicott  as  their  Colonial  Governor ;  and 
at  the  same  time  these  authors,  while  denying 
that  they  fully  sustained  such  a  relation,  have 
utterly  omitted  to  tell  their  readers  what 
meaning  they  attach  to  their  negation.  They 
cannot  justly  complain,  if  those  who  trace 
their  course  suppose,  that  the  paramount  rea- 
son why  they  have  gone  thus  far  and  then 
failed  to  guide  inquirers  further,  as  they  were 
bound  to  do,  is,  that  they  could  not  proceed 
with  satisfaction  to  themselves,  and  much  less 
to  those  who  are  convinced  that  their  whole 
direction,  so  far  as  away  from  the  plain  land- 
mark, set  up  by  the  phraseology  of  the  Court 
just  refered  to,  is  totally  unauthorized  The 
general  drift  of  their  remarks,  that  Governor, 
in  reference  to  Endicott,  means  something 
lower  than  the  standing  of  such  an  officer  who 
is  allowed  his  rank,  and  there  leaving  the 
mind,  which  desires  to  ascertain  the  propor- 
tion and   particulars  of  such  deduction  in  ut- 


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ter  darkness,  may  lead  to  bewilder,  but  is  far 
from  being  acceptable  to  every  person  who 
would  know  the  whole  truth.  It  would  af- 
ford much  pleasure  to  the  writer,  could  he 
perceive  that  the  position  of  Mr.  Savage,  un- 
der this  head,  was  entirely  free  from  the  de- 
ficiency just  mentioned.  After  adducing 
several  passages  from  the  Charter,  to  show 
that  Endicott  held  his  trust  from  the  Compa- 
ny at  home,  he  quotes  as  follows,  from  the 
same  document:  "The  authority,  office  and 
power,  before  given  to  the  former  governor, 
deputy,  etc.,  in  whose  stead  or  place  new 
shall  be  chosen,  shall,  as  to  hira,  and  them, 
and  every  of  them,  cease  and  determine. " 
These  words,  as  they  evidently  appear  to  me, 
have  an  immediate  application  to  the  succes- 
sion of  the  Company's  officers  in  England, 
and  the  consequent  surrender  of  their  respec- 
tive trusts.  I  do  not  understand  that  they 
have  any  direct  bearing  upon  colonial  officers. 
Mr.  Savage  places  the  subsequent  phrase,  di- 
rectly after  the  close  of  them,  "These  last 
words  settle  the  business.  "  If  such  a  settle- 
ment mean,  which  is  what  I  comprehend  by 
it,  that  Endicott  was  governor  here  in  1629, 
by  election  of  the  company  in  London,  and 
thus  subordinate  to  them,  it  entirely  harmo- 
nizes with  my  own  views,  and  I  do  not  rec- 
ollect ever  having  heard  it  denied. 

It  is  true  of  him,  and  of  all  regular  Gov- 
ernors. None  of  them  can  or  ever  could 
assert,  that  they  do  not  or  did  not  possess  their 
power  subordinately,  in  a  greater  or  less  de- 
gree, according  to  its  origin.  Were  it  a  fact, 
that  on  account  of  such  subordinacy  no  man, 
chosen  under  it,  ever  was  or  ever  could  be  a 
proper  Governor,  the  issue  of  the  present  in- 
stance would  be  closed ;  the  matter  would  be 
settled,  and  to  raise  any  query  about  it, 
would  be  indeed  "an  idle  question."     But 


the  truth  in  the  premises  assumes,  to  my  ap- 
prehension, a  very  different  aspect.  The  sub- 
ordinacy under  consideration  may  be  corpo- 
rate, regal  or  popular.  Of  course  there  is 
no  need  for  us  to  observe,  except  to  meet  ob- 
jections occasionally  thrown,  as  dust,  into  our 
eyes,  so  that  we  may  not  see  our  way  clearly, 
that  the  term  denoting  such  chief  magistrate, 
does  not  signify  a  tutor,  as  Locke  used  it  in 
his  treatise  on  Education,  nor  pilot  of  a  ship, 
as  the  Apostle  James  applied  it,  nor  presi- 
dent of  a  bank,  nor  superintendent  of  a  hos- 
pital, etc.,  as  not  unfrequently  used  in  the 
parlance  of  England.  The  definition  of  Gov- 
ernor, as  exemplified  and  verified  in  the  his- 
tory of  our  country,  may  be  learned  from  its 
several  administrations  of  government.  While 
different  sections  of  it  were  owned  and  con- 
trolled by  companies  in  T^urope,  and  after- 
wards to  some  extent  in  this  land,  they  exer- 
cised a  corporate  power  in  the  choice  of  their 
Governors  for  their  respective  colonies.  When 
these  came  under  provincial  rule,  the  Kings 
of  England  appointed  such  officers  at  their 
own  pleasure. 

When  they  were  made  independent  of  the 
Crown,  the  people  elected  these  magistrates. 
All  these  elections  were  made  on  principles, 
as  laid  down  in  patents,  charters,  and  con- 
stitutions. Here  we  have  a  practical  idea  of 
what  Governors  have  been  in  different  peri- 
ods of  our  country;  an  explanation  which 
shows  that  they  were  delegated  to  rule  over 
their  respective  States,  according  to  estab- 
lished principles,  by  the  companies,  sovereigns 
and  people  who  appointed  them.  No  well 
informed  historian  undertakes  to  assert,  that 
the  primitive  Governors  of  New  Nether  land, 
subsequently  New  York,  were  not  properly 
so  because  they  were  strictly  subordinate  to 
the  States  General,  and  then  to  the  West  In- 


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dia  Company  in  Holland;  or  that  the  like 
Governors  or  Presidents  of  Virginia  were  not 
really  and  completely  such  oflBcers,  because 
they  derived  their  station  from  the  company, 
who  owned  their  portion  of  English  America. 
We  might  select  no  small  number  of  other 
parallel  instances  to  confirm  our  position. 
The  two,  especially  cited,  are  well  known, 
to  the  point,  and  sufficient  for  our  purpose. 
But  here  we  ask,  is  it  true  that  Endicott  was 
not  fully  Grovernor  in  1029,  because  so  enti- 
tled and  empowerd  by  members  'of  the  Com- 
pany in  London?  If  so,  we  are  reduced  to 
the  necessity  of  disallowing  the  representa- 
tions of  our  hitherto  credible  historians,  who 
describe  the  administrations  of  the  Dutch  and 
Virginia  Grovernors,  just  referred  to,  as  right- 
fully so  denominated;  we  must  change  our 
impressions,  and  while  we  speak  of  them  as 
Governors,  we  must  entertain  a  mental  reser- 
vation which  degrades  them  below  the  level 
indicated  by  their  title,  and  assign  to  them 
an  uncertain  grade  which  no  language  has 
yet  to  the  knowledge  of  the  writer  intelligently, 
satisfactorily  and  truly  defined.  We  are,  there- 
fore, constrained  to  grant,  that  the  doctrine  of 
subordinacy,  as  here  set  forth,  tends  to  an  ab- 
surdity;  proves  far  too  much,  and  consequent- 
ly should  be  rejected  as  unsound,  unsafe,  and 
introducing  confusion  into  the  records  of  our 
History.  Of  course,  a  doctrine  of  sach  a  cast 
and  character  should  never  be  applied  to  En- 
dicott, and  thus  strip  him  of  the  honor  of  be- 
ing the  first  Governor  of  the  territory  and  pop- 
ulation of  our  Commonwealth.  There  are  sev- 
eral particulars,  which  bear  on  this  subject, 
and  call  for  our  attention  at  the  present 
stage. 

To  sink  Endicott  from  the  head  of  the  list 
of  our  Chief  Magistrates,  because  of  subordi- 
nacy, seems  to  imply  that  there  was  some  es- 


sential difference,  with  reference  to  him  and 
Winthrop,  in  the  mode  of  their  election,  and 
in  the  principles  of  their  administration.  But 
was  there  in  reality?  No;  Endicott  was  cho- 
sen by  freemen  of  the  Company  in  London. 
So  was  Winthrop ;  and  after  the  latter  came 
hither,  he  was  re-chosen  by  freemen  of  the 
same  corporation,  who  dwelt  here,  and  was, 
in  every  respect,  as  much  subordinate  to  them, 
seperately  viewed  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlan- 
tic, as  ever  Endicott  was. 

How  was  it  as  to  principles  of  administra- 
tion? Endicott,  for  1629,  had  in  his  hands, 
as  the  basis  of  his  action,  the  charter,  desig- 
nated in  its  words,  "Letters  patent,  or  the 
duplicate  or  exemplification  thereof,"  with 
the  royal  seal.  It  is  true,  that  Mr.  Savage 
remarks  concerning  him,  on  the  30th  page  of 
his  late  first  volume  :  "  He  had  a  conmiission 
from  the  Company  to  act  as  Governor,  which 
was,  of  course,  superseded  by  the  arrival  of 
Winthrop  with  the  charter."  Some  readers 
may  construe  this  to  intimate,  that  Endicott 
did  not  have   the   Charter  for   his  direction. 

As  a  caveat  against  such  a  mistake,  they 
will  bear  in  mind  that  he  did  have  it,  not  va- 
rying one  jot  or  tittle  from  the  one  brought 
over  by  his  successor,  as  to  all  its  requisites 
for  the  colonial  legislation,  which  shows,  with- 
out any  just  contradiction,  that  the  principles 
of  government  were  the  same  for  both  of  them. 
Hence,  as  the  cause  instanced  in  the  outset 
of  this  paragraph,  has  no  foundation,  its  ef- 
fect cannot  be  equitably  allowed.  The  state- 
ment made  by  Mr.  Savage,  that  he  never  saw 
any  sufficient  evidence  of  Endicott's  exercis- 
ing the  duties  of  Governor  in  a  regular  Court 
is,  as  it  seems  to  me,  no  conclusive  argument, 
that  he  did  thus  come  short  of  his  assigned 
service.  It  would  indeed  have  been  a  phe- 
nomenon in  political  economy,  had  not  vari- 


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ous  cases  come  before  him,  which  in  a  colony 
of  three  years'  continuance,  demanded  the  col- 
lective deliberation,  decision  and  execution  of 
himself  and  associates  in  government.  The 
letters  of  Cradock  to  him,  show  that  he  had 
no  lack  of  such  business  to  perform,  and  his 
well  known  reputation  for  promptness,  activi- 
ty and  faithfulness,  are  a  guarantee,  that  he 
did  not  suffer  it  to  be  neglected.  The  natu- 
ral inference  which  most  minds  would  make 
relative  to  absence  of  positive  proof,  if  there 
were  none,  that  Endicott  and  his  Court  did 
omit  legislation  altogether,  would  be,  that  the 
records  of  it  were  lost,  as  those  of  Salem,  then 
the  Capital,  were  for  several  years,  relative  to 
its  primitive,  municipal  transactions. 

That  Endicott  did  hold  a  General  Court 
there,  is  indicated,  to  my  apprehension,  by 
Morton  of  Mount  Wolloston,  who  describes  in 
his  New  English  Cannaan,  being  present 
in  such  an  assembly.  The  account,  which 
this  narrative  gives,,  showing  how  a  force  was 
sent  to  seize  him  and  his  effects,  because 
he,  in  the  exhibition  of  his  staunch  at- 
tachment to  the  national  church,  refused 
obedience  to  the  charter  authorities,  is 
competent  evidence,  that  they  were  no 
drones  J  that  they  were  vigilant  watchmen  of 
the  Common weath,  and  adopted  all  needed 
measures  in  their  sessions  for  the  regular 
management  of  colonial  affairs. 

Further,  the  serious  occurrence  which  in- 
volved the  banishment  of  the  Brownes,  would 
naturally  summon  the  majority  of  the  rulers 
together,  demand  and  receive  their  anxious 
consideration  and  final  decision.  Had  they 
failed  so  to  do,  there  is  a  moral  certainty  that 
the  correspondence  of  London  Court,  which 
ensued,  would  have  charged  them  with  a  gross 
violation  of  their  important  trusts,  which  it 
never  did.     Here  wo    meet  the   assertion  of 


Mr.  Savage,  previously  intimated.  It  fol- 
lows: "Nor  is  there  a  scrap  of  any  record 
of  proceedings  ever  had  under  his  au- 
thority." As  a  necessary  indication  that 
there  was  such  a  record,  we  have  the  sub- 
sequent information.  It  is  found  in  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Historical  Society's  Collections,  3s. 
9v.  257p.  It  is  an  extract  from  a  letter  of 
John  Howes,  in  London,  1633,  bearing  on 
the  devices  and  exertions  already  commenced 
at  St.  James'  for  the  overthrow  of  our  civil 
and  religious  institutions.  It  is,  that  about 
twenty-two  of  Endieott's  laws  were  recently 
laid  before  the  Lords.  These  laws  or  acts, 
as  we  have  reason  to  conclude,  were  selected 
by  foes  to  our  plantation  from  a  code  which 
contained  not  a  few  more  applicable  to  the 
wants  and  relations  of  the  inhabitants,  and 
not  construed  as  opposed  to  the  laws  of  the 
mother  country.  They  are  the  strongest 
proof  that  Endicott  and  others,  of  a  regularly 
constituted  legislature,  however  small,  did 
come  up  to  the  requisitions  for  which  they 
were  appointed  by  the  Company  in  London. 
They  thus  exemplified  the  power  bestowed 
upon  them  expressly  by  the  Charter,  "  to  cor- 
rect, punish,  govern,  and  rule  all  the  king's 
subjects"  within  the  compass  of  their  juris- 
diction. Of  course  the  mistake  which  repre- 
sents them  in  a  very  different  attitude,  so  that 
they  should  be  looked  upon  as  a  body  of  little 
or  no  consequence,  and  thus  their  Govern- 
ment degraded  like  themselves,  rests  on  mere 
fiction  and  not  fact.  It  ought  not,  and  wher- 
ever truth  is  allowed  its  legitimate  sway,  will 
not  press  him  down  from  his  right  position. 

Should  the  administration  of  Endicott  be 
disparaged,  and  consequently  his  standing, 
as  its  chief  magistrate,  meet  with  similar  fare, 
because  the  number  of  his  assistants  was  not 
large?     To  answer  this  question  as  it  should 


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be,  we  must  not  look  at  it  singly  or  separate- 
ly from  all  others.  It  is  true  that  the  Browne's 
were  sent  home.  But  there  remained  for 
Endicott's  assistants,  Higginson,  Skelton, 
Bright,  Graves,  Sharp,  and  most  probably  the 
three  more,  whom  they  were  authorized  to 
choose,  if  not  the  two  additional  ones  whom 
the  old  Planters,  as  Conant  and  his  associates. 
were  privileged  to  elect.  In  such  an  emer- 
gency, it  is  not  at  all  likely,  that  men  like 
the  three  first,  just  named,  would  despond 
and  neglect  to  avail  themselves  of  their  right 
to  supply  deficient  members,  strengthen  their 
hands,  and  thus  support  their  cause. 

From  these  points  we  look  to  Plymouth 
Colony.  We  hear,  we  perceive  not  even  the 
whisper  of  a  suspicion,  but  that  the  rule  of 
Carver  was  such  as  to  secure  his  appropriate 
rank,  though  he  had  no  assistant ;  but  that 
Bradford,  his  immediate  successor,  was  alike 
entitled,  though  he  had  only  one  assistant  to 
1624,  and  then  only  five,  and  was  himself  an 
assistant  to  Robert  Gorges,  the  Governor 
General  of  New  England.  From  this  view, 
we  turn  to  Massachusetts.  Who  doubts  that 
the  administration  of  Winthrop  was  sufiicient 
to  aflford  a  similar  distinction  to  him,  though 
he  had  only  seven  assistants  besides  himself 
and  deputy,  in  August,  1630,  and  in  the 
same  year  an  order  was  made,  that  a  major 
part  of  less  than  nine  assistants  might  hold  a 
Court  and  perform  its  appropriate  business? 
It  must  be  confessed  that  then, —  of  neces- 
sity,—  was  a  day  of  small  things.  But  the 
diminutiveness  of  the  age  should  not  be  laid 
to  the  account  of  one  so  as  to  strip  him  of  his 
merited  honor,  while  it  is  not  so  much  as 
named  of  others,  to  whom,  in  all  equity,  it 
should  be  alike  applied.  Let  not  prejudice 
hold  us  back  from  dealing  with  an  even  hand. 
The  proceedings  and  language  of  the  Gener- 


al Court,  or  Freemen  of  the  Company,  con- 
vened in  London,  apply  to  the  question  be- 
fore us. 

In  1629,  about  February,  they  provide  for 
transmitting  to  Endicott  the  charter,  having  the 
royal  seal,  and  also  their  own  seal.  These  he 
received  in  due  time,  April  30.  The  Court 
vote  that  the  authorities  of  the  Colony  shall 
be  styled  the  "Governor  and  Council  of  Lon- 
don's Plantation  in  the  Massachusetts  Bay." 
They  then  elect  Endicott  to  be  the  said  Gov- 
ernor, and  most  of  the  Council,  and  give  in- 
struction how  the  other  members  of  it  shall 
be  chosen  here.  In  defining  his  powers,  they 
express  themselves  as  follows,  as  entered  on 
their  own  records  :  "  And  the  said  Governor, 
at  his  discretion,  or  in  his  absence  the  deputy, 
is  hereby  authorized  to  appoint,  as  oft  as 
there  shall  be  occasion,  and  shall  have  f\x\\ 
power  and  authority,  and  is  hereby  author- 
ized from  his"  Letters  Patent,  to  make,  ordain 
and  establish  all  manner  of  wholesome  and 
reasonable  orders,  laws,  statutes,  ordinances 
and  instructions,  not  contrary  to  the  laws  of 
the  realm  of  England,  for  the  present  govern- 
ment of  our  Plantation  and  the  inhabitants  re- 
siding within  the  limits  of  this  our  Plantation." 

They  order  a  transcript  of  this  to  be  for- 
warded to  Endicott.  On  the  same  day  they 
empower  him  and  his  Council  to  choose  a 
Secretary,  and  "such  other  subordinate  ofii- 
cers  to  attend  them  at  their  Courts." 

May  7.  They  agree  on  the  forms  of  oaths 
for  the  Governor,  Deputy  and  Council  of  the 
Colony.  That  for  the  first  of  these  officers, 
they  denominate  "the  oath  of  the  Governor 
in  New  England."  The  duties  it  required 
of  him,  it  required  of  all  his  successors,  as 
upon  an  equal  footing  in  respect  to  rank. 
29.  As  the  head  of  the  General  Court  in 
England,  Cradock  addresses  a  letter  to  him 


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with  the  superscription,  "Captain  Jo:  En- 
dicott,  Esquire,  Governor."  Their  subse" 
quent  records  frequently  gave  him  the  last  ti- 
tle. In  a  review  of  all  they  said  and  did, 
so  far  as  it  has  come  down  to  us,  there  is  not 
a  shade  of  thought  or  expression,  as  it  seems 
to  me,  which  should  lead  any  mind  to  infer, 
but  that  while  they  were  legislating  about 
him,  appointing,  addressing  and  styling  him 
Governor,  they  seriously  and  sincerely  meant 
to  apply  the  title  to  him  in  the  highest  colo- 
nial diiAfiMest  sense.  It  would  be  wronging 
them  as  conscientious  men,  who  were  ready 
to  make  great  sacrifices  for  the  founding  of  a 
religious  commonwealth  on  our  soil,  to  sus- 
pect or  imply  that  they  purposed  to  use  the 
term  in  a  double  or  vague  sense,  or  in  any 
form  or  degree,  diverse  from  its  proper  signi- 
fication. 

To  avoid  any  imputation  of  this  kind,  we 
must  allow  that  the  Company,  from  the  spirit 
and  letter  of  their  Charter,  records  and  cor- 
respondence, did  purpose  to  have  a  legitimate 
Governor  in  the  person  of  Endicott,  on  the 
premises  of  their  Plantation,  even  while  they 
exercised  authority  at  home  for  the  regulation 
of  their  trade,  and  the  delegation  of  suitable 
legislative  powers  to  such  an  oflScer  and  his 
associates. 

What  does  the  succession  of  Winthrop  to 
Cradock  imply?  To  arrive  at  a  true  answer 
to  this  question,  let  us  deal  with  facts.  Such 
an  official  investment  has  all  its  vital  proper- 
ties laid  down  in  the  Charter,  which  made  the 
sphere  of  its  immediate  operation  within  the 
jurisdiction  of  Old  England.  There  it  was 
allowed  to  give  legal  direction  to  the  affairs 
of  the  Company.  It  was  endowed  with  no 
inward  or  outward  quality,  whereby  it  might 
leave  the  place  assigned  for  its  exercise,  and 
take  up  its  abode  in  another  land,  and  still  be 


essentially  as  it  had  been  at  its  commence- 
ment. The  Charter  made  England  as  requi- 
site for  the  continuance  of  such  investment,  as 
it  did  that  a  competent  number  of  the  Com- 
pany's officers  should  reside  there  while  it  was 
in  existence. 

This  investment  had  nought  to  do  with 
leaving  the  mother  country,  crossing  the  ocean, 
landing  on  our  soil,  entering  the  Courts  of  our 
rulers  and  causing  them  to  cease  as  though 
they  had  never  been.  No.  In  the  whole 
length  and  breadth  of  the  Charter,  we  discov- 
er no  liberties  of  this  sort.  That  document 
declares  the  duties  of  the  Company's  officers, 
who  were  in  England,  and  also,  those  of  their 
officers  in  America.  As  to  their  respective 
and  special  services,  it  set  up  a  wall  of  sepa- 
ration between  them,  saying,  as  it  were,  to 
one  class  of  them,  here  is  your  allotment,  and 
to  the  other,  there  is  yours.  It  holds  forth 
not  even  the  shadow  of  a  license  for  any  of 
the  former,  provided  they  should,  by  change 
of  abode,  become  legislatively  connected  with 
the  latter,  to  push  them  aside  and  assume  their 
civil  distinctions  to  themselves,  simply  for 
what  they  had  been  in  a  distant  quarter  of  the 
world.  So  it  is  alike  non-committed  in  the 
other  direction. 

With  his  authority  so  bounded,  we  perceive 
nothing  in  the  several  communications  of  Crad- 
ock, that  he  was  in  the  least  degree  dissatis- 
fied, because  he  was  not  styled  the  first  Gov- 
ernor of  the  Colony,  as  well  as  the  first  Gov- 
ernor of  the  Company  in  England. 

He  evidently  should  have  felt  that  an  at- 
tempt to  foist  on  him  such  a  double  capacity 
was  not  only  unjust  to  Endicott,  but  also  a 
palpable  violation  of  the  charter,  as  well  as 
contrary  to  the  common  usage  of  Corporations, 
like  the  one  he  served.  Winthrop,  no  less 
susceptible  of  generous  emotions,   must  have 


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known  that,  by  a  mere  succession  to  Cradock, 
he  could  be  endowed  with  no  more  honor  and 
power  than  so  worthy  a  predecessor  realized. 
He  must  have  perceived,  that  when  the  Ar- 
bella  spread  her  sails  to  the  breeze,  and  bore 
him  and  his  friends  towards  America,  that  he 
had  ceased  to  be  the  head  of  the  Company  in 
England,  and  was  to  be  the  only  head  of  such 
of  them,  as  should  have  their  domicile  in  the 
Colony,  and  thus  to  be  no  more  nor  less  than 
the  successor  of  Endicott,  in  the  full  sense  of 
a  bona  fide,  charter  Govenor,  without  any  let 
or  hindrance  of  hypercritical  distinctions,  nev- 
er known  in  their  day  of  peril  and  toil  for  the 
Commonwealth. 

What  did  the  Court  in  London  mean,  when 
on  the  29th  of  August,  1629,  as  proposed 
for  deliberation  the  preceding  month,  they 
voted,  "  that  the  Government  and  Patent 
should  be  settled  in  New  England,"  though 
not  finally  decided  upon  till  several  weeks 
afterwards,  because  of  serious  constitutional 
objections?  By  a  misconstruction  of  the 
phrase,  here  quoted,  not  a  few  persons,  as 
it  seems  to  me,  have  been  led  to  adopt  erro- 
neous conclusions.  They  have  supposed  that 
it  involved  the  necessity  of  making  some  ex- 
traordinary change  in  the  colonial  polity,  and 
of  conferring  on  its  administrators  here  a 
correspondent  elevation.  But  their  misap- 
prehension may  be  corrected  by  a  candid  exam- 
ination of  the  mode  in  which  the  movement 
was  executed.  The  practical  operation  of  a 
theory  affords  far  better  instruction  as  to  its 
nature,  than  many  speculations  about  it, 
however  imaginative  and  ingenious." 

The  settling  of  the  government  here  was 
substantially  the  omission  to  have  its  agents 
chosen  by  the  members  of  the  Company  in 
Old  England,  and  the  like  act  performed  by 
those  of  the  same  corporation  in  New  Eng- 


land. It  secured  to  Winthrop  no  greater 
power  than  it  had  already  conferred  on  Endi- 
cott. It  raised  the  former  not  a  single  line 
higher  above  the  colonists,  than  it  had  the 
latter.  It  dealt  with  both  on  the  same  Char- 
ter principles  and  imparted  to  both  equal 
rank  and  honor.  Here  it  may  be  well  to  re- 
mark, that  such  an  exchange  of  elective  lo- 
cations involved  the  nullification  of  the  gov- 
ernment as  it  existed  under  Cradock,  and  as 
required  to  be  continued  by  the  Charter. 
The  following  entry  on  our  General  Court 
records,  of  Sept.  3,  1G34,  denotes  an  excep- 
tion: '"It  is  ordered,  that  there  shall  be  let- 
ters written  to  these  gentlemen,  here  under 
mentioned,  and  signed  by  the  Court  of  As- 
sistants, viz :  Mess'rs  George  Harvood,  John 
Kevell,  Thomas  Andrews,  Kichard  Andrews, 
Francis  Kirby,  Francis  Webb,  George  Fox- 
croft,  and  Robert  Reave,  to  entreat  them  to 
make  choice  of  a  man  amongst  themselves  to 
be  Treasurer  for  a  year  for  this  Plantation, 
as  also  to  give  them  power  to  receive  an  ac- 
count of  Mr.  Harwood,  now  Treasurer,  as  al- 
so to  give  the  said  Mr.  Harwood,  a  full  dis- 
charge." Here  is  indication,  that  members 
of  the  Massachusetts  Company,  who  resided 
in  England,  were  so  for  a  government  of 
trade,  remaining  there  and  connected  with 
the  Colony,  as  proposed  in  1629,  as  to  have 
a  Treasurer  for  their  funds,  who  was  about 
to  resign  and  another  to  take  his  place. 
How  much  this  may  subtract  from  the  amount 
of  confidence,  entertained  by  some,  that  the 
whole  administration  as  in  being  under  Crad- 
ock, was  moved  over  with  Winthrop,  and 
thereby  swept  away  Endicott's  govenorship, 
though  a  strange  conclusion  to  my  mind, 
they  can  judge  for  themselves.  It  may  not 
be  amiss  to  add  here,  that  if  such  confidence 
were  well  founded,  and  on  account  of  being 


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at  the  head  of  the  Company  in  Loudon,  any 
man  should  be  denominated  the  first  Chief 
Magistrate  of  Massachusetts,  —  that  man  is 
Matthew  Cradock,  and  no  other. 

At  this  point  the  query  meets  us,  what  is 
signified  by  settling  the  patent  in  New  Kng- 
land  ?  It  is  essentially  the  same  as  settling 
the  government  here.  This  was  the  creature 
of  that,  and  derived  all  its  civil  and  religious 
polity  from  it,  and  the  very  body  which  it 
assumed,  and  the  very  spirit  through  which 
it  existed,  moved  and  acted.  The  establish- 
ment of  the  government  on  our  shores,  nec- 
essarily involved  the  like  action  with  refer- 
ence to  the  Charter.  This  action  implies,  of 
course,  what  really  occurred  in  its  premises. 
One  of  two  transcripts  of  that  document,  as 
well  known,  was  used  for  the  control  of  the 
Corporation,  while  they  existed  in  England; 
but  it  ceased  to  be  needed  there,  when  they 
closed  their  organization,  and  was  brought  to 
our  country.  Another  transcript  of  it  had,  a.s 
before  noted,  been  previously  sent  to  Endicott 
as  the  guarantee  for  his  colonial  administra- 
tion, and  still  remains  in  the  place  where  its 
privileges  were  exercised.  When  he  was 
succeeded  by  Winthrop,  only  one  of  these 
transcripts  was  needed,  and  that  has  been 
long  depo.sited  among  the  State  archives.  In 
such  a  manner  was  the  Patent  or  Charter 
settled  upon  our  soil,  so  as  to  have  no  fur- 
ther legislative  connection  with  its  proprie- 
tors, who  dwelt  in  England.  It  is  well  known 
that  this  transaction,  so  far  as  laying  aside 
the  government  of  the  Corporation  in  that 
Kingdom,  has  been  long  represented  by  some 
as  a  fundamental  violation  of  the  Charter. 
Charles  the  I.  and  the  Council  for  New  Eng- 
land, took  this  stand.  The  Royal  Council, 
under  the  date  of  June  19,  1679,  write  to 
the  Rulers  of  Massachusetts :  "Since  the 
VOL.    V.  (13) 


Charter  by  its  frame  and  constitution  was 
originally  to  be  executed  in  this  Kingdom, 
and  not  in  New  England,  otherwise  than  by 
deputation  (as  is  accordingly  practiced  in  all 
other  charters  of  like  nature)  'tis  not  possi- 
ble to  establish  that  perfect  settlement,  we 
so  much  desire,  until  these  things  are  better 
understood." 

Among  the  civilians,  who  have  main- 
tained the  same  ground,  was  the  late  Judge, 
Joseph  Story.  The  history  of  Hutchinson 
says:  "  It  is  evident  from  the  Charter,  that 
the  original  design  of  it  was  to  constitute  a 
corporation  in  England,  like  to  that  of  the 
East  India  and  other  great  Companies,  with 
powers  to  settle  plantations  within  the  lim- 
its of  the  territory,  under  such  forms  of  gov- 
ernment and  magistracy  as  should  be  fit  and 
necessary."  "While  such  objectors  so  held 
their  opinion,  they  uttered  no  doubt  but  that 
the  Company  did  elect,  in  London,  in  1629,  a 
competent  and  proper  Governor  for  their 
Colony,  in  the  person  of  Endicott." 

"  We  may  learn  from  the  foregoing  obser- 
vations, that  the  principal  addition  to  the 
General  Court  of  the  Plantation,  by  estab- 
lishing the  government  and  patent  here,  was 
the  choice  of  its  chief  magistrate,  instead  of 
having  him  appointed  by  similar  authority 
in  England.  But  location,  all  other  things 
being  equal,  makes  no  essential  difference 
in  the  grade  of  an  officer.  Washington 
would  have  been  as  much  President  of  our 
Republic  had  he  been  chosen  in  Boston  as 
anywhere  else,  provided  the  Constitution 
allowed  the  practice.  Endicott  therefore 
should,  by  no  mistaken  construction,  suffer 
loss  in  his  rank,  by  being  elected  by  mem- 
bers of  the  Company  in  London  instead  of 
Massachusetts.  We  feel  assured,  that  Win- 
throp saw  nothing  in  the  settlement  of  the 


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Government  and  charter  on  our  Soil,  which 
could  justify  him  in  attempting  to  exclude 
Endicott  from  being  his  constitutional  pre- 
decessor in  office.  No,  the  enlightened 
mind,  the  truthful  conscience,  and  the  noble 
heart  of  Winthrop,  would  have  shrunk  from 
such  a  trick  of  political  management." 

"  How  do  historians  represent  the  office 
of  Endicott  prior  to  Winthrop's  arrival? 
Josselyn,  Johnson  and  Morton  speak  of  the 
former,  as  being  governor  in  1629,  without 
the  least  qualification,  as  if  he  were  in  any 
form  or  degree,  of  any  lower  grade  than  the 
latter.  Prince,  in  his  New  England,  i elates 
ihe  proceedings  of  the  Company  in  London 
in  conferring  a  name  upon  their  Colony.  He 
then  says,  that  they  "elect  Mr.  Endicott 
Governor,"  and  four  times  in  immediate 
succession,  in  the  same  paragraph,  he  applies 
the  like  title  to  him  in  connection  with  the 
transactions  of  such  a  body.  Prince,  who 
was  quick  to  detect  small  as  well  as  great 
errors,  and  particular  to  state  them,  evi- 
dently had  no  misgivings  as  to  the  common- 
sense  meaning  of  Governor,  assigned  to  En- 
dicott; had  no  doubt  but  that  he  might  most 
accurately  and  unreservedly  apply  to  him 
the  title,  without  being  justly  charged  with 
the  least  particle  of  misrepresentation." 

Hutchinson,  while  narrating  the  Compa- 
ny's course  of  business,  in  the  same  year, 
says:  "The  names  of  all  the  adventurers 
and  the  sums  subscribed,  were  sent  over  to 
Mr.  Endicott,  who  was  appointed  their  Gov- 
ernor in  the  Plantation."  A  man.  like 
Huti^hinson.  would  never  have  made  this 
statement,  had  he  the  least  suspioion  that 
it  contained  a  contradiction;  that  it  could 
be.  in  some  anomalous  and  strange  manner, 
construed  to  mean  the  Governor  of  a  Colony 
or  a  State,    and,  at  the  same  ins  ant  and  in 


the  same  relation,  mean  no  such  officer,  but 
an  uncertain,  undefined  something,  without 
notifying  his  readers  of  such  a  perplexed 
and  distorted  use  of  the  English  tongue." 
It  comes  to  my  recollection,  distinctly,  that 
a  highly  distinguished  literary  gentleman, 
who  had  great  confidence  in  Hutchinson's 
talents,  intelligence  and  correctness,  while 
contending  that  Winthrop  was  the  first  Gov- 
ernor of  our  commonwealth,  appealed  to  that 
author  with  evident  assurance  that  he  would 
support  his  position,  but  was  greatly  disap- 
pointed when  he  saw  that  his  words  contra- 
dicted his  theory.  And  so  I  believe  will 
many  a  man,  who  has  not  already  committed 
himself  in  an  opposite  direction,  and  who 
consults  their  statements,  without  any  pre- 
vious bias,  be  conscious,  that  Hutchinson 
and  Prince  meant  to  be  understood,  that 
they  had  no  doubts  but  that  Endicott  was 
in  1629,  a  true  constitutional  and  proper 
Governor  of  Massachusetts,  as  much  as  Win- 
throp or  any  of  his  successors  ever  were  un- 
der the  colonial  charter,  and  consequently 
and  righteously  accounted  the  first  on  the 
list  of  such  magistrates  in  our  Common- 
wealth." 


NOTE. 


The  foregoing  paper,  by  Rev.  Dr.  Felt,  will  be  read 
by  many  with  great  interest,  as  well  from  the  impor- 
tance of  the  subject  discussed  as  from  the  high  charac- 
ter of  the  writer  as  a  historian.  The  question,  "  Who 
was  the  first  Governor  of  the  Colony  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay  ?"  has  been,  heretofore,  debated  chiefly  be- 
tweeu  Hon.  James  Savage,  who  assigns  official  prece- 
dence to  Winthrop,  and  the  author  of  the  foregoing  pa- 
per, who  has  long  maintained  that  Endicott  is  entitled, 
historically  and  legally,  to  the  position  of  first  Govern- 
or. 

The  dispnte  between  these  learned  writei-s  has  been 
less  about  the  occurrence  of  events,  and  their  proper  se- 
quence, in  our  earliest  colonial  history,  than  about  the 
historical  significance  of  certain  facts  admitted  to  be 
true  on  both  sides 


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Lately,  the  same  question  was,  incidentally,  consid- 
ered in  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  this  common- 
wealth, in  the  case  of  the  Commonwealth  v.  the  City  of 
Roxbury,  argued  in  Norfolk  county,  Oct.  1857,  and  re- 
ported in  the  recently  published  9th  volume  of  Gray's 
Reports,  pp.  451  —  528.  A  marginal  note  to  this  case, 
by  Mr.  Gray,  contains  a  very  complete  and  satisfactory 
review  of  all  known  matters  of  importance  bearing  up- 
on this  question,  and,  as  we  think,  fully  sustains  the 
views  entertained  by  Rev.  Dr.  Felt. 

For  the  assistance  of  the  reader,  who  may  not  have 
the  necessary  books  of  reference  at  hand,  we  here  sub- 
join a  list  of  events  relating  to  this  subject,  in  the  order 
and  with  the  date  of  their  occurrence:  — 

1628,  Mar.  19.    The  Council,  established  at  Plymouth, 

England,  by  deed  indented,  bargained 
and  sold,  to  Sir  Henry  Rosewell  and  oth- 
eis,  that  part  of  New  England  which 
"  lies  between  Merrimack  and  Charles 
river,  in  the  bottom  of  the  Massachusetts 
Bay." 

"  June  20.  Master  John  Endicott,  having  been  ap- 
pointed "agent"  or  "governor"  by 
the  company,  sails  for  New  England. 

"  Sept.  6.  F.ndicott  arrives  at  Naumkeag,  (Salem) 
and  finds  there,  Conant  and  his  men, 
who  have  been  theresome  years,  trading 
and  fishing. 

1629,  Mar.  4.    The  royal  charter,  incorporating  Sir  Hen- 

ry Rosewell  and  his  fellows  under  the 
name  of  "The  Governor  and  Company 
of  the  Mattaclnisetts  Bay  in  Newe  Eng- 
land," passes  the  seals.  In  this  charter 
the  king  appoints  "  Mathewe  Cradocke  to 
be  the  first  and  present  Governor  of  the 
said  company ;  "  and  also  appoints  other 
officers.  Cradcck  continued  in  office  till 
the  election  of  Winthrop,  Oct.  20,  1629, 
and  during  this  period  the  company's 
meetings  were  held  in  London. 

"  Apr.  17.  A  letter  of  general  instructions  is  sent  to 
Endicott  with  a  "  duplicate  "  charter  un- 
der the  broad  seal,  and  also  the  silver 
seal  of  the  company,  authorized  by  the 
charter,  which  was,  ever  afterwards,  used 
as  the  great  seal  of  the  Colony.  These 
were  conveyed,  by  Mr.  Sharpe,  in  the 
ship  George  Bonaventuie,  which  set  sail 
from  the  Isle  of  Wight,  on  the  4th  of 
May  following;  a  few  days  in  advance  of 
the  other  vessels  of  the  same  fleet. 

'•  "  30.  At  a  general  coui-t  held  at  London,  the 
Governor  and  Company,  "  settle  and  es- 
tablish an  absolute  government  at  our 
plantation  in  the  said  Mattachusetts  Bay 
in  Newe  England.''  This  government 
was  to  "  have  the  sole  managing  and  or- 
dering of  the  government  and  our  affairs 
there ;  "  and  was  to  consist  of  13  persons 


1629  who  should  constitute  a  governor  and 

council  to  be  styled  "The  Governor  and 
Council  of  London's  Plantation  in  the 
Mattachusetts  Bay  in  Newe  England." 
Capt.  John  Endicott  was  chosen  by  the 
company,  the  (first)  "  present  Govenior," 
to  hold  his  office,  with  the  rest,  "  for  the 
space  of  one  whole  year  from  and  after 
the  taking  the  oath,  or  until  such  time  as 
this  court  shall  think  fit  to  make  choice 
of  any  others  to  succeed  in  the  place  or 
places  of  them  or  any  of  them." 

When  Endicott  took  his  oath  is  not 
precisely  known  ;   but  there  can  be  no 
doubt  that  he  was  sworn  and  performed 
the  duties  of  his  office. 
"    Oct.  20.    John  Winthrop  is  chosen   Governor  of 
thecomj)any  in  England,  and  John  Hum- 
fry  is  chosen  Deputy  Governor,  with  a 
view  to  their  speedy  removal,  with  "the 
patent,"  to  New  England;  that  course 
having  been  decided  upon  by  vote,  Aug. 
29,  preceding.    A  new  Council  is   also 
chosen . 
1630,  Mar.  29.    Winthrop  sets  sail  from  Cowes. 
"    Apr.  8.  "  "  "     Isle  of  Wight. 

"    June  6.  "         makes  land. 

"    June  12.  "         comes  to  anchor  inside  of  Ba- 

ker's Island,  Salem.  With  Winthrop 
came  15  ships  and  1500  persons. 
The  foregoing  table  prepares  us  to  repeat  the  question 
to  the  reader,  "  Now,  which  was  the  first  predecessor  of 
the  present  Chief  Magistrate  of  Massachusetts?"  Cra- 
DOCK,  who  was  the  first  Governor  of  the  Company,  but 
who  never  came  to  these  shores ;  Endicott,  who  was 
the  first  "Governor"  of  the  Colony,  but  under  Cra- 
dock,  as  Governor  of  the  Company;  or  Winthrop,  who 
was  neither  first  Governor  of  the  Company,  nor  of  the 
Colony,  but  was  the  flret  who  held  both  of  those  offices 
in  New  England? 

We  take  this  opportunity  to  offer  a  suggestion  which 
may  help  to  explain  the  company's  action  with  respect 
to  the  charter.  Great  importance  was,  at  that  time,  at- 
tached to  the  possession  of  the  parchment  or  paper  wri- 
ting of  any  grant  or  patent ;  as  witness  the  story  of 
the  Charter  Oak,  in  Connecticut,  at  a  later  day,  and 
also  the  history  of  our  own  colonial  charter.  So,  to 
meet  the  adverse  claims  of  Oldharti  and  others,  Endicott 
was  provided,  with  all  possible  dispatch,  with  a  "  dupli- 
cate" patent.  Besides  this,  the  charter  itself  provided 
that  on  the  exhibition  of  the  charter,  or  of  "the  dupli- 
cate or  exemplification  of  the  same,  without  any  other 
writ  or  warrant,"  &c.,  the  King,  the  Treasurer,  Chan- 
cellor and  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  and  all  collectors 
and  farmers  of  customs,  should  forthwith  "make  al- 
lowance and  discharge  all  customs,"  &c.,  to  the  compa- 
ny's agent. 

This  also  accounts  for  Endicott's  causing  the  charter, 
securely  packed  in  a  covered  case,  to  be  carried  before 


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him  "in  his  progresse  to  and  Iroe,"  as  we  read  in  Mor- 
ton's New  English  Canaan,  where  the  author  indulges 
in  much  merriment  over  this  "impostury"  of  the 
"  man  of  Littleworth,"  as  he  styles  Endicott,  who,  by 
this  means,  he  says,  led  some  to  believe  that  he  ''had 
bin  a  fidler,"  and  still  carried  some  instrument  of  mu- 
sic! 

How  soon  Winthrop  after  his  arrival  assumed  the 
reins  of  government,  does  not  distinctly  appear.  It 
may  have  been  at  once,  or  it  may  have  been  alter  Endi- 
cott's  year  expired.  But  this  is  not  a  matter  materially 
affecting  the  question  before  us.  Neither  is  the  question 
of  Conant's  claims  to  the  gubernatorial  office,  which 
have  been  ably  urged,  and,  it  is  believed,  are  still  sup- 
ported by  Mr.  Thornton. 

Whether  Winthrop's  administration  superseded,  or 
meiely  succeeded  Endicott's,  many  things  go  to  show 
that  Endicott's  board  of  government  of  thirteen,  con- 
tinued, as  a  system  of  government,  at  Salem,  and  was 
the  prototype  of  the  boards  of  "selectmen,"  which  now 
form  so  important  a  feature  in  our  town  system.  So 
that  there  may  have  been,  after  Winthrop's  arrival,  two 
governments;  one  at  Salem,  and  the  other  at  Charles- 
town  or  Boston  —  the  latter  exercising  two  jurisdictioiis, 
one  municipal,  in  which  it  was  equal  to  the  government 
at  Salem,  and  the  other  corporate,  in  which  it  managed 
the  company's  affairs,  and  was,  of  course,  imperial,  as 
the  "Oreat  and  General  Court.''  This,  however,  is 
chiefly  conjecture. — Eds. 


A  COPY  OF  THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF 
BIRTHS,  OF  THE  TOWN  OF  ROW- 
LEY, WITH  NOTES. 


COMMDNICATKD    BV    M.    A.    STICKNEY. 


Continued  from  vol.  5,  page  16. 


1718  —  19. 

Rebecca  Smith  the  daughter  of  John  Smith 
and  Ann  borne  October  the  24  day  1714. 

John  Wheeler  son  of  Jethro  and  Hannah 
his  wife  borne  September  the  twelftli  day  in 
ye  year  1710. 

John  Boynton  the  son  of  John  &  Bethiah 
borne  December  22  day  1718. 

Jane  Jewett  the  daughter  of  Nathanell  Jew- 
ett  and  Mary  borne  the  3  day  of  Aprill  1713. 

Johannah  Jewett  the  daughter  of  Nathan- 
ell Jewett  and  Mary  borne  March  7  day  1716. 


Mary  Jewett  the  daughter  of  Nathanell 
and  Mary  Jewett  borne  the  17  day  1718. 

Samuel  Pengry  the  son  of  Job  Pengry 
and  Elizabeth  borne  January  the  2  day 
1718-19. 

Stephen  Dole  the  son  of  Richard  Dole  and 
Elizabeth  borne  February  the  2  day  1718-19. 

Moses  Pickard  the  son  of  Moses  and  Lid- 
ia  borne  January  the  9  day  1718-19. 

Sarah  Kilburn  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Mary  borne  July  the  23  day  1711. 

Elizabeth  Kilburn  borne  November  the  5 
day  1713 

Mary  Kilburne  borne  the  3  of  January 
1716  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary. 

Johannah  Kilburne  the  dpvghter  of  Joseph 
and  Mary  borne  the  7  day  of  December  1717. 

Sarah  Boynton  the  daughter  of  Hilkiah  and 
Priscilla  borne  January  the  first  day  1718-19. 

Mary  Browne  the  daughter  Samuel  Browne 
&  Elizabeth  borne  May  the  15  1718. 

David  Jewett  the  son  of  Stephen  Jewett  & 
Priscilla  borne  the  10  of  June  1714. 

Solomon  Jewett  the  son  of  Stephen  Jewett 
&  Priscilla  borne  September  2  day  1716. 

Rebecca  Jewett  the  daughter  of  Stephen 
Jewett  &  Priscilla  borne  February  1  day 
1718-19. 

Jeddedia  Peirson  the  son  of  Jededia  & 
Sarah  borne  January  the  20  day  1717-18. 

Elizabeth  Gage  the  daughter  of  William 
Grage  and  Mercy  borne  March  the  8  day  1718. 

Ann  Pengre  the  daughter  of  Aron  Pengre 
and  Elizabeth  borne  March  the  7  1719. 

Sarah  Thirstan  the  daughter  of  Daniell  and 
Lidia  Thirstan  borne  May  13  1719. 

Abygall  Lighten  the  daughter  of  Richard 
&  Abygall  borne  October  9  day  1718. 

Martha  Lighten  the  daughter  of  Richard  & 
Abygall  borne  Aprill  4  day  1714. 


85 


Jonathan  Lighten  the  son  of  Richard  and 
Abygall  borne  October  19  1715. 

Mehitabell  Adams  the  daughter  of  John 
and  Sarah  borne  June  21,  1719. 

Elizabeth  Sanders  the  daughter  of  Edward 
Sanders  and  Elizabeth  borne  September  25, 
1719. 

Sarah  Baley  the  daughter  of  Nathaniell 
Baley  and  Sarah  borne  November  18,  1719. 

Benjamin  Plumer  the  son  of  Benjamin 
Plumer  and  Jane  borne  October  20,  1717. 

Lidia  Scott  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  Scott 
&  Sarah  borne  December  4,  1719. 

Joseph  Kilburne  the  son  of  Joseph  Kih 
burne  &  Mary  borne  2  day  of  July  1719. 

David  Palmer  the  son  of  Thomas  Pallmer 
and  Sarah  borne  July  16,  1717. 

Mary  Pallmer  the  daughter  of  Thomas 
Palmer  and  Sarah  borne  February  15,  1719. 

Isaac  Kilburne  the  son  of  Isaac  &  Dorcas 
borne  15  day  of  October  1717. 

Ruth  Scott  the  dauter  of  Samuel  Scott  and 
Elizabeth  boine  27  of  October  1719. 

Rebeca  Hopkinson  the  daughter  of  Jerimi- 
ah  &  Elizabeth  borne  26  of  January  1713. 

Mercy  Hopkinson  the  daughter  of  Jerimi- 
ah  Hopkinson  and  Elizabeth  borne  26  of  May 
1718. 

Thomas  Lambert  Recorder. 

Marah  Prime  daughter  of  Mark  Prime  and 
Jane  his  wife  borne  August  the  tenth  1719. 

Jonathan  Plats  son  of  Moses  Platts  &  Han- 
nah his  wife  borne  November  the  tenth  day 
1719. 

Richard  Tenny  son  of  Daniel  Tenny  and 
Piiscilla  his  wife  borne  March  ye  twenty-eight 
1716. 

Bethiah  Tenney  daughter  of  Daniel  Ten- 
ney  and  Prissila  his  wife  borne  March  twen- 
ty-second day  1718. 


Sarah  Tenney  daughter  of  Daniel  Tenney 
and  Prissila  his  wife  borne  September  the 
eighteenth  day  1720. 

Hannah  Palmer  daughter  of  John  Palmer 
and  Mary  his  wife  borne  December  the  thir- 
tyeth  day  1719. 

Daniell  Person  son  of  Jediah  Perrson  and 
Sarah  his  wife  borne  October  ye  ninth  day 
1719. 

Beniamin  Sawyer  son  of  Ezekiel  &  Han- 
nah his  wife  borne  June  the  twenty-ninth  day 
1720. 

Amos  Jewett  son  of  Aqule  and  Anne  his 
wife  borne  July  ye   twenty-second  day  1719. 

Mary  Perrson  daughter  of  Stephen  Perrson 
and  Hannah  his  wife  borne  May  ye  3,  1720. 

Elizabeth  Bennet  daughter  of  John  Ben- 
nett and  Mary  his  wife  borne  May  ye  twenty- 
ninth  1720. 

Samuel  Wood  son  of  Thomas  Wood  &  Sa- 
rah his  wife  borne  February  ye  fifth  day  1720. 

Huldah  Bridges  daughter  of  John  Bridges 
and  Huldah  his  wife  borne  July  ye  sixt  day 
1720. 

Johannah  Lull  daughter  of  Beniamin  Lull 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife  borne  August  ye  twen- 
ty-sixt  day  1720. 

Hannah  Mighil  daughter  of  Nathanel  Mig- 
hil  and  Prisiliah  his  wife  borne  January  the 
third  day  1719-20. 

Stephen  Palmer  son  of  Francis  Palmer  and 
Sarah  bis  wife  borne  September  the  ninth 
day  1720. 

Moses  Pengre  son  of  Job  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife  borne  November  the  seventh  day  1720. 

Josiah  Brown  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 
born  May  ye  third  1720. 

Abiall  Sadler  son  of  John  &  Sarah  his 
wife  born  December  ye  20,  1720. 

Mary  Burpe  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Re- 
bekah  his  wife  borne  March  ye  19,  1716-17. 


86 


Joseph  Burpe  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Re- 
bekah  his  wife  born  July  ye  25,  1719. 

Nathanael  Jewctt  son  of  Nathanael  &  Ma- 
ry his  wife  born  December  ye  22,  1720. 

Johannah  Pickard  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Johanah  his  wife  born  Jenewary  the  six- 
teenth day  1720-21. 

Kbenezer  Kilburn  son  of  Joseph  and  Ma- 
ry his  wife  born    Febewary  ye  11th   1720-21 

Abigael  Nelson  daughter  of  Gershom  and 
Abigael  born  May  ye  20tlj  1720. 

Elizabeth  Jewett  the  daughter  of  Daniel 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife  born  June  ye  eight- 
eenth day  171G. 

Mehetabel  Jewett  the  daughter  of  Daniel 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife  born  July  ye  seven- 
teenth day  1710. 

David  Jewett  the  .son  of  Daniel  and  Eiiza- 
betii  his  wife  born  October  the  tweiitee  day 
1720. 

John  Dutey  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Ruth 
his  wife  born  November  ye  seventeenth  day 
1720. 

Ruth  Chute  daughter  of  James  &  Mary 
his  wife  born  August  ye  27th  day  1720. 

Jeremiah  Elsworth  son  of  Jeremiah  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  December  ye  30  day 
1719. 

Daniell  Barker  son  of  James  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  May  ye  fourth  day  1718. 

Jonathan  Barker  son  of  James  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  May  ye  sixteenth  day  1720. 

Abel  SpaflTord  son  of  Jonathan  &  Jemimah 
born  November  ye  fourteenth  day  1719. 

Joseph  Spafford  son  of  Jonathan  and  Jemi- 
mah born  July  ye  thirtyeth  day  1720. 

Joseph  Barker  son  of  Jacob  and  Margrit 
borne  April  ye  eleventh  day  1717. 

Nathaniel  Barker  son  of  Jacob  &  Margrit 
born  February  ye  eight  day  1719-20. 


Mary  Barker  daughter  of  Jacob  &  Margrit 
born  Jenewary  ye  twenty  fifth  day  1721. 

David  Adams  son  of  Isaac  and  Hannah  his 
wife  born  June  ye  fifteenth  day  of  June  1720. 

John  Adams  son  of  John  &  Sarah  his  wife 
born  April  ye  twelfth  day  1721. 

Thomas  Plummer  son  of  Thomas  &  Ruth 
his  wife  born  Feberwary  the  eighteenth  day 
1719-20. 

Sarah  Stickney  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Susanna  his  wife  born  March  ye  31st  day 
1719. 

Lydia  Stickney  daughter  of  Samuel  &  Su- 
sanna his  wife  born  May  the  twenty  seventh 
day  1721. 

Samuel  Tenne  son  of  Sapiuel  &  Sarah  his 
wife  born  August  the  seventeenth  day  1719. 

Thomas  Tenne  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  July  the  seventh  day  1721. 

Thomas  Burke  son  of  Thomas  &  Mary  his 
wife  born  November  the  twenty  fifth  day  1719. 

Stephen  Burke  son  of  Thomas  &  Mary  his 
wife  born  August  the  .second  day  1721. 

Luci  Lambert  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sar- 
ah his  wife  born  September  the  twenty  sixth 
day  1721. 

David  Pickard  son  of  Moses  and  Lidia  his 
wife  born  November  ye  eleventh  day  1721. 

Calib  Jewett  son  of  Nehemiah  and  Priscil- 
la  his  wife  born  November  sixteenth  day  1721. 

Daniel  Tenne  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Pris- 
eilla  his  wife  born  May  ye  twenty  second  day 
1721. 

Nathaniel  Burpe  the  son  of  Jeremiah  and 
Rebekah  his  wife  born  February  the  seventh 
day  1721-2. 

Ruth  Plumer  the  daughter  of  Thomas  & 
Ruth  his  wife  born  February  the  fifth  1721-2. 

Sarah  Northend  the  daughter  of  John  and 
Bethiah  his  wife  born  November  the  twenty 
fourth  day  1721. 


87 


Jane  Pifbary  daughter  of  Amos  and  Elise- 
beth  his  wife  born  February  the  seventh  day 
1721-2. 

Ruth  Brocklebank  daughter  of  John  and 
Ruth  his  wife  born  March  the  first  day  1721-2. 

Mary  Boynton  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Margrit  his  wife  born  August  the  twenty  first 
day  1720. 

Daniel  Chute  son  of  James  and  Mary  his 
wife  born  May  the  sixth  day  1722. 

Sarah  Dutey  daughter  of  Samuel  &  Ruth 
his  wife  born  Febewary  ye  eleventh  day  1721- 
2. 

Jane  Pengre  daughter  of  Job  and  Elisebeth 
his  wife  born  October  ye  fifth  1722. 

Hannah  Woodbury  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Hannah  his  wife  born  October  the  eight- 
een day  1722. 

Sarah  Payson  daughter  of  Mr.  Samuel  & 
Mrs  Mary  his  wife  born  November  the  nine- 
teenth day  1722. 

Abigail  Addams  the  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Hannah  his  wife  born  June  the  twenty- 
eight  day  1722. 

Francis  Nellson  son  of  Samuel  &  Anne 
his  wife  born  September  the  first  day  in  the 
year  1722. 

Elizabeth  Jewett  daughter  of  Stephen  and 
Prisiliah  his  wife  born  June  the  seventeenth 
day  1721. 

Mary  Addams  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
his  Wife  born  February  the  eleventh  day 
1722-3. 

Daniel  Hale  son  of  Daniel  and  Judith  his 
wife  born    Febury  the  fifteenth  day  1722-3. 

Aron  Clarke  son  of  Jonathan  &  Jane  his 
wife  born  Febuary  the  twenty-fifth  1722-3. 

Jeremiah  Jewett  son  of  Aqurla  and  Ann 
his  wife  born  Febuary  ye  twenty-eight  day 
1722-3. 

Daniel  Stickney  son  of  Amos  and  Hepzi- 


bah  his  wife  born  November  ye  twenty-second 
day  1722. 

John  Plummer  son  of  John  and  Rebakah 
his  wife  born  December  ye  twenty-fifth  day 
1723. 

Ann  Jewett  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife  born  July  the  nineteenth  day 
1723. 

John  Carpenter  son  of  Edward  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife  born  May  the  nineteenth  day 
1719. 

Hannah  Carpenter  daughter  of  Edward 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife  born  May  the  eigh- 
teenth day  1721. 

Hepzibah  Burpee  daughter  of  Ebenezer 
and  Meriara  his  wife  born  October  the  third 
day  1722. 

Elizabeth  Pickard  daughter  of  Moses  and 
Lidia  his  wife  born  October  ye  twenty-fifth 
day  1723. 

Sarah  Pickard  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Johannah  his  wife  born  May  ye  eighteen  day 
1723. 

Mary  Jewett  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
his  wife  born  July  ye  eleventh  day  in  ye 
year  1723. 

Thomas  Sanders  son  of  Edward  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife  born  November  ye  second  day 
in  year  1721. 

Jane  Sanders  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  June  the  twenty-fourth 
day  in  ye  year  1723. 

Moses  Sticknee  son  of  Samuel  and  Susanah 
his  wife  born  September  the  eight  day  in  the 
year  1723. 

John  Thistain  son  of  Jonathan  and  Lidia 
his  wife  born  August  the  ninteenth  day  in  ye 
year  1723. 

Faith  Jewett  daughter  of  Nathanael  &  Mary 
his  wife  born  Apriell  the  seventeenth  day  in 
ye  year  1723. 


Jonathan  Wood  son  of  Thomas  &  Sarah 
his  wife  born  the  fifth  day  of  June  in  ye  year 
1723. 

Mary  Burpe  daughter  of  Thomas  &  Mary 
his  wife  born  October  the  fourteenth  day  in 
ye  year  1723. 

Moses  Spafford  son  of  Francis  and  Prissila 
hie  wife  born  Folieuary  ye  ninteentb  day  in 
ye  year  1722-3. 

Sarah  Perrson  daughter  of  Jedediah  and 
Sarah  his  wife  born  Jenewary  ye  twenty-first 
day  1721-2. 

Stephen  Plummer  son  of  Thomas  Plumraer 
and  Ruth  his  wife  born  May  the  twenty  ninth 
day  1724. 

Sajah  Perrson  daughter  of  Stephen  Perr- 
son and  Hannah  his  wife  born  June  the  seven- 
teenth 1724. 

David  Brockelbank  son  of  John  &  Ruth 
his  wife  born  March  the  fourth  day  1724 . 

Luci  Hidden  ye  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  Apriel  ye  first  day 
1722. 

Mehitable  Hob-son  daughter  of  Humphrey 
and  Mehitable  his  wife  born  Febuary  the 
twenty-fourth  1721-2. 

Thomas  Mighill  son  of  Nathanael  and  Pris- 
illahis  wife  born  Apriel  the  second  day  1722 

Jeremiah  Mighill  son  of  Nathanael  &  Pris- 
cilla  his  wife  born  June  ye  eight  dayl724. 

Job  Pengre  son  of  Job  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife  born  June  ye  second  day  1724. 

Elizabeth  Payson  daughter  of  Eliot  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  March  ye  twenty  third  day 
17234. 

Elizabeth  Woodbary  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife  born  December  ye  6 
day  1721. 

Richard  Woodbary  son  of  Richard  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife  born  August  the  eleventh  day 
1724. 


Jacob  Smith  son  of  Beniamin  and  Martha 
his  wife  born  September  ye  fifteenth  day  1720. 

Joseph  Smith  son  of  Beniamin  and  Martha 
his  wife  born  October  the  twenty  eight  day 
1724. 

Abigael  Hereman  daughter  of  Nathaniel  & 
Mahetibael  his  wife  born  October  the  eight 
day  1721. 

Nathanael  Hereman  son  of  Nathanael  and 
Mehitible  his  wife  born  March  the  twenty  sec- 
ond day  1722-3. 

Jane  Perrson  the  daughter  of  David  and 
Jane  his  wife  born  May  the  thirtycth  day 
1724. 

Mary  Addams  the  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  October  the  twelft  day 
1724. 

Stephen  Wheler  the  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Anne  his  wife  born  December  the  twenty 
fifth  day  1716. 

Abner  Wheeler  the  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Anne  his  wife  born  Jenuary  the  seventh  day 
1719. 

Jonathan  Wheeler  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Anne  his  wife  born  June  the  eleventh  day 
1724. 

John  Russel  son  of  Joseph  and  Mchetable 
his  wife  born  October  ye  twenty  first  day 
1724. 

Sarah  Pengre  daughter  of  Aron  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife  bom  April  ye  first  day  1721. 

Lidia  Jewctt  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Jemiraah  his  wife  born  Febewary  the  eigh- 
teenth 1723-4. 

John  Pilsbary  ye  son  of  Amos  and  Eliza- 
beth his  wife  born  November  the  seventeenth 
1723. 

Jeremiah  Hopkinson  son  of  Jeremiah  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  August  the  ninth 
day  1722. 


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Beniamin  Addams  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
his  wife  borne  December  ye  eight  day  1724. 

Ebinezer  Hale  son  of  Daniel  and  Judith 
his  wife  born  March  ye  second  day  1724-5. 

Jonathan  Elsworth  son  of  Jeremiah  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  January  13  day  1722. 

Nathaniel  Ellsworth  son  of  Jeremiah  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  April  ye  sixteenth  day 
1724. 

Joseph  Brown  son  of  Joseph  and  Abigael 
his  wife  born  May  ye  twenty  seventh  day 
1724. 

George  Hibbert  son  of  George  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  March  the  twenteth  day  1722- 
3. 

Sarah  Plummer  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Abigail  his  wife  born  f  eberary  ye  fourth  day 
1724-5. 

Stephen  Burpee  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
his  wife  bom  March  the  seventeenth  day 
1724-5. 

Samuel  Brocklebank  son  of  Francis  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  October  the  ninteenth 
day  1724. 

Sarah  Scott  daughter  of  Beniamin  and 
Sarah  his  wife  born  September  ye  twenteth 
day  1722. 

James  Chute  son  of  James  and  Mary  his 
wife  born  May  the  twelft  day  1725. 

Thomas  Dickinson  son  of  Thomas  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife,  bom  May  ye  twenty  fifth  day 
1724. 

Hannah  Dickinson  ye  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife  bora  September  the 
eighteenth  day  1725. 

Jonathan  Plummer  the  son  of  John  and 
Rebekah  his  wife  born  Apriel  the  thirteenth 
day  1724. 

Jane  Piekard  ye  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Johannah  his  wife  borne  Apriel  the  twenty- 
ninth  day  1725. 

VOL.   V.  (14) 


Amos  Dole  the  son  of  Richard  and  Eliza- 
beth his  wife  born  July  ye  twenty-eight  day 
1725. 

Hannah  Lull  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  July  the  twenty-eight 
day  1721. 

Thomas  Lull  son  of  Thomas  and  Hannah 
his  wife  born  May  the  fifth  day  1725. 

Ruth  Todd  ye  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth 
his  wife  born  Pebewary  the  eight  day  1720. 

Daniel  Todd  the  son  of  John  and  Ruth  his 
wife  born  Janewary  the  twelft  day  1722. 

Mary  Todd  ye  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth 
his  wife  born  September  ye  fifth  day  1 723. 

Elizabeth  Todd  ye  daughter  of  John  & 
Ruth  his  wife  born  July  ye  elevanth  day 
1725. 

Jeremiah  Burpee  son  of  Ebinezer  and  Mir- 
iam his  wife  born  September  the  tenth  day 
1724. 

Hannah  Tenne  the  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  his  wife  born  January  ye  seventh  day 
1725-6. 

Mary  Stewart  the  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  October  ye  twenty 
sixth  day  1715. 

Charles  Stewart  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife  born  May  ye  thirty-first  day 
1718. 

Jane  Stewart  ye  daughter  of  Ebenezer  & 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  August  ye  seventh 
day  1720. 

Nathanael  Tenne  son  of  Daniel  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife  born  January  the  twenty  ninth 
day  Anno  Dom.  1723-4. 

Sarah  Thirstain  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Lidia  his  wife  born  May  the  twenty-sixth  day 
1725. 

Francis  Piekard  son  of  Francis  and  Ednah 
his  wife  born  Febewary  ye  sixth  day  1724-5. 


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Elizabeth  Sawyer  daughter  of  John  &  Ma- 
ry his  wife  born  Janewary  eight  day  1718. 

John  Sawyer  son  of  John  and  Mary  his 
wife  born  September  ye  twenty-eight  day 
1722. 

Elizabeth  Palmer  daughter  of  Francis  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  March  the  thirty-6rst 
day  1726. 

John  Pengre  son  of  Job  &  Elizabeth  his 
wife  born  Febuary  ye  twenty-fifth  day  1725-t). 

Sarah  Jewett  daughter  of  Maxemilian  & 
Sarah  his  wife  born  June  ye  eight  day  1707. 

Faith  Jewett  daughter  of  Maximilian  & 
Sarah  his  wife  born  Aprill  ye  thirteth  day 
1710. 

Hepzibah  Jewett  ye  daughter  of  Maxemil- 
ian and  Sarah  his  wife  born  November  ye 
second  day  1712. 

Anne  Jewett  daughter  of  Maxemilian  & 
Sarah  hi.s  wife  born  July  ye  seventeenth  day 
1715 

Jeremiah  Jewett  son  of  Maxemilian  &  Sa- 
rah his  wife  born  September  ye  eleventh  day 
1720. 

Assa  Spaford  son  of  Fiancis  and  Prisiliah 
born  August  the  fourth  day  1725. 

Jonathan  Bayley  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife  born  July  the  twenty-eight  day  1724. 

Elizabeth  Bayley  ye  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  August  the  fifteenth 
day  1725. 

Elizabeth  Brocklebank  ye  daughter  of  Fran- 
cis and  Mary  his  wife  born  July  ye  28th  day 
172G. 

William  Stickney  ye  son  of  Samuel  and 
Susannah  his  wife  born  August  ye  27th  1726. 

Abigail  Plummer  ye  daughter  of  Daniel 
&  Abigael  his  wife  born  March  ye  thirty-first 
day  1726. 

Molle  Perrson   ye  daughter  of  David  and 


Jane  his  wife  born  July  the  twenty-sixth  day 
1726. 

OUiver  Boynton  ye  son  of  David  and  Love 
his  wife  born  August  ye  sixteenth  day  1726. 

Elizebeth  Mighill  daughter  of  Nathanael 
&  Prisilla  born  September  29th  1726. 

Hannah  Bayley  the  daugliter  of  John  & 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  January  ye  first  day 
1726-7. 

Jane  Northend  the  daughter  of  John  & 
Bethiah  his  wife  born  Apriel  the  thirteenth 
day  1724. 

John  Pickard  son  of  Moses  and  Lydia  his 
wife  born  July  the  eleventh  day  1726. 

Isaac  Burpee  son  of  Jonathan  &  Hannah 
his  wife  born  July  the  tf>(ith  day  Anno  Dom- 
ini 1715. 

Samuel  Northend  son  of  John  and  Bethiah 
his  wife  born  March  ye  eleventh  day  1726-7. 

Joseph  &  Benjamin  Woodbury  sons  of 
Richard  &  Elizabeth  his  wife  bom  June  the 
twenty-fifth  day  1725. 

Susanah  Hobson  daughter  of  Moses.  & 
Lidia  his  wife  born  January  ye  sixteenth  day 
in  ye  year  1726-7. 

Samuel  Plummer  son  of  Thomas  &  Ruth 
his  wife  born  June  the  sixt  day  in  the  year 
1726. 

Elizabeth  Dickinson  daughter  of  John  & 
Susanah  his  wife  born  November  ye  twenty- 
sixt  day  1723. 

Sarah  Dickinson  daughter  of  John  and 
Susanah  his  wife  born  May  ye  thirty-first  day 
1726. 

John  Stickney  son  of  John  and  Annah  his 
wife  born  March  ye  twenty-first  day  in  ye 
year  1725-6. 

Joseph  Briges  son  of  John  &  Hulday  his 
wife  born  Apriel  ye  eight  day  in  ye  year  1726. 

Jane  Sanders   daughter   of  Edward  and 


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Elizabeth  his  wife  born  June  ye  twenty-second 
day  1723. 

Joseph  Sanders  son  of  Edward  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife  born  May  the  second  day  1725. 

Mary  Sanders  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  March  ye  twenteth 
day  in  ye  year  1726-7. 

Stephen  Perrson  son  of  Stephen  &  Han- 
nah his  wife  born  October  the  twenty-fifth 
day  in  ye  year  1726. 

Mary  Smith  daughter  of  Benjamin  &  Mar- 
tha his  wife  bom  March  yc  thirteenth  day 
1726-7. 

Elizabeth  Bayley  ye  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Sarah  his  wife  born  December  ye  twenty- 
seventh  1725. 

Nathanael  Bayley  the  son  of  Joseph  & 
Sarah  his  wife  born  March  ye  seventeenth 
day  1726-7. 

Enoch  Heriman  son  of  John  &  Jane  his 
wife  born  May  the  eighteenth  day  1727. 

Sarah  Palmer  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
his  wife  born  Febereuary  ye  seventh  day  1721- 
2. 

Sarah  Palmer  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
his  wife  born  Apriel  ye  seventeenth  day  1724. 

Mehetable  Palmer  daughter  of — and  Ma- 
i"y  his  wife  born  March  ye  eighteenth  day 
1726-7. 

Hannah  Addams  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  his  wife  born  August  ye  eleventh  day 
1727. 

Samuel  Thirstian  son  of  Jonathan  &  Lidia 
his  wife  born  June  ye  seventh  day  1727. 

Ester  Burpee  daughter  of  Thomas  &  Mary 
his  wife  born  August  the  twenty-second  day 
1726. 

Anne  Creecy  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  January  ye  thirteenth  day  1726- 
7. 

Mary   Jewett   daughter  of  Benjamin  and 


Dority  his  wife  born  November  ye  twenty- 
fourth  day  1726. 

Prisila  Jewett  daughter  of  Stephen  &  Ly- 
dia  his  wife  born  June  ye  thirtieth  day  in  ye 
year  1727. 

Ebenezer  Rusell  son  of  Joseph  and  Mehet- 
able his  wife  born  January  ye  third  day  in 
ye  year  1727-8. 

Sarah  Burpee  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and 
Meriam  is  wife  born  July  ye  tenth  day  1726. 

Samuel  Deute  son  of  Samuel  and  Ruth 
his  wife  born  May  ye  twenty eth  day  in  ye 
year  1726. 

Hannah  Creecy  daughter  of  Abell  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  Febeuary  ye  seven- 
teenth day  1727-8. 

Bridgit  Boynton  daughter  of  Joseph  & 
Bridgit  born  January  ye  twenty-ninth  day 
1702. 

Abiel  Boynton  son  of  Joseph  &  Bridgit 
born  May  the  fifteenth  day  1705. 

Ephraem  Boynton  son  of  Joseph  and  Brid- 
git born  July  the  sixteenth  day  1707. 

Zaccheus  Boynton  son  of  Joseph  and 
Bridgit  born  Aprill  the  third  day  1710. 

Ednah  Boynton  daughter  of  Joseph  and 

Bridgit  born  September  the   twenty-.sixth  day 

1712. 

(To  be  Con  tinned.) 


ABSTRACTS  FROM  WILLS,  INVEN- 
TORIES, &c.,  ON  FILE  IN  THE 
OFFICE  OF  CLERK  OF  COURTS, 
SALEM,  MASS. 


COPIED    BY    lEA   J.    PATCH. 


Continued  from  Vol.  V,  Page  108. 


Eliz  Carr^mo  1691. 
Will  of  Elizabeth  Carr  of  Salisbury  dated 
18th  Mch  1683-4,  mentions  sons  George  Carr 
and  William  Carr,   daughters  Mary  Bayley 


92 


Sarah  Baker  and  Anna  Putnam,  grand-  -hild 
James  Woodmansye,  sons  John  Carr,  Rich- 
ard Oarr  and  James  Carr,  and  appoints  son 
James  Carr  cxor.  witnesses  William  Bus- 
well,  James  Allin  and  Richard  Long,  pro- 
bate June  30,  1691.  died  6th  May  '91  or 
thereabouts.  Inventory  of  above  estate 
taken  June  1691,  by  Henry  hornne  .Ir  and 
William  Buswell,  amounting  to  £04  3s. 
returned  by  James  Carr  ex'or,  June  ;iO,  1 69 1 . 

Joseph  Elkins.  -imo  1691. 
Inventory  of  estate  of  Joseph  Klkins  of 
Salem,  taken  by  Jeremiah  Neal  who  return- 
ed "To  the  waiges  that  was  due  upon  the 
Expedition  to  Canady  £2  13s  lOd  '  an  ac- 
count of  charges  also  for  what  he  had  paid 
out  amounting  to  £2  5s  leaving  8s  lOd  in 
his  hand,     allowed  June  30,  1691. 

John  Roby  4:mo  169 1 . 
Inventory  of  estate  of  John  Roby  of  Hav- 
erhill "  slain  by  ye  hand  of  ye  Eniraie  June 
ye  22"  and  taken  the  23  of  June  1691,  by 
Samuel  Mercer  and  Joseph  Kingsbery 
amounting  to  £302  4s.  returned  by  Thom- 
as Roby  of  Hampton,  brother  of  deceased 
who  is  appointed  adm'r  June  30,  1691. 

Hich'd  Hubbard,  Sept.  169  1 . 
This  Present  Writeing  declareth  iV  Wit- 
nesseth,  that  Whereas  Mr  Richard  Hubbard 
Gent,  formerly  of  Ipswich  Deceased  Intestate, 
not  Leaving  a  Will  for  ye  settlement  and 
disposall  of  his  Estate,  amongst  his  posterity 
which  he  then  left,  which  was  a  Widow, 
with  five  Small  Children ;  and  ye  honored 
County  Court  of  Essex  at  Salem  in  anno 
1684.  Took  Care  for  ye  Relict,  &  also  ye 
Children,  in  Refi^rance  as  to  them,  consid- 
erring  their  Severall  Capacityes,  and  for 
That  End  appoynted  a  Comittee  to  assign  to 
the   Gentlewoman,    Such  part  as  was  then 


thought  Sutable  for  her  Dowrye,  as  also  to 
Order  or  make  k  sett  apart  such  Severall 
parts  for  ye  Children  as  might  be  an  Equall 
distribution.  Viz ;  to  ye  Gentlewoman,  a  Ten- 
araent  Which  was  part  of  ye  Estate  which 
is  called,  (^olborns  farme,  &  also  Ten  acres 
of  Land  on  ye  south  side  of  ye  brook  or  riv- 
er, which  pertained  to  ye  said  farme  ye 
which  was  accout'ed  for  her  full  dower,  ye 
Eldest  Son  a  double  portion  of  ye  remainder, 
&  ye  other  children  single  shares.  Equally, 
all  which  Estate  to  remain  in  their  mothers 
hands  until  they  came  of  age  or  Capacity  to 
receive  tS:  Improve  their  parts,  Leaving  Such 
proviso  ill  Case  of  ye  Death  of  any,  yt  their 
shares  should  Goe  to  ye  rest  as  according  to 
such  proportion,  and  by  reason  of  Severall 
diversions  or  Overtures  in  ye  world,  ye  Time 
was  Lapsed,  until  such  time  as  one  was  dead, 
&  one  of  ye  children  which  is  a  daughter  is 
married  to  Mr  John  Gotten,  which  was  some 
Considerable  Time  before  now,  yet  no  dis- 
tribution was  made ;  Whereupon  at  ye  Court 
held  at  Ipswich  april  ye  22nd  1691,  by  ad- 
journment, The  three  Sons,  viz;  Richard 
Nathaniel  &  Jthn,  appeared  &  Chose  their 
Severall  Guardians,  &  ye  Court  approved  of 
their  Choice,  viz ;  Richard  chose  his  unc'e, 
Mr  William  Hubbard;  Nath'l  chose  Capt 
Daniel  Epps,  &  John  chose  Capt  Tho's  W^ade. 
at  which  time  Mr  Jno  Gotten  in  ye  behalfe 
of  himselfe  &  ye  rest  of  ye  children.  Did 
move  for  a  division  of  ye  Estate,  ye  Court 
ordered  yt  ye  Gentlemen  formerly  appoynted 
by  ye  Court,  with  those  which  ye  Sons  have 
chose  Guardians,  appyont  according  to  ye 
true  Intent  of  ye  Court  in  ye  matter,  as  near 
&  as  Justly  as  they  can,  In  persueance  of 
which  Order  ye  aforesaid  Committee  with 
ye  Guardians  &  Mr  Cotton  Convened  on 
ye  7th  of  this  Instant  was  upon  ye  place,  tfe 


93 


veiwed  ye  Lands,  buildings,  &  priveledges 
considered,  have  agreed  &  as  the3'  think  it 
Just  and  Equall,  have  determined  &  settled 
as  each  ones  Fquall  share.  Viz;  To  Rich- 
ard je  Eldest  Son  of  all  ye  houseing  &  Lands 
on  ye  Northerly  side  ye  County  rode,  to  ye 
Pond  &  adjoyning  to  ye  pond  pertaining  to 
ye  estate,  not  disposed  before  ye  Orchard  &c., 
&  thirtie  acres  of  Land  on  ye  southerly  side 
of  ye  Country  rode,  in  ye  feild  or  plaine 
next  to  &  adjoyneing  to  ye  Land  of  Abra- 
ham Tillton,  as  also  ye  one  halfe  of  ye  raedow 
bordering  upon  ye  brook  upon  ye  skirt  of  ye 
Plains  shall  be  and  rem'aine  for  ye  said  Richard, 
his  heirs  &  assigns,  to  be  possessed  of  when 
he  attaineth  to  age,  according  to  Law,  &  is 
hereby  accounted  his  full  Double  portion. 

2d.  To  Mr  John  Cotten  In  behalfe  of  his 
wife  for  her  part  or  portion,  have  allotted  & 
Settled  all  that  remaining  part  of  fifti  foure 
acres  &  a  quarter,  &  which  is  on  the  South- 
erly side  of  ye  brook  or  river,  being  upland 
&  Swampie  Land,  bordering  eastwardly  upon 
ye  Towne  Comon,  and  Southwardly  partly  by 
Barnard  Thome  &  partly  by  Alexsauder 
Thomson  Land,  &  southwestwardly  &  west- 
wardly  &  on  Land  of  Nath'l  Browne.  Bar- 
nard Thorne,  or  ye  Ten  acres  of  Land  to  be 
laid  out  to  ye  G-entlewoman  as  her  remain- 
ing part  of  Dower  So  there  will  remaine  & 
be  for  ye  said  Mr  Cotten  his  heirs  &  assigns, 
by  Estimation  about  forty  &  four  acres  &  a 
quarter  &  Some  Small  od  measure,  which  is 
&  shall  be,  accounted  his  full  part  of  ye  Es- 
tate, &  portion  of  ye  Lands  Left  as  a  Single 
Share,  Equall  to  ye  rest,  only  by  agreement 
reserveing  for  those  yt  dwell  on  ye  rest  of  ye 
farme  on  ye  Northerly  side  ye  brook  or  river, 
free  liberty  Cross  ye  one  corner  of  ye  said 
Land  over  ye  brook  &  causey  to  ye  comon, 
for  Wood  &  Timber,  or  as  ocation  shall  be 


continually  from  time  to  time  without  moles- 
tation,   which  is   about  eight  or  ten   rods, 
I  from  ye  brook  to  ye  Comon,  provided  They 
j  which  Improve  as   above  said,    bear  their 
'  proportionable  part,  towards  the  mentaineing 
of  a  gate  or  barrs  to  be  kept  good,  &  Sub- 
stantial!, from  time  to  time  safe  for  an  Out- 
lett. 

And  as  for  the  other  two  children,  Viz, 
Nathl.  and  John  for  there  Each  Single  Share, 
have  allotted  as  Just  and  Equall,  all  ye  re- 
maining part  of  ye  plaine  and  meadow,  on  ye 
Southerly  Side  ye  Country  rode,  which  will 
remaine  after  ye  Said  Richard  hath  had  his 
meadow  and  his  Thirtie  acre  Land  Seperated 
from  ye  rest.  Then  that  which  remaines 
both  Upland  and  meadow  to  be  Equally  divi- 
ded both  for  Quantity  and  Quallity,  Each 
having  a  part  like  front  upon  ye  high  way, 
Shall  be  and  remaine  in  their  mothers  hands 
till  the  Children  or  some  of  them  come  of 
age,  then  to  be  divided  &  is  accounted,  Just 
&  Equall,  in  confirmation  whereof  ye  parties 
concerned,  both  Comitte  &  Guardians  &  oth^ 
ers  concerned  have  Sett  to  their  hands  this 
sixteenth  day  of  July  1691,  respectively. 

We  ye  Subscribers  beiug  William  Hubbard  as  guard- 
ye  former  Comitte  appoynt-  ian  to  Richard  Eldest  Son 
ed  by  ye  Court,  set  to  our  to  ye  deceased  Mr.  Richard 
hands,  with  Consent,  to  ye' Hubbard.       Daniel     Epps 

above  written,  '        '"■ —    —-■^~    '"-■^' ' 

John  Ajppleton 
Daniel  Epps 
7m  25, 1691  Simon  Stacy 

Mr.  John  Cotton  junr.  of 
Plymouth,  acknowledged 
what  is  Contained  in  this 
half  sheet  to  be  his  Act  and 
Deed  so  far  as  it  concerns 
him  in  sight  of  Sarah  his 
wife. 

Before  us 

Sim  Bradstreet  G  ovr 

Sam  Sewall  Assist. 

Sarah  Howell  imo  1691. 

Petition  of  Sarah  Rowell  widow  of  Phillip 

Rowell  in  reference  to  the  estate  of  Richard 

Currier  once  of  Amesbury  and  Johannah  his 

wife,  deceased  about  four  years  since,   who 


Guardian  unto  Nathaniel 
Second  Son  of  ye  deceased 
Mr.  Richard  Hubbard. 
Thomas  Wade  Guardian  un- 
to John  ye  voungest  son  of 
ye  deceased  Mr  Richard 
Hubbard,  &  in  his  S.  Jno. 
behalfe.  John  Cotton  Con- 
cerned consents  to  ye  above 
premisess.  As  Witness  my 
hand,  John  Cotton  Jr.  of 
Plymouth. 


94 


died  in  Oct.  last ;  also  widow  Hannah  foot 
only  daughter  of  said  Currier  dat^d  Ames- 
bury  20  4mo  1691. 

NatM.  Bradstreet  7  mo  1791. 
Inventory  of  estate  of  Nathaniel  Bradstreet 
late  of  Kowley,  who  died  on  the  voyage  to 
Cannada  taken  28  Sept.  1691,  by  Samuel 
Platts  and  James  Bagley  amounting  to  £11 
4s  8d  with  a  legacy  from  his  father  Capt. 
Moses  Bradstreet  £100,  returned  9  ber  3 
1691  by  Priscilla  his  widow  and  Moses 
Bradstreet  his  brother,  who  were  appointed 
admrs.  Apr  21  1691. 

John  Ayre  7  mo  1691. 
Inventory  of  estate  of  John  Ayrcs  of  Ip- 
swich cordwinder  who  died  in  the  Canada 
voyage  23  November  1690  taken  6th 
October  1691  by  Thomas  Knowlton  Sr. 
and  John  Knowlton  Jr.  amounting  to  £23 
Os  1  Id  debts  due  from  the  estate  £7  Ss  3d; 
returned  9  ber  3  1691  by  Joseph  Ayre  broth- 
er of  deceased  who  was  appointed  admr  22 
April  1()91. 

William  Ballard  7  *»o  1691. 

Inventory  of  Estate  of  William  Ballard  of 
Andover  taken  23  October  1689  by  Thomas 
Chandler  and  John  Abbott  amounting  to 
£206  8s  6d  returned  September  29  1691  by 
Joseph  Ballard  son  of  the  deceased  who  is  ap- 
pointed exor. 

Agreement  of  heirs  of  William  Ballard  of 
Andover  dated  23d  of  October  1687.  Sworn 
to  in  Court  Sept  28  1691,  and  signed  by 
William  Blunt,  Henry  Holt,  Samuel  Butter- 
field,  Joseph  Butterfield,  John  Spalden,  Abe- 
gell  Ballard,  Joseph  Ballard,  William  Bal- 
lard, John  Ballard,  and  Grace  Ballard  the 
widow. 

(To  be  Continued.) 


A  LIST  OF   DEAHTS  IN  BEVERLY, 
MADE   BY    COL.    ROBERT   HALE. 


Continued  from  Vol.  6,  Page  24. 


636 
637 
638 
639 
640 
641 
642 
643 
644 
645 
646 
(;47 
648 
649 
650 
651 
652 
653 
654 
655 
656 
657 
658 
659 
660 
661 
662 


663 
664 
665 
666 
667 
6(i8 
66i> 


160 
161 
162 


74 

75 


164 


1749. 
Negro  child  of  Capt.  A.  Woodby  159 
A  child  of  Benjamin  Roundy. 
"      '•     "     Jno,  Lovett  Jr 
2d    "     "       "         •'      " 
A     "     '•     Paul  Thorndikes 
Danl  Batcheller's  Wife. 
Wm  Grover's  Wife. 
Tho.  Symonds }  of  ye  Small 
Israel  Biles     J  Pox  in  London. 
Wid.  of  John  Stone  near  80  yrs 
Child  of  Jeffery  Thistle. 

"      *'  Mark  Mors. 
Negro  Girl  of  Mr  Ellis. 
Child  of  Wid.  of  Jer.  Butman 

"      "  Eb  Ellenwood. 
Mary  Bryant. 
Jond.  Conant  abt  55. 
Wid.  Kenny's  Negro  Girl. 
Capt  Herrick's  Cesar 
Child  of  Wm  Ellinwood's. 
Wid.  of  Deacon  Allen  Sept  25. 

"     "    Israel  Eliot  Oct  18. 
Saml  Cole's  child  Oct  31. 
Ambrose  Cleaves  child 
Wid.  of  Henry  Herrick. 
Jno  Prime  abt  50  Nov  27. 
Peter  Ober's  Child  Dec  3. 
Deer.  10  1749, 
1750. 
Robt  Roundy's  Wife  D  22 
Osman  Trask's     "     "  23. 
Infant  of  Wid.  Hanna  Clark. 
Freeb  Patch. 

Deacon  Benj.  Balch  Jan  8.  68. 
Jno.  Thoind  Jr's  Wife  13. 
David  Larkuni's      "     18. 


76 


165 


95 


670  David  William's     "     ab  70. 

671  David  Larkum  abt  87  F.  15. 

672  David  Batcheller's  Child. 

673  Cornel's  Woodberry's  Wife. 

674  Infant  of  Charles  Shettuck. 

675  '•      Negro  of  Robert  Stone. 

676  "      of  Tho  Ober. 

677  '•      Jno  Hilton. 

670  Jno  Lovett  ^tat  84  April. 

679  Inft  of  Geo.  Gallop. 

680  Benj.  Roundy's  Wife. 

681  Rob  Woodberry  May  21. 

682  Andr  Wood's  Child  June  5. 

683  Joseph  Foster  abt  64  Jan  28 

684  Inft  of  Tho  Davis  Aug  3. 
€85  Eben  Cox's  wife  Sept  11. 

686  James  Woodberry  "    16. 

687  Jona  Stanley's  Child. 

688  Josh  Bisson  S.  28  E  98. 

689  Jo  Leech  Et  12. 

690  Jona  Thornd  at  Hallifax  S.  28,  77 

691  PaulThomdike  at  Hallifax  0.  12.  78. 

692  Mary  Mullen  Mt  74. 

693  Wm  Tuck  Jr  abt  40  yrs  old. 

694  Wid.  of  Peter  Pride  Et  about  72. 

695  "     "  WillHaskall"     "      64. 

Deer.  10  1750. 

696  Wid.,  of  Jona  Conant  abt  55. 

697  Mr  Ellis's  Negro  Mh.  10 

698  Deacon  Dodge's  Widow  M  78. 

699  Eb  Ashbye's  wife  abt  65. 

700  My  Negro  man  Primus  Mh.  16  abt  38 

701  Mr  John  Rea  ^t  abt  48. 

702  Samll  Trask  M  62. 

703  Elisha  Woodb.  set  45  mar.  25. 

704  Peter  Pride's  Son  ^t  12  mar.  28. 

705  Hannah  Woodberry  iEt  40  ''    29. 

706  A  Child  of  Josh  Herricks. 

707  John  Bradford  ^t  abt  60. 

708  Rd.  Woodberry  ^t  66. 

709  Benj.  Stanley's  wife  ^t  abt  45  Apr  2. 


710  Robt  Sallowes's  Wife  ^t  63  April  3. 

711  Peter  Prides  Wife  ^t  45  "     4 

712  Wid.  of  Edwd  Ashbye  ^t  41  "     5. 

713  Wid.  of  Dea.  Crosby?    "    85"      4. 

714  Jno.  Eliot  ^t  58  "      9. 

715  Nath  Roberts  ^t  71. 

716  Titus  Stanley  Et  21  Apl.  9. 

717  Jona  Smith  ^t  54      "    11. 

718  Sarah  Cole    "    36      "     12. 

719  Timo  Stanley's  youngest  son  at  Jamai- 
ca 79 

720  Isaac  Woodb.  Serv.  Boy  Apl  16. 

721  Jona  Harris's  Wife  24. 

722  Wid.  of  Harry  Smith  30th  set  89. 

723  Neh 'Smith  ^t  52  30th. 

724  Tho  Woodb.  "   48. 

725  Geo.  Tuck's  Wife  ^t  70- 

726  Geo  Tuck  Aet  74  May  8th. 

727  Wid.  of  Randal  Preston. 

728  Saral  Butman  abt  70  17th. 

729  Nicho  Patch  abt  30  18th. 

730  Benj.  Stanley  May  25. 

731  Rich,  Hood  in  Bristol  Sm  Pox   \  80 

732  Nicho  Pierce  (going  to  Spain)   J  81 

733  An  Infant  of  William  EKot  July  3. 

734  Eben  Ashbye's  Gr.  Son  August  17, 

735  Danl  Bacheller  Aug.  18th. 

736  Wid,  of  Jno  Rea  Sept  6. 

737  "     "  William  Leech  Oct  7th. 

738  Wm  Stanley's  eldest  son  Sm.   Pox  at 
sea  82 

739  Nath  Ellinwood  drowned  at  sea       83 

740  Wid.  of  Geo  Trow  ^et  84  Nov  1. 

741  James  Taylor  ^t  66  22 

Dec  10,  1751. 

742  Wm  Grover  M  67  Dec  17. 

743  Wid.  of  Sam.  Butman  Jan  3d. 

744  James  Smith's  Boy. 

745  David  Corning  Feb  19 

746  Wm  Stanley's  Wife. 

747  Rd.  Thistle  Mch  17  ^t  67. 


96 


748  Mary  Picket  27. 
741)  Edward  Trask  Ap  8. 

750  James  Giles's  Child  13. 

751  Wid.  of  Wm  Presson  ^]t  80  Ap  23. 

752  Samll*  Trask's  Widow  May  1. 

753  James  Patch's  Wife  10. 

754  Thot  Mos"s  Wife  June  2d. 

755  The  Kerry's  Wife  4th 

756  Wid  Bartlet  (M.  Mors's  mother) 

757  Wm  Tuck's  Negro  Adam  21st. 

758  Benj  Woodberry  Jr's  Wido. 

759  Jno  Morgan  ^Etat  58  July  18. 

760  Joseph  Harris  27. 

761  Capt  Herrick's  Negro  Scipio  81. 

762  Inft  of  Jo  Lovett  Au  10.  ^^^ 

763  "     "  Jno  Hilton  S.  27. 
704.     Benj.  Eliot's  Daught.  O.  20 
765.     Wid.  of  Jno.  Baker. 

760.     Wid.  of  James  Ashbye  D.  17.  N.  S. 

Dec.  21,  1752  N.  S. 

707.  Paul  Haskel's  Child  Jan.  21). 

708.  Benj.  Roundy  Mar  28. 

709.  Wm.  Thompson's  Child  Ap  16. 

770.  A  Child  of  Geo.  Gallop  Ap  24. 

771.  Benj.  Trask  Aet  86  May  15. 

772.  Jo.  Woodberry  2d  July  2d. 

773.  Inf't  3    1-2  yrs.   of  Nath.   Wood- 
berry July  29th. 

774.  Inft  of  Wm.  Eliot  Aug.  12. 

775.  Lieut.  Jno.  Cleaves  "     13. 

776.  Inft.  of  Jo.  Foster     "     19. 

777.  '•      "  Edw.  Cox  Sept  25. 

778.  "      "  Benj.  Cleaves  Jr.  Oct.  9. 

779.  Benj.  Koundy's  wife  Nov.  21. 

780.  Wid.  Eliz.  Corning  Aet  76  Dec.  9. 

Dec.  21  1753. 

781.  Wid.  Eliz.  Sears  Ae.  75  Dec.  25. 

782.  Nath.  Dodge's  daughter  Jan.  12. 

783.  Jona  Harris's  daughter  Jan.  13. 


*  Junes  ? 


t  Jno  ? 


784.  Edw'd  Woodberry  drown'd  going 
into  Virginia.  84 

785.  James  Smith         June  12. 

786.  Obed  Woodberry  lost  at  sea         85 

787.  Jno.  Roundy 's  Negro  Girl. 

788.  Jno.  Williams  Aet.         July  21. 

789.  Robert  Patch  dyed  in  England     86 

790.  Inf't  of  Retire  Trask  Aug.  18. 

791.  Wm.  Taylor's  Wife  Sep.  8 

792.  Isaac  Woodberry 's  Wife  Oct.  2. 

793.  Inf't  of  Benj.  Jeffrey. 

794.  Wid.    of  Capt.    Rob.     Woodberry 
Dec.  5. 

795.  Israel  Thorndike  Aet.  30. 

(To  be  Continued.) 

•  ♦• 

CORRECTIONS. 

Vol  18,  page  190,  1st  column,  21st  line 
from  top.  "Simon  Willard  of  Salem,  mar- 
ried 30  April,  1702,  Elizabeth,  widow  of 
John  Walley,  whom  he  survived.  " 

This  Simon  who  married  Mrs.  Walley,  was 
son  of  Hev.  Samuel  Willard,  of  the  Old 
South,  and  President  of  Harvard  College 
He  graduated  at  Harvard  Col  lege,  1695. 
He  died  probably  in  1712.  He  was  in  trade 
in  Boston.  He  was  nephew  of  Deacon  Simon, 
of  Salem,  who  married  1st,  Martha  Jacob, 
2dly,  Priscilla  Buttolph, —  see  Willard  Me- 
moir, page  368. 

Vol.  5,  page  10,  2d  column,  4th  line  from 
top,  for  "  October  n, "  read  "October  2." 

Vol  5,  page  10,  2d  column,  5th  line,  for 
"Pe2gre,"  read  "Pengre." 

Vol.  5,  page  13,  2d  column,  5th  line  from 
top,  for  "1716-16"  read  "1715-16." 

Vol-  5,  page  13,  2d  column,  7th  line,  for 
"Feb.  23"  read  "Feb.  22." 

Vol.  5,  page  33,  1st  column,  17th  line 
from  the  bottom,  for  "£2,000"  read  "£9,- 
000." 


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BRIGADIER     GENERAL,  1777. 
D2ed  Jan  30.  ]797,  A^e  64, 


HISTORICAL    COLLECTIONS 


OF      T  tt  E 


ESSEX     INSTITUTE 


Vol.  V. 


June,  1863. 


No.  3. 


A    MEMOIR    OF 

GEN.    JOHN    GLOVER, 

OF  MARBLKHEAD. 


BY    WM.   P.    UPHAM. 


(^  Report  read  at  a  Meeting  of  the  Essex  Institute,  March 
9th,  1863,  upon  a  donation  to  the  Library  of  certain 
books  formerly  belonging  to  GenH  Glover.) 


Continued  from  Vol.  V.,  Page  72. 


Peekskill,  23d  July,  1777, 
Dear  Sir: 

I  this  day  received  orders  from  his 
Excellency  Gen.  Washington,  tore-enforce 
Gen.  Schuyler  with  my  Brigade.  You  will 
therefore  please  to  release  the  party  I  sent 
you  the  other  day  to  man  the  ships,  which 
consists  of  2  Sub'ns,  2  Serg'ts,  2  Corp's  and 
34  men.  Your  compliance  herewith  will 
much  oblige  yours  &c., 

JOHN  GLOVER,  B.  Gen. 
To  Gen.  Geo.  Clinton. 


Peekskill,  25th  July,  1777. 
Dear  Sir: 

This  will  inform  you,  the  enemy's 
Fleet  sailed  from  the  Hook  the  23d,  in  conse- 
quence of  which  Gen.  Sullivan's  and  Lord 
Stirling's  Divisions  crossed  the  North  River, 
by  Gen.  Washington's  order,  for  Philadel- 
phia this  morning,  but  I  must  confess  I  ex- 

VOL.    V.  (15) 


pect  them  back  again.  The  enemy's  conduct 
is  exceedingly  embarrassing  to  us;  they 
have  for  two  weeks  past  been  collecting  all 
the  seamen  that  have  any  knowledge  of  the 
Southern  coasts ;  from  this  we  supposed  their 
design  is  in  that  quarter ;  but  last  evening 
we  took  a  Mr.  Williams  at  the  White  Plains, 
from  New  York,  who  was  sent  by  Gen.  Howe 
with  a  letter  to  Gen.  Burgoyne  at  Fort  Ed- 
ward acknowledging  the  receipt  of  his  letter 
of  the  1 4th  of  May,  and  advising  he  (Howe) 
was  all  ready  for  sailing,  and  should  make 
an  attack  upon  Boston,  in  which  he  is  to  co-op- 
erate from  the  Northward,  and  flatters  him- 
self he  shall  not  meet  with  much  difficulty, 
as  he  supposes  the  Rebel  Army  was  now  col- 
lected at  ?uch  a  distance  from  that  place, 
that  an  easy  conquest  might  be  made. 

The  letter  referred  to  was  sent  off  to  Gen. 
Washington  12  o'clock  last  night,  about  28 
miles  distance.    An  express  came  in  from  him 
this   morning  3  o'clock,    with  orders  for  the 
two  Divisions  before  mentioned  to  join  him ; 
this  Express  met  the  one  sent  off  with  Howe's 
letter  10  miles  on  his  way;  how  far  this  in- 
telligence  will  operate  with  Gen.  Washington 
I  am  not  able  to  say,  but  taking  all  circum- 
stances together    (which   are   too  many  to 
enumerate )   all  the  General   Officers  on  this 
'  side  the  North  River  are  fully  of  the  opinion, 
i  Boston  is  their  mark.     Should  Gen.  Wash- 
I  ington  favour  this  opinion  he  will  be  on  with 


98 


his  whole  army,  except  ray  Brigade,  which 
is  now  embarked  and  waiting  for  a  wind  for 
Albany,  and  one  Brigade  which  will  be  left 
at  this  post. 

It's  one  of  the  first  principles  in  war  to  de- 
ceive. Howe  has  taken  great  pains  to  do 
this  in  many  circumstances ;  his  expedition 
he  keeps  as  a  profound  secret,  at  the  same 
time  offers  great  encouragement  for  pilots  to 
the  Southward,  gives  prisoners  an  opportu- 
nity to  escape,  with  a  design  that  this  may 
be  known  to  General  Washington,  then  sends 
a  fleet  of  Ships,  about  30  sail,  through  the 
Sound,  and  at  the  same  time  sends  4  armed 
ships  and  row-galleys  up  the  North  River, 
as  if  they  design  to  stop  the  troops  crossing 
from  the  west  to  the  east  side  of  the  Eiver; 
then  lays  still  10  days,  sends  out  Williams 
with  the  letter  before  mentioned,  and  the 
next  day  sails  from  the  Hook  with  his  whole 
fleet  consisting  of  170  sail.  These  manoeu- 
vres are  intended  to  baffle  and  deceive  us. 
I  wish  the  effect  may  not  prove  it.  If  his 
object  was  Philadelphia,  would  he  not  have 
procured  pilots  in  a  more  private  manner;  on 
the  other  hand,  if  Boston,  would  he  have 
sent  Mr.  Williams,  a  young  gentleman  of 
York,  who  is  a  staunch  friend  to  America, 
as  appears  by  his  being  confined  in  the  Pro- 
vost guard  (and  other  favorable  circumstan- 
ces) t'AO  weeks  before  he  was  engaged  on 
this  errand  —  taken  out  and  the  next  day 
sent  off  by  Major  Sheriff,  and  sent  in  such  a 
way  and  by  such  a  road  that  he  could  not 
but  have  fallen  into  our  hands.  However, 
he,  like  an  honest  man,  inquired  for  our 
guards  and  gave  himself  up.  He  received 
6  half  Joannes  and  was  recommended  to 
Gen.  Burgoyne  for  a  further  reward.  From 
his  coming  out  in  this  open  way,  we  suppose 
it  was  designed  he  should  fall  into  our  hands, 
and  that  we  should  not  pay  any  attention  to 
it.  At  the  same  time  we  sent  off  one  Taylor 
of  middling  stature,  dark  complexion,  short 
brown  hair,  blue  camblet  coat,  white  lappels, 
who  we  expect  will  get  through,  as  he  has 
been  employed  in  that  way  for  several  months 
past  with  success,  having  returned  from  that 
Quarter  but  a  day  or  two  before  Mr.  Wil- 
liams left  York. 


I  conceived  it  my  duty  to  give  the  earliest 
intelligence.  The  wisdom  of  the  Assembly 
will  take  such  measures  as  to  them  shall 
seem  most  advisable  for  the  safety  of  the 
State.  I  would  not  be  understood  to  dictate, 
but,  Sir,  give  me  leave  to  say,  I  think  it 
advisable  the  militia  be  immediately  put  on 
the  most  respectable  footing,  with  arms,  am- 
munition and  provision  ready  to  march  at  a 
moment's  warning.  By  all  means  meet  them 
if  possible  at  their  first  landing ;  you  will 
be  supported  by  the  Continental  Army. 

If  a  general  battle  comes  on,  one  or  the 
other  must  be  conquered.  If  it  should  be 
our  unhappy  lot,  (which  God  forbid)  we 
must  be  slaves,  which  is  worse  than  death. 
We  can  but  die  in  conquering  them,  which 
will  be  dying  gloriously.  This  idea  properly 
held  up,  I  think  would  stimulate  ministers 
and  people  to  come  forth  in  defence  of  their 
Country.  The  man  who  refuses,  be  he  who 
he  may,  ought  to  be  deemed  an  enemy  to 
his  Country  and  dealt  with  accordingly. 

I  am.  Sir,  with  Esteem  and  Kespect 

yr.  most  Obed't  humble  Serv't, 
JOHN  GLOVER. 
Hon'ble  Jas.  Warren  Esq. 


Peekskill,  28th  July,  1777.) 
Sunday  5  o'clock,  j 
Dear  Sir : 

I  wrote  you  the  2oth  inst.,  since 
which  two  Brigades  have  been  ordered  from 
this  Post  to  join  Gen.  Washington,  who  with 
his  army  are  on  full  march  for  Philadelphia ; 
was  at  Morristown  last  night.  This  day 
an  express  from  Gen.  Silliman  of  Fairfield 
in  Connecticut,  who  advises  that  upwards  of 
100  Sail  of  Ships  passed  by  Blue  point  on 
Long  Island,  on  Thursday  last,  which  is  50 
miles  east  of  the  Hook — steering  an  east 
course.  If  this  be  true  (which  I  have  not 
the  least  doubt  of)  I  imagine  they  will  be 
with  you,  ere  this  reaches  you. 

My  Brigade  sailed  for  Albany  yesterday. 
1  set  off  to  join  them  on  the  morrow. 

I  am  Dear  Sir,  respectfully 
Y'ours  &c., 

JOHN  GLOVER. 
Honorable  Jas.  Warren  Esq. 


99 


Peeskill,  July  28th,  1777. 
Dear  Sir : 

*  *  *  I  set  off  for  Albany  this  day, 
where  I  expect  to  meet  my  Brigade,  which 
embarked  yesterday.  Should  the  Enemy  be 
gone  to  N.  England,  which  from  many  cir- 
cumstances I  verily  believe  they  are,  I  shall 
be  very  unhappy ;  beg  you  would  use  your 
influence  to  have  me  recalled,  and  join  that 
part  of  the  Army  that  is  to  oppose  them. 

I  am,  with  Esteem,  Yours  &c., 

JOHN  GLOVER. 
Tim.  Pickering  Esq.  ^ 
Adjutant  General.     ) 


Stillwater,  6th  August,  1777, 
Dear  Sir : 


24  miles  above  Albany. 


k 


This  will  inform  you  we  left  Sara- 
toga the  3d  at  night,  bringing  off  all  our  stores 
of  every  kind,  with  large  droves  of  cattle, 
sheep  and  hogs. 

We  arrived  here  at  3  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing of  the  4th.  During  the  three  days  at 
Saratoga  we  were  constantly  (night  and  day) 
in  an  alarm  ;  our  scouting  parties  a  great  part 
of  the  time  cut  off,  killed,  scalped  and  taken 
prisoners.  The  day  we  left  it,  our  scouts 
were  all  drove  in  by  the  Indians,  and  two 
men  were  brought  to  my  Quarters,  one  of  them 
scalped ;  it  appeared  they  had  not  been  dead 
more  than  half  an  hour.  I  immediately  de- 
tached 400  men  from  my  Brigade  to  scour 
the  woods,  where  they  remained  till  4  o'clock ; 
saw  nothing  of  the  enemy  save  three  blankets 
supposed  to  be  left  by  them. 

We  have  had  25  or  30  men  killed  and 
scalped  and  as  many  more  taken  prisoners 
within  4  days.  This  strikes  a  panic  on  our 
men  ;  which  is  not  to  be  wondered  at,  when 
we  consider  the  hazard  they  run,  as  scouts, 
by  being  fired  at  from  all  quarters,  (and  the 
woods  so  thick  they  can't  see  three  yards  be- 
fore them)  and  then  to  hear  the  cursed  war 
hoop  which  makes  the  woods  ring  for  miles. 
Our  army  at  this  Post  is  weak  and  shattered, 
much  confused,  and  the  numbers  by  no  means 


equal  to  the  enemy ;  nor  is  there  the  least 
probability  of  a  re-enforcement ;  our  artillery, 
4  pounders,  the  enemy's,  6,  12,  18,  &  24 
pounders.  Their  flying  camp,  as  they  call 
it,  is  now  at  Fort  Edward,  24  miles  from 
this ;  which  consists  of  3000  British  troops, 
600  Indians,  1000  Tories,  and  200  Cana- 
dians, with  8  field-pieces,  4  howitzers,  and 
200  wagons  for  their  baggage.  Their  main 
body  5000  men  are  at  Fort  Ann,  14  miles 
from  Fort  Edward,  with  their  heavy  artillery. 
This  moment  brought  in  by  our  scouts,  two 
Tories  in  the  enemy's  service ;  they  left  Fort 
Edward  on  Sunday  last ;  they  say  some  Hes- 
sians, with  some  heavy  artillery  from  Fort 
Ann,  got  in  that  day ;  and  that  the  flying 
camp  were  to  begin  their  march  for  Saratoga 
in  three  days. 

This  day  Col.  Long  from  New  Hampshire 
leaves  us  with  his  Reg't  of  200  men ;  their 
time  being  out,  nothing  will  induce  them  to 
stay  one  day  longer.  The  10th  inst.  500 
men  go  off  from  Gen.  Poor's  Brigade,  militia 
from  the  County  of  Hampshire.  The  12th, 
GOO  men  go  off  from  Gen.  Nixon's  Brigade, 
militia  from  the  County  of  Berkshire.  We 
then  shall  have  left  14  Reg'ts  from  the  State 
of  Massachusetts  (Bigelow's  not  yet  in)  which 
consist  of  about  150  rank  and  file  fit  for  duty 
each;  three  Reg'ts  from  New  Hampshire 
560  men,  and  one  from  New  York  150  men. 
Thus  you  see  the  whole  strength  of  the  army 
at  this  post,  will  be  about  3000  men  (that 
will  be  on  the  ground  the  12th  inst.,  unless 
some  re-enforcements  come  in)  to  oppose  the 
enemy,  who  from  the  best  accounts  we  can 
collect  are  at  least  8000,  and  every  day  grow- 
ing stronger,  by  the  disaffected  inhabitants 
joining  them,  and  ours  growing  weaker.  *  * 
I  have  endeavored  to  give  you  the  true  state 
of  our  Army  at  this  place.  A  re-enforcement 
lays  with  you  and  not  with  us ;  if  we  fly  be- 
fore the  enemy  it  will  be  for  want  of  men ; 
you  may  rely  on  it,  we  shall  not  turn  our 
backs  on  equal  numbers. 

Gen.  Schuyler  tells  me,  he  has  written  to 
the  Assembly  of  our  State  repeatedly,  but 
has  not  received  an  answer.  We  have  an  ac- 
count of  Gen.  Howe's  first  Division  being 
landed  at  New  Castle;    if  this  be  true,  your 


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fears  of  an  attack  in  your  Quarter  must  sub- 
side; that  being  the  case,  I  hope  you  will 
send  on  a  re-enforcement  immediately.  Pray 
let  no  time  be  lost,  a  day's  delay  may  be  fa- 
tal to  America  Let  the  body  be  as  large  as 
can  possibly  be  collected,  furnished  with  arms 
and  accoutrements ;  there  are  none  to  be  had 
here.  Let  some  vigilant  persons  come  on  be- 
fore them  to  provide  provisions,  wagons  &c. 
The  marching  of  the  troops  has  been  much 
retarded  for  want  of  such  a  regulation. 
I  am  Yours  &e., 

JOHN  GLOVER. 
Honorable  Jas.  Warren,  Esq. 

P.  S.  As  I  could  not  tell  whether  the 
House  was  sitting,  (in  that  case  doubting 
whether  the  letter  would  come  to  your  knowl- 
edge) I  have  sent  you  the  copy,  that  you 
may  be  acquainted  with  our  situation. 

J.  G. 


Van  Schaick's  Island,  ) 
Aug.  22,  1777.      I 
Dear  Gen'l. 

I  received  your  esteemed  favour  of  yesterday 
with  the  wine,  pipes,  tobacco  and  butter,  all 
of  which  is  very  acceptable,  being  quite  desti- 
tute of  those  articles.  Please  to  accept  my 
grateful  acknowledgments  for  them.  Gen. 
Gates  is  busy  making  preparations  to  advance, 
but,  I  believe,  has  not  the  least  design  to 
move  until  properly  re-enforced.  Scouting 
parties  kept  out ;  some  returned  last  night ;  no 
account  of  the  enemy's  advancing  this  side 
of  Saratoga. 

Adieu  my  dear  Genl.  and  believe 
me  to  be  with  Esteem  and  Respect 

yr.  most  obed't  humble  ser'f 

JOHN  GLOVER. 
Hon.  Major  Gen.  Schuyler,  Albany. 


Van  Schaick's  Island,  ) 
Aug.  27,  1777.      I 
Dear  Gen'l. 

Agreeable  to  your  order  I  sent   for  Jacob 


Van  Derwerkin  and  Sheboleth  Bogardus,  both 
of  whom  were  desirous  of  speaking  with  your 
honour.  I  have  therefore  sent  them  on  under 
a  sergeant's  guard. 

I  am  Respectfully,  yr.  Honour's 
most  Obed't.  hum.  Serv't. 
JOHN  GLOVER. 
Hon'ble  Maj.  Gen.  Gates. 


Van  Schaick's  Island,  > 
5th  Sept.  1777.      \ 
Dear  Sir  : 

I  wrote  you  the  31st  ult.  since 
which  nothing  extraordinary  has  happened. 

Gen.  Arnold  from  the  Westward  has  joined 
us,  &  Col.  Morgan  ^rom  the  Southward,  with 
his  Regiment  of  Rifle  men.  Two  hundred 
Light  Horse  from  Connecticut,  who  say  the 
foot  militia  are  coming  on  from  that  State. 
I  hear  the  militia  are  on  their  way  from  Mas- 
sachusetts—  not  any  got  in  yet.  When  in 
force  we  shall  move  on  towards  the  enemy. 
I  think  matters  look  fair  on  our  side  &  I  have 
not  the  least  doubt  of  beating  or  compelling 
Mr.  Burgoyne  to  return  back  at  least  to  Ti- 
conderoga,  if  not  to  Canada.  His  situation 
is  dangerous,  which  he  must  see  &  know  if  he 
is  not  blind,  and  if  he  is  not  strong  enough  to 
move  down  to  fight  us,  he  cannot  remain 
where  he  is  without  giving  us  a  great  advan- 
tage.    We  shall  move  on  in  three   columns. 

Gen.  Gates  commands*the  Center  Division 
which  is  composed  of  Nixon's,  (who  is  sick  at 
Albany)  Glover's  and.  Patterson's  Brigades. 

Gen.  Lincoln  the  Right,  who  commands 
the  militia.  He  detaches  1000  men  under 
Gen.  Stark,  who  moves  on  the  East  side  of 
the  river,  &  is  to  keep  his  Front  parallel  with 
Center  Division  (his  main  body  files  off  to  the 
Right,  and  will  endeavour  to  get  in  the  Rear  of 
the  enemy)  which  marches  by  the  great  road 
from  Albany  on  the  West  side. 

Gen  Arnold,  with  Gen.  Poor's  &  Larned's 
Brigades,  Morgan's  battn.  of  Rifle  men,  Cort- 
landt's  &  Livingston's  regts.  from  the  State 
of  New  York,  is  the  Left, — who  crosses  the  Mo- 
hawk river,  and  takes  his  route  the  North  side 


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of  Saratoga  Lake,  &  will  endeavour  to  form  a 
junction  with  Gen.  Lincoln,  while  we  attack 
in  Front. 

We  leave  all  our  baggage  behind.  Our 
first  post  is  Stillwater  11  miles  from  the  ene- 
my. We  shall  make  a  short  stay  at  that 
place  &  then  move  on  &  attack  the  enemy  — 
God  grant  us  success.  We  shall  be  all  ready 
by  the  10th  &  if  the  militia  gets  in,  you  may 
■depend  on  our  marching  forward  that  day. 
Our  troops  are  healthy  &  in  good  spirits,  but 
poorly  shod  &  clothed,  &  many  without  blank- 
ets. 

The  Hon.  Brig.  Gen.  Palmer  and  Doctor 
Taylor  aie  witnesses  of  this,  as  they  have  had 
an  opportunity  of  seeing  for  themselves.  i 

I  should  have  been  happy  to  have  seen 
more  of  my  friends  with  them,  particularly 
Messrs.  Glover,  Orne  and  Gerry,  who,  (if  1 
mistake  not)  gave  me  some  encouragement, 
when  I  left  them,  but  being  engaged  in  the 
Public  Service  has  prevented.  I  have  too 
much  charity  to  suppose  private  interest,  or 
the  fear  of  a  little  fatigue  has  kept  them  back. 
When  matters  look  gloomy,  it  has  a  fine  effect 
(it  gives  a  spring,  and  animates  our  spirits) 
to  have  our  friends  to  look  at,  and  consult 
with;  at  the  same  time  they  would  have  an 
opportunity  of  seeing  for  themselves,  as  well 
as  seeing  the  pleasure  we  enjoy  in  a  camp  life  ; 
but  more  of  this  the  next  Tuesday  night's  club, 
at  a  meeting  when  all  the  members  are 
present,  a  good  fire,  pipes,  tobacco,  wine  and 
good  punch  —  that's  the  place  to  talk  matters 
over,  not  in  thi?  house  male  of  hemp  (I have 
quitted  my  log  house  mentioned  in  my  last^ 
the  walls  and  roof  of  which  are  so  thin  they 
need  no  windows,  nor  do  they  obstruct  the 
rays  of  light,  or  the  rain  passing  through  in 
the  least. 

I  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  Col.  Glover's 
letter  from  Wells,  the  only  one  received  since  I 
left  Peekskill,  notwithstanding  a  weekly  Post 
comes  from  Boston  to  this  place. 

The  Phaeton  therein  mentioned,  I  beg  he 
would  make  use  of  as  freely  as  if  it  was  his 
own ;  at  present  don't  incline  to  sell  it,  but 
should  he  not  see  me  again,  my  desire  is  that 
he  may  have  it,  paying  the  value  to  my  wife, 
for  her  and  the  children's  support.     My  com- 


pliments to  your  good  ladies  and  families.  My 
old  friends  the  Tuesday's  club,  including 
the  Rev'd  Messrs  Whitwell  and  Story,  one  of 
whom  I  expected  &  should  have  been  happy 
to  have  had  as  a  Chaplain  to  my  Brigade,  for 
want  of  which  must  do  my  own  preaching. 

They  possibly  can  do  more  good  at  home, 
I'm  sure  they  will  not  be  so  much  exposed, 
&  will  live  better. 

Adieu,  my  dear  sir,  &  believe  me  to  be 
sincerely  yr  friend  &  most  obed.  servt. 

JOHN  GLOVER. 
Messrs  Jona.  Glover  &  Azor  Orne  Esqrs. 


Camp  3  M.  above  Stillw^ater,  ) 
Sept.  21st,  1777.      j 
Dear  Sirs  : 

I  have  just  time  to  inform  you  that  the 
18th  inst.  we  marched  out  with  3000  men  to 
attack  the  enemy,  who  were  encamped  on  the 
Heights  about  2  miles  from  us  ;  found  it  not 
practicable  as  they  had  taken  an  advantageous 
post ;  however  we  drew  up  in  line,  in  full  view 
of  them,  with  a  design  to  draw  them  out  & 
there  tarried  till  dark  without  doing  any  thing 
further.  The  next  day  ^the  19th)  sent  out 
large  scouting  parties,  some  of  which  fell  in 
with  those  of  the  enemy.  A  brisk  firing 
came  on;  this  happened  about  1  o'clock. 
We  re-enforce  1  till  we  had  about  3000  engaged. 
The  enemy  re-3nforced  till  they  brought  their 
whole  force  into  action,  consisting  of  7000, 
Gen.  Burgoyne  at  their  head,  who  was  wound- 
ed through  his  shoulder. 

The  battle  was  very  hot  till  ^  past  2  o'cl'k ; 
ceased  about  half  an  hour,  then  renewed  the 
attack.  Both  armies  seemed  determined  to 
conquer  or  die.  One  continual  blaze,  with- 
out any  intermission  till  dark,  when  by  con- 
sent of  both  parties  it  ceased.  During  which 
time  we  several  times  drove  them,  took  the 
ground,  passing  over  great  numbers  of  their 
dead  and  wounded.  Took  one  field  piece, 
but  the  woods  and  bush  was  so  thick,  &  be- 
ing close  pushed  by  another  party  of  the  ene- 
my coming  up,  was  obliged  to  give  up  our 
prize.  The  enemy  in  their  turn  sometimes 
drove  us.      They   were   bold,    intrepid   and 


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fought  like  heroes,  and  I  do  assure  you  Sirs, 
our  men  were  equally  bold  and  courageous  & 
fought  like  men,  fighting  for  their  all.  We 
have  taken  about  70  prisoners,  among  which 
are  two  oflBcers. 

By  three  deserters  this  moment  come  in, 
we  are  informed  the  enemy  suffered  much,  hav- 
ing two  Rcgl's  almost  cut  off  &  that  their  killed 
wounded  and  missing  were  700,  among  which 
were  a  great  proportion  of  officers. 

We  have  202  wounded,  101  killed  and  miss- 
ing, among  whom  is  Lt.  Cols.  Cobwin  and 
Adams  &  Lt.  Thomas,  Capt.  Allen  &  Ensign 
Foster  killed,  Capt.  Bell  mortally  wounded. 
A  considerable  number  more  were  killed, 
whose  names  I  have  not  been  able  to  get.  *  *  * 

We  are  in  a  very  confused  situation,  which 
you  must  reasonably  conceive. 
I  am  Sirs 

yr  most  obed.  servt. 

JOHN  GLOVER. 
Messrs  J.  Glover  &  A.  Orne,  Esqrs. 

N.  B.  Sent  a  copy  of  the  above  to  Gen. 
Heath,  and  another  to  Col.  Johonnot. 


Camp  3  miles  above  Stillwater,  ) 
29th  Sept.  1777.      | 
Dear  Sirs  : 

Since  my  last  letter  to  you  we 
have  had  two  flags  of  truce  from  the  enemy, 
by  which  we  have  received  an  account  of  their 
killed  and  wounded  in  the  battle  of  the  19th, 
746,  among  which  is  a  great  proportion  of  offi- 
cers. But  the  truth  has  not  come  out  yet,  as 
I'm  fully  persuaded,  &  it's  the  opinion  of  all 
the  Gen.  Officers,  that  they  must  have  suf- 
fered a  great  many  more. 

We  had  20  taken  prisoners,  of  which  seven 
were  wounded.  Gen.  Burgoyne  sent  a  re- 
turn of  their  names  by  the  flag,  with  a  very 
polite  letter  to  Gen.  Gates,  who  returned  as 
polite  a  one,  with  a  list  of  70  prisoners.  30 
odd  of  which  were  wounded.  These  I  think 
will  ballance  the  20. 

We  had  81  officers  and  men  killed  dead  on 
the  spot  and  202  wounded,  many  of  which 


are  since  dead,  in  the  whole  303 — a  very  incon- 
siderable number,  when  we  consider  how  hot 
the  battle  was  &  how  long  it  continued ,  being 
6  hours  without  any  intermission,  saving  about 
half  an  hour  between  2  and  3  o'clock.  •* 

The  enemy  have  remained  very  quiet  ever 
since  at  about  one  mile  distance,  not  attempt- 
ing to  advance  one  step.  We  are  continual- 
ly harrassing  them  by  driving  their  pickets, 
bringing  off  their  horses  &c. 

We  have  taken  30  prisoners  since  the  bat- 
tle, and  as  many  more  deserted. 

Our  men  are  in  fine  spirits,  are  very  bold 
and  daring,  a  proof  of  which  I  will  give  you 
in  an  instance  two  nights  past. 

I  ordered  100  men  from  my  Brigade  to 
take  off  a  picket  o\  about  60  of  the  enemy, 
who  were  posted  about  half  a  mile  from  me, 
at  the  same  time  ordered  a  covering  party  of 
200  to  support  them.  This  being  the  first  en- 
terprise of  this  kind,  &  as  it  was  proposed  by 
me,  I  was  very  anxious  for  its  success.  I 
therefore  went  myself.  The  night  being  very 
foggy  and  dark,  could  not  find  the  enemy  till 
after  day.  When  I  made  the  proper  disposi- 
tion for  the  attack,  they  went  on  like  so  many 
tigers,  bidding  defiance  to  musket  balls  and 
bayonets.  Drove  the  enemy,  killed  3,  and 
wounded  a  great  number  more,  took  one  pris- 
oner, 8  Packs,  8  Blankets,  2  guns,  1  sword, 
and  many  other  articles  of  Plunder  without 
any  loss  on  our  side. 

Matters  can't  remain  long  as  they  now  arc. 
Burgoyne  has  only  20  days  provision.  Ho 
must  give  us  battle  in  a  day  or  two,  or  else  re- 
tire back. 

The  latter  I  think  he'll  endeavor  to  do  ;  in 
either  case  I  think,  with  the  blessing  of  Heav- 
en he  must  be  ruined. 

We  are  now  between  10  &  11000,  strong, 
healthy  and  in  fine  fighting  cue,  I  am  fully 
satisfied  they  will  fight  hard,  when  called  to 
action.  God  grant  that  every  man  may  do 
his  duty,  and  be  crowned  with  success,  which 
will  put  an  end  to  our  trouble  in  this  quarter ; 
at  least  this  campaign,  and  I  am  inclined  to 
think  forever.     My  compliments  to  your  good 


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ladies,  families  and  all  friends,  and  believe  me 
to  be  respectfully, 

yr  friend  &  most  obedt.  servt., 
JOHN  GLOVER. 
Col.  Jona.  Glover  &  ) 

AzoK  OuNE  Esqr.      j 

N.  B.  This  moment  4  Hessian  deserters 
came  in  who  say  that  i  the  company  agreed 
to  come  off  with  them,  &  that  we  may  expect 
a  great  many  more  very  soon . 

It  appears  by  the  above  correspondence 
that  on  the  23d  of  July,  Glover  was  ordered 
by  Gen.  Washington  to  re-enforce  Gen.  Schuy- 
ler. For  this  purpose  the  Brigade  sailed 
for  Albany,  July  27th,  and  on  the  1st  of 
August  joined  the  army  at  Saratoga,  then 
retreating  before  Burgoyne.  On  the  3d  at 
night  the  American  forces  left  Saratoga 
taking  off  all  their  stores  of  every  kind,  and 
at  3  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  4th  arrived 
at  Stillwater.  From  thence  they  retreated 
to  Van  Schaick's  Island,  where  on  the  1 9th 
Gen.  Gates  arrived  and  took  command.  Gen. 
Gates  by  the  advice  of  Kosciuzko,  then  an 
engineer  in  the  service,  moved  the  army  up 
the  river  as  far  as  Bemis's  Heights,  4  miles 
above  Stillwater,  where  they  encamped  and 
prepared  to  resist  the  further  advance  of  the 
British.  In  the  battles  which  were  fought 
here  on  the  19  th  of  September  and  7  th  of 
October  Glovtr'a  brigade  composed  part  of  the 
right  wing  of  the  army,  which  was  posted  on 
the  hills  near  the  river.  In  the  first  battle 
this  part  of  the  army  was  under  the  imme- 
diate command  of  General  Gates,  and  resist- 
ed with  great  bravery  and  success  the  at- 
tacks of  the  British,  still  holding  their 
ground  when  night  closed  the  fierce  struggle. 
In  the  succeeding  battle,  October  7th,  the 
right  wing  was  under  the  command  of  Gen. 
Lincoln,  and  was  held  by  him  in  reserve; 
but  a  part  of  Glover's  brigade  was  engaged 


under  Arnold  in  his  furious  assault  upon 
the  British  camp  at  the  latter  part  of  the 
day. 

After  these  disastrous  battles  Burgoyne 
was  compelled  to  retreat  towards  Fort  Ed- 
ward. On  the  10th  of  October  he  was  at  Sar- 
atoga, his  army  being  encamped  on  the  north 
side  of  Fish  Creek.  Gen.  Gates  was  led  by 
false  reports  and  rumors,  to  believe  that 
most  of  the  British  force  had  retreated  to 
Fort  Edward ;  and  the  next  morning  he  com- 
menced an  attack  upon  what  he  supposed  to 
be  the  rear  guard  of  the  enemy.  Burgoyne 
was  aware  of  his  mistake  and  prepared  to 
profit  by  it.  His  whole  array  was  drawn 
up  in  such  a  manner  as  to  enable  it,  under 
the  cover  of  the  woods,  to  receive  Gates's 
advance,  and  cut  off  that  portion  which 
should  first  pass  the  creek.  "The  movement 
began  at  daybreak.  Nixon's  brigade  had  al- 
ready ci'ossed  the  creek,  and  Gen.  Glover 
was  upon  the  point  of  following  him,  when, 
as  he  entered  the  water,  he  saw  a  British 
soldier  crossing  whom  he  called  and  exam- 
ined. The  soldier  claimed  to  be  a  deserter. 
Glover  asked  him  about  Burgoyne's  army. 
The  soldier  answered  '  It  is  encamped  the 
same  as  days  past. '  Glover  told  him  '  [f 
you  are  found  attempting  to  deceive  me,  you 
shall  be  hung  in  half  an  hour;  but  if  you 
speak  nothing  but  the  truth  you  shall  be 
protected  and  meet  with  good  usage.'  He 
then  asked  him  '  Have  not  numbers  been 
sent  off  to  Fort  Edward?'  The  deserter  re- 
plied, '  A  small  detachment  was  sent  off  a 
day  or  two  ago,  but  are  returned  on  finding 
the  passes  occupied  b}'  the  Americans,  and 
the  whole  army  is  now  in  camp.'  Glover, 
though  the  junior  officer  to  Nixon,  sent  off 
immediately  to  him  to  desist  and  recross  the 
creek;  and  at  the  same  time  dispatched  his 


104 


aid-de-carap,  with  the  deserter  behind  him 
on  horseback  to  Gates ;  who  having  exam- 
ined the  soldier,  hurried  away  tlie  aid-de- 
camp, adjutant-general  and  others,  to  coun- 
termand the  former  orders  and  prevent  the 
attack.  ''  '■'  Glover's  message  was  re- 
ceived by  Nixon  in  the  critical  moment;  a 
quarter  of  an  hour  later  would  probably 
have  proved  fatal  to  his  whole  brigade,  and 
given  a  turn  to  affairs  in  favor  of  the  royal 
army"" 

This  fortunate  event  saved  the  army  of 
Gates,  and  at  the  same  time  destroyed  the 
last  hope  of  Burgoyne.  Soon  after  this  on 
the  17  th  he  surrendered  with  his  whole 
army.  The  prisoners,  5,791  in  number, 
were  marched  from  Saratoga  to  Cambridge, 
and  to  General  Glover  was  assigned  the  hon- 
or and  responsibility  of  guarding  them  and 
conducting  the  march.  This  duty  he  per- 
formed with  great  kindness  and  skill. f 

Albany,  22  Oct.,  1777. 
Sir: 

This  will  inform  your  Honour,  that 
I  have  sent  on  one  Division  of  the  Prisoners, 
consisting  of  2,4:42  British  troops,  by  North- 
hampton, the  other  by  the  way  of  Springfield, 
consisting  of  2,198  foreign  troops.  1  shall 
come  on  to-morrow  with  General  Burgoyne, 
and  expect  to  be  in  Worcester  in  ten  days, 
where  I  shall  be  happy  to  meet  your  Honour's 
Orders. 

I  have  endeavoured  to  collect  Provisions 
to  serve  them  to  Worcester ;  you  will  please 
to  order  on  some  to  meet  me  at  that  place. 

I  am  with  respect, 
your  Honour's  most  obed.  hum.  Ser., 

JOHN  GLOVER. 


*  (An  account  given  by  Gen.  Glover  himself  to 
Gordon,  the  historian,  at  Boston,  March  1 8th,  1785. 
See  Gordon,  ii,  568.) 

t  (Losslng,  i,  88.^ 


P,  S.  the  number  of  Prisoners,  Drivers 
of  waggons,  Bat-horsemen  and  the  Guards, 
are  at  least  6,000.  I  am  put  to  great  diffi- 
culty to  find  provisions  for  them. 

To  the  Hon'ble  Jer'h  Powell.* 


<  Head  Quarters  Valley  Forge,  ") 
8th  Jan'y  1778.      j 
Sir: 

As  the  short  time  we  have  to  lay  in 
winter  Quarters  ought  to  be  spent  in  train- 
ing the  men,  and  endeavouring  to  bring  them 
into  the  Field  in  a  more  regular  manner  than 
they  have  hitherto  been,  I  must  desire  that 
you  will  join  your  Brigade  as  soon  as  possi- 
ble in  order  to  effect  this  measure. 

I  have  another  treason,  which  is,  that  so 
many  of  the  Brigadiers  and  Colonels  Com- 
man't  who  have  been  long  absent  from  their 
families  have  been  under  the  necessity  of  go- 
ing home  to  look  into  their  private  affairs, 
that  there  are  scarce  officers  sufficient  to  do 
the  Camp  duties,  much  less  to  make  a  prop- 
er arrangement  should  the  enemy  come  out 
against  us. 

1  desire  you  will  bring  on  all  detachments 
from  your  Brigade  that  may  have  been  elft 
at  any  of  the  posts  which  they  have  been  at 
during  the  last  Campaign,  or  that  may  have 
recovered  in  the  Hospitals. 
I  am  sir, 

Y'r  most  obt.  Serv't 

G.  WASHINGTON. 

P.  S.  Send  on  all  Officers  whose  Fur- 
loughs have  expired,  or  who  are  absent  with- 
out leave,  t 


Cambridge,  24th  Jan'y,    1778. 
Sir: 

I  received  your  Excellency's  letter  (yes- 
terday) of  the  8th  Inst,  desiring  me  to  join 
my  Brigade  as  soon  as  possible.     I  appre- 


*  ("Copied  from  the  original  on  file  at  the  Office 
of  the  Secretary  of  State.^ 
t  ^Copied  from  the  original. ) 


105 


hend  your  ExeeU'y  has  not  been  fully  ac- 
quainted with  the  business  I  was  charged  with 
by  Gen.  Gates;  which  has  been,  and  still  is, 
attended  with  so  many  difficulties  as  will  nec- 
essarily detain  me  at  this  Post  till  the  embark- 
ation of  Gen.  Burgoyne.  I  was  honoured 
with  the  command  of  conducting  him  &  his 
Troops  from  Saratoga  to  Cambridge;  for  the 
better  supplying  of  which  &  the  convenience 
of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  country  through 
which  they  marched,  t  divided  them  into  two 
Divisions ;  The  British  by  Williamstown  & 
Northampton  ;  the  Germans  by  Kinderhook 
&  Springfield,  with  Commiss'ys,  Qr.  Masters 
&  Waggon  Masters  for  each,  with  particular 
directions  to  take  Bills  for  what  supplies  they 
received,  and  give  Orders  on  me  for  payment. 
This  order  not  being  fully  attended  to,  I  was 
obliged  to  send  Qr.  Master  Story  back  to  Al- 
bany to  collect  the  outstanding  accounts. 
When  that  is  done  I  shall  charge  Gen.  Bur- 
goyne with  the  whole  in  one  general  account. 
And  as  many  of  the  charges  in  my  opinion 
are  unjust  &  others  extravagantly  high,  large 
sums  being  charged  by  the  Inhabitants  for 
damages  in  burning  fences,  destroying  hay, 
grain,  flax,  &c.,  aUo  for  clothing,  furniture 
ac,  stolen  out  of  their  houses,  these  charges 
I  know  Gen.  Burgoyne  will  object  to  The 
Inhabitants  look  to  me  and  expect  I  shall  see 
them  paid.  To  acquit  myself  from  censure,  I'm 
determined  to  lay  them  before  the  Gen.  Court 
and  desire  that  a  Committee  may  be  appoint- 
ed to  examine  them  &  make  what  deductions 
shall  appear  to  them  to  be  just,  which  I  hope 
will  give  satisfaction  to  both  parties.  When 
this  is  done  I  have  to  present  it  to  him  for 
payment  &  then  advertise  the  Inhabitants  to 
come  &  receive  their  money.  I  shall  lose  no 
time  in  bringing  the  whole  to  a  close  as  soon 
as  possible. 

Thus,  Sir,  I  have  given  an  account  of 
what  I  have  been  doing  &  still  have  to  do  at 
this  Post,  which  I  hope  will  meet  your  Ex- 
cellency's approbation.  I  know  of  no  de- 
tachments from  my  Brigade  left  at  any  Post. 

I  shall  advertise  &  order  on  all  Officers 
and   Soldiers,   who  are  absent  with  or  with- 


VOL.    V. 


(16) 


out  Furloughs  as  well  as  those   recovered  in 
Hospitals.     ^     '-■     " 

I  am,  Sir,  with  great  truth  &  esteem 
yr  Excellency's  most  Obedt.  Ser't, 
JOHN  GLOVER. 
To  His  Excellency) 
Gen.  Washington.  J 


M'head  29  Mar.  1778. 
Dear  Sir : 

Your  Excellency's  letter,  of  the 
18th  of  last  month,  I  received  this  day  (can- 
not account  for  its  detention)  by  which  I  am 
happy  to  find,  my  conduct  in  this  Depart- 
ment hitherto  has  met  your  Excellency's  ap- 
probation ;  wish  it  may  be  such  in  future. 
[  was  with  Gen.  Burgoyne  the  week  past  to 
settle  his  acc"ts.  but  could  noteflFect  it;  Con- 
gress having  Resolved,  he  shall  pay  in  solid 
coin,  or  in  the  several  species  of  provisions ; 
the  former  he  objects  to,  unless  1  will  take 
dollars  at  the  rate  of  four  for  one,  and  could 
he  comply  with  the  latter,  it  would  be  atten- 
ded with  great  difficulty,  as  far  the  greatest 
part  of  his  supplies  was  collected  from  the 
inhabitants  of  the  towns  through  which  his 
troops  marched ;  there  being  but  few  public 
stores,  the  route  they  came.  However  as  he 
has  the  liberty  (and  is  very  anxious)  to  go 
to  England,  1  am  in  hopes  to  settle  with  him 
very  soon,  (Gen.  Heath  having  determined  he 
shall  not  depart  till  his  acc'ts  are  all  adjus- 
ted and  paid.)  I  am  to  see  him  next  week 
when  I  hope  to  finish  the  matter.  "  "  " 
I  am  fully  persuaded  your  Excellency  has 
the  good  of  both  officers  and  soldiers  very 
near  your  heart,  as  well  as  the  common 
Cause  of  our  Country ;  and  I  am  satisfied 
will  do  everything  in  your  power,  for  the 
good  of  the  whole.  1  pray  God  may  pre- 
serve you  long  for  the  good  of  3'our  Country 
and  the  joy  and  satisfaction  of  your  friends ; 
among  whom  1  take  the  liberty  to  subscribe 
myself  with  great  sincerity,  Dear  Sir, 

Your  Excellency's  most  obedient 
Humble  Servant 
JOHN  GLOVER. 
To  His  Excellency) 
Gen.  Washington.  J 


106 


Marblbmead,  10th  April,  1778. 
Sir: 

Your  Excellency's  letter  of  the  18th  ult. 
I  received  the  8th  instant;  the  business  I  was 
charged  with  is  not  yet  finished,  owing  to 
many  circumstances  attending  the  accounts  & 
the  mode  of  payment  resolved  by  Congress, 
which  I  fully  mentioned  in  my  letter  of  the 
29th  March.  Gen.  Burgoyne  left  Cambridge 
for  Newport  the  5th  instant,  when  he  gave  me 
a  bill  on  his  paymaster  for  the  amount  of 
his  account  in  which  he  engages  to  pay  in 
hard  money  for  the  provisions,  and  in  paper 
ditto  for  all  the  other  supplies.  The  Pay- 
master (who  went  with  him)  accepted  to  pay 
the  bill  at  his  return.  At  Gen.  Burgoyne' s 
request  I  have  engaged  to  lay  the  acc'ts  before 
the  General  Court,  with  his  objections  to  charg- 
es for  articles  stolen  &  damage  done  to  baras, 
grain  &c.,  when  he  expects  large  deductions 
will  be  made;  if  so  I  am  to  refund  the 
amount  to  Gen.  Phillips.  The  Court  having 
adjourned  for  two  weeks  (on  account  of  the 
small  pox  being  in  Boston)  has  prevented  my 
laying  the  matter  before  them.  It  is  to  meet 
the  14th  at  Jamaica  Plains,  when,  if  my 
health  permits,  I  shall  wait  on  them,  and  hope 
to  get  the  matter  through  in  a  few  days,  and 
then  pay  off  the  acc'ts  and  so  get  clear  of  the 
job,  which  has  been  a  very  troublesome  one. 
In  my  last  I  wrote  your  Excellency  of  my  ill 
state  of  health,  which  still  remains ;  the  means 
I'm  now  using  I  hope  will  help  me.  I  shall 
not  delay  a  moment  to  join  the  army,  as  soon 
as  I  find  myself  able._, 

I  am.  Sir,  with  great  esteem 

your  Excellency's  most  Obed't 
Humble  Servant, 

JOHN  GLOVER. 
To  his  Excellency  ) 
Gen.  Washington,  j 


Marbleiiead,   I5th  May,  1778. 
Bear  Sir  : 

I  wrote  your  Excellency  (the  10th 
ult.)  that  I  had  adjusted  my  aec't  with  Gen. 
Burgoyne,  and  that  his  paymaster  had  accept- 
ed his  bill  to  pay  the  amount  at  his  return 
from  Newport,  which  he  has  punctually  com- 


plied with,  so  far  as  he  was  obliged  to  pay 
hard  money,  "to  the  amount  of  £9244,  2s, 
which  I  have  sent  on  to  the  Hon'ble  Board  of 
Treasury  at  Yorktown.  £4098,  which  he  was 
to  pay  in  Continental  bills,  I  have  not  been 
able  to  get  till  the  10th  instant,  he  having 
met  with  disappointment  from  persons,  whom 
Gen.  Burgoyne  sold  bills  to  before  he  left 
Cambridge.  I  advertised  in  the  Boston  & 
Hartford  News-papers  of  the  20th  of  April, 
calling  upon  all  those  who  had  furnished  with 
supplies  for  the  troops  of  Convention,  to  come 
and  receive  their  money;  but  three  towns  on- 
ly out  of  forty  have  applied  I  shall  not 
wait  on  them  longer  than  the  first  of  June ;  at 
which  time  if  1  find  myself  strong  enough  to 
undertake  the  journey  I  propose  to  set  off  for 
Camp;  but,  from  my  present  weak  and  much 
debilitated  state,  an  very  doubtful  whether  I 
shall  be  able  to  endure  the  fatigues  of  another 
Campaign.  When  I  entered  the  service  in 
1775  I  had  as  good  a  constitution  as  any  man 
of  my  age,  but  it's  now  broken  and  shattered 
to  pieces.  However  I  shall  make  the  best  of 
it  until  I  have  the  pleasure  of  seeing  your  Ex- 
cellency, when  I  flatter  myself,  from  your 
known  generosity  and  humanity,  you  will  not 
hesitate  to  favour  my  dismission  from  the  Ar- 
my.* 

I  am.  Dear  Sir  with  great  esteem, 
your  Excellency's  most  Obedient 

Humble  Servant, 
JOHN  GLOVER. 
To  his  Excellency  ) 
Gen.  Washington.  \ 


On  the  28  th  of  June  Gen.  Glover,  having 
recovered  somewhat  from  the  illness  referred 


*The  following  extract  from  Washington's 
reply  to  the  above  letters,  in  which  Gren.  Glover 
asked  for  a  dismission  from  the  army  on  account 
of  ill  health,  is  from  a  manuscript  belonging  to  J. 
H.  Ome  of  Marblehead  : 

"  Excuse  me  Sir  "  said  Wa^ihington  "  if  I  hesi- 
tate to  give  my  concurrence  to  the  desire  you  ex- 
press of  quitting  the  army.  I  have  too  high  an 
opinion  of  your  valor  as  an  officer  to  do  anything 
which  may  contribute  to  your  relinquishing  that 
character.  My  earnest  wish  is  that  you  may  con- 
tinue it." 


107 


to  in  the  above  letters,  again  joined  the 
Army  and  took  command  at  Fort  Arnold, 
a  strong  redoubt  near  West  Point  on 
the  Hudson,  and,  with  the  aid  of  Col. 
Kosciusko,  superintended  the  completion  of 
the  P'orts  in  that  vicinity.  On  the  23d  of 
July  he  was  ordered  by  Washington  to  join 
his  Brigade,  then,  together  with  Varnum's 
Brigade  and  a  part  of  Col.  Jackson's  com- 
mand, marching  under  the  Marquis  de  La- 
fayette for  Providence  to  join  Gen.  Sullivan 
in  his  Expedition  against  the  British  on 
Rhode  Island.  (Sparks,  Vol.  G,  p.  8  &  11.) 
At  the  request  of  Gen.  Sullivan,-'  he  proceed- 
ed on  to  Boston  and  engaged  the  services  of 
several  companies  to  join  in  the  Expedition. 
The  "Boston  Independent  Company"  com- 
manded by  Col.  Hichborn,  and  a  Salem  Com- 
pany under  Capt.  Samuel  Flagg,  besides 
many  volunteers  from  Marblehead,  placed 
themselves  under  the  command  of  Gen.  Glov- 
er, and  marched  at  once  for  Providence, 
where  they  arrived  on  the  10th  of  August. 
On  the  15  th  the  army   marched  in  order  of 


I 


*  The  following  is   copied  from  an  autograph 
letter  of  Gen.  Sullivan  : 

"Head  Quarters  August  1st  1778. 
Dear  Sir, 

You  will  please  to  proceed  to  Boston, 
Marblehead  and  such  other  places  as  you  may 
think  proper,  to  engage  two  or  three  hundred  Sea- 
men or  other  persons  well  acquainted  with  Boats, 
who  are  to  act  as  Boatmen  in  the  Expedition 
against  Rhode  Island.  You  will  please  to  use  all 
possible  expedition  in  forwarding  them  on.  Their 
pay  shall  he  three  Dollars  per  day  &  their  expenses 
DoiTie  upon  the  Road.  Their  engagement  is  to  be 
for  fifteen  days,  if  not  sooner  discharged ;  they  will 
be  allowed  three  days  for  coming  &  three  for  going 
Home.     You  are  to  advance  each  man  one  week's 

fay  upon  his  engaging.  Upon  tliis  encouragement 
think  you  will  have  a  sufficient  number  who  will 
at  this  important  Crisis,  step  forth  to  assist  in  the 
glorious  Enterprise  on  hand  &  share  with  their 
Brethren  the  Honor  of  giving  the  last  Blow  to 
British  Tyranny. 

I  am.  Dear  Sir,  your  most  obedient   Servant 
JOHN  SULLIVAN. 
Brig'r  Gen'l  Glovke. 


battle  from  Howland's  Eerry  towards  New- 
port, Gen.  Glover's  Brigade  being  on  the  left 
of  the  first  line,  and  under  the  command  of 
Col.  Bigelow.  Major  Thos.  Fosdick,  Mr.  John 
Tracy,  Capt.  Stephen  Sewall  and  Rufus 
King  Esq.  were  appointed  Aides  de  Camp 
to  Gen.  Glover,  who  was  placed  temporarily 
on  the  Staff  of  Gen.  Sullivan.  The  "Boston 
Independent  Company"  and  the  "Salem 
Volunteers ' '  were  oi-dcred  to  cover  the  left 
of  the  first  line.  Having  reached  Newport 
the  Americans  entrenched  themselves  and 
commenced  a  regular  siege  of  that  place,  but 
the  French  fleet  failing  to  support  them  as 
they  expected,  they  were  compelled  to  aban- 
don the  siege,  and  it  was  with  difficulty  that 
they  escaped  from  the  Island.  On  the  29th 
during  the  retreat  a  severe  battle  took  place 
in  which  the  British  were  defeated.  The 
"  Volunteer  Companies  "  were  honorably  men- 
tioned in  General  Orders.  Capt.  Samuel 
Flagg  of  the  "Salem  Volunteers"  commanded 
the  boats  at  Howland's  Ferry,  by  which  the 
army  crossed  safely  to  the  main  land. 

After  this  Gen.  Glover  was  placed  in  com- 
mand of  the  Department  of  Providence,  where 
the  sick  and  the  wounded  had  been  removed. 
His  Brigade  Orders  issued  here  and  else- 
where often  exhibit  his  true  character,  that 
of  an  honest,  conscientious  and  industrious 
officer.  He  was  careful  that  his  command 
should  not  only  observe  the  decencies  of  life 
and  the  duties  of  soldiers,  but  avoid  those 
excesses  which  so  often  disgrace  the  Camp, 
and,  while  he  was  strict  in  regard  to  disci- 
pline, neatness  of  dress  and  good  order,  he 
was  ever  anxious  that  his  men  should  be 
provided  with  every  comfort  which  money 
or  constant  attention  could  obtain   for  them. 

(See  Brigade  Orders,  July  7th,  11th, 
Sept.   7th,   12th,    19th,  21st,   26th,    1778; 


108 


Apr.  10th,    1779;  Nov.  11th,    16th,   1781; 
also  Gen.  Orders,  Nov.  17th,  1781.) 


Sir; 


Providbncb,  28th  Jan'y,  1779. 


Urged  by  a  sense  of  duty  and  regard 
for  my  much  injured  country,  I  entered  her 
service  at  the  commencement  of  hostilities, 
and  have  continued  to  exert  my  small  ability 
in  her  defence  to  this  day,  and  was  fully  de- 
termined to  persevere  therein  (notwithstand- 
ing the  great  sacrifices  I  have  made,  and 
must  consequently  contiuue  to  make,)  so  long 
as  I  could  be  any  way  serviceable,  or  my 
country  wanted  me. 

But  it  has  been  the  will  of  Heaven  I 
should  feel  the  pang  of  a  separation,  and 
part  with  a  companion  who  was  most  dear  to 
me,  and  (in  my  absence)  the  only  support 
and  stay  of  a  family  of  eight  small  children, 
the  oldest  of  whom  is  seventeen  years ;  the 
care  of  which  now  altogether  devolves  on 
me,  and  calls  for  my  particular  attention. 

These  being  my  present  circumstances, 
which  are  truly  distressing,  I  am,  from  a 
sense  of  paternal  duty  and  regard  I  owe  to 
my  little  flock,  compelled,  though  with  great 
reluctance  and  regret,  to  ask  a  dismission 
from  the  service.  At  the  same  time  beg 
it  may  not  be  conceived  as  proceeding  from 
any  other  motive,  and  that  your  Excellency 
would  be  pleased  (if  inconsistent  to  grant  it 
yourself)  to  forward  my  request  to  the 
Hon'ble  Congress. 

I  feel  myself  happy  in  being  one  of  those 
who  have  stood  forth  in  defence  of  the  liber- 
ties of  America ;  and  be  assured,  sir,  that 
whenever  her  Hon'ble  Kepresentatives  or 
your  Excellency  shall  call  for  my  exertions, 
1  shall  endeavor  with  cheerfulness  to  com- 
ply therewith. 

I  hope,  sir,  I  shall  always  have  a  grate- 
ful sense  of  the  many  civilities  shown  me 
by  your  Excellency ;  for  which  I  beg  leave 
to  return  my  unfeigned  thanks. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be 

Your  Excellency's 

most  obed't  hum.  Ser't, 

JOHN   GLOVER 

His  Excellency, 
Gen.  Washington 


ON.  \ 


Upon  receipt  of  this  request,  Congress 
passed  the  following  Resolve:  "Resolved, 
that  Congress,  sensible  of  Brigadier  General 
Glover's  past  merits,  and  in  expectation  of 
his  future  services,  direct  the  Commander-in- 
Chief  to  indulge  him  with  a  furlough  for  such 
time  as  may  be  necessary  to  settle  his  private 
affairs."  (See  Journals  of  Congress,  Vol. 
iii,  214,  Feb.  27th,  1779.) 

On  the  30th  of  June,  and  the  7th  of  July, 
1779,  Glover  was  ordered  by  Gen.  Washington 
to  march  his  Brigade  from  Providence  for  the 
main  army,  and  "to  take  some  route  not  far 
from  the  Sound,  so  as  to  co-operate  with  the 
Militia  against  the  depredations  of  the  ene- 
my."    (Sparks,  Vol.  vi.  286,  305.) 

The  following  letters  show  the  route  by 
which  the  Brigade  marched. 

(Copy.)     New  London,  11th  July,  1779,") 
10  o'clock,  evening,      j 
Dear  General, 

The  inclosed  letter  from  Gen- 
eral Parsons,  is  this  moment  received  by  Ex- 
press.    I  shall  march  to-morrow  morning, 
at  2  o'clock,  if  the  weather  permits. 
I  am.  Dear  General, 

with  sentiments  of  Regard 
yr.  most  obed.  hum.  Servt., 

JOHN  GLOVER, 

B.  General. 
Major  General  Gates. 

(Copy.)  Norwalk,  10th  July,  1779. 

Sir,  I  have  the  orders  of  his  Excellency, 
General  Washington,  to  order  the  Brigade 
under  your  command  to  such  part  of  this 
State  as  I  shall  find  necessary  on  the  present 
emergency.  The  present  movements  of  the 
enemy,  render  a  Force  absolutely  necessary 
in  the  remaining  Towns  in  the  Western  part 
of  the  State,  to  preserve  them  from  destruc- 
tion, and  oppose  the  Enemy's  further  pro- 
gress. 

You  will  therefore  be  pleased  to  order  the 
Brigade  under  your  command  to  march  to 


109 


this  place  with  as  much  expedition  as  will 
consist  with  the  health  of  the  Troops. 

The  Enemy  are  advancing  into  the  Coun- 
try, and  no  Troops  but  the  Militia  to  oppose 
them.  You  will  easily  perceive  the  necessi- 
ty of  moving  as  fast  as  you  can,  to  give  con- 
fidence to  the  Militia,  who  in  conjunction 
with  your  Troops  may  give  a  check  to  the 
further  progress  of  those  Incendiaries. 
I  am.  Sir,  with  Respect, 

your  Obed.  Hum.  Serv., 

SAM'L  H.  PARSONS, 

Brig.  General. 
Br.  Gen.  Glovbr.* 


Sir: 


NoRWALK,  21  July,  1779. 


I  was  honoured  with  your  Excellency's 
letter  of  the  17th  last  evening  at  nine  o'clock. 
The  troops  having  marched  from  New  Haven 
in  two  days  are  much  fatigued.  Shall  halt 
them  at  this  place  to  day.  I  shall  march  at  2 
o'clock  to  morrow  morning  for  Ridgefield, 
where  I  shall  wait  your  Excellency's  orders. 

Give  me  leave  to  congratulate  you,  sir,  on 
the  success  of  the  American  arms  against 
Stony  Point,  and  thank  your  Excellency  for 
the  intelligence,  which  is  the  first  and  only 
confirmation  I  have  had  of  that  glorious  event, 
notwithstanding  I  have  received  three  letters 
from  Gen.  Heath  since  it  took  place,  in  neither 
of  which  does  he  say  one  word  about  it. 

I  am  Sir  your  Excellency's 

most  Obed't  Humble  Sert. 

JOHN  GLOVER. 
His  Excellency  Gen.  Washington. 


West  Point,  July  the  23,  1779. 
Dr.  Sir: 

I  have  received  your  favor  of  yes- 
terday and  thank  you  for  the  intelligence  re- 
specting the  Fleet.  Before  this  reaches  you 
I  expect  you  will  have  received  directions 
from  Gen.  Heath  to  halt  at  Ridgefield  till 
further  orders.  I  have  only  to  add  my  request, 
that  you  will  use  your  best  endeavors  to  ob- 
tain information  of  the   situation   and   move- 


*  (Trom  the  files  at  the  Secretary  of  State's 
Office.) 


ments  of  the  enemy  from  time  to  time,  and 
that  you  will  communicate  whatever  you  may 
deem  interesting. 

I  am  Dr.  Sir  with  great  regard 
yr  most  Obed't  Ser't. 

G.  WASHINGTON. 
Gen.  Glover.* 

Gen.  Glover  remained  at  Ridgefield,  under 
Major  Gen.  Howe,  through  the  following  win- 
ter. On  the  20th  of  June,  1780,  he  was  or- 
dered, by  letter  from  Gen.  Washington,  to 
"  repair  immediately  to  Springfield,  Mass., 
for  the  purpose  of  superintending  the  business 
of  receiving  and  forwarding  the  drafts  from 
Massachusetts  to  West  Point."  On  the  25th 
of  September  he  was  again  with  the  army  at 
West  Point,  commanding  his  Brigade,  as  ap- 
pears by  a  letter  from  there  to  his  brother, 
dated  Sept.  26th,  describing  Arnold's  "  most 
infernal  plot,"  the  discovery  of  which  he 
thinks  "  must  be  imputed  to  the  interposition 
of  Divine  Providence."  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Court  which  tried  Major  Andre  on  the 
29th  of  September,  and  was  oflScer  of  the  day 
when  Andre  was  executed.! 

(*  Copied  from  the  original.) 

t  The  following  is  from  Sargent's  lifie  of  Andre, 
page  431  : 

"  A  Brief  Account  of  the  Characters  of  the  Gten- 
erals,  who  tried  Major  Andre. 

Glover  born  aboatl735,  was  I  believe  of 

a  wealthy  family  of  Marblehead.  He  took  an  early 
share  in  the  contest.  Diminutive  in  person  he  was 
active  in  habit  and  a  good  soldier .f  He  had  prob- 
ably been  a  ship-owner  before  the  war,  and  the  reg- 
iment which  he  raised  in  1775  was  mainly  composed 
of  seafaring  men.  It  was  one  of  the  first  filled  up 
in  Massachusetts,  and  when  taken  into  the  Conti- 
nental pay  still  retained  its  efiiciency.  There 
was  an  appearance  of  discipline  in  this  Corps,  the 
officers  seemed  to  have  mixed  with  the  world,  and 
to  understand  what  belonged  to  their  stations. 

Glover's  command  led  the  advance  in  the  pas- 
sage of  the  Delaware  at  Trenton,  and  its  Command- 
er was  never  found  amiss. 

'  These  are  the  lads  who  might  do  something ' 
cried  the  spectators  as,  500  strong,  it  came  along 
after  the  defeat  at  Long  Island." 

t  The  Marquis  de  Chastellux  speaks  of  General  Glover 
as  "  a  little  man,  but  active  and  a  good  soldier."  Trav- 
els in  America,  1,  ISO. 


110 


Gen.  Glover  remained  at  West  Point  with 
his  Brigade  till  the  Summer  of  1781.  In 
August  of  that  year,  when  the  allied  armies 
crossed  the  Hudson  and  marched  for  Virginia, 
Washington  left  a  strong  force  under  Gen. 
Heath  to  protect  the  Hudson  Highlands.  Of 
this  force  Glover's  Brigade  formed  a  part. 
On  the  19th  of  August,  when  Gen.  Heath 
assumed  command  of  the  Department,  the 
head-quarters  were  "near  Dobb's  Ferry." 
On  the  20th  the  army  marched  to  Peekskill, 
arriving  there  on  the  23d.  The  following 
was  the  order  of  march : 

"Major  Gen.  Lord  Sterling  will  take  com- 
mand of  the  right  wing  of  this  army.  Major 
Gen.  Howe  the  command  of  the  left  wing. 
Brigadier  Gen.  Glover  will  take  command  of 
the  Division  commanded  by  Major  Gen.  Lin- 
coln ;  and  Brigadier  Gen  Patterson  the  com- 
mand of  the  two  Brigades  of  the  second  line ; 
Capt.  Donald's  company  of  Artillery  with  the 
two  three-pounders  are  to  be  divided  to  the 
two  Divisions  of  the  first  line." 

Oct.  27,  Gen's  Glover  and  Huntington  were 
ordered  to  "view  the  present  position  of  the 
pickets  near  the  enemy ;  if  they  can  be  re- 
moved to  places  more  comfortable  and  equal- 
ly safe  to  the  army,  cause  it  to  be  done  and  re- 
port." They  reported  the  same  day.  On  the 
12th  of  Nov.  the  1st  Massachusetts  Brigade 
with  two  pieces  of  artillery  under  Capt.  Tread- 
well  marched  on  a  foraging  expedition  under 
the  command  of  Gen.  Glover.  The  route  was 
from  Continental  Village  by  North  Castle, 
Young's,  White  Plains,  East  Chester,  Mara- 
nack,  Wright's  Mills,  and  Crompond,  back  to 
Continental  Village.  The  following  is  an  ex- 
tract from  the  General  Orders  of  the  17th: 

"The  General  thanks  Brigadier  Gen.  Glov- 
er for  the  regularity  and  good  order  he  pre- 
served in  the  late  grand  forage  on  the  lines. 


The  Forage  Master  will  be  careful  in  receiving 
and  receipting  for  the  forage  which  has  been 
collected,  and  cause  equal  distribution  to  be 
made,  exercising  the  greatest  economy." 

Gen.  Glover  was  with  the  army  till  the 
Spring  of  1782,  when  he  was  again  ordered  to 
take  charge  of  the  mustering  and  forwarding 
recruits  from  Massachusetts.  At  this  time 
his  health  had  become  very  much  impaired  by 
long  exposure  and  arduous  service  in  the  field. 
His  complaints  had  been  undoubtedly  ag- 
gravated by  continued  anxiety  and  distress  of 
mind  in  regard  to  the  condition  of  his  family 
and  private  affairs.  His  sensibility  on  this 
subject  appears  in  his  correspondence,  of  which 
the  following  is  a  specimen,  from  a  letter  to 
Washington,  dated  West  Point,  Jan.  28th, 
1781: 

"  Neither  business  nor  amusements  of  any 
kind,  however  advantageous,  pleasing  or  sat- 
isfactory in  the  enjoyment,  would  have  induced 
me  to  address  your  Excellency  a  second  time 
on  the  subject ;  but  duty  and  affection  to  my 
helpless  orphan  children  (for  so  I  must  call 
them  in  my  absence)  call  aloud,  and  urge  the 
necessity  of  my  making  them  a  visit  before 
the  campaign  opens,  or  they  must  unavoidably 
suffer,  being  all  very  young,  and  by  no  means 
capable  of  taking  care  of  themselves,  except- 
ing a  daughter  of  eighteen,  who  has  the  charge 
of  eight  others,  a  burden  much  too  great  for 
so  young  a  person  ;  and  what  makes  it  exceed- 
ingly more  so,  they  live  in  a  seaport  town, 
where  the  necessaries  of  life  are  very  dear 
and  hard  to  be  come  at,  even  were  they  pos- 
sessed of  the  means,  which  at  present  (I  am 
sorry  to  say)  they  are  not ;  nor  is  it  in  my 
power  to  furnish  them,  not  having  received 
any  pay  for  twenty  months  past.  A  few  days 
ago  I  received  a  letter  from  my  daughter,  the 
purport  of  which  must  have  roused  and  awak- 


Ill 


ened  the  attention  of  the  most  unnatural  pa- 
rent, much  more  one  who  is  very  particularly 
attached  to  his  children  ;  this  may  be  called  a 
weakness  in  me ;  however  it's  such  a  weak- 
ness as  I  at  all  times  take  pride  in  showing." 

The  following  is  from  a  letter  to  Washing- 
ton, dated  Marblehead,  May  4th,  1782  : 

"  Instead  of  growing  better  as  the  Spring 
comes  on,  (as  was  the  opinion  of  my  physi- 
cian,) I  find  myself  much  weaker,  my  com- 
plaints and  disorders  being  of  such  a  com- 
plicated nature  that  they  have  baffled  the 
power  of  medicine  as  well  as  the  skill  of  the 
most  able  and  approved  physicians  amongst 
us,  who  now  tell  me  it  must  be  a  work  of 
time  to  remove  them  and  restore  me  to  any 
tolerable  health ;  my  whole  frame  being  so 
exceedingly  shattered  and  debilitated,  and  my 
nervous  system  so  much  weakened,  that, 
were  I  to  gain  a  kingdom,  I  could  not  ride  a 
journey  of  20  miles,  nor  can  I  ride  a  single 
horse  five  miles. 

Your  Excellency  will  hardly  credit  it,  but 
be  assured,  sir,  it  is  an  absolute  fact,  I  have 
not  slept  two  hours  upon  an  average  in  24 
for  these  four  years  past,  and  very  often  after 
severe  fatigue  I  do  not  sleep  a  wink  for 
two  or  three  nights  together.  These  disor- 
ders and  complaints  I  contracted  at  the  North- 
ward in  the  Campaign  of  1777,  and  they  have 
been  growing  on  me  ever  since." 

On  the  18th  of  June  he  again  wrote  to 
Washington,  giving  a  very  particular  and  mi- 
nute account  of  the  character  of  his  disease, 
and  enclosing  a  certificate  ' '  from  two  of  the 
ablest  and  most  approved  physicians  in  the 
State." 

Head  Quarters,  Newburgh,  ) 
July  10th,  1782.  I 

I  have  received  your  letter  of  the  18th 


Sir; 


June,  with  the  enclosed  certificate.  Agreea- 
bly to  your  request  I  have  forwarded  a  copy 
of  your  letter,  with  corroborating  evidence  of 
the  physicians,  to  the  Secretary  at  War,  and 
recommended  a  compliance  with  your  desire. 

That  you  may  soon  be  restored  to  your  for- 
mer state  of  health,  is  the  sincere  wish  of 
Sir,  your  very  humble  servant, 

G.   WASHINGTON. 

Brig'r  Gen'l  Glover.* 

On  the  22nd  of  July  1782  he  was,  "on  ac- 
count of  his  ill  health,  placed  on  the  half 
pay  establishment"  by  Congress. 


Sir, 


Head  Quarters,  Newburgh, 
July  30th,  1782. 


The  enclosed  Resolution  of  Congress 
having  been  transmitted  to  me,  I  take  this 
earliest  opportunity  to  communicate  it  for 
your  information. 

Sincerely  wishing  you  a  restoration  of 
health,  attended  with  every  happiness  in  your 
future  walks  of  life, 

I  have  the  honor  to  be.  Sir, 
your  very  humble  servant, 

G.   WASHINGTON. 
Brigadier  General  Glover.! 

Gen.  Glover  resided  in  Marblehead  till  his 
death,  Jan.  30th  1797.  His  mansion  is 
still  standing  in  Glover  Square,  near  State 
Street,  and  is  now  the  residence  of  Benjamin 
Selman,  Esq.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
State  Convention  in  1788,  and  his  vote 
is  recorded  together  with  those  of  his  col- 
leagues Jonathan  Glover,  Isaac  Mansfield,  and 
Azor  Orne,  in  favor  of  the  Federal  Constitu- 
tion. 

The  following  obituary  notice  may  be  found 
in  the  Salem  Gazette,  printed  January  31st, 
1797. 

Died  —  At  Marblehead,  of  an  hepatick  di- 
sease, John  Glover  Esq.   aged  Q'l.t     As  a 


(*  Copied  from  the  original, 
t  (Copied  from  the  original.) 


t{64) 


112 


military  character  he  stood  high  on  the  list  of 
fame,  and  acted  a  very  distinguished  part  in 
those  judicious  plans  and  arrangements  which 
led  on  to  the  capture  of  Burgoyne  and  his 
army,  and  was  honoured  with  the  superin- 
tendency  of  them  in  their  march  through  the 
country  as  the  most  qualified  person.  He 
was  officer  of  the  day  when  Major  Andre 
made  his  exit ;  which,  though  the  effect  of 
necessity,  deeply  affected  the  Greneral,  and 
drew  tears  from  every  eye.  In  private  life 
he  was  the  warm  and  steady  friend ,  free  from 
every  appearance  of  guile  and  dissimulation. 
He  was  the  affectionate  husband,  the  kind 
brother,  and  the  best  of  fathers.  Tn  civil 
capacity  he  sustained  some  of  the  first  offices 
within  the  gifl  of  his  fellow  citizens,  and  ever 
conducted  to  their  approbation.  He  was 
chosen  a  delegate  to  the  State  Convention  for 
the  purpose  of  assenting  to  and  ratifying  the 
Federal  Constitution,  and  has  ever  been  one 
of  its  warmest  supporters. 

Marbleiiead,  Jan.  30th,  1797. 


The  following  is  the  inscription  on  his  tomb 
in  the  old  burying-ground  in  Marblehead  : 

Erected  with  filial  respect 

to 

The  memory  of 

The  Hon.  JOHN   GLOVER,   Esquire, 

Brigadier    General   in   the 

late  Continental  Army, 

Died 

January  30th,  1797, 

Aged  64. 


APPENDIX. 


EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  ORDERLY  BOOKS. 

The  following  passages,  while  they  are  of 
much  interest  in  connection  with  the  subject 
of  this  memoir,  also  indicate  how  much  light 
these  Orderly  Books  throw  upon  the  history 
of  the  Revolution: 


Head  Quarters,  Cambridge,  ") 
June  29th,  1775.      j 

Parole,  Washington.  Countersign,  Virgin- 
ia. Officer  of  the  day  to-morrow,  Lieut.  Col. 
Gerry,  Officer  of  the  main  guard  to-mor- 
row. Major  Brooks.  Adjutant  for  the  day 
to-morrow,  —  Hardy. 

General  Orders.  That  the  Regiments 
in  this  Camp  parade  to-morrow  morning  pre- 
cisely at  5  o'clock  on  the  common,  where  the 
Prisoners  will  be  brought  from  the  main 
guard  &  the  sentence  of  the  Gen'l  Court 
martial  will  be  put  in  execution  against 
them.  The  Officers  commanding  Corps  will 
turn  out  immediately  when  called  upon  for 
duty.  The  Adjutants  will  take  care  to  bring 
the  men  upon  the  place  of  parade,  for  guard  or 
other  duty,  pvecis'^y  at  the  time  prescribed 
by  the  Adjutant  General. 

Head  Quarters,  Cambridge,  ") 
June  30th,  1775.      j 

Parole,  Pennsylvania.  Countersign,  James- 
town. Officer  of  the  day  to-morrow.  Col. 
Prescott.  Officer  of  the  main  guard  to-mor- 
row, Lieut.  Col.  Roberts.  Adjutant  for  the 
day  to-morrow,  Gibbs. 

General  Orders.  That  all  profane  cur- 
sing and  swearing,  all  indecent  language 
and  behaviour  will  not  be  tolerated  in  Camp. 
The  General  expects  that  all  the  Officers 
from  the  highest  to  the  lowest  Rank  will 
set  a  good  Example  to  the  Soldiers  in  this 
Respect.  That  three  Subalterns  be  appoint- 
ed daily  to  visit  the  Colleges  at  0  o'clock 
in  the  morning,  and  see  that  they  are  swept 
clean  and  that  the  Officers  improving  Dwell- 
ing Houses  take  care  that  those  Soldiers, 
who  are  quartered  in  the  same,  see  that  they 
are  daily  swept.  That  the  field  Officers 
commanding  at  Cambridge,  Charlestown  & 
Medford  see  that  the  Adjutants  make  out  a 
list  of  all  the  Officers  and  rank  and  file  belong- 
ing to  their  respective  Regiments,  and  make 
a  Return  immediately  to  the  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral. That  all  possible  care  be  taken  that 
no  lewd  women  come  into  Camp,  and  all 
persons  are  ordered  to  give  information  of 
such  persons,  if  any  there  are — that  prop- 


113 


cr  measures  be  taken  to  bring  them  to  con- 
dign punishment,  and  rid  the  Camp  of 
such  a  nuisance. — That  the  Rules  and  Reg- 
ulations for  the  American  Army  be  read  at 
the  head  of  their  respective  Companies  by 
the  Captain  or  such  other  person  as  they 
shall  appoint,  once  a  week  till  further  Or- 
ders. 

Hkad  Quarters,  Cambridge,  ) 
July  1st,  1775.      J 

Parole,  Bowdoin.  Countersign,  Dexter. 
Officer  of  the  day  to-morrow,  Col.  Glover. 
Officer  of  the  main  Guard  to-morrow.  Major 
Johonnot.     Adjutant  for  the  day.  Fox. 

General  Orders.  That  the  Adjutants  of 
the  respective  Regiments  doing  duty  at  Cam- 
bridge, Charlestown  and  Medford,  make  a 
weekly  Return  to  the  Adjutant  General  at 
Head  Quarters  of  the  number  of  Officers  & 
Rank  &  file  fit  for  duty,  number  unfit,  where 
stationed,  what  number  daily  on  duty,  wheth- 
er in  Camp,  out  on  furlough,  or  absent  with- 
out leave.  That  the  Drummers  in  this  en- 
campment attend  on  Mr.  John  Bassett,  Drum 
Major,  at  7  o'clock  to-morrow  morning  &  re- 
ceive their  orders  from  him,  respecting  their 
duty. 

Head  Quarters,  Cambridge,  ) 
July  2d,  1775.      j 

Parole,  Pitt.       Countersign,  Bradbury. 

Officer  of  the  day  to-morrow,  Col.  Brick- 
ett.  Officer  of  the  main  guard  to-morrow, 
Major  Woods.  Adjutant  for  the  day  to-mor- 
row, Hardy. 

General  Orders.  That  some  suitable  per- 
son in  each  Company  and  Regiment  be  direct- 
ed to  inspect  said  Company  daily ;  that  upon 
finding  any  complaint  of  indisposition  among 
the  men,  the  Surgeon  of  each  Regiment  will 
examine  thereinto,  &  if  there  be  any  symp- 
toms of  the  small  pox  upon  them,  that  they 
immediately  be  removed.  That  one  Soldier 
be  taken  out  of  each  Company  in  Putnam's, 
Prescott's,  Bridge's,  Frye's  &  Glover's  Regi- 
ments for  Camp  Colour  men,  whose  daily  busi- 
ness shall  be  to  sweep  and  keep  clean  the 
Camp. 

VOL.  v.-  (17) 


Head  Quarters,  Cambridge,  ) 
July  3d,  1775.      i 
Parole,  Lookout.       Countersign,  Sharp. 
Officer  of  the  day  to-morrow,  Col.  Prescott. 
Officer  of  the  main  guard    to-morrow,    Major 
Poor.     Adjutant  for  the  day  to-morrow,  Gibbs. 


By  his  Excellency  George  Washington,  Esq., 
Commander-in-Chief  of  all  the   Forces  of 
the  United  Colonies  of  North  America. 
General    Orders.     The  Colonel   or  Com- 
manding Officer  of  each  Regiment  is  ordered 
forthwith  to  make  two  returns  of  the  number 
of  men  in  their  respective  regiments,    distin- 
guishing those  who  are  sick,  wounded,  or  ab- 
sent on  furlough,  and  also  the  quantity  of  am- 
munition each  Regiment  now  has. 

Head  Quarters,  Cambridge,  ) 
July  3d,  1775.      j 
By  his  Excellency,  Gen.  Washington,   dated 

4  o'clock  P.  M. 

It  is  ordered  that  Col.  Glover's  Regt.  be 
ready  this  evening,  with  all  their  accoutrements, 
to  march  at  a  minute's  warning  to  support 
Gen.  Folsom  of  the  New  Hampshire  Forces, in 
case  his  lines  should  be  attacked.  It  is  also 
ordered  that  Col.  Prescott's  Regiment  equip 
themselves  to  march  this  evening  &  take  pos- 
session of  the  woods  leading  to  Lechmere's 
Point,  and,  in  case  of  an  attack  there.  Col. 
Glover's  Regiment  to  march  immediately  to 
their  support. 

Head  Quarters,  Cambridge,  \ 

*19th  July,  1775.      j 

Parole.  Derby.     Countersign,  Marblehead. 

Officer  of  the  day  to-morrow,  Col.  Glover. 

Officer  of  the  main  guard  to-morrow  morning. 

Major  Brooks.     Adjutant  for  the  day.  Hardy. 

Head  Quarters,  Cambridge,  ) 
20th  July,  1775.      j" 
Parole,  Albany.  Countersign,  Ticonderoga. 
Officer  of  the  day  to-morrow,  Col.  Brickett. 
Officer  of  the   main  guard    to-morrow.  Major 

*  Glover's  Regiment  being  employed  on  special 
service  may  be  the  cause  of  the  absence  in  the  Or- 
derly Book  of  General  Orders  from  the  3d  to  the 
19th  of  July. 


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Lee.     Adjutant  for  the  day  to-morrow,  Tyler. 

General  Orders.  Certain  drums  in  and 
near  Cambridge  very  improperly  beat  the  Re- 
veille this  morning  before  day.  Although  the 
Troops  are  ordered  to  be  under  arms  half  an 
hour  before  daylight,  it  does  not  follow  that 
the  drums  are  to  beat  at  that  time.  The 
Reveille  is  to  beat  when  the  Sentry  can  see 
clearly  one  thousand  yards  around  him,  and 
not  before.  All  Aids  de  Camp  and  Majors 
of  Brigade  are  to  keep  regularly  entered  in  a 
book  all  the  General  Orders  of  the  Army  as 
well  as  those  of  the  Brigade  they  belong  to, 
as  the  General  in  Chief  will  not  for  the  future 
admit  as  an  excuse  for  the  breach  of  orders 
the  plea  of  not  knowing  them. 

Samuel  Osgood,  Esq.,  and  Joseph  Ward, 
Esq.,  being  appointed  Aidsde  Camp  to  Major 
Gen.  Ward,  they  are  to  be  obeyed  as  such  ; 
as  all  orders  coming  from  Aids  de  Camp  are 
to  be  considered  as  the  orders  of  their  respec- 
tive Generals,  and,  whether  written  or  verbal, 
to  be  forthwith  obeyed,  it  may  be  necessary 
once  more  to  repeat  to  the  Army  that  every 
Aid  de  Camp  &  Major  of  Brigade  will  be 
distinguished  by  a  green  riband. 

Certain  Corps  having  been  dilatory  in  de- 
livering last  Saturday  their  weekly  returns  as 
positively  directed  by  former  orders,  the  Gen- 
eral is  determined  for  the  future  not  to  excuse 
any  neglect  in  sending  their  returns  every  Sat- 
urday to  the  Adjutant  General ;  as  the  Com- 
manding officers  of  Regiments  are  to  be  an- 
swerable for  the  due  observance  of  this  Order, 
it  is  expected  that  they  are  exact  in  obliging 
their  respective  Adjutants  to  fulfil  their  duty. 

Head  Quarters,  Cambridge,  ) 
21st  July,  1775.      j 
Parole,  Maiden.    Countersign,  Chelsea. 
Officer  of  the  day  to-morrow,  Col.  Johonnot. 
Officer  of  the  main  guard   to-morrow,    Major 
Woods.     Adjutant   for   the   day   to-morrow, 
Gibbs. 

Head  Quarters,  Cambridge,  ) 
22d  July,  1775.      > 
Parole,  Nantasket.      Countersign,  Missis- 
mi. 
Officer  of  the  day  to-morrow,  Col.    Bridge. 


sippi 


Officer  of  the  main  guard  to-morrow.  Major 
Poor.     Adjutant  for  the  day  to-morrow,  Fox. 

General  Orders.  Camp  before  Boston, 
July  22d,  1775. 

Capt.  Israel  Putnam  &  Lieut  Saml.  Bebb 
being  appointed  Aids  de  Camp  to  Major  Gen- 
eral  Putnam,  they  are  to  be  obeyed  as  such. 

Regularity  &  due  subordination  being  so  es- 
sentially necessary  to  the  good  order  &  gov- 
ernment of  an  army,  and  as  without  it  the 
whole  must  soon  become  a  scene  of  disorder 
&  confusion,  the  General  finds  it  necessary, 
without  waiting  any  longer  for  dispatches  from 
the  Genl.  Continental  Congress,  immediately 
to  form  the  Army  into  Three  Grand  Divisions, 
and  to  divide  each  of  those  Grand  Divisions 
into  two  Brigades.  He  therefore  orders  the 
following  Regiments,  viz :  Gen.  Ward's,  Gen. 
Thomas's,  Col.  Feilows',  Col.  Colton's,  Col. 
Danielson's,  Col.  David  Brewer's,  to  compose 
one  Brigade  and  be  under  the  command  of 
Brig.  Gen.  Thomas.  That  Gen.  Spencer's, 
Col.  Parsons',  Col.  Learned's,  Col.  Walker's, 
Col.  J.  Read's  Independents  compose  anoth- 
er Brigade  to  be  commanded  by  Brig.  Gen. 
Spencer;  that  these  two  Brigades  compose  the 
Right  Wing  or  Division  of  the  Array,  and  bo 
under  the  command  of  M^or  Gen.  Ward,  & 
remain  at  Roxbury  and  its  Southern  dependen- 
cies. 

That  Col.  Stark's,  Col.  Poor's,  Col.  Read's 
New  Hampshire,  Col.  Nixon's,  Col.  Mans- 
field's, Col.  Doolittle's  Massachusetts,  be  form- 
ed into  another  Brigade  under  the  command  of 
Brig.  Gen.  Sullivan,  and  Posted  on  Winter 
Hill;  that  Col.  Varnum's,  Col.  Hitchcock's, 
Col  Church's  Rhode  Island,  Col.  Whitcomb's, 
Col.  Gardner's,  Col.  Jona.  Brewer's  Massa- 
chusetts, be  formed  into  another  Brigade  to  be 
commanded  by  Brig.  Gen.  Greene,  &  posted 
upon  Prospect  Hill ;  these  two  Brigades  to 
compose  the  Left  Wing  or  Second  Division 
of  the  Army  under  the  Command  of  JMajor 
Gen.  Lincoln. 

That  Gen.  Heath's,  Col.  Patterson's,  Col. 
Scamman's,  Col.  Gerrish's,  Col.  Phinny's, 
Col.  Prescott's  be  formed  into  another  Brig- 
ade &  commanded  by  Brig.  Gen.  Heath. 
That  Gen.  Putnam's,  Col.  Glover's,  Col. 
Frye's,    Col.    Bridge's,  'Col.   Woodbridge's, 


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Col.  Sargent's  be  formed  into  another 
Brigade  under  the  command  of  the  Senior 
Officer  therein,  and,  until  the  Pleasure  of 
the  Continental  Congress  be  known,  these 
two  Brigades  to  be  under  the  Command  of 
Major  Gen.  Putnam,  as  also  a  Corps  de  re- 
serve for  the  defence  of  the  several  Poets 
North  of  Roxbury  not  already  named. 

The  arrangement  now  ordered,  is  to  be 
made  as  speedily  as  possible,  and  the 
Major  Generals  are  to  see  it  done  accor- 
dingly. Some  inconveniencies  may  arise  to 
certain  individuals  by  this  change,  but  as 
the  good  of  the  service  requires  it  to  be  made, 
an  alert  and  ready  compliance  is  expected. 
All  applications  from  henceforward  by  Offi- 
cers or  Soldiers  for  leave  of  absence,  are  to 
be  made  to  the  Major  General  commanding 
each  Division,  who  is  to  judge  of  the  propriety 
of  the  application,  and  grant  furloughs  where 
ho  sees  cause,  without  applying  to  the  Com- 
mander-in-Chief, provided  it  be  not  contrary 
to  General  Orders,  Gen.  Heath's  Regt.  is 
to  take  Post  at  No.  2,  in  lieu  of  Gen.  Ward's. 
Col.  Patterson  is  to  remain  at  No.  3.  Col. 
Scamman's  to  occupy  No.  1  and  the  Redoubt 
between  that  and  No.  2.  Col.  Prescott's 
Regt.  to  take  Post  at  the  Redoubt  upon 
Sewall's  Point.  Col.  Gerrish's  Regt.  to  fur- 
nish the  companies  for  Chelsea,  Maiden  & 
Medford. 

Head  Quarters,  Cambridge,  ) 
23d  July,  1775.      J 

Parole,  Brunswick.  Countersign,  Prince- 
ton. Officer  of  the  day  to-morrow,  Col.  Glov- 
er. Officer  of  the  main  guard  to-morrow, 
Major  Brooks.  Adjutant  for  the  day  to- 
morrow, Hardy. 

General  Orders.  As  the  Continental 
Army  have  unfortunately  no  uniforms,  & 
consequently  many  inconveniencies  must 
arise  from  not  being  able  always  to  distin- 
guish the  Commissioned  Officers  from  the 
non-Commissioned,  and  the  non-Commission- 
ed  from  the  Privates,  it  is  desired  that  some 
badges  of  distinction  may  be  immediately 
provided ;  for  instance, — the  Field  Officers 
may  have  Red  or  Pink  coloured  Cockades 
in  their  hats,  the  Captains,  Yellow  or  BuflF, 


and  the  Subalterns,  Green.  They  are  to 
furnish  themselves  accordingly.  The  Ser- 
geants may  be  distinguished  by  Epaulette  or 
stripe  of  Red  cloth  sewed  upon  the  right 
shoulder.     The  Corporals  by  one  of  Green. 

The  people  employed  to  make  spears  are 
desired  by  the  General  to  make  four  dozen 
of  them  immediately,  thirteen  feet  in  length, 
and  the  wood  part  a  good  deal  more  substan- 
tial than  those  already  made,  particularly 
those  in  the  New  Hampshire  lines  (which) 
are  ridiculously  short  and  slight,  and  can 
answer  no  sort  of  purpose  ;  no  more  there- 
fore are  to  be  made  on  the  same  model. 

The  commanding  Officers  of  the  different 
works  and  posts  are  once  more  enjoined  to 
furnish  themselves  with  a  sufficient  number 
of  Gabions  &  Fascines  which  are  to  stop  up 
the  entrance  of  their  respective  redoubts  & 
lines,  and  to  repair  their  works,  which  may 
either  be  damaged  by  the  weather  or  the  fire 
of  the  enemy.  It  is  observed  that  several 
of  the  entrances  and  redoubts  are  still  left 
open,  without  any  sort  of  defence.  The  Com- 
manding Officers  of  each  redoubt  are  there- 
fore ordered  to  cut  a  wide  deep  ditch  at  the 
entrances,  and  throw  a  bridge  of  strong  plank 
across ;  this  is  to  be  done  without  delay. 

John  Davis  of  Capt.  Foster's  Company  in 
Col.  Gridley's  Regt.  of  Artillery,  tried  for 
desertion  and  suspicion  of  intending  to  go  to 
the  enemy  is  acquitted  by  the  General  Court 
Martial. 

Ensign  Foster  accused  by  Col.  Scamman 
of  abusive  and  insulting  language  to  the  said 
Col.  Scamman  while  under  arrest  by  a  Gen- 
eral Court  Martial  of  which  Col.  John  Nix- 
on was  President,  the  Court  were  unanimous- 
ly of  opinion  that  the  prisoner  is  not  guilty 
and  do  therefere  acquit  him  with  honor. 
Lieut.  Trofton  to  be  forthwith  released  from 
his  arrest.  Michael  Beny,  Capt.  Packer's 
Company  and  Col.  Prescott's  Regt.  tried  by 
the  same  General  Court  Martial  for  refusing 
his  duty  and  enlisting  in  another  Company, 
the  Court  condemn  the  prisoner  and  order  him 
to  receive  39  lashes.  The  General  orders 
the  sentence  to  be  put  in  execution  at  the 
head  of  the  Regt.  the  delinquent  belongs  to. 


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Col.  Little's   Kegt.  omitted  in  yesterday's 
orders,  is  in  Gen.    Green's  Brigade  &  to  be  ' 
posted  upon  Prospect  Hill. 


Head  Quarters, 
1st. 


ERs,  Cambridge,) 
St  Jan,  1770.      j 
Parole,  The  Congress.    Countersign,  Amer- 


General  Orders.  This  day  giving  com- 
mencement to  the  new  army,  which  in  every 
point  of  view  is  entirely  Continental,  the  Gen- 
eral flatters  himself  that  a  laudable  spirit 
of  emulation  will  now  take  place,  and  per- 
vade the  whole  of  it;  without  such  a  spirit 
few  oflicers  ever  arrived  to  any  degree  of  rep- 
utation, nor  did  any  army  ever  become  for- 
midable. His  Kxcellcncy  hopes  that  the  im- 
portance of  the  great  Cause  we  are  engaged 
in  will  be  deeply  impressed  upon  every  man's 
mind,  and  wishes  it  to  be  considered  that  an 
army  without  Order,  Regularity  tV  Discipline 
is  no  better  than  a  Commissioned  Mob.  Let 
us  therefore,  when  everything  dear  and  val- 
uable to  Freemen  is  at  stake,  when  our  un- 
natural parent  is  threatening  us  with  destruc- 
tion from  every  quarter,  endeavour  by  all  the 
skill  &  discipline  in  our  power  to  acquire 
that  knowledge  &  conduct  which  is  necessa- 
ry in  War. 

Our  men  are  brave  and  good  men  who, 
with  pleasure  it  is  observed,  are  addicted  to 
fewer  vices  than  are  commonly  found  in  ar- 
mies. But  it  is  subordination  and  discipline 
(the  life  and  soul  of  an  army)  which  next 
under  Providence  is  to  make  us  formidable 
to  our  enemies,  honorable  in  ourselves,  and 
respected  in  the  world ;  and  herein  is  to  be 
shown  the  goodness  of  the  oflScers.  In  vain 
is  it  for  a  General  to  issue  orders  if  orders 
are  not  attended  to ;  equally  vain  is  it  for  a 
few  officers  to  exert  themselves  if  the  same 
spirit  does  not  animate  the  whole.  It  is 
therefore  expected,  that  each  Brigadier  will 
be  attentive  to  the  discipline  of  his  Brigade, 
to  the  exercise  of,  and  the  conduct  observed 
in  it,  calling  the  Colonels  and  Field  Officers 
of  any  Regt.  to  severe  account  for  neglect  or 
disobedience  of  orders.  The  same  attention 
is  to  be  paid  by  the   Field  Officers  to  the  re- 


spective Companies  of  their  Regt's,  by  the 
Captains  to  their  subalterns,  and  so  on ;  and 
that  the  plea  of  ignorance,  which  is  no  ex- 
cuse for  the  neglect  of  orders  (but  rather  an 
aggravation,)  may  not  be  offered,  it  is  order- 
ed &  directed,  that  not  only  every  Regiment 
but  every  Company  do  keep  an  Orderly  Book 
to  which  frequent  recourse  is  to  be  had,  it 
being  expected  that  all  standing  Orders  be 
rigidly  obeyed  until  altered  or  countermand- 
ed. It  is  also  expected  that  all  orders,  which 
are  necessary  to  be  communicated  to  the  men 
be  regularly  read  and  carefully  explained  to 
them.  As  it  is  the  fixed  wish  of  the  Gener- 
al to  have  the  business  of  the  Army  conduc- 
ted without  punishment,  to  accomplish  this 
he  assures  every  /officer  &  soldier  that,  as  far 
as  it  is  in  his  power,  he  will  reward  such  as 
particularly  distinguish  themselves;  at  the 
same  time  he  declares  that  he  will  punish 
every  kind  of  neglect  or  misbehavior  in  an 
exemplary  manner.  As  the  great  variety  of 
occurrences  &  the  multiplicity  of  business 
in  which  the  General  is  necessarily  engaged 
may  withdraw  his  attention  from  many  objects 
and  things  which  might  be  improved  to  ad- 
vantage, he  takes  this  opportunity  of  declar- 
ing that  he  will  thank  any  Officer  of  what- 
soever rank  for  any  useful  hints  or  profitable 
information  ;  but  to  avoid  trivial  matters,  as 
his  time  is  very  much  engrossed,  he  requires 
that  it  may  be  introduced  through  the  chan- 
nel of  a  General  Officer,  who  is  to  weigh  the 
importance  before  he  communicates  it.  All 
Standing  Orders  heretofore  issued  for  the 
government  of  the  late  army,  of  which  every 
Regiment  has  or  ought  to  have  copies,  are 
to  be  strictly  complied  with  until  changed 
or  countermanded.  Every  Regiment  now 
upon  the  new  establishment  is  to  give  in, 
signed  by  the  Colonel  or  Commanding  Officer, 
an  exact  list  of  the  Commissioned  Officers, 
in  order  that  they  may  receive  Commissions ; 
particular  care  to  be  taken  that  no  person  is 
included  as  an  Officer  but  such  as  have  been 
appointed  by  proper  authority ;  any  attempt 
of  that  kind  in  the  new  army  will  bring  se- 
vere punishment  upon  the  author.  The  Gen- 
eral will  upon  any  vacancies  that  may  hap- 
pen receive  recommendations  and  give  them 


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proper  consideration ;  but  the  Congress  alone 
are  competent  to  the  appointment. 

An  exact  return  of  the  strength  of  each 
Regt.  is  to  be  given  in  as  soon  as  possible, 
distinguishing  the  number  of  Militia,  and 
such  of  the  old  Regts.  as  are  joined  for  a 
month  only,  from  the  established  men  of  the 
Regt  This  being  the  day  of  the  commence- 
ment of  the  New  Establishment  the  General 
pardons  all  the  oflFences  of  the  Old,  and  com- 
mands all  prisoners  (except  prisoners  of  war) 
to  be  immediately  released. 


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The  following  are  extracts  from  General 
Glover's  Orders  while  comuiaading  at  Fort 
Arnold : 

Fort  Arnold,  June  28th,  1778. 

Parole,  Washington.     Countersijjn,  Lee. 

Gen.  Glover  acquaints  the  garrison  that  it's 
of  the  utmost  importance  that  the  works  be 
finished  as  soon  as  possible ;  he  therefore  re- 
quests of  Officers  and  Soldiers  that  they  exert 
themselves  for  that  purpose.  The  Fatigue 
parties  to  begin  work  every  morning  at  5  o' 
clock,  leave  off  at  10,  begin  again  at  8  o'clock 
and  work  till  sundown. 

The  Commanding  Officer  of  Artillery  to 
make  return  of  the  number  of  men  under  his 
command  at  this  post,  of  the  cannon  and  size 
fit  for  use  &  the  Forts  they  are  mounted  in, 
with  the  quantity  of  fixed  ammunition  for  each 
gun ;  also  the  number  of  cannon  not  fit  for  use, 
if  any  there  be.  The  Commanding  Officers 
of  Regiments  are  desired  to  make  return  of 
the  number  of  arms  wanting  in  their  respec- 
tive Regiments.  The  Commanding  Oificer 
of  the  boats  will  make  return  of  the  number 
of  boats  and  scows  in  his  care  and  where  they 
are,  also  a  return  of  the  number  of  men  under 
his  command.  Detail  for  Guard  to-mor- 
row. 

S      S      C       P. 

Col.  Hathorn's  1       3      23 

Col.  Hopkins'       1      1       2      23 


Fort  Arnold,  June  29th,  1778. 

Parole,  Independence.  Countersign  Lib- 
erty. 

In  future  no  country  people  will  be  permit- 
ted to  come  into  the  garrison  without  a  recom- 
mendation from  Governor  Clinton,  the  Com- 
mittee, Selectmen,  or  some  Militia  Officer  of 
the  town  from  whence  they  come.  The  com- 
manding Officers  of  Guards  to  pay  a  particu- 
lar attention  to  this  order,  which  is  to  be  a 
standing  one  until  it  is  revoked.  The  Gener- 
al returns  his  thanks  to  Capt.  Storm  and  the 
Officers  and  Soldiers  of  his  Company  for  their 
services,  and  assures  them  that  they  shall  be 
dismissed  immediately  upon  the  Company'^s 
coming  into  garrison,  which  is  to  relieve  them 
and  is  expected  this  day.  Capt.  Storm  will 
see  the  arms,  ammunition  &  all  stores  belong- 
ing to  the  public  returned.  The  Command- 
ing Officers  of  Corps  of  Artillery,  Infantry, 
Artificers,  &  Boatmen  are  desired  to  make 
return  immediately  of  the  number  of  men  un- 
der their  several  Commands,  that  the  strength 
of  the  garrison  may  be  known,  with  the  num- 
ber of  arms  they  have  now  in  possession  & 
what  are  still  wanting. 

Adjutant  for  the  day  to-morrow,  Hend- 
rickson.  Details  for  Guards  &  Fatigue  as 
usual. 

A  number  of  smiths  being  wanted  for  the 
public  service,  any  who  are  in  the  Levies  for 
nine  months  &  incline  to  go  into  that  service 
shall  receive  two  shillings  York  Currency,  ^ 
ration  &  1  Gill  of  rum  per  day  in  addition 
to  their  present  pay  &  ration,  by  applying  to 
Capt.  Dobbs,  at  Gen.  Glover's  Quarters. 


1 


46 


Fort  Arnold,  3rd  July,  1778. 

Parole,  Salem.     Countersign,  Ipswich. 

General  Glover  again  requests  the  Out- 
works of  the  garrison  may  be  finished  without 
delay,  to  effect  which  he  desires  officers  & 
men  will  exert  themselves  when  on  Fatigue. 

Col.  Hopkins  will  please  to  .superintend  the 
Fatigue  parties,  &  is  to  be  obeyed  according- 
ly. He  will  take  his  Orders  from  Col.  Kos- 
ciuszko. 


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Commissary  Elderkin  will  serve  but  two 
days'  Provisions  at  a  time,  while  the  hot 
weather  continues.  One  day  salt  (if  he  has 
it)  and  one  day  fresh. 

Details  for  Fatigue : 


C. 

S. 

S. 

P. 

Col.  Harthorne, 

2 

6 

12 

127 

Col.  Hopkins, 

4 

5 

10 

107 

Capt.  Flowers, 

2 

2 

96 

Whipple, 

1 

2 

3 

85 

Wheeler, 

1 

2 

109 

7 

16 

29 

524 

FoiiT  Arnold,  4th  July,  1778. 

Parole,  America.     Countersign,  Freedom. 

The  Colonels  or  Commanding  Officers  of 
the  York  Militia,  whoso  times  are  near  out, 
are  desired  to  see  the  arms,  ammunition,  and 
pouches,  with  the  tents,  bowls,  axes,  camp- 
kettles,  &c.,  belonging  to  the  public,  all  re- 
turned (before  the  men  leave  camp,)  when 
they  will  be  dismissed  with  the  General's 
thanks  for  their  good  services. 

Selling  spirituous  liquors,  cider,  &c. ,  to  the 
soldiers  in  this  garrison,  is  strictly  forbidden. 
The  Q'r  Master  has  full  power  to  carry  this 
order  into  execution,  by  taking  up  all  and  ev- 
ery person,  whose  liquor  will  be  forfeited  and 
sold,  and  the  money  appropriated  for  the  use 
of  the  sick.  The  Commanding  Officers  of 
Col.  Greaton's,  Nixon's  and  Putnam's 
Regiments  will  make  return  of  what  men 
they  have  of  the  Massachusetts  Levies  that 
have  not  been  mustered,  who  must  go  to 
Fishkill  for  that  purpose  on  Monday  next. 
A  Captain  and  40  men,  properly  officered, 
who  are  used  to  boats,  to  parade  at  Head 
Quarters  to-morrow  morning,  5  o'clock,  with 
2  days  provisions.  They  will  take  orders 
from  the  Engineer,  Col.  Kosciuszko. 


Details, 
Col.  Harthorne, 
Hopkins, 
Whipple, 
Wheeler, 


C.    S.   S.  P. 

1           1  12 

1     1  8 

1  8 

2  12 

1     2    4  40 


Fort  Arnold,  July  Uth,  1778. 

Parole,  Maryland.     Countersign,  Virginia. 

The  proceedings  of  the  Court  Martial, 
whereof  Capt.  Wheeler  is  President,  having 
sentenced  several  persons  to  receive  corporal 
punishment,  without  any  allusion  to  Section  or 
Article  of  War,  which  is  contrary  to  the  es- 
tablished rules  of  Courts  Martial ;  the  Gener- 
al, therefore,  for  the  honor  of  the  array  of 
the  United  States,  as  well  as  for  the  honor  of 
the  Court,  and  to  do  justice  to  the  parties 
concerned,  orders  the  aforesaid  Court  Martial 
to  sit  for  the  trial  of  John  Tuttle,  an  Artifi- 
cer, Levi  Hunt,  Jonathan  Morgan,  and  Peter 
Lesco,  Soldiers  in  the  Continental  Army,  and 
all  other  persons  t]iat  may  be  brought  before 
them.  All  evidences  and  persons  concerned 
to  attend  ;  the  Adjutant  of  the  day  to  attend 
the  Court,  who  will  furnish  the  President 
with  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Army, 
in  which  is  the  law  to  try  and  punish  all  of- 
fenders by  full  proof  of  the  crime  being  first 
made  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Court.  They 
will  then  proceed  to  make  up  judgment  and 
sentence  upon  the  persons  tried,  according  to 
said  law  and  evidence,  having  reference  to  the 
section  and  article  by  which  he  or  they  are  to 
be  punished.  The  Court  to  sit  when  the 
members  now  absent  return. 


Fort  Arnold,  July  20,  1778. 

Parole,  Hartford.   Countersign,  Providence. 

Guards  and  Fatigue  as  usual. 

Adjutant  of  the  day  to-morrow, . 

The  Continental  troops  of  Colonel  Grea- 
ton's Regiment,  at  Fort  Constitution,  to  join 
their  Regiment  at  White  Plains  immediately. 
Mr.  Banks  will  deliver  out  to  the  new  levies 
of  Col.  Greaton's  Reg't  173  guns,  to  Col. 
Nixon's  268,  and  to  Col.  Putnam's  77. 
and  take  receipts  from  the  Commanding  Offi- 
cers for  them. 


Fort  Arnold,  July  23d,  1778. 
Parole,  Albany.      Countersign,  Stillwater. 
Col.   Patten's  Regiment  to  join    Col.  Mal- 
com's   Regiment,    and    be    commanded    by 


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Lieut.  Col.  Burr ;  they  will  be  called  on  for 
duty  to-morrow.  The  Court  Martial  of  which 
Capt.  Wheeler  was  President,  is  dissolved. 
A  General  Court  Martial  to  sit  in  the  Bar- 
racks to-morrow  morning  at  9  o'clock,  for  the 
trial  of  all  prisoners  that  may  be  brought  be- 
fore them,  Lieut.  Col.  Burr  to  preside.  3 
Capts.  and  6  Subs,  from  Lieut.  Col.  Burr's 
detachment,  1  Sub.  from  Col.  Greaton's,  1 
Sub.  from  Col.  Nixon's,  and  1  Sub.  from  Col. 
Putnam's,  to  attend  as  members. 

Josiah  Farrow  is  appointed  to  command  the 
ship  carpenters  at  this  post,  and  is  to  be 
obeyed  accordingly.  Adjutant  from  Col. 
Malcom's  Regiment  to  attend  the  Court  Mar- 
tial. 

Details  for  Fatigue : 

C.  S.    S.    C.  P. 

Lieut.  Col.  Burr,     "  2     '2     1  35 

Capt.  Wheeler,         "  2  75 

Capt.  Whipple,        "  1     2     1  35 

3     4     4  145 
From  Capt.  Flowers,  at  work  at  Fort  Con- 
stitution, 1  S.,  2  S.,  2  C,  145  P. 
Guards  as  usual. 


The  following  are  from  the  General  Orders 
issued  by  Gen'l  Sullivan  on  Rhode  Island  : 
Head  Quarters,  R.  Island,  ) 
Aug.  10th,  1778.      I 

Parole,  Boston.     Countersign,  Hancock. 

The  Quartermaster  General  is  directed  to 
send  over  all  the  spare  tents  and  distribute 
them  among  the  troops  that  are  destitute  of 
covering  ;  also  all  the  canteens. 

The  Commanding  Officers  of  Regiments 
and  Companies  will  see  their  men's  arms  put 
in  the  best  order  for  immediate  use,  and  that 
they  are  furnished  with  cartridges  suitable  to 
their  muskets.  Those  men  who  cannot  be 
furnished  with  tents,  are  to  build  huts  and 
brush  houses  to  screen  themselves  from  the 
weather.  The  Commissary  of  Military 
Stores,  Commissaries  of  Provisions,  and  Quar- 
termaster General,  will  notify  the  commanders 
of  lines,   divisions  ^id  brigades,  where  their 


stores  are,  that  they  may  know  where  to  apply 
for  supplies.  The  troops  to  be  furnished 
with  one  gill  of  rum  per  man  each  day  till 
further  orders.  An  Aid-de-Camp  from  each 
Major  General,  and  a  Brigade  Major  from 
each  Brigadier  General,  to  attend  at  Head 
Quarters  daily,  at  10  o'clock  in  the  morning 
and  6  in  the  evening,  for  orders.  The  Com- 
manders of  Regiments  and  Corps,  who  have 
tents  on  the  other  side  of  the  river,  will  im- 
mediately send  a  detachment  from  their  com- 
mand to  bring  them  over. 

The  Commanding  Officers  of  Regiments 
and  Companies  will  take  some  effectual  meas- 
ure to  prevent  the  men  from  destroying  the 
abatis  round  the  several  forts  and  redoubts  on 
the  Island.  A  party  of  200  men,  properly  offi- 
cered, to  be  immediately  detached  from  the  2d 
line  and  the  reserve,  and  to  be  paraded  in  front 
of  General  Lovell's  Brigade,  Colonel  Malma- 
dee  to  take  command  of  said  party  ;  he  will 
immediately  apply  to  Headquarters  for  orders. 
Stolen,  or  taken  through  mistake,  yesterday, 
from  Mr.  Thomas  Browning's,  a  Portmanteau, 
belonging  to  Major  Jeremiah  Hill,  Commis- 
sary of  Prisoners,  containing  3  shirts,  3  pr. 
stockings,  2  stocks,  2  waistcoats,  1  pr.  breech- 
es, 1  pr.  shoes,  1  pr.  silver  shoe  buckles. 
Whoever  has  got  said  Portmanteau  and  cloth- 
ing, and  will  return  them  to  the  owner,  shall 
be  generously  rewarded,  and  no  questions 
asked. 

After  Orders.*     10th  Aug't,  1778. 

The  officers  commanding  at  the  advanced 
posts  will  be  very  attentive  to  see  that  no  in- 
habitant of  Rhode  Island  comes  within  the 
lines,  as  the  General  expects  that  the  enemy 
have  a  number  of  spies   amongst  us  already. 

Major  Gen.  Hancock  is  to  command  the 
second  line  of  the  array,  and  Col.  Wm.  West 
the  reserve.  Col.  Dyer's  Reg't  is  to  join 
Col.  Noyes's,  and  cover  the  left  flank. 

Those  Brigade  Majors  and  Adjutants  who 
have  neglected  to  make  their  returns  to  Head- 
quarters,  will   hand   them  in  by  to-morrow 

(*  General  Orders  were  issued  in  the  morning ; 
those  issued  later  in  the  day  were  called  After  Or- 
ders.) 


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morning,  8  o'clock,  or  take  the  consequence. 
Col.  Topham's  Regiment  to  discharge  their 
muskets  at  lletrcat  beating  this  evening. 

The  Boston  Independent  Company,  com- 
tnanded  by  Col.  Hichborn,  are  not  to  mount 
Guard  or  go  on  Fatigue  till  further  orders. 
Col.  Living.ston  will  send  them  upon  such 
parties  as  he  shall  think  proper.  The  whole 
of  the  Volunteers  who  are  not  joined  to  any 
particular  Corps,  are  to  parade  to-morrow 
morning  at  8  o'clock,  on  the  Grand  Parade, 
and  wait  for  orders.  The  Officers  of  the  Ar- 
my are  requested  to  send  their  Sergeants  to 
give  notice  to  such  of  them  as  they  may 
have  knowledge  of.  Wm.  Bant  and  Martin 
Brimmer,  Esq's,  are  appointed  Aids-de- 
Camp  to  Major  General  Hancock,  and  Rich- 
ard Carey,  and  Adam  Babcock,  Ksq's,  Vol- 
unteer Aids.  They  are  to  be  obeyed  and 
respected  as  such. 

Head  Quartkus,  Rhode  Island,  ) 
11th  Aug.,  1778.      I 

The  whole  army  to  hold  themselves  in  read- 
iness to  march  for  Newport  to-morrow  morn- 
ing at  G  o'clock.  One  cannon  discharged  on 
the  right  of  the  front  line  will  be  a  signal  for 
the  troops  to  parade  ;  two,  for  them  to  wheel 
by  platoons  and  form  the  columns ;  after 
which  the  discharge  of  one  cannon  will  be  the 
signal  for  the  whole  to  march.  The  officers 
leading  the  several  columns  are  again  request- 
ed to  preserve  the  proper  distance  between 
each  column,  for  the  purpose  of  displaying 
with  regularity.  Col.  Crain  will  give  direc- 
tions respecting  moving  the  Field  Artillery. 
The  tents  to  bo  struck  and  loaded  with  the 
baggage,  and  remain  on  the  ground  of  their 
respective  encampments  until  further  orders. 
The  heavy  artillery  to  move  on  with  the  Re- 
serve Park  in  the  rear.  The  fascines  and 
gabions  will  follow  immediately  after.  The 
Quarter  Master  General  to  see  that  the  axes 
and  intrenching  tools  are  forwarded  immedi- 
ately after  the  army  have  marched. 

The  pioneers  to  be  drafted  from  each 
Brigade  to  level  the  fences  and  walls  before 
the  heads  of  the  polumns.  The  Quarter 
Master  General  will  furnish  proper  tools  for 
that  purpose.     Major  Daniel  Lyman  is  to  act 


as  a  Volunteer  Aid  to  Gen.  Sullivan,  and  is 
to  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly.  The 
whole  army  to  be  under  arms  at  4  o'clock 
this  afternoon,  weather  permitting.  Those 
corps  that  have  no  destination  will  parade  on 
the  ground  they  at  present  occupy.  Major 
Jacob  Morris  is  to  act  as  a  Volunteer  Aid  to 
Majoi'Gen.  Green,  and  is  to  be  respected  ac- 
cordingly. The  army  will  immediately  fur- 
nish themselves  with  three  days  provisions,  a 
third  part  of  which  is  to  be  dressed  this  day. 

Major  General  for  the  day,  Marquis  de  la 
Fayette.  Brigadier,  Sherburne.  Field  Offi- 
cers, Col.  Topham,  Lt.  Col.  S  irout,  Major 
Bradford.  Brigade  Major  for  the  day.  Handy. 

Head  QuAfeiEKS,  Aug.  13th,  1778. 

Major  Gen.  for  the  day  to-morrow.  Marquis 
de  la  Fayette.  Brig'r.  for  the  day  Varnuni. 
Field  Officers,  Col.  Miller,  Lt.  Col.  Haskell, 
Major  Huntington.  Brigade  Major  for  the 
day,  Holden. 

Lost  yesterday,  somewhere  between  How- 
land's  Ferry  &  Col.  Craft's  Encampment,  a 
silver  watch  with  a  pinchbeck  chain;  whoever 
has  found  said  watch  &  will  return  it  to  Dan- 
iel Parks  of  the  Volunteer  Company  from 
Boston,  shall  be  handsomely  rewarded. 

Col.  Noyes  to  command  the  flanking  divi- 
sion on  the  left,  Adjt.  Thomas  Noyes  to  act 
as  Brigade  Major  to  Col.  Commt.  Noyes;  he 
is  to  be  obeyed  &  respected  accordingly. 

It  is  with  the  most  sensible  pain  the  Gen- 
eral sees  the  difficulties  his  brave  Officers  & 
Soldiers  are  exposed  to  by  the  violence  of  the 
storm,  &  sincerely  wishes  that  anything  in  his 
power  could  contribute  to  their  relief.  He 
however  flatters  himself  that  they  will  bear 
with  a  soldierly  patience  a  misfortune  which 
in  War  must  frequently  happen,  &  hopes  that 
in  a  few  days  they  will  be  well  rewarded  for 
all  their  toil  &  hardships. 

After  a  complete  conquest  over  our  enemies, 
to  look  back  and  reflect  upon  the  toil  &  dan- 
ger we  surmounted  to  obtain  victory,  must  af- 
ford us  the  greatest  satisfaction  &  compel  the 
world  to  admire  the  patience  &  firmness  of  the 
Conquerors,  as  well  as  applaud  their  bravery. 
The  General  entreats  the  Officers  Command- 
ing Brigades,  Regts.  and  Companies  to  do  ev- 


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erything  in  their  power  to  make  their  men  as 
comfortable  as  their  situation  will  possibly  ad- 
mit, and  that  the  security  of  the  arms  and 
ammunition  be  particularly  attended  to.  The 
Commissary  will  deliver  the  troops  1^  gill  of 
rum  per  man  to-day,  and  1  gill  per  man  each 
day  afterwards,  till  further  orders. 

The  Quarter  Master  General  is  requested 
to  do  everything  in  his  power  to  procure  tents 
or  other  coverings  for  those  troops  who  have 
none. 

Head  Quarters,  14th  August,  1778. 

Major  General  for  the  day  to-morrow, 
Green. 

Brigadier  for  the  day, Lovell. 

Field  Officers,  Col.  Carey,  Lt.  Col.  Col- 
man. 

Brigade  Major  for  the  day,  Niles. 

The  Commanding  Officers  of  Brigades, 
Regiments,  Corps  and  Companies  will  see 
that  their  men's  arms  are  put  in  the  best  or- 
der for  immediate  use.  They  will  also  order 
their  men  to  discharge  such  of  their  pieces  as 
they  shall  find  necessary  some  time  this  after- 
noon. 

All  the  troops  to  be  supplied  with  two  days 
provisions,  and  to  be  in  readiness  to  march 
precisely  at  6  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 

The  Quarter  Master  General,  Commissary 
of  Military  Stores,  and  Commissary  of  Pro- 
visions will  have  everything  in  their  depart- 
ment in  the  most  perfect  readiness. 

The  Regimental  Surgeons  are  directed  to 
make  returns  every  other  day  of  their  sick 
to  the  Director- General  of  the  Hospital,  spec- 
ifying their  Regiment,  Company  and  disorder; 
also  of  medicines,  lint,  bandages,  &c.  want- 
ing, that  they  may  be  supplied. 

The  returns  of  invalids  called  for  sometime 
since,  is  deficient  from  several  corps. 

Col.  Sherburne  and  Col.  Long  are  to  act 
as  Volunteer  Aids  to  Major  Gen.  Sullivan  ; 
they  are  to  be  obeyed  and  respected  accord- 
ingly- 

The  pickets  to  parade  precisely  at  12 
o'clock,  the  army  being  under  orders  to 
march  to-morrow  morning  at  6  o'clock.  The 
following  order  of  march  is  to  be  observed, 
namely  : 

VOL.   V.  (18) 


The  Brigades  of  the  first  line  to  advance 
by  the  centre  in  columns  of  two  platoons  in 
front ;  Vamum's  Brigade  to  march  on  the 
West  Road  ;  Glover's  on  the  East  Road  ; 
Cornell's  and  Green's  in  the  centre  between 
them,  taking  care  to  divide  the  ground  be- 
tween the  roads  as  nearly  as  possible.  The 
two  Brigades  of  the  second  line  to  advance 
by  their  centre  in  columns  of  two  platoons  in 
front.  This  line  will  advance  in  two  columns 
only,  notwithstanding  the  plan  of  the  order 
of  march  heretofore  given  out.  The  two  col- 
umns of  the  second  line  will  preserve  the 
proper  distance  between  them  for  displaying. 
The  two  Regiments  of  Reserve  will  advance 
from  the  centre  of  each  in  like  columns,  and 
preserve  the  proper  distance  for  displaying. 

Col.  Crane  will  arrange  the  artillery  of 
the  right  wing  and  send  it  on  the  West  road, 
and  that  of  the  left  on  the  East  road. 

General  Whipple  with  the  New  Hamp- 
shire troops  will  flank  the  army  on  the  right, 
General  Tyler  with  the  Connecticut  troops 
will  flank  the  army  on  the  left.  These  two 
flanking  divisions  will  march  by  platoons  in 
the  manner  represented  in  the  Plan  of  the 
Order  of  March,  at  the  distance  of  fifty  rods 
from  the  wing  of  the  army  when  formed, 
and  preserve  that  distance.  Col.  Dyer  will 
move  his  regiment  to  the  right  and  divide 
it  equally,  and  with  one  half  cover  the  right 
of  the  1st  line,  and  with  the  other  the  right 
of  the  2nd  line.  Col.  Noyes  will  divide  his 
regiment  in  like  manner  to  cover  the  left  of 
the  first  and  second  Lines. 

General  Whipple  will  detach  from  his  com- 
mand one  hundred  men  to  flank  the  Reserve 
on  the  right.  General  Tyler  will  detach  one 
hundred  men  from  his  command  to  flank  the 
Eeserve  on  the  left.  These  parties  will  each 
be  commanded  by  a  Field  Officer. 

The  Salem  Volunteers  will  join  that  part 
of  Col.  Noyes's  Regiment  which  covers  the 
left  of  the  first  line.  The  signals  for  parad- 
ing, wheeling  and  marching  will  be  the  same 
as  in  the  Orders  of  the  1 1  th  inst.  All  sig- 
nals of  the  drum  will  be  taken  from  the  brig- 
ade on  the  right  of  the  1st  line,  and  will 
pass  from  it  through  the  whole  army.     When 


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the  Troop  beats,  it  will  be  a  signal  for  the 
columns  to  move  up  in  order  to  display. 
When  the  drum  beats  to  arms,  the  lines  and 
reserve  with  the  covering  parties  to  the  1st 
and  2nd  lines  will  display  and  form  in  Or- 
der of  Battle.  The  flanking  division  on  the 
right  and  left,  will  halt  and  wait  for  orders. 
Pioneers  to  be  immediately  drafted  from  each 
Corps,  who  are  to  be  furnished  by  the  Quar- 
ter Master  with  the  proper  tools  for  the  re- 
moving obstructions  in  the  roads  and  fields 
before  the  columns.  The  light  corps  will 
move  on  at  least  a  mile  in  front  of  the  army. 
Col.  Crane  will  order  two  heavy  pieces  of 
artillery  mounted  on  field  carriages  to  move 
on  in  the  east  road,  and  two  more  in 
the  west  road.  The  Commanding  Offi- 
cers of  Corps  will  see  that  the  arrange- 
ments are  properly  fixed  to  day,  that  each 
one  may  know  his  place  in  the  morning. 
Col.  l.angdon,  with  his  Dragoons,  and 
Col.  Slack  with  his  Light  Horse,  will  attend 
at  Head  Quarters  in  the  morning. 

Head  Quarters,  Rhode  Island,  ") 
Aug.  I5th,  177S.  I 
Major  Greneral  for  the  day,  to-morrow, 
Hancock.  Brigadier  for  the  day,  Titcomb. 
Field  Officers,  Col.  Jacobs,  Lieut.  Col.  Woods, 
Major  Wilson.  Brigade  Major  for  the  day, 
Titcomb. 

Col.  Bigelow  will  take  command  of  Gen- 
eral Glover's  Brigade.  Adjutant  Lamerd 
of  Col.  Shepard's  Regiment,  will  do  Brigade 
Major's  duty  till  further  orders. 

Major  Thomas  Fosdick  and  Mr.  John  Tra- 
cy are  appointed  Aids-de-Camp  to  General 
Glover;  they  are  to  be  respected  and  obeyed 
accordingly. 

Head  Quarters,  Rhode  Island,  ") 
August  16th,  1778.  j 
o  o  o  The  whole  of  Col.  Noyes's  Reg- 
iment to  cover  the  left  of  the  second  line. 
The  Boston  Independent  Company  to  join  the 
Salem  Volunteers,  and  cover  the  left  of  the 
front  line.  General  Glover  will  give  direc- 
tions where  they  are  to  be  encamped.     '^     '^ 


Head  Quarters,  Rhode  Island,  ") 
Aug.  17th,  1778.  J 
After  Orders.  ^  "  '■*  Major  Morton  is 
appointed  Aid-de-Camp  to  Major  General 
Hancock.  Capt.  Stephen  Sewall  and  Rufus 
King  Esq'rs,  are  appointed  Aids-de-Camp  to 
General  Glover;  they  are  to  be  respected 
and  obeyed  accordingly. 


Head  Quarters,  Camp  before  Newport,  ) 
Aug.  20th,  1778.      j 

Major  General  for  the  day,  to-morrow. 
Green.  Brigadier  for  the  day,  Lovell.  Field 
Officers,  Col.  Hawes,  Lieutenant  Col.  Pope, 
Major  Fenno      Brigade  Major,  Niles. 

'the  General  positively  orders  that  no 
officers  commandiilg  Fatigue  parties,  shall 
suffer  them  to  come  ofi"  the  Works  until  they 
are  regularly  relieved,  or  dismissed  by  the 
Major  General  of  the  day.  The  Court  Mar- 
tial, whereof  Brigadier  General  Varnum  is 
President,  to  sit  to-morrow,  to  try  Col.  Noy- 
es  for  taking  off  the  Fatigue  party  without 
orders  and  without  having  been  relieved. 

The  Quarter  Master  General  to  apply  to 
the  Adjutant  General  for  a  proper  number 
of  hands  to  bury  the  offal  of  the  cattle  killed 
about  camp;  also  the  carcases  of  dead  oxen 
and  horses  about  the  Island.  Col.  Evans 
will  give  orders  for  burying  those  on  the 
North  part  of  the  Island. 

The  General  entreats  his  brave  officers  and 
soldiers  to  use  their  utmost  efforts  in  carry- 
ing on  their  approaches  to  the  enemy's  lines. 
Though  a  noble  spirit  of  patriotism  brought 
numbers  of  brave  men  on  the  ground  whose 
particular  interest  loudly  called  for  their 
presence  at  home,  and  though  the  General 
is  convinced  that  the  public  interest  will 
still  prevail  over  every  other  consideration, 
yet  he  wishes  to  do  everything  in  his  power 
to  forward  the  return  of  those  brave  men  to 
their  respective  families  and  business;  for 
which  reason  he  exhorts  every  one  to  use 
their  best  endeavors  to  make  the  siege  as 
short  as  possible. 

While  the  Commander-in-Chief  esteems 
it  his  duty  to  return  his  warmest  acknowl- 
edgments to  the  truly   spirited  Citizens  of 


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Salem,  Marblehead  &c.,  who  so  cheerfully 
turned  out  to  take  charge  of  the  boats,  and 
who  have  hitherto  executed  their  trust  to  so 
universal  satisfaction,  he  cannot  help  ex- 
pressing his  concern,  that  the  term  of  time 
they  agreed  for,  is  so  nearly  expired ;  it  gives 
him  the  most  sensible  pain  to  reflect  that  the 
unfavorable  weather,  the  absence  of  the 
French  Fleet  and  some  other  unforeseen  and 
unfortunate  events,  have  lengthened  out  the 
operations  far  beyond  his  expectations  and 
lay  him  under  a  necessity  of  calling  on  those 
men  [who  ought  to  return  home  with  the 
thanks  of  the  army  and  country  in  general] 
to  continue  the  sacrifice  they  are  making  of 
their  private  interest  for  a  few  days  longer, 
to  see  the  business  they  are  so  nobly  engaged 
in  completed,  and  this  Island  again  restored 
to  the  Domination  of  the  United  States. 

A  return  of  the  names  of  the  Field  Offi- 
cers to  be  made  to  Head  Quarters  at  Order- 
ly time  this  evening. 


Detail. 


Lt.  Col.    C.    S.    S.    C.    D.    P. 


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Head  Quarters,  Aug.  24th,   1778. 

Major  General  for  the  day  to-morrow. 
Marquis  de  La  Fayette.     Brigadier,  Glover. 

o     *  xhe  company  of  Salem  Volun- 

teers will  immediately  march  to  Howland's 
Ferry  and  put  themselves  under  the  com- 
mand of  Col.  Lee,  to  guard  the  boats,  and  to 
man  them  when  occasion  may  require.  Two 
hundred  men  properly  officered  and  command- 
ed by  a  Lieutenant  Colonel  to  be  taken  from 
Whitney's  and  Wadsworth's  Regiments,  and 
march  this  afternoon  at  4  o'clock,  to  Butts' 
Hill  and  put  themselves  under  the  command 
of  Col.  Evans  to  assist  the  men  now  on  the 
ground  in  constructing  the  necessary  works; 
those  men  should  be  principally  such  as  are 
acquainted  with  boats,  that  they  may  be  able 
to  man  them  when  called  upon  for  that  pur- 
pose. The  Quarter  Masters  and  Commissa- 
ries are  to  remove  all  their  heavy  stores  not 
immediately  wanted  to  the  North  end  of  the 
Island.  All  the  heavy  baggage  should  be 
sent  off  that  the  army  may  not  be  encum- 


bered with  it  in  time  of  action.  The  men 
from  General  Titcomb's  Brigade  which  have 
joined  Col.  Lawrence's  Corps  are  immediate- 
ly to  return  to  their  respective  Regiments. 

As  it  gives  much  trouble  to  furnish  the 
Light  Horsemen  and  Dragoons  with  passes 
to  cross  the  Ferry  every  time  they  are  sent 
on  business,  they  are  to  pass  and  repass 
without  written  passes.  The  Picket  which 
lies  in  rear  of  the  battery  now  erecting  on 
the  right,  are  to  move  down  the  road  in  front 
of  the  battery  every  evening  at  dark,  and 
return  again  at  daybreak. 

The  General  cannot  help  lamenting  the 
sudden  and  unexpected  departure  of  the 
French  Fleet,  as  he  finds  it  has  a  tendency 
to  discourage  some  who  placed  great  depend- 
ence on  the  assistance  of  it.  Though  he 
cannot  by  any  means  suppose  this  army,  or 
any  part  of  it,  the  least  endangered  by  this 
movement.  The  enemy  now  on  the  Island 
are  far  inferior  in  number  to  this  army  and 
are  so  sensible  of  their  inferiority  that  noth- 
ing can  tempt  them  to  an  action.  This  su- 
periority we  shall  maintain  so  long  as  the 
spirit  and  ardor  of  the  Americans  continue 
to  be  the  same  as  it  was  at  the  commence- 
ment of  the  enterprise,  unless  the  enemy 
receives  a  strong  re-enforcement.  This  is 
the  only  event  which  can  oblige  us  to  aban- 
don any  part  of  the  Island  we  are  now  pos- 
sessed of;  and  this  event  cannot  take  place 
in  an  instant ;  a  considerable  time  will  be 
required  for  a  fleet  to  come  into  the  harbour, 
come  to  anchor  and  land  a  body  of  troops 
sufficient  to  make  the  number  of  the  enemy 
equal  to  ours. 

The  General  assures  his  army  that  he  has 
taken  into  consideration  every  event  that  can 
possibly  happen  to  it,  and  has  guarded  in 
such  a  manner,  that  in  case  the  most  disa- 
greeable event,  viz :  that  of  a  retreat  should 
take  place,  it  could  be  done  with  the  utmost 
safety.  He  is  fully  sensible  of  the  value 
those  brave  officers,  soldiers  and  citizens  [he 
has  the  honor  to  command]  are  to  America, 
and  is  determined  that  no  rash  steps  shall 
make  a  sacrifice  of  them.  At  the  same  time 
he  wishes  them  to  place  the  proper  confi- 
dence in  him  as  their  Commander-in  Chief, 


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whose  business  it  is  to  attend  to  their  safety. 
He  yet  hopes  the  event  will  prove  America 
able  to  procure  with  her  own  arms  that  which 
her  allies  refused  to  assist  her  in  obtain- 
ing,   o   o    o 


Head  Quarters,  Rhode  Island,  1 
Aug.  27th.  1778.      j 
o     o     Captain   Flagg,   commander  of 
the  Salem  Volunteers,  with  his  company  are 
to  take   charge   of  the  boats  at   Howland'  s 
Ferry.     -     -     '- 

Head  Quarters,  Rhode  Island,  ) 
Aug.  28,  1778.      I 
"     '•'     "     "  The  Boston  Independent 

Company,  commanded  by  Col.  Hichborn, 
having  remained  on  the  ground  much  longer 
than  was  expected  they  would  be  under  a 
necessity  of  doing,  and  their  private  business 
demanding  their  return  home,  the  (xeneral 
dismisses  them  with  his  thanks  for  their 
soldierly  conduct  and  faithful  services.   ••'  =■•■ 

Head  Quarters,  Rhode  Island,  ) 
Aug.  30,  1778.      j 

Brigadier,  Varnum. 

Field  Officers,  Col.  Sherburne,  Lt.  Col. 
Sprout,  Major  Ward.     B.  Major,  Richmond. 

Capt  Garwin  Brown,  of  Col.  Jackson's 
Regiment,  is  to  act  as  Brigade  Major  to  Col. 
Livingston,  Commander  of  the  Light  Corps. 
A  return  of  the  army  to  be  made  to-mor- 
row, at  6  o'clock  in  the  afternoon. 

With  inexpressible  satisfaction  the  Com- 
mander-in-Chief views  the  heroic  fortitude 
and  firmness  of  his  army  in  the  action  of 
yesterday.  He  most  sincerely  thanks  Maj. 
General  Green,  the  Brigadier  Generals  and 
Commandants  of  the  1  st  Line,  with  the 
brave  officers  and  soldiers  under  their  com- 
mand, and  Brig.  Gen.  Lovell,  of  the  2d 
Line,  with  his  brave  officers  and  soldiers,  for 
their  intrepidity,  which  they  showed  in  re- 
peatedly repulsing  the  enemy,  and  finally 
driving  them  from  the  field  of  action.  Col. 
H.  B.  Livingston  and  Col.  Lawrence,  with 
the  officers  and  soldiers  of  their  respective 
corps,  are  entitled  to  the  General's  warmest 
thanks.     Col.  Crane  and  the  officers  and  men 


of  the  corps  of  Artillery  under  his  command, 
truly  merit  the  applause  and  thanks  of  the 
General  and  all  the  officers  of  the  army,  for 
the  great  support  afibrded  to  the  troops  by 
the  well  served  and  directed  fire  of  the  Ar- 
tillery. Those  who  were  not  concerned  in 
action,  the  General  has  the  satisfaction  of 
saying  that  their  ardour  for  action  seemed  to 
equal  those  brave  men  who  attacked,  and,  in 
his  opinion,  nothing  but  want  of  oppor- 
tunity prevented  their  giving  the  most  am- 
ple proof  of  their  valour  and  firmness.  The 
General  congratulates  the  army  upon  the 
victory  obtained,  and  directs  that  the  brave 
officers  who  nobly  fell  in  action,  be  interred 
with  all  the  honors  of  war.  The  Commis- 
sary to  apply  to  J)r.  Tillotson  for  directions 
where  to  send  on  mutton  and  other  necessa- 
ries for  the  use  of  the  wounded  officers  and 
soldiers.  The  General  expects  that  those  who 
have  charge  of  them  will  not  sufiier  them  to 
want  for  any  comforts  of  life  which  can  be 
obtained  for  any  price.  A  party  of  100 
men  from  the  1st  Line,  to  collect  and  bury 
the  dead  men  of  our  army  which  fell  in  ac- 
tion. A  return  of  the  killed,  wounded  and 
missing  to  be  made  to  Head  Quarters. 

Gen'l  Whipple  is  to  cross  the  Ferry  at 
Tiverton,  and  collect  what  Continental  troops 
and  militia  are  there  unnecessarily,  and  return 
them  immediately  to  their  corps  on  this 
Island.  He  will  likewise  regulate  the  neces- 
sary guards  on  that  shore.  Col.  Thos.  Seers, 
Major  Rogers,  and  Major  Hiller,  of  Col. 
Wadsworth's  Regiment,  are  to  repair  to 
Howland's  Ferry,  and  assist  Capt.  Flagg  in 
the  department  of  the  boats. 


Tiverton,  August  SIst,  1778. 
General  Orders.  The  General  congratu- 
lates his  army  upon  their  retreat  from  an 
island,  and  in  the  face  of  an  enemy,  which, 
by  comparing  their  numbers  with  his  last 
return,  were  superior  to  him,  and  had  be- 
sides the  command  of  the  water.  Under 
these  circumstances,  to  perform  a  retreat 
with  so  much  regularity,  without  any  confu- 
sion or  disorder,  and  without  the  least  loss 


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of  stores  or  lives  in  the  retreat,  must  reflect 
the  highest  honor  on  the  brave  troops  he  has 
the  honor  to  command. 

The  troops  which  compose  the  Light  Corps 
are  to  join  their  respective  Regiments  imme- 
diately.    The  Light  Corps  are  dissolved. 

The  General  returns  his  thanks  to  the  of- 
ficers and  soldiers  for  their  faithful  services. 
Col.  Trumbull,  Col.  Cary,  Col.  Sherburne, 
Major  Russell  and  Major  Sullivan,  Volun- 
teer Aids  to  the  Commander-in-Chief,  are 
dismissed  with  the  General's  thanks  for  their 
faithful  and  spirited  conduct. 

The  whole  of  the  Rhode  Island  Militia, 
as  well  Horse  as  Foot,  are  dismissed  with 
the  General's  thanks  for  their  services.  All 
the  sick  and  wounded  of  the  army  to  be  re- 
moved to  Providence  as  soon  as  may  be  done 
without  endangering  them. 

General  Cornell's  Brigade  to  be  stationed 
on  Tiverton  Shore,  Daggett's  Regiment  to  be 
stationed,  one-half  at  Slade's  Ferry  on  the 
North  side  of  the  river,  and  the  other  half 
in  the  neighborhood  of  Fall  River.  Gen. 
Varnum's  Brigade  to  take  post  at  Bristol  & 
Warren,  divided  as  he  shall  think  best  for 
the  defence  of  those  posts. 

Gen.  Glover's  Brigade  and  Jackson's  Corps 
to  take  post  at  Providence.  Col.  Corarat. 
Green's  Brigade  to  take  post  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  East  Greenwich.  Gen.  Tyler's  at 
Warwick,  Gen.  Lovell's  and  Titcomb's  at 
Pawtuxit. 

The  troops  on  the  Western  Shore  to  be  com- 
manded by  Major  Gen.  Green,  those  on  the 
Eastern  Shore  by  Major  Gen.  Marquis  de  La 
Fayette,  the  troops  at  Providence  by  B.  Gen- 
eral Glover. 

All  the  articles  taken  from  the  batteries, 
forts  and  posts  in  this  State  to  be  replaced  as 
soon  as  possible,  and  to  be  furnished  with  100 
rounds  each.  Col.  Crane  will  order  the  field 
pieces  to  be  distributed  as  he  shall  think  pro- 
per. The  Guard  Ships  to  be  furnished  with 
60  rounds  per  gun.  The  boats  are  to  be  re- 
moved to  Dighton  and  placed  under  a  proper 
Guard  drawn  from  Daggett's  Regt.  Gen. 
Cornell  will  see  thisbusiness  performed.  Capt. 
Clark  with  his  men  will  assist  in  getting  the 
boats  to  the  place  of  destination,  and  then  pro- 


ceed on  board  the  Guard  Ship.  The  several 
troops  will  move  for  the  posts  assigned  them 
to-morrow  morning.  The  General  cannot  in 
justice  to  the  merit  of  Gen.  Cornell,  Gen. 
Whipple,  Col.  Olney  and  the  other  ofiicers, 
who  directed  the  embarkation  of  the  troops 
last  evening,  conclude  the  orders  of  this  day 
without  returning  those  gentlemen  his  most 
cordial  thanks  for  the  great  care  and  attention 
they  paid  to  the  embarking  the  troops  and 
passing  the  artillery  and  baggage  from  the 
island  to  the  main. 

All  the  soldiers  who  have  more  than  20 
rounds  will  return  them  to  the  Quarter  Mas- 
ter of  their  respective  Regiments.  The  can- 
non and  troops  to  be  taken  oflf  Gold  Island  im- 
mediately. 

The  General  returns  his  thanks  to  Col. 
Crane,  Govion  and  the  Corps  of  Engineers  for 
their  indefatigable  industry  in  erecting  the 
batteries  and  carrying  on  the  approach  towards 
Newport. 


Providence,  3d  Sept.,  1778. 

Brigade  Orders.*  The  General  with  con- 
cern hears  there  was  great  disorder  among 
the  soldiers  on  the  evening  of  the  2nd  inst. 
He  wishes  to  know  the  cause.  He  is  much 
surprised  that  soldiers,  who  have  hitherto 
done  themselves  so  much  honour  by  their 
brave  and  soldierlike  good  conduct,  should 
mar  the  whole  by  their  late  mutinous  beha- 
viour. He  cannot  be  brought  to  believe  it 
proceeded  from  a  vicious  disposition,  but  from 
mistake ;  he  hopes  no  disorder  of  this  kind 
will  ever  happen  in  his  Brigade  again,  as  the 
offenders  would  wish  to  avoid  punishment. 

Grievances  (if  any  there  be)  when  repre- 
sented in  a  proper  manner  will  always  be  at- 
tended to,  and  redressed  so  far  as  in  the  pow- 
er of  the  officers ;  but  mutiny,  disobedience 
of  orders,  and  every  other  crime  will  be  pun- 
ished agreeably  to  the  nature  of  the  offence. 
The  Roll  to  be  called  twice  a  day,  the  absen- 
tees to  be  punished  by  a  Regimental  Court 
Martial,  according  to  the  nature  of  their  of- 
fence; the  officers  will  attend.     And  to  pre- 

*(0f  General  Glover.) 


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vent  disorders  for  the  future,  the  General  re- 
quests that  the  officers  will  lay  in  camp,  (sis 
they  must  consider  themselves  answerable  for 
the  conduct  of  their  men,)  without  which  they 
cannot  pay  that  attention  which  is  necessary 
to  good  order  and  discipline.  The  Brigade  is 
to  be  miistered  to-morrow. 


Head  Quarters,  Providence,  ^ 
Sept.  5th,  1778.      j 

General  Orders.  *  *  *  Majors  King 
and  Sewall,  having  served  as  Volunteer  Aids 
to  General  Glover  in  the  late  expedition 
against  Rhode  Island,  and  having  merited 
the  approbation  of  General  Glover,  the  Com- 
mander-in-Chief dismisses  them  with  his 
thanks  for  their  faithful  services.  The  Fa- 
tigue party  to  be  continued  as  usual  till  fur- 
ther orders.  The  B.  Major  of  the  day  to  fur- 
nish the  Field  Officers  of  the  day,  and  the 
Commanders  of  Guards  with  the  Parole  and 
Countersign. 

General  Glover's  Brigade  and  Col.  Jack- 
son's Detachment,  will  move  from  their  pres- 
ent encampment  to  the  North  end  of  the 
town  over  the  Mill  Bridge  as  soon  as  possible. 
The  Quarter  Master  General,  will  point  out 
the  ground  for  their  encampment.  As  it  ev- 
idently appears  that  the  inhabitants  in  the 
neigrhborhood  of  Providence  are  exacting  from 
the  officers  and  soldiers  the  most  exorbitant 
price  for  articles  of  various  kinds,  the  Gener- 
al orders  that  Brigadier  General  Glover,  Col- 
onels Shepard  and  Jackson,  and  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Sprout,  be  a  committee  to  point  out 
some  method  for  employing  persons  from  the 
army  to  go  into  the  country  to  purchase  arti- 
cles at  reasonable  prices  and  deal  them  out  to 
the  officers  and  soldiers ;  also  to  prevent  those 
extortioners  selling  any  articles  to  the  army ; 
this  committee  to  meet  at  4  o'clock  this  after- 
noon and  make  report  as  soon  as  may  be. 
The  articles  purchased  by  the  persons  appoin- 
ted shall  be  transported  to  the  army  at  the 
public  expense.  The  committee  will  point 
out  the  most  convenient  mode  for  its  being 
done. 


Providence,  7th  Sept.,  1778. 

Brigade  Orders.*  Great  complaints  hav- 
ing been  made  by  the  inhabitants  that  the 
fountains  of  water  are  much  injured  by  the 
soldiers  washing  their  clothes,  and  the  wag- 
goners watering  their  horses  at  them,  for  the 
future  no  clothes  will  be  allowed  to  be  wash- 
ed in,  nor  any  horses  suffered  to  drink  at 
said  fountains. 

It  is  desired  the  officers  will  see  this  order 
strictly  attended  to  and  implicitly  obeyed; 
further  complaints,  that  the  rails  and  fences 
are  taken  by  the  soldiers  and  burnt,  by  which 
the  fields  of  the  inhabitants  are  laid  waste  and 
their  property  destroyed,  which  is  not  only 
distressing  to  individuals,  but  injurious  to  the 
public.  The  Qiurter  Mastei-s  of  Regiments 
will  see  the  troops  properly  supplied  with 
wood,  when  if  any  soldier  is  detected  in  burn- 
ing rails  or  fences  of  any  kind,  he  or  they 
shall  be  immediately  punished  without  favour 
or  affection. 

Providence,  Sept.  7th,  1778. 
Brigade  After  Orders.  John  M'Culler, 
James  M'Culler,  Solomon  Stow,  of  Captain 
Barnes'  Company,  Colonel  Bigelow's  Regi- 
ment, being  confined  in  the  Main  Guard  for 
exciting  and  endeavoring  to  raise  a  mutiny 
in  said  regiment,  which  by  the  3d  Article  of 
the  iind  Section  of  the  Articles  of  War,  is 
death. — Mutiny  is  a  crime  of  the  most  dan- 
gerous nature  and  ought  to  be  punished  in  a 
most  exemplary  manner ;  but  the  General 
having  jcceived  a  petition  from  the  offenders, 
in  which  it  appears  they  are  fully  sensible  of 
their  errors,  for  which  they  acknowledge  it 
would  be  just  to  punish  them,  at  the  same 
time  plead  the  disgrace  it  would  bring  on 
their  families,  and  promising  obedience  to  or- 
ders and  that  they  never  will  for  the  future 
\)Q  guilty  of  any  misdemeanor  whatever — from 
these  considerations,  and  from  a  wish  to  avoid 
punishing  if  any  other  means  can  be  found  to 
reclaim,  as  well  as  from  the  assurance  received 
from  Captain  Barnes  that  they  will  not  be 
guilty  of  the  like  conduct  again, —  the  Gen- 
eral is  induced   for  this  once  to  forgive  them, 

*(0f  General  Glover.; 


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and  directs  that  they  be  released  from  their  con- 
finement, and  that  they  make  an  acknowledg- 
ment to  Captain  Ball  on  the  parade  to-mor- 
row morning  at  Guard  mounting,  at  which 
time  the  3d  Article,  2nd  Section,  of  the  Arti- 
cles of  War  will  be  read  to  them. 

The  Gen.  begs  leave  to  return  his  warmest 
thanks  to  Capt.  Ball  for  his  spirited  and  sol- 
dierlike conduct  in  suppressing   the   mutiny. 


Providence,  12th  Sept.,  1778. 

Brigade  Orders. 

Adjutant  of  the  day  to-morrow,  Smith. 
Orderly  Sergeant  for  Head  Quarters  from  Col. 
Wigglesworth. 

All  the  men  off  duty  to  parade  dressed 
clean  and  neat  as  possible  with  their  arms  in 
the  best  order,  to  attend  public  worship  to- 
morrow. The  General  expacts  the  officers 
will  see  this  order  executed. 


Providence,  Sept.  19th,  1778. 

Brigade  Orders. 

*  *  *  The  Brigade  to  be  paraded  to-mor- 
row morning,  dressed  clean  to  attend  Public 
Worship. 

The  gentlemen  who  can  sing  are  desired  to 
take  the  singers'  seat  in  the  gallery. 


L 


Hkad  Quarters,  Providence,  ) 
Sept.  21st,  1778.  j 
The  following  resolutions  of  Congress  were 
passed  at  Philadelphia  the  9th  inst:  "That 
the  retreat  made  by  Gen.  Sullivan  with  the 
troops  under  his  command  from  Rhode  Island 
was  prudent,  timely  and  well  conducted,  and 
the  Congress  highly  approve  of  the  same. 
That  the  thanks  of  Congress  be  given  to  Ma- 
jor General  Sullivan  and  to  the  Officers  and 
Troops  under  his  Command,  for  their  fortitude 
and  bravery  displayed  in  the  action  of  the  29th 
Aug.  in  which  they  repulsed  the  British  for- 
ces and  maintained  the  field.  That  Congress 
have  a  high  sense  of  the  patriotic  exertions 
made  by  the  four  Eastern  states  on  the  late 


expedition  against  Rhode  Island.  That  Mr. 
President  be  requested  to  inform  the  Marquis 
de  La  Fayette  that  Congress  have  a  due  sense 
of  the  sacrifice  he  made  of  his  personal  feel- 
ings, in  undertaking  a  journey  to  Boston  with 
a  view  of  promoting  the  interest  of  these  states 
at  a  time  when  an  occasion  was  daily  expect- 
ed of  his  acquiring  glory  in  the  field,  and  that 
his  gallantry  in  going  on  Rhode  Island  when 
the  greatest  part  of  the  army  had  retreated,  & 
his  good  conduct  in  bringing  off  the  pickets 
and  out  sentinels,  deserve  their  particular  ap- 
probation. That  Major  Morris,  Aid  de  Camp 
to  Major  Gen.  Sullivan,  who  brought  forward 
to  Congress  the  accounts  of  the  repulse  of  the 
British  forces  on  Rhode  Island  on  the  29th 
Aug.,  and  who  in  the  late  expedition,  as  well  as 
on  several  other  occasions,  behaved  with  great 
spirit  and  good  conduct,  is  promoted  to  the 
rank  of  Lieut.  Col.  by  brevet."     *     *     ♦ 


Providence,  27th  Sept.,  1778. 

Brigade  Orders. 

Adjutant  for  the  day  to-morrow,  Nazro. 

Capt.  Peirce's  Company  of  Artillery  an- 
nexed to  the  Brigade  being  the  only  troops 
from  the  Southward  in  this  department,  and 
there  being  no  stores  provided  by  the  state  to 
which  he  belongs  to  be  had  here,  Mr.  Lyman 
will  deliver  to  Capt.  Peirce  and  the  Company 
under  his  command  stores  of  every  species 
agreeably  to  the  orders  of  the  23d.  The 
troops  will  have  to-day  to  clean  and  spruce 
themselves  up  for  the  review  to-morrow,  when 
the  whole  off  duty  will  attend  with  their  arms 
and  accoutrements  in  the  best  order. 


Providence,  9th  Oct.,  1778. 

Brigade  Orders. 

Daniel  Tift,  an  inhabitant  of  this  town  near 
the  encampment,  complains  that  his  woodland 
is  much  damaged  by  the  Soldiers'  felling  trees, 
particularly  those  of  the  chesnut  kind,  which 
can  only  be  for  the  sake  of  the  nuts.  The 
Commanding  Officers  of  Regts.  are  called  up- 
on to  put  a  stop  to  such  base  proceedings,  and 


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at  the  same  time  the  Soldiers  may  rest  assured 
that  if  any  one  is  detected  in  the  like  oflfence, 
he  will  be  brought  to  the  severest  punishment. 


Providence,  l*2th  March,  1779. 
Brigade  Orders.  Thomas  Fosdick  Esq., 
late  Brigade  Major,  having  at  his  own  request 
obtained  an  honorable  discharge  from  the 
army,  the  Brigadier  takes  this  opportunity  to 
return  his  thanks  for  his  long  and  faithful 
services. 


Head  Quarters,  18th  March,  1779. 

After  Orders.  Brigadier  General  Varnum 
having  this  day  notified  the  Commander-in- 
Chief  that  he  has  transmitted  a  final  resig- 
nation of  his  Commission  to  Congress,  and 
that  he  is  under  the  disagreeable  necessity  of 
quitting  the  service  of  the  United  States  : 

The  General  esteems  it  his  duty  to  return 
his  sincere  and  most  cordial  thanks  to  Briga- 
dier General  Varnum  for  his  brave,  spirited 
and  soldierlike  conduct  while  acting  under  his 
immediate  command  in  this  department,  and 
sincerely  laments  that  an  officer,  who  by  his 
conduct  has  merited  so  much  from  the  public, 
should  be  under  the  disagreeable  necessity  of 
leaving  a  service  where  his  exertions  as  an 
officer  would  have  been  of  essential  advantage 
had  he  been  able  to   continue  in  the  army. 


Head  Quarters,  28th  March,  1779. 

Parole,  France.     Countersign,  Spain. 
Field  Officer  to-morrow.   Colonel  Bigelow. 

The  General  being  called  from  this  depart- 
ment notifies  the  army  that  the  military  com- 
mand will  devolve  on  General  Glover,  after 
this  day  until  the  arrival  of  Major  General 
Gates. 

As  he  purposes  setting  out  on  Monday  next, 
he  cannot,  in  justice  to  the  troops  which  he 
has  had  the  honor  to  command,  quit  the  de- 
partment without  returning  his  most  unfeign- 
ed thanks  to  the  officers  in  every  department 
and  to  the  soldiers  for  their   spirited  conduct 


and  regular  behaviour  on  all  occasions ;  though 
he  deeply  regrets  the  necessity  which  calls 
him  from  them,  he  is  happy  to  find  he  is  to 
be  succeeded  by  an  able  and  experienced  offi- 
cer, who  cannot  fail  to  pay  every  attention  to 
troops  whose  soldierly  exertions  must  endear 
them  to  every  Commander.      *     *     * 


5th  April,  1779. 

Brigade  Orders,  The  General  presents 
his  compliments  to  the  Commissioned  and 
Staff  Officers  of  his  Brigade  and  requests  the 
favor  of  their  company  to  dine  at  Hacker's 
Hall  to-morrow,  with  the  Honorable  Major 
General  Gates. 

Dinner  at  2  o'clock. 


10th  April,  1779. 
Brigade   Orders.     The   troops  to   attend 
public  worship  to-morrow  afternoon,   drest  as 
clean  and  neat  as  possible. 


5th  May,  1779. 
Brigade  Orders.     Every  officer  and  soldier 
off  duty  to  attend   public  worship   to-morrow 
at    the    Reverend   Mr.   Manning's   meeting- 
house. 


April  7th,  1779. 
List   of  the  Officers  of  the  late  Col.  Wig- 
glesworth's  Regiment,   now  commanded   by 
Major  Porter  : 

Colonel,   (vacant.) 
Lt.  Colonel,   " 
Major,  John  Porter. 

Captains. 

1,  Noah  Allen.  4,  John  K.  Smith. 

2,  Dan'l  Pilsbury.       5,  Peter  Page. 

3,  Nich's  Blasdel.        6,  Ebenezer  Smith. 
Captain  Lieutenant,  Chris'r  Woodbridge. 

Zdeutenants. 

1,  Thos.  Smart,  Pa^-  5,  Wm.Wiggles- 

master.  worth. 

2,  John   Fowle,  Ad-  6,  Leonard  Miller. 

jutant.  7,  Benjamin  Dana. 

3,  Walter  Deane.        8,  Wm.  Greenlief. 

4,  John  Phelan. 


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Ensigns. 

1,  Ephraira  Eraery.     5,  Wm.  Baker. 

2,  Joseph  Trenton.      6,  Josiah  Miller. 

3,  Jacob  Brown.  7,  Ed'wd  Annable. 

4,  James  Greene,  QW 

Master. 
Surgeon,  Ivory  Hovey. 
McUe,  Silas  Holbrook. 


April  9tli,  1779. 
List  of  Officers   of  Col.   Shepard's  Regi- 
ment, (3d    Mass  :) 
Colonel,  Wm.  Shepard. 
ZdetUenant- Colonel,  Eben'r  Sprout. 
Major,  Lebbeus  Ball. 

Captains. 

1,  Moses  Knapp.         4,  Tho.  Fish. 

2,  Isaac  Pope.  5,  Simon  Lamed.* 

3,  Geo.  Webb.  6,  John  Wright.t 
Captain-Lieutenant,  Wm.  Moore,  t 

Lieutenants. 

1,  Eben'r  Field.  5,  Sam'l  Snow. 

2,  Lebbeus  Drew.       6,  Sam'l  Chapin. 

3,  Eben  Holbrook.      7,  Edw'd  Walker. 

4,  John  Felt.  8,  Simeon  Spring. 

Ensigns. 

1,  Eben'r  Bemus.       6,  Benj'n  Ray. 

2,  Haskell  Freeman.  7,  Thomas  Covell. 

3,  Jabez  Bill.  8,  Thomas  Cole. 

4,  John  Davis.  9,  Levi  Bradley. 

5,  John  Yeomans. 

Surgeon,    Pelatiah  Warren. 
Mate,  Eben'r  Makepeace. 

List  of   the   Officers  of  Col.    Bigelow's 
Regiment : 

Captains. 

1,  Adam  Martin.         4,  Joshua  Brown. 

2,  Joseph  Hodgkins.    5,   (vacant.) 

3,  Silvanus  Smith.       6,  Phineas  Bowman. 


(♦Appointed  March  20,  1778,  in  lieu  of  Capt. 
Keep,  resigned.) 

(t  Appointed  March  20th,  1779,  vice  Capt.  Slay- 
ton,  resigned.^ 

( JVice  Captain-Lieutenant  Lyman,  who  has  left 
the  army  as  a  supernumerary.) 

VOL.    V.  (19) 


Captain-Lieutenant,  John  Peirce. 
Lieutenants. 

1,  Moses  Roberts.        5,  Abner  Dow. 

2,  Gabriel  Houdin.      6,  Joseph  Brown. 

3,  (vacant.)  7,  Joel  Pratt. 

4,  Wm.  Grossman.      8,   (vacant  ) 
Surgeon,  Jas.  E.  Finley. 

Ensigns. 

1,  Josiah  Washburn.  5,  John  Porter. 

2,  John  Kennedy.       6,  Joshua  Peirce. 

3,  John  Stowers.         7,  Wm.  Bancroft. 

4,  Henry  Marble.        8,  Dan'l  Symonds. 


List  of  the  Officers  of  Col.  Vose's  Reg't : 

Colonel,  Joseph  Vose. 
Lieutenant- Colonel,  Elijah  Vose. 
Major,  Thomas  Cogswell. 
Surgeon^s  Mate,  Josiah  Fiske. 
Captains. 

1,  Moses  Ashley.         5,  Abra'm  Hunt. 

2,  Nath'l  Gushing.      6,  Jeremiah    Miller, 

3,  Orringh  Stoddard.  Paymaster. 

4,  George  Smith. 
Captain-Lieutenant,  Archelaus  Lewis. 

Lieutenants. 

1,  John  Mills.  8,  Oliver  Hunt. 

2,  Belcher  Hancock.    9,  John  Grace. 

3,  Francis  Greene,     10,  Ralph  H.  Bowles, 

4,  Alexander  Orr.  Adjuiant. 

5,  Jesse  Hollister.     11,  Nath'l  Nason. 

6,  Eben'r  Williams.  12,  Nath'l  Stone. 

7,  Thomas  Gushing. 

Ensigns. 

1,  Benj'n  Wells,  3,  James  Webb. 

2,  Azarlah  Egleston,   4,  Elisha  Gilbert. 

Quartermaster.    5,  Jonathan  Rawson. 


List  of  the  Company  of  Volunteers  from 
Salem,  commanded  by  Capt.  Samuel  Flagg  :* 


*  Copied  from  an  old  manuscript  in  thfe  posses- 
sion of  James  Ropes  Esq.  of  Salem  a  grandson  of 
Benj.  Bopes  the  first  named  on  the  list.  Benjamin 
Ropes  held  a  commission  as  "  Second  Lieutenant 
in  a  company  of  Matrosses  stationed  at  Salem, 
whereof  John  Symonds  is  Captain"  signed  by  the 
major  part  of  the  Council  and  dated  June  21  st,  1 777. 


130 


Benj'n  Ropes. 
George  Smith. 
Caleb  Smith. 
David  Boyce. 
Wm.  Gerald. 
Simon  Gardner. 
John  Chamber- 
Iain. 
Benj.  Hathorne. 
Wm.  Lang. 
Joseph  Young. 
Geo    Williams. 
Jona.  Peele. 
Jona.  Gardner. 
Jacob  Ashton. 
Barth'w  Putnam. 
Sam'l  Ward. 
Geo.  Dodge. 
Benj.  Goodhue. 
Francis  Cabot. 
Wm.  Orno. 
Ed'd  Norris. 
Benj'n  Daland. 


40,  Jona.  Tucker. 

41,  Daniel  Cheever. 

42,  Benj'n  Peters. 

43,  Sam'l  Tucker. 

44,  Ezekiel  Wellman. 

45,  Robert  Peele. 

46,  Ellis  Mansfield. 

47,  Nathan  Peirce. 

48,  Aaron  Waitt. 

49,  Robert  Cook. 

50,  Sam'l  Ropes. 

51,  Wm.  Osborne. 

52,  Asa  Peirce. 

53,  John  Barr. 

54,  Josiah  Austin. 

55,  John  Page. 

56,  Benj'n  Cloutman. 

57,  Jerath'l  Peirce. 

58,  James  Eaton. 

59,  James  Bott. 

60,  Benj'n  Fry. 

61,  Isaac  Needham. 

62,  Thos.  Needham. 


Abijah  Northey.  63,  Zach.  Burchmore. 

Sam'l  Grant.         64,  Sam'l  Webb. 

John  Fisk.  65,  Eben  Peirce. 

Simon  Forrester.  66,  Benj'n  Warren. 

Fran's  B.  Dennis  67,  James  Walker. 

Sam'l  Blyth.         68,  Jos.  Mansfield. 

Joshua  Dodge.      69,  Eben.  Porter. 

Jona.  Haraden.    70,  Daniel  Peirce. 

David  Ropes.        71,  Henry  Higginson. 

Jos.  Chipman. 

Geo.  Abbot. 

Joshua  Ward. 

Benj'n  Moses. 

Josiah  Dewing.  76 

John  Andrew.  John  Felt  1 

Jas.  W.  Gould.  

Sam'l  Phippen.  77 

Sam'l  Flagg,  Captain, 
Miles  Greenwood,  1st  Lieutenant 
Robert  Foster,         2d 
Jona.'  Waldo. 
Nath'l  Ropes,  Jr. 
Francis  Clarke. 
Jos.  Lambert. 
Jona.  Mansfield  Jr. 
Joseph  Hiller. 

*  See  Salem  Gazette  July  22,  1859. 


Ofiicers 
Surgeon 
Waggoner 


FAMILY  OF  JOHN  GLOVER. 

The  following  materials  were  obtained  from 
the  Records  of  Essex  County  and  of  Salem 
and  Marblehead : 

FIRST    QENEEATION. 

John  Glover  married  Mary  Guppy  of 
Salem,  Jan.  2nd,  1660,  died  May  1695. 
Will  proved  May  13th,  1695. 

SECOND   GENERATION. 

Children  of  John  and  Mary  were : 

John,  born  29th  6  mo.  1661,  died  Nov. 
1736. 

William,  born  March  15th,  1663,  died 
Dec.  1700. 

Mary,  born  Ist  3  mo.  1666,  married  Dan- 
iel Grant. 

Sarah,  born  6  mo.,  1668,  married 

Skinner,  died  before  1737. 

Hannah,  born  24th  4  mo.,  1670,  married 
Peter  (?)  Henderson,  Apr.  2nd,  1687. 

Benjamin,  born  28th  Mar.  1674. 

Jonathan,*  born  April  1677,  married  Ab- 


*  Savage,  in  his  Gienealogical  Dictionary,  says, 
"  perhaps  Jonathan"  probably  becaose  in  Vol.  Ist., 
Page  13,  Salem  Records  of  Births  &c.,  there  is  a 
list  of  the  children  of  John  and  Mary  Glover,  in 
which  Jonathan  is  not  mentioned.  Bat  by  refer- 
ring to  Vol.20,  leaf  132,  O.  S.,  Essex  Co.  Pro- 
bate Records,  it  will  be  seen  that  there  can  be  no 
doubt  on  this  point.  Administration  is  there  gran- 
ted, Nov.  27th,  1736,  upon  the  estate  of  John  ("the 
first  son  of  John  and  Mary^  to  Joseph  and  David 
Glover  (who  were  children  of  Jonathan,)  and  in 
the  account  returned  by  them  the  deceased  is  des- 
cribed as  their  uncle.  Besides  this  there  is  given, 
on  the  same  leaf,  dated  January  6th,  1736,  a  list 
of  the  distributees  of  the  estate  (brothers  and  sis- 
ters of  the  deceased)  as  follows : — 

"  The  Representatives  of  Jonathan  Glover. 

Ebenezer  Glover. 

Mary  Grant. 

Hannah  Henderson. 

The  Representatives  of  Sarah  Glover  alias  Skin- 
ner." 

By  this  list  it  appears  that  John,  William  and 
Benjamin  had  died  leaving  no  children. 


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igail  Henderson  (who  was  bom  Oct.  1676) 
March  31st,  1697,  died  March  1736. 

Ebenezer,  born  Apr.  13th,  1685,  married 
Rebecca  Sterns,  Sept.,  1706. 

THIRD     GENERATION. 

Children  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Glover) 
Grant  were: 

Robert,  born  Oct.  31st,  1693. 

Matthew,  bom  May  20th,  1695. 

Daniel,  born  March  10th,  1696-7. 

James,  bom  Feb.  3d,  1698-9. 

Children  of  Poter  and  Hannah  (Glover) 
Henderson  were : 

Hannah,  born  Mar.  3d,  1689-90. 

Mary,  bom  Apr.  12th,  1692. 

Peter,  born  Feb.  4th,  1693-4. 

John,  born  Nov.  7th,  1695. 

Sarah,  born  Mar.  27th  1698. 

Daniel,  born  Sept.  24th,  1700. 

Eunice,  bora  June  5th,  1702. 

Lois,  bora  Oct.  22,  17 

William,  bom  Jan.  18th,  17 


Children  of  Jonathan  and  Abigail  (Hen- 
derson) Glover  were: 

Abigail,  born  Nov.  23d,  1698,  married 
Wm.  Meservey,  March  1st  1722. 

Mary,  born  January  18th,  1701,  married 
Zack  Burchmore  April  26th,  1723. 

Jonathan,  born  December  14th,  1702, 
married  Tabitha  Bacon*  of  Salem,  Febraary 
23d,  1726-7,  died  in  August  1737. 

Benjamin,  born  September  7th,  1704, 
married  Susannah  Needhara,  April  6th,  1727. 
died  in  July,  1755. 

Joseph,  born  June  27th,  1706,  died  Dec. 
1747. 

David,  bora  Jan.  9th,  1708,  died  1746 
leaving  a  son,  David,  who  was  born  in  1734. 

*  (Tabitha  was  bom  in  1709  and  died  in  Mar- 
blehead  March  7th,  1785.  Her  2nd  hasbaod  was 
Thos.  Jillings  of  Newbury.^ 


Children  of  Ebenezer  and  Rebecca  (Sterns) 
Glover  were : 

Margaret,  born  Dec.  20th,  1707. 

Hannah,  born  Sept.  25th,  1708. 

Ebenezer,  born  Feb.  5th,  1711-12,  died 
Aug.  12th,  1712. 

John,  bora  Sept,  25th,  1713,  died  Feb. 
21st,  1714-15. 

Ebenezer,  born  April  21st,  1715. 

FODRTH   generation. 

Children  of  Jonathan  and  Tabitha  (Ba- 
con) Glover  were : 

Jonathan,  born  (June  13th,)  1731,  mar- 
ried Abigail  Burnham  of  Marblehead,  Oct. 
10th,  1748. 

Samuel,  bora  (June  13th,)  1731,  married 
Mary  Andrews  of  Marblehead  August  20th, 
1751,  died  in  1762. 

John,  born  Nov.  5th,  1732,  married  Han- 
nah Gale  of  Marblehead,  Oct.  30th,  1754, 
died  Jan.  30th  1797.  Hannah  Gale  was 
born  in  June  1733,  and  died  Nov.  13th, 
1778.  John  afterwards  married  Mrs.  Fran- 
ces Fosdick. 

Daniel,  born  Jan.  1734,  married  Hannah 
Jillings  of  Newbury,  Dec.  1st,  1757. 

Children  of  Benjamin  and  Susannah  (Need- 
ham)  Glover  were : 
John  (died  in  1758.) 
William,  Peter, 
Jonathan  (died  in  1788.) 
Ichabod,  Abigail  and  Priscilla. 

FIFTH    GENERATION. 

Children  of  John*  and  Hannah  (Gale) 
Glover  were : 

John,  born  March  23d,  1756,  married 
Fanny  Lee ;  had  one  child,  Fanny. 

Hannah,  born  May  15th,  1757,  died  in 
infancy. 


*  ("The  subject  of  this  memoir.) 


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Daniel,  born  April  8th,  1759,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

Hannah,  born  April  19th  1761,  married 
Richard  Cowell,  had  7  children,  Richard, 
John,  Rebecca,  William,  Ovid,  Hector  and 
Hannah. 

Samuel,  born  Dec.  19th,  1762,  married 
Martha  Boden,  and  for  2nd  wife  Betsy  Skil- 
lings ;  had  3  children  Jonas,  Eliza  and  Sam- 
uel. 

Jonas,  born  April  1st,  1764,  married 
Sally  Peirce,  had  John,  Hannah  and  Sally. 

Tabitha,  born  Dec.  8th  1765,  married 
William  Brooks  of  Exeter. 

Susannah,  born  March  28th  1767,  mar- 
ried Capt.  Nicholson  Broughton,  had  Susan, 
Nicholson,  John,  Norman  and  Glover. 

Mary,  bom  Jan.  8th  1769,  died  April 
14th,  1850;  married  Robert  Hooper  (who  was 
bom  February  3,  1766,)  December  11th, 
1788;  had  13  children,  Robert  born  Nov. 
16th  1790,  John  born  July  4th  1792,  died 
Sept.  14th  1793,  John  born  Feb.  4th  1794, 
died  April  8th  1851,  William  born  Dec.  Ist 
1795,  died  March  9th  1828,  Mary  bom  June 
11th  1797.  Nathaniel  born  Jan.  5th  1799, 
died  July  3d  1801,  Susan  born  Oct.  19th 
1800,  Henry  born  July  3d  1802,  Nathaniel 
born  Aug.  25th  1804,  died  Nov.  21st  1805, 
Nathaniel  born  Sept.  30th  1806,  died  Sept. 
3d,  1859,  Samuel  born  May  14th  1808, 
died  Oct.  18th  1843,  Hannah  born  June 
26,  1810,  Benjamin  Franklin  born  April  6th, 
1814,  died  March  6th  1842. 

Sarah,  born  Feb.  10th  1771,  married  Sam- 
uel Lewis,  had  one  child  Elizabeth.  Sarah 
afterwards  married  Walter  Phillips,  of  Lynn. 

Jonathan,  born  May  9th  1773,  died  un 
married. 


A  COPY  OF  THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF 
BIRTHS,  OF  THE  TOWN  OF  ROW- 
LEY, WITH  NOTES. 


COMMUNICATED    BY   M.    A.    STICKNEY. 


Continued  f^om  vol.  6,  page  16. 


1726-7-8. 

Elizabeth  Boynton  daughter  of  Joseph  & 
Bridgit  born  November  ye  second  day  1714. 

John  Dickinson  son  of  John  and  Susan- 
nah his  wife  b>rn  Feberewary  ye  eleventh 
day  1727-8. 

Jeremiah  Hazen  son  of  John  and  Sarah  his 
wife  born  Feberaway  ye  twenty  ninth  day 
1716. 

Sarah  Hazen  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  March  ye  seventeeth  day  1718- 
19. 

Jane  Hazen  daughter  of  John  &  Sarah  his 
wife  bom  June  ye  seventeenth  day  1 723. 

Thomas  Nellson  son  of  Samuel  &  Anne  his 
wife  born  Apriel  ye  ninth  day  1727. 

Edward  Hazen  son  of  Samuel  &  Sarah  his 
wife  bora  May  ye  twenty  sixth  day  1724. 

Samuel  Hazen  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  January  the  thirty  first  day 
1726-7. 

Mary  Creecy  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ma- 
ry his  wife  born  June  ye  thirtieth  day  1727. 

Moses  Clark  son  of  Jonathan  and  Jane 
his  wife  born  December  the  second  day  1727. 

Francis  Pengrey  son  of  Job  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife  born  August  the  sixth  day  1728. 

Lydia  Pickard  daughter  of  Moses  &  Lyd- 
ia  his  wife  born  May  the  twenty  second  day 
1728. 

David  Hammond  son  of  David  &  Mary  his 
wife  borae  August  ye  seventeenth  day  Anno 
Dom  1720. 


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Sarah  Hammond  daughter  of  David  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  Feberewary  ye  fifteenth 
day  Anno  1727-8. 

Mary  Payson  daughter  of  Mr.  Samuel 
Payson  and  Mrs  Mary  his  wife  born  Fcbe- 
wary  the  twentyth  day  1727-8 

William  Price  son  of  William  and  Sarah 
his  wife  bom  May  the  thirty  first  1728. 

Eliphelet  Payson  son  of  Eliphelet  and  Ed- 
nah  his  wife  born  Apriel  ye  twenty  ninth 
day  1728. 

John  Hobson  son  of  Moses  and  Lidia  his 
wife  born  November  ye  twenty  fiveth  day 
Anno  1728. 

Margret  Elsworth  daughter  of  Jeremiah 
and  Hannah  his  wife  born  June  ye  twelfth 
day  Anno  Dom  1726. 

Nathanael  Ellsworth  son  of  Jeremiah  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  Febwary  ye  eighteenth 
day  Anno  Dom  1728-9. 

Ebenezer  Stewart  son  of  Kichard  and  Ju- 
dah  his  wife  born  January  ye  third  day 
Anno  Dom  1728-9. 

Jonathan  Bradstreet  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Sarah  his  wife  bom  Febr.  the  eleventh  day 
Anno  Dom  1719-20. 

Sarah  Bradstreet  daugter  of  Jonathan  & 
Sarah  his  wife  bora  January  ye  eleventh  day 
Anno  Dom  1726-7. 

Ednah  Pickard  daughter  of  Francis  and 
Ednah  his  wife  bom  December  ye  twenty- 
sixth  day  Anno  Dom  1728. 

John  Perrson  son  of  John  &  Euth  his  wife 
born  Apriel  ye  twenty-second  day  Anno  Dom 
1729. 

Elizebeth  Sticknee  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Susanah  born  March  ye  twenty-second 
day  1729. 

William  Brown  son  of  Joseph  &  Abgal 
his  wife  born  November  ye  third  day  Anno 
Dom  1726. 


Margret  Wood  daughter  of  Thomas  &  Sa- 
rah his  wife  born  July  the  fiveteen  day  An- 
no Dom  1725. 

Gibbins  Jewett  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
his  wife  bom  Apriell  the  sixth  day  Anno 
Dom  1729. 

Ruth  Tenne  daughter  of  William  and  Ab- 
igail his  wife  born  July  ye  twenty-eight  day 
Anno  Dom  1728. 

David  Brocklebank  son  of  John  and  Ruth 
his  wife  born  March  ye  fourth  day  Anno  Dom 
1723-4. 

Sarah  Brocklebank  daughter  of  John  and 
Ruth  his  wife  born  March  ye  twelft  day 
Anno  Dom  1727. 

Jane  Boynton  ye  daughter  of  David  and 
Love  his  wife  born  December  ye  twentyth 
day  Anno  Dom  1728. 

John  Chapman  son  of  Edward  and  Ruth 
his  wife  born  January  ye  second  day  Anno 
Dom  1728-9 

John  Palmer  son  of  John  and  Mary  his 
wife  bom  November  ye  thirtyth  day  Anno 
Dom  1729. 

Prisila  Burpee  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and 
Meriam  his  wife  bom  Janewary  ye  eight- 
eenth day  1728-9. 

Jane  Heriman  daughter  of  John  &  Jane 
his  wife  born  June  ye  twenty  fourth  day  An- 
no Dom  1729. 

Jedediah  Bayley  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife  bora  October  the  thirty  first  day 
Anno  Dom  1729. 

Rebecah  Plummer  daughter  of  John  and 
Rebecah  his  wife  born  November  the  fourth 
day  Anno  Dom  1728. 

^lark  Plummer  son  of  John  and  Rebekah 
his  wife  born  Febreway  the  twenty  fourth 
day  Anno  Dom  1729-30. 

Aaron  Pengree  son  of  Job  and   Elizabeth 


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his  wife  born  March  ye  twenty  second  day 
1729-30. 

Sarah  Price  daughter  of  William  and  Sa- 
rah his  wife  born  May  the  twenty th  day  An- 
no Dom  1730. 

William  Todd  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  his 
wife  bom  December  the  twelft  day  Anno 
Dom  1729. 

Humphrey  Sanders  son  of  Edward  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  October  the  seventh 
day  Anno  Dom  1728. 

Sarah  Todd  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  March  ye  sixteenth 
day  Anno  Dom  1729-80. 

Sarah  Chapman  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Ruth  his  wife  born  June  the  twentyth  day 
Anno  Dom  1730. 

Lydia  Thurstain  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Lydia  his  wife  born  Apriell  ye  first  day 
1730. 

Hannah  Russell  daughter  of  Daniell  and 
Mehitablc  his  wife  born  June  the  first  day 
1730. 

Elizabeth  Perley  daughter  of  David  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  May  the  twenty  fifth 
day  1730. 

Stephen  Addams  son  of  William  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife  born  Febereway  the  twenty 
seventh  day  1728-9. 

Moses  Dickinson  son  of  Thomas  &  Eliza- 
beth his  wife  bom  October  the  eleventh  day 
1729. 

Hannah  Cooper  daughter  of  Leonard  and 
Sarah  his  wife  born  Apriell  ye  seventh  day 
1730. 

Lidia  Pickard  daughter  of  Moses  &  Lidia 
his  wife  born  July  the  eleventh  day  1730. 

Elizabeth  Jewett  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  bom  May  the  third  day 
Anno  Dom  1730. 


Moses  Cooper  son  of  Moses  and  Phebe  his 
wife  born  August  the  eighteenth  day  1730. 

Samuel  Hobson  son  of  Humphrey  and  Me- 
hetable  his  wife  born  October  the  twenty 
first  day  1728. 

Daniel  Sticknee  son  of  Samuel  and  Susan- 
ah  his  wife  born  Apriel  the  fifth  day  1730. 

Lucy  Pickard  daughter  of  Jonathan  &  Jo- 
hanah  his  wife  born  October  the  second  day 
1730. 

Elizabeth  Payson  daughter  of  David  and 
Elizabeth  born  Febereway  ye  second  day 
1728.  * 

Ednah  Jewett  daughter  of  George  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  July  ye  thirteenth 
day  1730. 

Joshua  Pickard  son  of  Jonathan  and  Jo- 
hannah  his  wife  born  November  ye  twenty- 
seventh  day  1730. 

Marcy  Gage  daughter  of  William  Sz.  Mar- 
cy  his  wife  born  Febereway  the  fourteenth 
day  1722-3. 

Nathanael  Gage  son  of  William  &  Mary 
his  wife  born  May  the  third  day  1726. 

David  Perrson  son  of  David  and  Jane  his 
wife  bom  August  the  twenty-second  day 
1728. 

Moses  Addams  son  of  John  and  Sarah  his 
wife  bora  November  the  seventh  day  1730. 

Jeminah  Jewett  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Jeminah  his  wife  bom  November  ye  second 
day  1730. 

Nathan  Burpee  son  of  Thomas  &  Mary 
born  July  ye  twenty-third  day  1730. 

Sarah  Jackson  daughter  of  Joshua  and 
Sarah  his  wife  born  March  ye  thirteenth  day 
Anno  Dom  1728-9. 

Marcy  Jackson  daughter  of  Joshua  and 
Sarah  his  wife  bom  Feberewary  the  twelft 
day  Anno  1730-31 

Ebenezer  Burpee  son  of  Ebenezer    and 


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Merriam  his   wife  born  January  the  four- 
teenth day  AnnoDom  1730-31. 

John  Johnson  son  of  John  and  Susanah 
his  wife  born  Febrewary  ye  twenty-third 
day  AnnoDom  1727-8. 

Hanah  Johnson  daughter  of  John  and  Su- 
sanah his  wife  born  June  ye  twenty-ninth 
day  Anno  Dom  1730. 

Jeremiah  Burpee  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  May  the  twenty-first 
day  Anno  Dom  1726. 

David  Burpee  son  of  Jonathan  and  Me- 
hetable  his  wife  born  March  the  twenty- 
sixth  day  Anno  Dom  1731. 

Moses  Lull  son  of  Thomas  &  Hannah  his 
wife  born  June  the  third  day  Anno  Dom 
1730. 

Sarah  Palmer  daughter  of  Francis  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  October  ye  thirteenth 
day  1728. 

Patience  Palmer  daughter  of  Francis  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  May  the  eleventh 
day  1730. 

Elizabeth  Plummer  daughter  of  Daniel  & 
Abigal  his  wife  bom  May  the  18th  day  1728. 

Daniel  Plummer  son  of  Daniel  &  Abigail 
his  wife  born  January  yc  twenty-second  day 
1729-30. 

Abigail  Wheler  daughter  of  John  and  Ab- 
igail his  wife  born  August  ye  twenty-fourth 
day  1731. 

Nathan  Frazer  son  of  Nathan  and  Jane 
his  wife  born  August  the  twenty-third  day 
Anno  Dom  1731. 

Samuel  Emison  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  Feberewary  the  twenty-eight 
day  1729-30. 

lines  Tennee  daughter  of  William  and 
Mehetable  his  wife  born  May  ye  twentyeth 
day  1730. 


Jeremiah  Poor  son  of  Benjamin  &  Eliza- 
beth his  wife  born  June  the  sixth  day  1729. 

Abigail  Poor  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Elizebeth  his  wife  born  June  ye  sixth  day 
1721. 

Daniel  Poor  son  of  Benjamin  and  Eliz- 
ebeth his  wife  born  June  ye  twenty-ninth 
day  1723. 

Benjamin  Poor  son  of  Benjamin  &  Eliza- 
beth his  wife  bom  January  ye  sixth  day 
1727-8. 

Henry  Poor  son  of  Benjamin  and  Elize- 
beth his  wife  born  January  ye  twenty-third 
day  1731-2. 

Joseph  Stell  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  his 
wife  borne  November  ye  twenty-first  day 
Anno  Dom  1731. 

John  Heirman  son  of  John  &  Jane  his  wife 
born  October  the  seventeenth  day  Anno  Dom 
1731. 

Wm  Wheeler  son  of  Jonathan  &  Anne 
his  wife  born  August  the  sixth  day  Anno 
Dom  1731. 

John  Bounton  son  of  Jonathan  and  Marg- 
ret  his  wife  bom  May  the  twenty-second 
day  Anno  Dom  1723. 

Anne  Boynton  daughter  of  Jonathan  & 
Margret  his  wife  born  October  the  twenty- 
ninth  day  Anno  Dom  1726. 

Prissila  Todd  daughter  of  Abnar  &  Ab- 
igail his  wife  bom  January  ye  sixteenth 
1724-5. 

Samuel  Hobson  son  of  Moses  &  Lydiahis 
wife  bom  July  the  fifth  day  Anno  Dom 
1731. 

Nathan  Hale  son  of  Moses  &  Elizabeth  his 
wife  born  January  yo  twenty  second  day  1729- 
30. 

Moses  Hall  son  of  Moses  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife  born  Febrewary  1731-2. 


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Mary  Thurstain  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Lydia  his  wife  born  Febreway  ye  twenty  sev- 
enth day  1731-2. 

Asa  Pengree  son  of  Job  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife  born  Apriel  the  sixth  day  1732. 

Hannah  Pickard  daughter  of  Moses  and 
Lydia  his  wife  born  August  the  fourth  day 
1732. 

Mehitable  Heriiuon  daughter  of  Nathanael 
and  Mehitable  his  wife  born  March  the  tenth 
day  1727. 

Samuel  Heriman  son  of  Nathanael  &  Me- 
hitable his  wife  born  May  the  twenty  third 
day  1732. 

Elizabeth  Boynton  daughter  of  Richard  & 
Jerusha  his  wife  bom  Apriel  the  eighteenth 
day  Anno  Dom  1731. 

Benjamin  Sawyer  son  of  Ezckiel  and  Me- 
hitable his  wife  born  December  tlie  twenty 
eight  day  Anno  Dom  1731. 

Nathan  Burpee  son  of  Samuel  &  Elizabeth 
his  wife  born  Apriell  the  seventeenth  day  An- 
no Dom  1731 . 

Hannah  Burpee  daughter  of  Samnel  an^ 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  July  the  twenty  sev- 
enth day  Anno  Dom  1732. 

Benjamin  Stewart  son  of  Sollomon  &  Mar- 
tha his  wife  born  January  the  26th  day  An- 
no Dom  1727-8. 

Solomon  Stewart  son  of  Solomon  &  Martha 
his  wife  born  January  the  fourteenth  day  An- 
no Dom  1729-30. 

Phinias  Stewart  son  of  Solomon  and  Mar- 
tha his  wife  born  March  the  twenty  seventh 
Anno  Dom  1732. 

Elizabeth  Perley  daughter  of  David  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  October  the  thirteenth 
day  Anno  Dom  1732. 

Priscilla  Cooper  daughter  of  Moses  and 
Phebo  his  wife  born  June  the  sixteenth  day 
1732. 


James  Tenne  son  of  John  &  Sarah  his  wife 
born  June  the  eight  day  Anno  Dom  1728. 

John  Bayley  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife  born  August  the  eight  day  Anno  Dom 
1732. 

John  Tennee  son  of  John  &  Sarah  his 
wife  born  Feberewary  the  sixteenth  day  An- 
no Dom  1732-3. 

Jo.seph  SpafFord  son  of  Jonathan  &  Jemi- 
mah  his  wife  born  July  ye  twenty-ninth  day 
Anno  Dom  1720. 

Jacob  SpafFcrd  son  of  Jonathan  &  Jemi- 
nah  his  wife  born  August  the  seventeenth  day 
Anno  Dom  1722. 

Dorkins  Spofford  daughter  of  Jonathan  & 
Jeminah  his  wife  born  September  ye  nine- 
teenth day  1724. 

Job  Spafibrd  son  of  Jonathan  &  Jeminah 
his  wife  born  December  ye  twenty  first  day 
1726. 

Jonah  Spafford  son  of  Jonathan  &  Jemi- 
nah his  wife  born  Apriell  the  nineteenth  day 
1729. 

Moses  SpafFord  son  of  Jonathan  &  Jemi- 
nah his  wife  born  January  ye  nineteenth  day 
1731. 

Hannah  Northend  daughter  of  Ezekiel  & 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  July  ye  twenty  ninth 
day  1728. 

Susannah  Pillsbery  daughter  of  Amoa  & 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  December  ye  fifteenth 
day  1729. 

Dummer  Jewett  son  of  the  Reverend  Mr. 
Jedediah  Jewett  &  Mrs.  Elizabeth  his  wife 
born  Apriell  the  twenty  fifth  day  Anno  Dom 
1732. 

John  Blasdal  son  of  Abigah  and  Mary  his 
wife  born  September  the  eight  day  Anno  Dom 
1729. 

Hannah  Blasdal   daughter  of  Abigah  and 


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Mary  his  wife  born  August  the  thirteenth  day 
Anno  Dom  1731. 

Mehitable  Blasdal  daughter  of  Abijah  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  October  ye  seventeenth 
day  Anno  Dom  1732. 

Joseph  Stewart  son  of  Richard  &  Judith 
his  wife  born  August  the  fifth  day  Anno  Dom 
1731. 

Jacob  Perrson  son  of  Jedediah  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  November  ye  twentyeth  day 
1732. 

Noys  Addams  son  of  John  and  Jane  his 
wife  born  June  the  twenty-first  day  1731. 

Elisebeth  Poor  daughter  of  Samuel  &  Elis- 
ebeth  his  wife  born  August  ye  fifteenth  day 
1731. 

William  Wheler  son  of  Jonathan  and  Ann 
his  wife  born  August  the  sixt  day  1732. 

Hannah  Tenne  daughter  of  William  & 
Mehetable  his  wife  born  June  the  fifteenth 
day  1732. 

Elizebeth  Sticknee  daughter  of  Samuel  & 
Susanah  his  wife  born  Apriell  ye  fourth  day 
Anno  Dom  1733. 

Nathan  Frazer  son  of  Nathan  &  Jane  his 
wife  born  November  the  twenty-fourth  day 
1732. 

Jemima  SpafFord  daughter  of  Jonathan  & 
Jemimah  his  wife  born  May  ye  thirteth  day 
Anno  Dom  1733. 

Hannah  Payson  daughter  of  Mr  Samuel 
Payson  and  Mary  his  wife  born  June  the 
fourth  day  1733. 

Jonathan  Fowler  son  of  Phillip  and  Mar- 
gret  his  wife  born  March  the  twenty-sixth  day 
1733. 

Mercy  Boynton  daughter  of  Ebenzer  and 
Sarah  his  wife  born  June  the  fifteenth  day 
1722. 

Caleb  Boynton  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Sarah 
(20) 


his  wife  born  May  the  eighteenth  day  1724. 

Mark  Plats  son  of  James  and  Hannah  his 
wife  born  December  ye  eleventh  day  1722. 

Mercy  Plats  daughter  of  James  &  Mercy 
his  wife  born  November  the  tenth  day  1726. 

James  Plats  son  of  James  and  Mercy  his 
wife  born  Peberey  the  sixth  day  1727-8. 

Hannah  Plats  daughter  of  James  &  Mer- 
cy his  wife  bom  November  the  eight  day 
1729. 

Judith  Plats  daughter  of  James  &  Mer- 
cy his  wife  born  January  the  eight  day 
1731-2. 

Samuel  Hedden  son  of  Eben  and  Mehet- 
able his  wife  born  Apriell  the  thirteenth  day 
1733. 

Sarah  Perrson  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth 
his  wife  born  August  the  twenteth  day  An- 
no Dom  1733. 

Daniel  Hobson  son  of  Moses  and  Lydia 
his  wife  born  September  the  second  day  An- 
no Dom  1732. 

Dority  Pickard  daughter  of  Francis  &  Ed- 
nah  his  wife  born  October  ye  fifth  day  An- 
no Dom  1730. 

Mercy  Boynton  daughter  of  Ebenezer  &• 
Sarah  his  wife  bom  June  the  fifteenth  day 
1722. 

Caleb  Boynton  son  of  Ebenezer  &  Sarah 
his  wife  bom  May  the  eighteenth  day  1724. 

Mark  Plats  son  of  James  &  Hannah  his 
wife  bora  December  ye  eleventh  day  1722. 

Mercy  Plats  daughter  of  James  &  Mercy 
his  wife  bom  November  the  tenth  day  1726. 

James  Plats  son  of  James  and  Mercy  his 
wife  born  Febereuary  the  sixth  day  1727-8. 

Hannah  Plats  daughter  of  James  &  Mer- 
cy his  wife  born  November  the  eighth  day 
1729. 

Judeth  Plats  daughter  of  James  &  Mercy 
his  wife  bora  January  the  eighth  day  1732- 
3. 


138 


Joseph  Dole  son  of  Enoch  &  Rachel  his 
wife  born  December  the  eighth  day  1732. 

Ammos  Dole  son  of  Enoch  &  Rachel  his 
wife  born  January  ye   eleventh  day  1738-4. 

Richard  Boynton  son  of  Richard  and  Je- 
rusha  his  wife  born  May  the  twenty  second 
day  1733. 

Joshua  Jackson  son  of  Joshua  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  June  the  twentieth  day  Anno 
Dora  1733, 

Benjamin  Thirston  son  of  Jonathan  &  Li- 
dia  his  wife  born  Febr.  the  third  day  Anno 
Dom  1733. 4. 

Hepsibah  Poor  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  July  the  sixteenth 
day  Anno  Dom  1733. 

Hannah  Payson  daughter  of  Mr.  Samuel 
&  Mrs.  Mary  his  wife  born  June  the  fourth 
Anno  Dom  1733. 

Elizabeth  Lambert  daughter  of  Thomas 
&  Elizabeth  his  wife  born  December  the 
third  day  Anno  Dom  1732. 

Hannah  Stickney  daughter  of  Samuel  & 
Faith  his  wife  born  March  the  twenty-fifth 
day  Anno  Dom  1734. 

Elizabeth  Stickney  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife  born  May  the  twenty- 
fifth  day  Anno  Dom  1733. 

Hannah  Hodgkins  daughter  of  John  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  September  ye  twenty- 
fifth  day  Anno  Dora  1732. 

Hannah  Hovey  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  Feberewary  ye  twenty- 
seventh  day  1733-4. 

James  Dresser  son  of  John  and  Plannah 
his  wife  born  Febrewary  the  second  day  An- 
no Dom  1 724-5. 

Moses  Dresser  son  of  John  &  Hannah  his 
wife  born  September  the  eleventh  day  1726. 

Hannah  Dresser  daughter  of  John  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  September  ye  twenty- 
sixth  day  172S. 


Sarah  Dresser  daughter  of  John  &  Han- 
nah his  wife  born  Feberewary  the  fourteenth 
day  1730-1. 

Elizabeth  Dresser  daughter  of  John  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  July  the  twenteth 
day  Anno  Dora  1733. 

Moses  Northend  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary 
his  wife  born  January  the  twenty-first  day 
Anno  Dom  1731-2. 

John  Northend  son  of  Sarauel  &  Mary  his 
wife  born  Apriell  the  thirteenth  day  Anno 
Dom  1734. 

Moses  Hobson  son  of  Moses  &  Lydia  his 
wife  borne  May  the  thirteth  day  Anno  Dom 
1734. 

William  Sanders  son  of  Edward  &  Elizc- 
beth  his  wife  born  October  the  twenty-first 
day  Anno  Dom  1733. 

Margret  Hazen  daughter  of  Sarauel  and 
Sarah  his  wife  born  January  ye  twenty-third 
day  Anno  Dom  1729-30. 

Sarah  Hazen  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sa- 
rah his  wife  born  Apriell  the  Ninth  day  An- 
no Domini  1731. 

Benjamin  Hazen  son  of  Sarauel  and  Sa- 
rah his  wife  bom  Apriell  the  twenty-second 
day  Anno  Dom  1734. 

Susanah  Creecy  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  August  the  fifteenth  day 
Anno  Dora  1733. 

Jane  Payson  daughter  of  Eliphclct  and 
Ednah  his  wife  born  December  the  fifteenth 
day  Anno  Dora  1730. 

Mark  Payson  son  of  Eliphelet  and  Ednah 
his  wife  born  September  the  twenty-third 
day  1733. 

Hannah  Barrit  daughter  of  Samuel  & 
Lidia  his  wife  born  October  the  thirteth  day 
Anno  Dom  1734. 

Joseph  Chapman  son  of  Edward  and  Sa- 
rah his  wife  born  July  the  tenth  day  Anno 
Domini  1734. 


139 


Ephraim  Hedden  son  of  Eben  and  Mehet- 
able  his  wife  born  December  the  fifteenth 
day  Anno  Dom  1734. 

Prisila  Downing  daughter  of  Jonathan  eS: 
Sarah  his  wife  born  December  the  twenty- 
second  day  1731. 

Jonathan  Downing  son  of  Jonathan  &  Sa- 
rah his  wife  born  January  the  sixth  day  An- 
no Dom  1733-4. 

Anne  Creecy  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  January  the  twenty-fourth  day 
Anno  Dom  1727-8. 

Sarah  Creecy  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  Alarch  the  eight  day  Anno 
Dom  1729-30. 

John  Creecy  son  of  John  and  Sarah  his 
wife  born  Apriel  the  fourth  day  Anno  Dom 
1781. 

Mark  Creecy  son  of  John  &  Sarah  liis  wife 
born  January  the  eighteenth  day  1733-4. 

Hannah  Jewett  daughter  of  George  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  May  the  tenth  day 
Anno  Dora  1732. 

Mary  Jewett  daughter  of  George  and  Han- 
nah his  wife  born  September  the  eleventh 
day  1734. 

John  Sawyer  son  of  Ezekiel  and  Mehita- 
ble  his  wife  born  March  the  sixteenth  day 
Anno  Dom  1733-4. 

Amos  Pickard  son  of  Moses  and  Lydia  his 
wife  born  March  the  twenty  eight  day  1735. 

Mary  Thurstain  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Mehitable  his  wife  born  October  ye  twenty 
sixth  day  1734. 

Solomon  Frazer  son  of  Nathan  and  Jane 
his  wife  born  Febreuary  the  eighteenth  day 
1734-5. 

Clamons  Fengrey  son  of  Job  and  Elizebeth 
his  wife  born  Apriel  ye  eighteenth  day  Anno 
Dom  1735. 

Jonathan  Bayley  son  of  John  and  Eliza- 

(20a) 


beth  his  wife  born  June  the  first  day  Anno 
Dom  1735, 

Sarah  Dresser  daughter  of  Samuel  &  Dor- 
othy his  wife  born  July  the  fourteenth  day 
Anno  Dom  1735, 

Mary  Hovey  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ma- 
ry his  wife  born  September  the  eight  day 
Anno  Dom  1735. 

Ednah  Plummer  daughter  of  Benjamin  & 
Jane   his  wife  bom  July  the   fifteenth   day 

1723. 

David  Plummer  son  of  Benjamin  &  Jane 
his  wife  bom  November  the  ninth  day  1725. 

Anne  Plummer  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Jane  his  wife  born  May  the  fifth  1730. 

Francis  Johnson  son  of  Daniel  and  Han- 
nah his  wife  bom  October  ye  twenty  ninth 
day  1726. 

Judah  Johnson  son  of  Daniel  and  Hannah 
his  wife  born  November  ye  sixteenth  day 
1729. 

Joram  Johnson  son  of  Daniel  and  Hannah 
his  wife  born  October  ye  seventeenth  day 
1731. 

Obediah  Johnson  son  of  Daniel  and  Han- 
nah his  wife  born  October  the  ninth  day 
1733. 

Isaiah  Johnson  son  of  Daniel  and  Han- 
nah his  wife  bom  October  ye  seventeenth 
day  1735. 

John  TjuII  son  of  John  and  Susannah  his 
wife  born  November  the  ninth  day  1728. 

Lydi:i  Lull  daughter  u;'  Joliii  and  Su.sin- 
nali  Ins  wife  born  Ducenibu)'  ye  twentyth  day 
1730. 

Nathanael  Lull  son  of  John  and  Susannali 
his  wife  lx>rn  July  the  twenty  fifth  day  1732. 

Sarah  Lambert  daughter  of  Thomas  &  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife  born  September  the  twenteth 
day  1735. 


140 


Elizabeth  Cooper  daughter  of  Moses  and 
Phebe  his  wife  born  October  the  18th  1734. 

Hannah  Jackson  daughter  of  Joshua  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  October  the  twenty- 
ninth  day  1735. 

Samuel  Heriman  son  of  Samuel  and  Jane 
his  wife  born  Febreuary  the  twenty  third  day 
1781-2. 

Jane  Heriman  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Jane  his  wife  born  November  the  tenth  day 
1733. 

Dudley  Heriman  son  of  Samuel  and  Jane 
his  wife  born  March  the  ninth  day  1734-5. 

Margret  Heriman  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
&  Mehetable  his  wife  born  February  ye  twen- 
ty third  day  1734-5. 

Moses  Hobson  son  of  Moses  and  Lidia  his 
wife  born  December  the  fourteenth  day  1735. 

Anne  Jewett  daughter  of  Aquila  and  Mar- 
tha his  wife  born  October  the  sixth  day  1725. 

Stephen  Jewett  son  of  Aquila  and  Martha 
his  wife  bom  December  the  twenty  eight  day 
1727. 

Rebeckah  Jewett  daughter  of  Aquila  and 
Martha  his  wife  born  August  the  twenty  sev- 
enth day  1731. 

Prissila  Jewett  daughter  af  Aquila  and 
Martha  his  wife  born  May  the  twenty  first  day 
1733. 

John  Kindrick  son  of  John  and  Francis 
his  wife  born  March  the  seventh  day  Anno 
Dom  1706. 

Lidia  Kindrick  daughter  of  John  and  Fran- 
cis his  wife  born  March  ye  fifth  day  1709. 

Samuel  Kinrick  son  of  John  and  Francis 
his  wife  born  September  the  third  day  1712. 

Samuel  CrcQcy  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary 
his  wife  born  January  the  sixth  day  Anno 
Dom  1735. 

Dorithy  Jewett  daughter  of  ye  Reverend 
Mr.  Jewett  &  Elizabeth  his  wife  bom  May 
ye  second  day  1730. 


Jeremiah  Nellson  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Ma- 
ry his  wife  born  Febereuary  ye  fifth  day  An- 
no Dom  1734. 

Hannah  Nellson  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  March  the  sixteenth  day 
1735. 

Joseph  Plats  son  of  Abell  and  Mary  his 
wife  born  Febemary  the  nineteenth  day  1726. 

Mary  Plats  daughter  of  Abell  and  Mary 
his  wife  bora  Febemary  the  second  day  1728. 

Ruth  Plats  daughter  of  Abell  and  Mary 
his  wife  born  September  ye  thirteth  day  1729. 

Abell  Plats  son  of  Abell  and  Mary  his 
wife  born  May  the  thirty-first  day  1735. 

Jeremiah  Dickinson  son  of  George  and  Sa- 
rah his  wife  born  December  the  sixteenth 
day  1736. 

Prisila  Jewett  daughter  of  Eliphlet  and 
Ruth  his  wife  born  August  the  twelfth  day 
Anno  Dom  1736. 

Price  Hedden  son  of  Eben  and  Mehetable 
his  wife  born  December  the  thirteenth  day 
Anno  Dom  1736. 

Moses  Jewett  son  of  Mark  and  Mary  his 
wife  born  January  the  twenty-ninth  day  An- 
no Dom  1737. 

(To  be  Continued.) 


ABSTRACTS  FROM  WILLS,  INVEN- 
TORIES, &c.,  ON  FILE  IN  THE 
OFFICE  OF  CLERK  OF  COURTS, 
SALEM,  MASS. 


COPIED   BY   IRA  J.    PATCH. 


Continued  from  Vol.  V,  page  94. 


Benjamin  Ghadwell  7  mo  1690. 
"  I  Elizabeth  Jewett  of  Ipswich  haveing 
lost  my  elder  son  Benjamin  Chadwell  by  name 
who  went  ship  carpenter  in  the  brigantine 
called  Samuell  with  Mr.  John  Robinson  of 
Boston  who  went  master  of  said  brigantine. 


141 


I  the  abovesaid  Elizabeth  Jewit  being  ye  said 
Benjamin  Chadwells  own  mother  desier  ye 
Court  to  grant  administration  unto  my  hus- 
band John  Jewitt  as  witness  my  hand  in  the 
year  1691  June  the  thirteth  day." 

signed  Eliz 
Jewett  her  marke  at  County  Court  at  Ips, 
1091  administration  granted  as  above. 

James  Ghvie  7  mo  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  James  Chute  taken- 
August  1691  by  Jno  Haniford  and  John 
Harris  Junior,  amounting  to  £70  returned  by 
James  Chute  son  of  deceased  Nov  3d  1601, 
who  is  appointed  admr. 

Josiak  CSarix  7  mo  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Josiah  Clarke  of  Ip- 
swich who  died  27  September  1691,  taken 
Sd  November  1691  by  Samuel  Appleton  Jr 
and  John  Waite  amounting  to  £98  9s  3d 
i'eturned  Nov  3  1691  by  Joseph  Boynton 
and  Caleb  Boynton  of  Rowley  who  arc  admrs, 
and  brothers  of  said  Clark's  widow. 

Thos  Hobbs  7  mo  1691. 

"The  inventory  of  the  goods  of  Thomas 
Hobs  latlyc  descssed  hwo  dwelt  within  ye 
Township  of  \yenham  ye  26  of  May  1691." 
taken  by  Richard  Hutton  and  John  Gilbert 
amounting  £6o  Is  2d  returned  by  Jonathan 
Hobs  admr  Sept  29  1691. 

Mark  HashcU  7  mo  1691. 

Inventory  of  c.etate  of  Mark  Haskell  of 
Gloucester  who  died  ye  8  of  September  1691, 
taken  by  William  Goodlme  Junior  and  Ja- 
cob Davis  amounting  to  £200  6d  returned  by 
Klizabeth  Haskell  admx,  November  3,  169L 

Abel  Plats  7  mo  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Leit  Abell  Platts  of 

Rowley  who  died  in  ye  Canada  voyage  taken 

28  5mo  1691  by  Ezekiel  Northend,   Samuel 

Plats   and  Nehemiah   Jewett   aniountino;   to 


£361  16s  6d  returned  by  Lydia  his  widow 
who  is  appointed  adrax,  9  mo  3  1691.  The 
deposition  of  Daniel  Wicom  aged  50  years 
and  Samuel  Plats   aged  44   years,  3    9  mo 

1691. 

Moses  Pearce  7  mo  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Moses  Pearce  of  Ip- 
swich taken  14  April  1691  by  Phillip  Fow- 
ler, Jno  Haniford  and  Nathaniel  Knowlton 
amounting,  to  £124  12s  5d,  returned  by  Ja- 
cob Foster  exor  9  mo  3  1691. 

William  Searl  7  mo  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  William  Searl  of 
Rowley  deceased  the  7th  9  mo  1690,  taken 
2d  9  mo  1691  by  John  Haniford  and  John 
Caldwell  Junr.  amounting  to  £10  5s  re- 
turned by  John  Harris  admr.  3d  9  mo  1691, 
James  Smith  7  tuo  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Lieut  James  Smith 
who  deceased  November  1,  1690  being  cas-t 
away  on  Cape  Breton  on  the  Canada  expedi- 
tion, taken  March  23  1690,  by  Caleb  Moody 
and  Joseph  Coker  returned  Nov  3  1691  by 
the  widow  and  son  of  said  deceased  who  are 
admrs. 

Samuel  Searl  7  mo  1691, 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Samuel  Searl  of 
Rowley  deceased  April  7th  1691,  taken  1691 
amounting  to  £38  13s  9(1,  returned  by  Deb- 
orah ye  admx  also  a  list  of  debts  due  from 
th«  estate  £44  5s,  3  9  mo  1691. 
John  Silver  7  mo  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  John  Silver  of  Row- 
ley taken  April  28  1691  by  Jolm  Wicom  and 
Benjamin  Pearson  amounting  to  £6  9s  re- 
turned 3d  9  mo  1691.  by  Thomas  and  Samu- 
el Silver  admrs. 

Thomas  Sumner  7  mo  1691. 

Petition  of  Robert  Coates  Sr  of  Lynn  and 
Jane  Coates  his  wife  and  daughter  of  George 
Sumner  who  died  by  Small    Pox  some  forty 


142 


years  since  in  Rowley,  for  administration  of 
estate  of  Thomas  Sumner  her  brother  who 
married  and  died  without  issue,  his  wife  is  al- 
so dead  she  having  married  twice,  and  said 
Jane  is  the  only  heir  living,  she  being  about 
ten  years  old  when  hor  father  died.  To  the 
Court  to  be  held  1st  Tuesday  November  1691. 

Inventory  of  above  estate  amounting  to 
£106  returned  by  Robert  Coates  administra- 
tor, 3d  November,  1691. 

The  depositions   of  Richard    Haven,  sen, 
aged  74  years,   and   Richard   Bassett  senior, 
aged  73  years,  dated  25th  9mo  1690. 
WiUiam  Tenney  Imo  1691. 

Add!  inventory  of  estate  of  Deacon  Wil- 
liam Tenney  taken  25  Sept.  1691,  by  Eze- 
kiel  Northend  and  Neheniiah  Jewett  amount- 
ing to  ,£15,  returned  29  Sept.  1691  by  Kath- 
crrine  Tenny  extx. 

Susanna    Whittridge  Into  1691. 

Inventory  of  the  estate  Susanna  Whitridge 
widow  who  died  July  8,  1689  or  thereabouts, 
taken  28  September  1691,  by  Isaac  Morell 
and  Thomas  Freame,  amounting  to  £141  15s 
list  of  debts  due  from  the  estate  &81  lis  3d; 
returned  by  Samuel  Colby  admr  3d  Novem- 
ber 1691. 

Thos.  Wass  Imo  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Mr.  Thomas  Wass 
schoolmaster  who  deceased  August  28  1691, 
at  the  house  of  John  Kent  Sn'r  Newbury, 
taken  by  Jonathan  Emery  and  Henry  Achers; 
returned  by  John  Kent  Sen'r  who  is  adm'r 

Petition  of  Samuel  Rogers  of  Ipswich  23 
9mo  1691 ;  if  any  measure  to  be  taken  to- 
wards settling  the  above  estate  it  may  be  de- 
ferred one  court  that  he  may  show  cause  to 
the  contrary,  being  infirm  and  incapable  of  so 
far  a  journey.  The  testimony  of  Mary  Rog- 
ers aged  about  19  years,  and  Margaret  Rog- 
ers aged  about  16  years,  children  of  said  Sam- 
uel Rogers,  3  9mo  1691.       . 


Benfn  Wheeler  Imo  1691. 

Will  of  Benjamin  Wheeler  of  Newbury 
dated  Apr  9  1690,  mentions  brother  Nathan 
Wheeler,  witnesses  Jethro  Wheeler  Samuel 
Wentworth,  probate  Sepi   29  1691 

Inventory  of  above  estate  taken  28  Sept. 
1691,  amounting  to  £24  8s;  debts  due  from 
estate  £17  10s,  returned  by  Nathan  Whee- 
ler admr  29  9mo  1691. 

Benjamin  Wheeler  was  son  of  David  Whee- 
ler. 

Sarah  Noyes  Imo.  1691. 

Will  of  Sarah  Noyes  widow  being  aged  da- 
ted 11th  November  1681,  mentions  sons  Jo- 
seph, James  and  Moses;  daughter  Sarah 
Noyes  at  Boston,  the  same  time  wife  of  her 
son  John  Noyes,  and  her  3  children  Sarah, 
John  and  Oliver;  sons  William,  Thomas; 
daughters  Rebecca,  Sarah,  appoints  son  Thom- 
as sole  ex'or,  witnesses,  Moses  Gerrish  and 
James  Noyes,  probate  29  7mo  1691.  de- 
ceased, 13  Sept.  1691. 

Inventory  of  above  estate  taken  21  Sept. 
1691,  by  Nicholas  Noyes  and  Daniel  Peirce, 
amounted  to  £1108  returned  by  ex'or  29 
Sept.  1691. 

Leonard  Harriman  Imo  1691. 
Will  of  Leonard  Harriman  of  Rowley  be- 
ing infirnic  dated  12d  1601,  mentions 
son  Matthew  Harriman  and  his  son  Matthew, 
son  Jonathan,  daughters  Hannah  Boynton, 
Mary  Harriman,  appoints  son  Jonathan  ex'or 
and  his  friend  Nehemiah  Jewett  and  Joseph 
Jewett  to  be  overseers;  witnesses  James 
Dickinson  and  John  Hopkinson.  probate 
29th  Sept.  1691. 

Inventory  of  above  estate  taken  5th  June, 
1791,  by  Nathaniel  Elithorpe  and  Nehemiah 
Jewett  amounting  to  £172  4s  2d  returned 
by  Jonathan  Harriman  ex'or.    29  Sept  1691. 


143 


John  Clough  Imo  1691. 

Will  of  John  Clough  sen'r,  Salisbury  da- 
ted 3d  July,  1691,  mentions  now  wife  Mar- 
tha, Benone  eldest  son  of  his  eldest  son  John 
Clough,  son  Samuel  Clough,  son-in-law  Daniel 
Merrill  of  Newbury,  son  Thos.  Clough;  daugh- 
ters Elizabeth  Home  and  Sarah  Merrill  wife 
of  said  Daniel;  John,  Amos  and  Elizabeth^ 
children  of  his  daughter  Martha  wife  to  Cor- 
nelius Page  formerly  of  Haverhill,  now  de- 
ceased, grand-sons  Samuel  and  Ebenezer, 
sons  of  his  son  Samuel  Clough,  appoints  his 
wife  sole  ex'trix.  witnesses  Henry  Blyall 
Jr.,  and  John  Tucker,  probate,  3d  9mo 
1691.     died  July  25,  1691.    ^ 

Inventory  of  above  estate  taken  5  August, 
1691,  by  John  Eastman  and  Samuel  Gill, 
amounting  to  £284  8s;  returned  Nov.  3, 
1691,  by  ex'trx. 

Philip  Nelson  Imo  1691. 

Will  of  Philip  Nelson  of  Rowley,  dated 
9th  April,  1691. 

"  Know  all  men  by  these  presents  that  I 
Philip  Nt^lson,  of  Rowley,  in  the  County  of 
Essex,  in  New  England,  who  am  goinge  out 
under  the  command  of  Sr.  William  Phipps 
who  is  goinge  against  the  French  at  Nova 
Scotia."  mentions  eldest  son  Philip  Nelson, 
son  John  over  twenty-one  years,  mentions 
children  lie  had  by  his  last  wife,  daughter 
Mary  Haseltine,  appoints  wife  Elizabeth  ex'tx, 
and  his  brother  Nehemiah  Jewett  of  Ipswich, 
witnesses,  William  Browne,  William  Searle, 
Solomon  Wood,  John  Cheney  and  John  Nel- 
son, probate,  Sept.  29th,  1691.  deceased 
20th.  6th  1691. 

Inventory  of  above  estate  taken  Sept.  23, 
1691,  by  Joseph  Jewett  Jun'r,  and  Samuel 
Platts,  amounting  to  £500,  returned  Sept. 
29,  1691. 


Moses  Little  Imo  1691. 
Inventory  of  estate  of  Moses  Little  of  New- 
bury, deceased  1691,   amounting  to  £1065 
7s.     returned  3d  November  1691,  by  Lydia, 
adra'r  of  deceased's  estate. 

(To  be  Continued.) 


A  LIST  OF  DEATHS  IN  BEVERLY, 
MADE  BY  COL.  ROBERT  HALE. 


Continued  iVom  Vol.  S,  Page  96. 


796.  Ralph  Ellinwood  Aet.  38  Dec.  21. 

Dec.  21,  1754. 

797.  Jno.  Stone  Dec.  27, 

798.  Inft  of  Abr.  Wyat 

799.  Ambr.  Cleaves  Jan.  21. 

800.  Mr.  Kemball's  Negro  Girl  Jan.  31. 

801.  Geo.  Gallop )  in  St.    Eustatia>87 

802.  Jona.  Clark  |  /SB 

803.  Son  of  Capt.  Tho.  Davis  Feb.  22. 

804.  Peter  Groves  Aet.  75  M'eh  14. 

805.  Zach.  Stone  son  of  Wm. 

806.  Inft  of  Wm.  Taylor. 

807.  Wm.     son   of  Wra.    Gage   on  ye 

Banks  89 

808.  Joseph  Foster  ) 

809.  his  son) 

810.  Nich.  Biles      \       Lost  in  coming 

811.  Benj.  Hardy?  \  from   Virginia 

812.  Benj.  Eliot  Jr  f  March,   1755. 

813.  Jona.  Bisson  j 

814.  Cornelius  Larkum  ) 

815.  his  brother  )      Lost  in 

816.  Jona.  Hay  ward      \      coming  fro 

817.  Nath.  Hayward      \     ye  W.  Indies 

818.  Tho.  Butman         f     March  1755. 

819.  Wm.  Eliot  Jr.      j  101 

820.  Inft.  of  B.  Cleaves  Jr. 

821.  Jno.  MuUin  Aetat  75,  May  21. 

822.  Inf.  Jo.  Foster  June  20. 

823.  Eliz.  Cole  "     22. 

824.  Capt.  Hn'y  Herrick  Aet.  67  Au.  24 

825.  Negro  Child  of  Han.  Clark  Oct  4. 

826.  Jerusha  Tarr 


144 


827.  Dan'l  Dodge's  daughter 

828.  Inft.  of  Jno.  Thornd.  3d  Stillborn. 

829.  Dan  Dodge's  Wife  Nov.  19. 

830  Inft.  of  Danl.  Foster  Nov.  30. 

831  Danl.  Dodge's  daughter. 

832  Ens.  Jesse  ?  Herrick's  negro  woman  D.  ! 

833  Inft  of  Jno.  Presson. 

Dec.  21,  1755. 

834  Inft.  Benj.  Smith  Jan.  7. 

835  Wm  Cleaves  At  69  Jan.  20. 

836  Wid  Abig  Patch. 

837  Inft  Wm  Gage  Feb.  1. 

838  Robt  Sallowes  aet  80. 

839  Dr.  Jo  Dodge  aet  80. 

840  Capt.  Timo  Stanley  (Bilboa)  102 

841  Inft  of  Robt  Ober. 

842  Mihel  Woodberry  in  England  103 

843  Wife  of  Benjamin  Smith  Feb.  17. 

844  Inft  of  James  Giles. 

845  "    "  Retire  Trask  Feb.  25. 

846  Wm  Lovet  et  55        "      28. 

847  Jane  Maxwel. 

848  Inft  of  Wm  Haskel  Mch  29. 

849  Wid.  Mercy  Trask  Apl  27. 

850  Inft  of  John  Hilton. 

851  Inft  of  Tho.  Kerry  May  3d. 

852  Matthew  French  June  12. 

853  Mark  Mors  Jr  July  19. 

854  Tho.  Kerry's  son         4. 

855  "         "       another  child  August  4. 

856  Daniel  Dodge  aetat  45  August  6. 

857  Wid.  of  Dan  Larkum  et  85. 

858  Inft  of  Nat.*  Elwell. 

859  "    "James Smith. 

860  Wife  of  Josiah  Stone. 

861  Inft  of  Tho  Cox. 

862  Benj.  Eliot  at  Sheepso  104 

863  Inft  of  Jona  Biles. 

864  Wife  of  Jo  Larkum  Oct.  16. 

865  Sam  Woodberry  aet  40  Nov.  3. 


866  Inft  of  Jno  Sallowes  Nov.  7. 

867  Robt  Matthew.s  at  Albany  105 

868  Inft  of  Andr.  Woodberry. 

369  Wid  of  Benj.  Trask  aet  72  Dec.  10. 

870  Wid  of  Corn's  Larkum  Dec.  10  aet  85. 

Dec.  21,  1756. 

871  Wid  of  Sam  Woodberry  D  21. 

872  daughter  of  Andrew  Woodberry  22. 

873  Andrew  son  of   Andrew    Woodberry 

Jan  22. 

874  Andrew  Woodberry  29. 

875  Sam  FosteF's  wife 

876  Capt  And  Woodberry  aet  60  Mur.  7. 

877  James  Patch  aet  80  Ap  1. 

878  James  Gordon  Gibralter  106 

879  Negro  inft  of  Wid  A  Woodbr  Jr. 

880  Wid  of  Eb  Woodbery  aet  87. 

881  Inft  of  Andr.  Thornd. 

882  Rebecca  Patch  aet  54. 

883  Inft  of  Jno  Biles  June  16. 

884  Infant  negro  of  Capt  Cleaves  July  1. 

885  Inft  of  James  Smith  July  10. 

886  Lewan  Herrick  died  on  board  a 

man  of  war  107 

887  Azor  Roundy  killed  near  Lake  George 

1756  108 

888  Eliezer  Ellinwood  Sm.  Pox  Sept.  1 . 

889  Wid  of  Obed  Woodb. 

(To  be  Continued.) 


*Mat? 


ERRATA. 

Vol.  5,  No.  2,  page  52,  2nd  line  from  bot- 
tom, for '« 1839  "  read  "1830." 

Vol.  5,  No.  2,  page  55,  2d  lino  from  top, 
for  "Nicholas"  read  "Nicholson." 

Vol.  5,  No.  2,  page  64,  20th  line  from 
top,  for  "Oct.  7"  read  "Oct.  6." 

Vol.  5,  No.  2,  page  88,  10th  line  from  the 
bottom,  2d  column,  for  "1721"  read 
"1724." 

Vol.  5,  No.  2,  page  96,  8th  lino  from  bot- 
tom, 1st  column,  for  "1687  "  read  "  1689." 

Vol.  5,  No.  2,  page  63,  13th  line  from 
bottom,  for  "Sept.  28"  read  "S^pt.  18." 


HISTOEICAL    COLLECTIONS 


OF      THE 


ESSEX     INSTITUTE. 


Vol.  V. 


August,  1863. 


No.  4r. 


RANTOUL  GENEALOGY,  &c. 


In  the  Register  of  Marriages,  Births  and 
Baptisms  for  the  Parish  of  Cleish,  County  of 
Kinross,  Fifeshire,  in  the  North  of  Scotland, 
it  is  recorded  that  "Robert  Rintoul,  the 
younger,  born  at  Kelty  in  this  Parish,  and 
Christian  Millar  of  the  Parish  of  Kinglassie, 
were  married  December  24th  A.  D.  1742." 

This  Robert  Rintoul,  described  as  the  youn- 
ger, from  which  we  may  infer  that  his  father 
bore  the  same  name,  had  a  brother,  who  died 
at  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  on  his  return  from 
China,  about  A  D.  1773  ;  a  brother  who 
preached  at  Elgin,  North  Britain,  A.  D.  1770- 
75 ;  two  sisters  who  resided  with  the  latter  at 
Elgin;  a  sister  who  married  in  Edinburgh,  and 
a  brother  William,  married  to  Ann  Brown  a- 
bout  A.  D.  1740  at  Kelty  Bridge  End,  whose 
eleven  children  are  registered  in  Cleish,  and 
amongst  them  Robert,  afterwards  the  Rev., 
who  preached  in  the  Parish  of  Bally  Kelly, 
County  of  Londonderry,  North  of  Ireland, 
for  many  years. 

Robert  Rintoul,  the  younger,  as  above,  had 
(21) 


at  least  seven  children.  I  name  them  in  the 
order  of  their  probable  seniority.  They  were 
Margaret,  Elizabeth,  Jeanie,  probably  bap- 
tised and  registered  in  the  Parish  of  Beath 
adjoining  Cleish,  before  1740;  Robert,  born 
January  1753 ;  William,  born  September 
1754  ;  Helen,  born  1756,  and  David,  born 
1759. 

Of  these  seven  children,  either  Margaret 
or  Elizabeth  was  the  mother  of  a  daughter, 
who  married  one  Veitch,  and  these  last  were 
the  parents  of  Miss  Mary  Veitch  lately  resi- 
dent (A.  D.  1856-8,)  at  Linlithgow,  Scot- 
land. 

Jeanie  married  Robert  Smith  of  Edinburgh. 

Robert  emigrated  to  America  in  1769. 

William  died  in  London,  March  9,  1823. 
He  was  captured  in  1776  by  an  American 
Privateer  and  brought  to  Newburyport,  Mass. 
From  that  place  he  communicated  with  his 
brother  Robert,  then  living  in  Salem,  and  was 
permitted  to  remain  in  Salem  with  his  broth- 
er's family  until  exchanged,  when  he  re- 
turned to  England.  He  left  four  children, 
Robert  William,  Sarah  Sinclair,  Mary,  and 
Christian. 

Helen  died  unmarried,  l)ec.  13,  1835. 


14G 


David  was  killed  in  action  in  a  British  Ship 
of  War. 

Robert  Rintoul,  Rentoul  or  Rantoul,  for 
he  seems  to  have  written  his  name  variously 
at  different  times,  was  the  first  and  only  im- 
migrant to  this  country  bearing  our  name,  of 
whom  we  have  any  knowledge.  Leaving  to 
those  learned  in  the  Celtic  and  Gaelic  roots 
the  discussion  of  the  probable  difference  in 
sound  involved  in  the  use  of  these  three  vow- 
els, it  is  clear  that  the  transition  is  an  easy 
one  in  writing,  from  the  vowel  "i"  to  the 
vowel  "e"  and  from  this  last  to  the  vowel 
"a."  I  have  his  signature  attached  to  a  let- 
ter written  during  the  last  year  of  his  life, 
1783,  in  which  the  vowel  will  pass  either  for 
"e"  or  "a." 

Soon  after  his  arrival  in  America,  however, 
as  it  appears  from  the  following,  kindly  shown 
me  by  Mr.  Matthew  A.  Stickney  of  Salem,  he 
used  still  another  vowel. 

Salem,  Deer.  27,  1769. 
Reed,  of  Richd.  Derby  Seven  Pounds  14 
L.  M.    for  a  Hd.    Molasses  sold  him,  Gagd. 
106  Gall. 
£7  :  1 :   4.  Robert  Rintoul. 

I  have  authority  for  saying  that  his  cousin 
Robert,  who  went  into  Ireland,  together  with 
children  of  the  latter,  lately  living  in  the 
l^arish  of  Bally  Kelly,  County  of  Londonder- 
ry, viz: 

William,  Captain  r)2nd  Infantry; 

James,  Lieut.  Londonderry  Militia; 

Solomon,  Yeoman; 
all  spelled  the  name  Rantoul.  On  the 
other  hand  I  have  authority  for  saying  that 
there  is  a  little  place  called  Rintoul,  in  the 
Braes  of  Kinross,  where  lived,  not  long  ago, 
one  Robert  Rintoul ;  and  I  find  in  the  liiving 
Age  for  June,   1858,  an  article  taken  from 


the  London  Daily  News,  noticing  the  death 
of  Robert  S.  Rintoul,  born  in  the  North  of 
Scotland,  who  removed  to  London,  and  estab- 
lished there  and  edited  for  thirty  years  the 
"Spectator"  Newspaper. 

The  Rev.  William  Rintoul,  of  Montreal, 
died  Sept  13,  1851,  at  Trois  Pistoles,  below 
Quebec.  He  left  a  son  Robert.  I  learn  from 
the  "Toronto  Record,"  a  journal  edited  by  him 
for  some  years,  that  he  studied  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Edinbu'^h  and  came  to  Toronto  in  1831, 
where  he  remained  preaching  and  filling  the 
Hebrew  Professorship  in  Knox  College,  until 
called  away,  shortly  before  his  death,  to  St. 
Gabriel  street  Church,  Montreal.  He  was  a  na- 
tive of  Tulliallan  or  Kincardine  in  Clackman- 
nanshire, North  of  Scotland. 

The  names  Robert  and  William  may  be  so 
common  in  Scotland  as  to  make  it  unsafe  to 
infer  relationship  with  the.se  Rintouls  from 
their  bearing  them,  but  the  locality  of  their  ori- 
gin helps  the  argument  a  little.  I  find  in 
"Burke's  General  Armory"  no  name  at  all 
like  mine  except  that  of  a  Scotch  family  of 
Rintoul.  The  practice  of  spelling  the  name 
Rantoul,  has  been  uniform  for  many  years  in 
this  country,  and  I  suppose  that  the  discussion 
of  authorities  or  precedents  in  other  countries 
must  now  be  considered  as  rather  curious  than 
useful. 

Robert,  the  first  settler  in  America,  born 
in  Fifeshire,  Scotland,  Jan.  1753,  reached 
Boston  in  1769,  and  at  once  came  to  Salem, 
where  he  boarded  for  a  time  with  Jonathan 
Archer  at  the  head  of  Long  (now  Union) 
Wharf.  This  Mr.  Archer  taught  navigation, 
and  was  known  as  "  long  Jonathan,"  to  dis- 
tinguish him  from  others  of  the  name.  In 
tax  bills  of  1776  and  1777  he  is  designated 
as  "Captain   Rintoul."     He   was   master  of 


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Schooners  Caty  and  Hope,  owned  by  William 
Orne,  Nathaniel  Sparhawk  &  William  Gray ; 
also  of  Brigs  Hopewell,  Phoenix  and  Defence, 
owned  by  William  Gray,  Benj.  West,  Theo- 
dore Lyman  and  others  ;  and  in  1782  of  the 
Ship  Iris,  owned  by  William  Gray.  In  her 
he  sailed  from  Salera,  (leaving  his  family  in 
the  Elkins  House  on  Essex  St.,  recently  re- 
moved to  make  way  for  the  New  Bentley 
School  House,)  for  the  York  River  in  Vir- 
ginia, and  thence,  March  4,  1783,  for  Nantz 
in  France ;  but  the  Iris  never  was  heard  from 
after  leaving  York  River.  A  gale  of  wind  on 
our  coast  was   chronicled   March   20,  1783. 

He  had  married  in  Salem,  Nov.  3,  1773, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Mary  (Lam- 
bert) Preston  or  Presson,  and  left  three  chil- 
dren, viz : 

Robert,  born  Nov.  23,  1778,  died  Oct.  24, 
1858. 

Samuel,  born  July  10,  1781,  died  at  Bil- 
boa,  Spain,  April  22,  1802. 

Polly,  born  July  22,  1783,  married  An- 
drew Peabody  of  Beverly,  May,  1808,  died 
Nov.  15,  1836,  leaving  two  children,  Andrew 
Preston,  Plummer  Professor  at  Cambridge, 
and  Mary  Rantoul,  married  to  John  P.  Ly- 
man of  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Robert  established  himself  as  an  apotheca- 
ry, in  Beverly,  June  18,  1796,  after  an  ap- 
prenticeship with  Drs.  Wm.  Stearns  and  Jo- 
seph Osgood  of  Salem.  He  married,  June 
4,  1801,  Joanna,  daughter  of  John  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Herrick)  Lovett,  of  Beverly, 

Their  children  were  Joanna  Lovett,  born 
Jan  13,  1803,  married  Wm.  Endicott,  Sept. 
26,  1824,  died  June  26,  1863  at  St.  Louis, 
Mo. 

Robert,  bora  August  13,  1805,  died  at 
Washington  D.  C,  August  7,  1852. 

Mary  Elizabeth,  born  August  14,  1809, 
died  August  14,  1821. 


Samuel,  born  March  23,  1813,  died  Dec. 
9,  1831.     Class  of  1832,  Harvard  College. 

Charlotte,  born  Jan.  9,  1816,  died  Dec. 
2,  1839. 

Elizabeth  Augusta  Lovett,  bom  April  2, 
1819,  died  May  23,  1837. 

Hannah  Lovett,  born  June  17,  1821. 

Robert,  last  named  and  known  as  Junior, 
was  born  at  Beverly,  August  13,  1805,  was 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  the  class  of 
1826,  and  married,  August  3,  1831,  Jane 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Deborah 
(Gage)  Woodbury  of  Beverly.  He  died  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  August  7,  1852. 

Their  children  are : 

Robert  Samuel,  born  June  2,  1832. 

Charles  William,  born  April  24,  1839. 


I  comply  with  the  kind  invitation  of  Dr. 
Wheatland  to  print  what  I  know  of  my  ances- 
try, bearing  the  name  of  Rantoul,  as  much, 
perhaps,  in  the  hope  of  eliciting  new  facts  as 
with  the  expectation  of  communicating  valu- 
able or  entertaining  information  to  others. 
From  the  necessary  incompleteness  of  the 
statement,  covering  even  the  short  period 
through  which  my  researches  have  been  pur- 
sued, I  have  preferred  to  give  it  a  narrative 
rather  than  a  tabular  form.  I  shall,  of  course, 
be  grateful  for  information  from  any  source, 
which  shall  enable  me  to  make  this  branch  of 
my  genealogy  complete  and  systematic. 

I  have  also  prepared,  at  the  request  of  Dr. 
Wheatland,  some  extracts  from  my  grand-fath- 
er's reminiscences  of  himself  and  his  times, 
written  out  by  him  between  A.  D.  1848  and  his 
death  in  1858,  which  seemed  to  me  to  pos- 
sess more  or  less  of  general  and  historic  inter- 
est. 

ROBERT  S.  RANTOUL. 

Salbm,  July  10,  1863. 


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His  Childhood. 

The  house  in  which  I  was  born  (Nov.  23d 
1778)  stood  on  Essex  Street  directly  oppo- 
site the  East  iMeeting  House.  It  belonged 
to  the  Elkins  Family:  my  father  occupied 
the  Eastern  half,  while  the  Western  part 
was  occupied  by  the  widow  Elkins.  Her 
son,  Henry  Elkins,  was  a  Judge  of  the  Court 
of  Sessions  for  Essex  County  and  Naval  Offi- 
cer of  the  Port  of  Salem.  Among  my  first 
recollections  is  the  kindness  of  a  negro  wo- 
man, named  Ancilla,  who  lived  with  Mrs. 
Elkins.  To  this  circumstance  I  attribute 
the  kindly  feeling  toward  the  African  race 
which  I  have  always  entertained. 

Rev.  James  Diman  baptised  me  in  the 
East  Meeting  House.  He  was  born  Nov. 
29th,  1707,  and  was  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in  1730,  and  settled  over  the  East 
Society  in  May,  1737.  William  Bentley 
was  ordained  as  his  colleague,  Sept.  24th, 
1783.  Mr.  Bentloy  boarded  with  Mrs.  El- 
kins, and  the  council  at  his  ordination  were 
entertained  at  her  house.  1  remember  that 
it  was  thought  desirable  to  have  me  away 
from  home  on  that  occasion,  and  I  was  sent 
down  to  my  great-uncle's,  Joseph  Lambert's 
house  at  the  Eastern  comer  of  Becket  and 
Essex  Streets,  where  1  partook  of  the  liberal 
entertainment  at  that  time  generally  made 
on  the  day  of  the  ordination  of  a  minister. 
Wm.  Bentley  was  the  first  minister  in  Salem 
who  publicly  discarded  the  doctrine  of  the 
Trinity. 

Lord  Cornwallis  capitulated  on  the  17th 
October,  1781,  and  his  army  was  surrender- 
ed on  the  19th.  On  receipt  of  the  intelli- 
gence of  this  great  event  of  the  Revolutiona- 
ry War  at  Salem,  there  were  public  demon- 
strations of  joy,  and  although  I  had  not  then 
attained  to  three  years  of  age,  I  remember  that 


a  cannon  was  fired  in  Pleasant  Street  near 
its  entrance  into  Essex,  and  that  I  stood  in 
a  Chair  before  a  chamber  window  in  my 
grand-father's  house  (Andrew  Preston's) 
facing  Pleasant  Street,  to  see  it  fired.  On 
the  news  of  a  peace  being  concluded  between 
Great  Britian  and  the  United  States  in  1783, 
I  remember  that  I  was  standing  at  the  door 
of  a  little  shop  attached  to  the  Western  end 
of  Mrs.  Elkins's  house,  by  the  side  of  my 
mother  who  was  trafficking  with  a  country- 
man on  horse- back  for  a  quarter  of  meat; 
that  suddenly  many  persons  came  rushing 
down  the  street  crying  aloud,  "Peace! 
Peace!  '  and  that  the  first  of  them  who 
reached  the  door  of  the  East  Meeting  House, 
directly  opposite  where  I  was  standing,  rush-* 
ed  in  and  began  to  ring  the  bell,  while  the 
others  continued  the  cry  of  "  Peace !  Peace ! " 

Poverty  and  pecuniary  distress  followed 
the  war  of  the  Revolution,  in  the  country 
generally,  and  particularly  in  Salem  and  oth- 
er seaports;  Commercial  Business  revived 
about  1788-9,  and  Salem  was  visited  with 
great  prosperity  from  the  East  India  Trade, 
soon  after  that  time. 


Just  before  my  father  sailed  on  his  last 
voyage  (1782)  he  made  arrangements  for 
building  a  dwelling  house.  The  lot  of  land, 
which  he  bought  of  John  and  Martha  Brown 
of  Boston,  and  Timothy  and  Eunice  Fitch  of 
Medford,  is  on  the  main  St.,  now  Essex  St., 
and  on  the  Westerly  comer  of  Central  St.  in 
Salem.  The  deed  was  acknowledged  before 
Edmund  Quincey,  at  Boston,  Deer.  5,  1782. 
The  price  paid  was  £850,  equal  to  $2833. 
33  for  about  twenty  poles  of  land,  say  50ft 
on  Essex  St.  and  120ft.  on  Central  St. 
This  price  shows  a  state  of  prosperity  in  Sa- 


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lem  at  the  very  conclusion  of  the  Revolution- 
ary War.  In  a  few  years  afterwards,  there 
was  a  great  decline,  and  after  the  adoption 
of  the  United  States  Constitution,  and  the 
commencement  of  the  Wars  of  the  French 
Revolution,  another  revival  of  prosperity. 
On  the  3d  of  November  1804,  this  same 
piece  of  land  was  sold  to  William  Shepard 
Gray  and  Benj,  Herbert  Hathorne  (Plssex 
Deeds,  Book  175,  Leaf  108)  for  j^SoOO,  just 
three  times  the  cost  of  it.  Gray  and  Hath- 
orne built  a  brick  block  of  stores  and  houses 
upon  it.  My  father  intended,  had  he  re- 
turned from  this  voyage,  to  build  a  dwelling 
house  on  this  land,  and  had  contracted,  De- 
cember 20,  1782,  with  Eleazer  Lindsey  for 
the  rocks  for  a  cellar  40ft.  square  by  6  l-2ft. 
deep,  at  "  £52,  one  half  in  advance,  and  £3. 
1 8s.,  given  in  advance  for  drink." 

At  about  four  years  of  age,  I  was  sent  to 
School  to  Ma'am  Babbidge,  (Susannah,  great 
grandmother  of  the  Rev.  Chas.  Babbidge,  who 
was  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1828, 
and  afterward  settled  at  Pepperell  in  this 
State.)  She  kept  a  school  for  about  fifty 
years  and  is  said  to  have  picked  berries  on 
Salem  Common.  This  good  lady  was  very 
corpulent  and  well  advanced  in  years  when 
1  went  to  her  school.  She  used  to  sit  in  an 
arm  chair  in  front  of  her  window  on  the  East- 
erly side  of  the  house,  and  near  the  side  of 
a  great  open  fire  place.  The  house  is  now 
standing,  but  so  much  altered  in  its  extern- 
al appearance  that  the  good  lady,  were  she 
to  come  back,  probably  would  not  know  it. 
It  is  situated  on  the  Northerly  side  of  Essex 
St.  nearly  opposite  and  a  little  below  the  en- 
trance to  Union  St.  She  was  so  large  that 
she  could  not  easily  perambulate  her  school- 
room, to  apply  her  correcting  hand  to  the  ur- 


chins, who  were  arrayed  in  seats  over  the 
whole  floor.  To  remedy  this,  she  kept  at 
her  side  a  cane-pole,  of  suflicient  length  to 
reach  the  furthest  boy  in  the  room,  and  when 
any  one  was  seen  by  her  indulging  in  what 
was  inconsistent  with  her  views  of  propriety, 
he  was  sure  to  be  reminded  of  her  displeas- 
ure by  a  good  rap  from  the  cane-pole.  Oth- 
er modes  of  punishment  used  by  her  were  to 
call  the  delinquent  to  her  side  and  tie  him 
to  her  chair  with  a  piece  of  yarn,  or  pin  his 
clothes  to  hers.  With  the  use  of  these  means 
the  school  was  well  governed  and  I  was 
taught  to  read,  and  instructed  in  the  West- 
minster Assembly's  Shorter  Catechism,  which 
was  contained  in  the  New  England  Primer. 
If  I  acquired  but  little  book  learning  at  this 
dame's  school,  I  was  taught  obedience  and 
reverence  for  age  and  for  rank.  A  daughter, 
Miss  Lydia,  in  another  room,  kept  a  higher 
school  for  young  Misses  only. 

In  April,  1785,  when  I  was  about  seven 
years  of  age,  I  left  Ma'am  Babbidge's  school 
and  went  to  .Master  Watson's  school  to  learn 
to  write,  and  to  attend  to  other  branches  of 
study.  This  school  was  kept  at  the  wester- 
ly corner  of  Union  and  Essex  Streets,  in  a 
one  story  wooden  building  with  a  very  sharp 
roof;  which  building  gave  place  to  the  brick 
block  now  occupying  that  spot.  Here  I  be- 
came associated  with  larger  boys  and  began 
to  partake  of  the  rough  and  tumble  of  life. 

In  the  athletic  recreations  which  required 
organization  and  leaders,  the  Crowninshields 
were  generally  put  forward.  They  were  the 
representatives  of  the  most  distinguished 
family  in  the  eastern  section  of  the  town, 
commonly  called  "Wapping, "  and  extend- 
ing as  far  up,  and  perhaps  somewhat  furth- 
er than  the  westerly  side  of  the  Common  or 
to  S't  Peter  Street.    The  next  division,  and 


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that  which  was  esteemed  the  most  aristo- 
cratic, was  called  "  St.  James's,"  and  above 
this  was  "Knockers'  Hole."  The  Crown- 
inshield  boys  were  Benjamin  W.,  afterwards 
Secretary  of  the  Navy;  Richard,  who  be- 
came a  manufacturer;  and  Edward,  who  died 
young.  At  one  time  there  were  several 
pitched  battles  between  the  Wapping  boys, 
in  line  on  the  Common,  and  the  Knockers' 
Hole  boys,  in  another  line,  under  their  re- 
spective leaders.  These  battles  were  fought 
with  stones  and  other  missiles,  neither  par- 
ty gaining  victory.  The  St.  James's  boys 
were  considered  as  too  eflfeminate  to  engage 
in  such  sports. 

I  went  to  Master  Watson's  school  until 
Nov.,  1785;  At  that  time  the  Town  School 
in  the  East  School  House  began,  and  Mas- 
ter Watson  was  made  instructor.  This  was 
the  first  Public  School  House  in  the  eastern 
section  of  the  town.  It  stood  on  the  South 
Western  comer  of  the  Common,  and  was  sub- 
sequently removed  further  east  and  placed 
upon  East  Street  where  it  stood  for  many 
years,  altered  and  enlarged  by  the  addition 
of  a  porch,  in  striking  contrast  with  our  mod- 
em school  structures. 

Master  Watson  kept  the  town  school  but 
a  short  time,  when  he  resumed  his  private 
school,  and  llev.  Wm.  Bentley,  minister  of 
the  East  Society,  took  temporary  charge  of 
it.  I  continued  at  the  town  school,  with  a 
few  short  intervals,  until  1791,  when  John 
Southwick,  who  had  been  an  assistant  in  the 
town  school  under  Master  Lang,  set  up  a 
private  school  and  I  was  taken  from  the 
town  school  and  sent  to  his.  Reading,  Spell- 
ing, Writing  and  Arithmetic  were  the  only 
branches  attended  to  at  the  town  school. 
During  the  latter  part  of  my  attendance  there 
so   many  of  the  scholars  as  were   desirous 


of  learning  English  Grammar,  were  allowed 
to  go  to  the  Latin  school,  then  kept  at  the 
bottom  of  what  is  now  Washington  St.  on 
the  margin  of  the  North  River,  on  two  or 
three  half  days  in  each  week.  I  was  accord- 
ingly furnished  with  Perry's  Dictionary, 
containing  his  Grammar,  and  sent  to  the 
Latin  School.  It  was  taught  by  Thomas 
Bancroft,  who  was  afterwards  Clerk  of  the 
Courts  for  this  County,  and  whose  son,  Thom- 
as P.  Bancroft,  died  in  possession  of  a  farm 
in  Beverly,  whi'ch  has  been  in  the  hands  of 
John  Hale,  the  first  minister  of  Beverly,  and 
of  his  descendants,  from  the  time  of  his  set- 
tlement. Thomas  P.  Bancroft's  mother  was 
a  descendant  of  Rev.  John  Hale. 

When  Gen.  Washington  visited  Salem  in 
1789,  the  boys  of  all  the  town  schools  (there 
was  then  no  provision  for  the  instruction  of 
girls  at  the  public  expense)  were  paraded  on 
each  side  of  Essex,  above  Washington  St., 
to  do  honor  to  his  reception.  1  went  with 
the  Latin  School,  which  was  led  by  John 
Pickering,  son  of  Col.  Timothy  Pickering, 
he  being  the  first  scholar  in  the  school.  I 
then  saw  Gen.  Washington  and  again  on  the 
next  day  when  he  left  town.  William  Nor- 
they,  a  Quaker  and  Chairman  of  the  Select- 
men, when  the  President  was  presented  to 
him,  without  removing  his  hat,  took  the 
President  by  the  hand  and  said  ;  "  friend 
Washington,  we  are  glad  to  see  thee,  and  in 
behalf  of  the  inhabitants,  bid  thee  a  hearty 
welcome  to  Salem."  A  little  more  than  130 
years  before  that  time  the  Quakers  were  per- 
secuted and  sufiered  many  cruelties  in  Sa- 
lem on  account  of  their  peculiarities.  Then 
one  of  their  number  had  the  honor  of  leading 
in  the  reception  of  the  First  President  of 
the  United  States.  I  can  well  remember 
the  pride  I  took  in  my  humble  part  in  the 


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public  proceedings  of  the  day.  There  was  a 
great  degree  of  enthusiasm  pervading  all 
ages,  and  classes  of  people  in  Salem.  It 
would  be  difficult  to  arouse  such  an  univer- 
sal feeling  of  joy  upon  any  occasion  at  this 
time. 

On  the  next  day  after  his  arrival,  Wash- 
ington rode  on  horseback  down  the  Main  St. 
as  far  as  Pleasant  St.  and  there  turned  to  go 
to  Beverly  and  see  the  new  Cotton  Factory 
just  put  in  operation.  On  his  turning  the 
corner  I  had  a  full  view  of  him.  I  was 
^bout  eleven  years  of  age. 

The  Cotton  Factory  was  in  upper  Beverly 
about  two  miles  from  Essex  Bridge.  The 
building  was  of  brick.  The  spinning  was 
with  jennies,  which,  with  a  considerable 
number  of  spindles,  were  moved  by  hand. 
This  building  was  ultimately  destroyed  by 
fire,  and  the  bricks  remaining  were  used  in 
the  construction  of  the  first  Meeting  House 
at  Beverly  Farms,  which  has  since  been  re- 
placed by  a  larger  and  more  commodious 
wooden  structure.  This  Cotton  Factory  was 
the  first  incorporated  in  Massachusetts. 


Master  Lang,  who  was  a  silver-smith  by 
trade,  taught  the  town  school  for  most  of  the 
time  while  I  attended  it,  after  Mr.  Bentley's 
term.  He  had  several  efficient  assistants; 
among  them  Jonathan  Snelling,  afterward 
an  instructor  in  the  Boston  Public  Schools 
for  many  years.  [^Note.  At  the  date  of  his 
death,  in  1848,  J.  S.  taught  penmanship  at 
the  Boston  Latin  School.  He  was  then 
about  eighty  years  old,  discarded  steel  and 
all  other  pens  save  those  which  he  made 
from  the  goose  quill,  and  was  the  last  man 
I  remember,  who  wore  powder.      K.  S.  E.] 


At  the  dedication  of  the  New  Brick  (Phil- 
lips) School-house  bounding  on  the  Common 
and  Essex  St.,  March  1,  1842,  Mr.  Snell- 
ing was  present  and  remembered  me  as  one 
of  his  scholars.  We  had  never  met  from  the 
time  of  his  leaving  the  Salem  town  school. 
He  remembered  Robert  Stone  and  one  or  two 
others  who  attended  the  East  School  at  the 
same  time  with  me. 

I  went  to  John  Southwick's  private  school 
for  about  one  year,  and  during  that  period  at- 
tended to  many  branches  of  school  learning 
with  assiduity.  Southwick  was  a  Quaker. 
He  was  a  very  successful  teacher  for  many 
years  after  I  left  his  school,  and  afterwards 
a  representative  of  Salem  in  the  General 
Court,  At  his  school  I  attended  to  Geome- 
try, Trigonometry,  Book-keeping,  English 
Grammar  and  other  usual  studies.  While 
at  the  Latin  School  I  was  exercised  some- 
what in  declamation  and  was  furnished  with 
the  "Art  of  Speaking,"  containing  extracts 
from  Shakespeare.  Addison,  Pope,  and  other 
standard  writers,  for  which  I  paid  one  dol- 
lar, at  the  Gazette  Printing  Office.  Part  of 
this  book  I  committed  to  memory.  It  was 
a  great  defect  in  my  education  that,  at  the 
East  School,  my  memory  was  very  little  cul- 
tivated. About  the  only  exercise  of  memo- 
ry there  was  the  committing  of  rules  in  arith- 
metic. In  this  branch  it  was  a  standing  or- 
der that  no  sums  could  be  done,  until  the 
rule  for  them  was  learnt,  and  as  I  liked  to 
do  the  sum  s,  I  was  willing  to  learn  the  rules. 
I  was  furnished  with  "  Dilworth's  School- 
master's assistant."  One  day  a  question  in 
permutation  was  published  in  the  Salem  Ga- 
zette and  an  answer  requested.  Mr.  South- 
wick gave  the  question  to  me,  and  I  worked 
out  the  answer  without  any  mistrust  of  the 
use   he  intended  to  make  of  my  labor.     In 


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the  next  Gazette  it  was  announced  that  an  an- 
swer to  the  arithmetical  question  had  been 
received  from  Master  Eobert  Rantoul,  a  pu- 
pil at  Mr.  Southwick's  school.  When  the 
bo3's  saw  this  they  hooted  me  to  my  no  small 
mortification. 

In  governing  his  school  he  never  struck  any 
belonging  to  his  first  and  second  classes,  but 
if  they  were  faulty  he  would,  at  a  leisure  mo- 
ment during  or  after  school,  call  the  delin- 
quent to  him,  and  by  kind  persuasive  words 
and  fondling,  he  would  invariably  soften  his 
feelings,  make  him  to  see  his  failing,  and  in- 
duce a  resolution  to  amend.  Upon  the  small- 
er schoolars  he  thought  that  he  could  not  be- 
stow the  time  requisite  for  this  result,  and  oc- 
casionally visited  them  with  the  rod.  He  gov- 
erned his  school  well. 

The  infliction  of  corporal  punishment  in 
schools  was  a  matter  of  daily  occurrence,  and 
upon  some  occasions  it  was  administered  with 
a  cruel  severity  which  shocked  the  feelings  of 
all  those  accustomed  to  a  mild  parental  disci- 
pline, while  it  very  rarely  prevented  a  recur- 
rence of  the  same  or  similar  offences.  Truan- 
cy was  the  crime  most  severely  punished,  and 
the  inefficiency  of  severity  ought  to  have  sug- 
gested other  means  of  cure.  A  whip,  common- 
ly called  a  cow-hide,  was  the  usual  instrument, 
and  it  was  sometimes  applied  with  the  full 
strength  of  the  master.  At  that  time  it  was 
not  an  uncommon  occurrence  for  men,  and 
even  for  women,  to  be  whipped  in  Salem,  for 
steaUng  and  other  crimes.  The  light  of  the 
present  had  not  dawned  upon  the  pedagogues 
of  that  day.  The  best  governed  schools  and 
the  best  governed  families,  so  far  aa  my  ob- 
servation has  extended,  are  managed  without 
blows.  Corporal  punishments  are  stricken 
from  the  laws  of  the  State,  save  in  capital 
crimes. 

(To  be  Continued.) 


A  COPY  OF  THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF 
BIRTHS,  OF  THE  TOWN  OF  ROW- 
LEY, WITH  NOTES. 


COMMUNICATED    BY    M.    A.    STICKNBY. 


Continued  from  vol.  6,  page  140. 


1735_6_7. 

Thomas  Barker  son  of  Jacob  &  Mary  his 
wife  born  July  the  twentyeth  day  Anno  Dom 
1737. 

Martha  Thurstain  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Lidia  his  wife  born  Apriell  the  thirtefh 
day  Anno  Dom  1736. 

Unice  Thurstain  the  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Mehetable  his  wife  born  October  the 
fourth  day  Anno  Dom  1736. 

Mark  Frazer  son  of  Nathan  and  Jane  his 
wife  born  August  the  seventh  day  Anno  Dom 

1737. 

Sarah  Hovey  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ma- 
ry his  wife  born  September  ye  eight  day 
1737. 

Nathanael  Dickinson  son  of  Joseph  and 
Sarah  his  wife  bom  May  the  nineteenth  day 
Anno  Dom  1737. 

Olive  Prime  daughter  of  Marke  and  Eliz- 
ebeth  his  wife  born  Feberuary  the  twenty  sec- 
ond day  1736-7. 

David  Mighill  son  of  Stephen  and  Eliz- 
ebeth  his  wife  born  July  the  eighteenth  day 
1736. 

Mary  Stickney  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Faith  his  wife  born  September  the  twenty 
ninth  day  1735. 

Elizebeth  Stickney  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Faith  his  wife  born  June  the  third  day 
1737. 

Elizebeth  Pengreey  daughter  of  Job  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  November  the  eighth 
day  1737. 


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William  Sanders  son  of  Edward  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife  born  August  the  twenteth  day 
Anno  Dom  1733. 

Lydia  Sanders  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  December  the  twelfth 
day  1730. 

Lydia  Sanders  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  born  September  the  twen- 
ty fourth  day  1734. 

John  Sanders  son  of  Edward  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife  born  September  the  twenteth 
day  Anno  Dom  1736. 

Joseph  Dickinson  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  March  the  twenty  fourth  day 
1734. 

Mark  Dickinson  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  August  the  thirteenth  day  1735. 

Jedediah  Barker  son  of  James  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife  born  Aprill  the  fourteenth  day 
1735. 

Paul  Lanckster  son  of  Thomas  and  Dor- 
ithy  his  wife  born  May  the  twenty  second  day 
1735. 

Dorithy  Lanckster  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Dorithy  his  wife  born  November  ye  first 
day  1737. 

Joshua  Dickinson  son  of  Thomas  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife  born  June  the  twenty  first  day 
1732. 

Jane  Dickinson  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Elizebeth  his  wife  born  November  the  eleventh 
day  1735. 

Jeremiah  Nellson  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Ma- 
ry his  wife  born  Febuary  the  fifth  day  1704-5. 

Hannah  Nellson  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  March  ye  sixteenth  day 
1736-7. 

Joseph  Perrson  son  of  John  and  Ruth  his 
wife  born  September  the  twenty  ninth  day 
1737. 

(22) 


Moses  George  son  of  John  and  Sarah  his 
wife  born  March  the  twenteth  day  1731. 

Elizebeth  Bayley  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Sarah  liis  wife  born  December  the  twenty 
ninth  day  1725. 

Nathanael  Bayley  son  of  Joseph  and  Sa- 
rah his  wife  born  March  the  seventh  day 
1726. 

Daniel  Bayley  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  June  the  twenty  seventh  day 
1729. 

Nehemiah  Jewett  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Ma- 
ry his  wife  born  October  ye  twenty  fourth 
day  1737. 

Luci  Jewett  daughter  of  Greorge  and  Han- 
nah his  wife  born  December  the  eleventh  day 
1736. 

David  Stickney  &  Jonathan  Stickney  be- 
ing tweens  sons  of  Samuel  and  Susannah  his 
wife  born  September  the  twenty  fifth  day  An- 
no Dom  1736. 

Sarah  Barker  daughter  of  James  and  Eliz- 
ebeth his  wife  born  September  ye  twenty  ninth 
day  1737. 

Martha  Wheler  daughter  of  Jonathan  & 
Anne  his  wife  born  december  the  twenty  third 
day  1727. 

Anne  Wheler  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Anne  his  wife  born  September  ye  twenty 
ninth  day  1737. 

Benjamin  Wheler  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Rebeckah  his  wife  born  October  ye  ninth  day 
1735. 

Becke  Wheler  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Rebeckah  his  wife  born  June  the  twenty  eight 
day  1737. 

Mary  Pengree  daughter  of  Stephen  and 
Jane  his  wife  born  December  the  fifteenth 
day  1737. 


154 


Mary  Jewett  daughter  of  Mark  and  Mary 
his  wife  born  January  ye  eighteenth  day 
1737-8. 

Hannah  Burpee  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Mehetable  his  wife  born  Feberuary  ye  fif- 
teenth day  1735-6. 

Hepzibah  Burpe  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Mehetable  his  wife  born  March  ye  tliirty  first 
day  1738 

Elizebeth  Bayley  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizebeth  his  wife  born  June  ye  fourth  day. 

Sarah  Hazen  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Sa- 
rah his  wife  born  July  the  twenty  third  day 
1738. 

Mehetable  Dres.ser  daughter  of  Aaron  and 
Mehitible  his  wife  born  January  the  fifth  day 
173— 

Oliver  Dresser  son  of  Aaron  and  Mehitable 
his  wife  born  September  the  sixteenth  day 
17  — 

Daniel  Scott  son  of  Joseph  and  Jemimah 
his  wife  born  October  the  tenth  day  1737. 

Joseph  Danferd  son  of  Samuel  and  Mehet- 
able his  wife  born  October  the  thirty  first  day 
1738. 

Elizebeth  Brown  daughter  of  Nathanael 
and  Anne  his  wife  born  May  the  twelfth  day 
1738. 

Luci  Chaplin  the  daughter  of  David  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  September  the  second  day 
1738. 

Jeremiah  Burpee  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  October  the  nineteenth 
day  1723. 

Isaac  Burpee  son  of  Jonathan  and  Han- 
nah his  wife  born  July  the  tenth  day  1725. 

Stephen  Palmer  son  of  Timothy  and  Pa- 
sience  his  wife  born  January  the  tenth  day 
1723-4. 

John  Palmer  son  of  Timothy  and  Pasience 
his  wife  born  June  the  first  day  1728. 


Samuel  Palmer  son  of  Timothy  and  Jane 
his  wife  born  August  the  twenty  fourth  day 
1737. 

Susannah  Hobson  daughter  of  Moses  and 
Lidia  his  wife  born  September  the  twenty 
sixth  day  1737. 

David  Hobson  son  of  Moses  and  Lidia  his 
wife  born  March  the  fifth  day  1738-9. 

Mehetable  Holms  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Mary  his  wife  born  August  ye  Nineteenth 
day  173  — 

Samuel  Holms  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary 
his  wife  born  March  the  eighteenth  day  1737. 

Samuel  Hedden  son  of  Eben  and  Meheta- 
ble his  wife  born  January  the  first  day  1738-9. 

Benjamin  Tenney  son  of  William  and  Me- 
hetable his  wife  born  Apriell  the  seventeenth 
day  1735. 

Richard  Tenney  son  of  William  and  Me- 
hetable his  wife  born  October  the  second  day 
1736. 

Moses  Kezer  son  of  Moses  and  Sarah  his 
wife  born  Apriell  ye  twenty  second  day  1736. 

Hannah  Cooper  daughter  of  Leonard  and 
Sarah  his  wife  born  Apriell  the  seventh  day 
1730. 

Peter  Cooper  son  of  Leonard  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  March  the  third  day  1732. 

Mary  Cooper  daughter  of  Leonard  and  .Sa- 
rah his  wife  born  November  the  eighteenth 
day  1734. 

James  Cooper  son  of  Leonard  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  March  the  fourth  day  1737. 

Jedediah  Cooper  son  of  Leonard  and  Sa- 
rah his  wife  born  July  the  third  day  1739. 

Prisila  Cooper  daughter  of  Moses  and  Phe- 
be  born  July  the  seventh  day  173  — 

Samuel  Pearson  son  of  John  and  Ruth  hia 
wife  born  June  the  twenty  eighth  day  1739. 

Mark  Dresser  son  of  Samuel    and  Dorothy 


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his  wife  born   August  the  twenty  eight   day 
1739. 

Benjamin  Dresser  son  of  Samuel  and  Dor- 
othy his  wife  born  August  the  thirteenth  day 
1737. 

Mehetable  Lambert  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Elizebeth  his  wife  born  December  the 
tenth  1738. 

Jonathan  Osborn  son  of  John  and  Jane 
his  wife  born  August  the  seventh  day  1739. 

Ezekill  Sanders  son  of  Edward  and  Eliz- 
ebeth his  wife  born  November  the  fifteenth 
day  1738. 

Unece  Boynton  daughter  of  Nathanael  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  March  ye  sixteenth  day 
1738-9. 

James  Boynton  son  of  Nathan  and  Han- 
nah his  wife  born  August  the  fifth  day  1739. 

Elizebeth  Boynton  daughter  of  Ephraim 
and  Sarah  his  wife  born  August  ye  twenty 
sixth  day  1733. 

Ephraim  Boynton  son  of  Ephraim  and  Sa- 
rah his  wife  born  March  the  ninth  day  1734-5. 

John  Boynton  son  of  Ephraim  and  Sarah 
his  wife  bom  September  the  eighth  day  1736. 

Joseph  Boynton  son  of  Ephraim  and  Sa- 
rah his  wife  born  June  ye  twenty  fourth  day 
1738. 

Jonathan  Jewett  son  of  Eliphelet  and  Ruth 
his  wife  born  September  the  twenty  third  day 
1738. 

Hannah  Thurston  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Mehetable  his  wife  born  May  the  sixteenth 
day  1739. 

Mehetable  Hovey  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  March  the  thirty  first  day 
1739-40. 

Anne  Sawyer  ye  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and 
Mehetable  his  wife  born  July  ye  twenty  eighth 
day  1736. 


Jane  Sawyer  ye  daughter  of  Ezekiell  and 
Mehetable  his  wife  born  July  ye  twelfth  day 
1738. 

Leonard  Lisle  Cotton  son  of  Leonard  and 
Hannah  bom  January  the  eight  day  1725-6. 

Eunice  Hodgkins  daughter  of  John  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  June  the  third  day 
1738. 

Joseph  Jewett  ye  son  of  George  and  Han- 
nah his  wife  born  May  the  fourteenth  day 
1736. 

Caleb  Jackson  son  of  Joshua  and  Hannah 
his  wife  born  May  the  twenty  fourth  day 
1738 

Elizebeth  Barker  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  May  the  eighteenth  day 
Anno  Dom  1740. 

Jacob  Hardy  son  of  Andrew  and  Anne 
his  wife  born  December  ye  fourteenth  day 
1739. 

Nathanael  Barker  son  of  James  and  Eliz- 
ebeth his  wife  born  November  the  seventeenth 
day  1739. 

Humphrey  Pickard  son  of  Moses  and  Jane 
his  wife  born  Febuary  the  twenty  eighth  day 
1744. 

Nehemiah  Johnson  son  of  John  and  Su- 
sannah his  wife  born  December  the  third  day 
Anno  Dora  1732. 

Moses  Johnson  son  of  John  and  Susannah 
his  wife  bom  August  the  fifth  day  1735. 

Nehemiah  Johnson  son  of  John  and  Su- 
sannah his  wife  born  September  the  tenth 
day  1737. 

Prigila  Johnson  daughter  of  John  and  Su- 
sannah his  wife  born  September  the  tenth  day 
1739. 

Sarah  Brocklebank  daughter  of  Nathan 
and  Anne  his  wife  born  December  the  twen- 
ty third  day  1740. 


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Sarah  Hedden  daughter  of  Eben  and  Me- 
hetable  his  wife  born  March  the  seventh  day 
174041 

Jane  Pickard  daughter  of  Jonathan  &  Ma- 
ry his  wife  born  November  ye  Nineteenth 
day  1740. 

Lidia  Platts  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Eliz- 
ebeth  his  wife  born  December  the  first  day 
1740. 

Uness  Jewett  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  January  ye  eleventh  day 
1739-40. 

Lidia  Lancaster  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Dorothy  his  wife  born  June  the  twenty  ninth 
day  1740. 

Rebeckah  Plumer  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Abigal  his  wife  born  Febuary  the  twenty  sec- 
ond day  1739. 

David  Boynton  son  of  Nathanael  and  Ma- 
ry his  wife  born  Apriell  the  nineteenth  day 
1741. 

Sarah  Boynton  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Jerusha  his  wife  born  August  ye  tenth  day 
1739. 

Leonard  Heriman  son  of  John  and  Jane 
his  wife  bom  March  the  twelfth  day  1739. 

Jane  Heriman  daughter  of  John  and  Jane 
his  wife  born  March  ye  twenty  seventh  day 
1741. 

Jeremiah  Heriman  son  of  Jeremiah  and 
Patiance  his  wife  born  July  the  twenty  fifth 
day  1740. 

John  Blasdall  son  of  Eligah  and  Mary  his 
wife  born  September  the  fourth  day  1737. 

Hannah  Blasdall  daughter  of  Eligah  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  December  the  twenty  first 
day  1738. 

Moses  Frazer  son  of  Nathan  and  Jane  his 
wife  born  March  the  twenty  Ninth  day  1741. 

Mary  Cooper  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ma- 
ry his  wife  bom  December  ye  twenteth  day 
1739. 


Bannah  Dickinson  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Elizebeth  his  wife  bora  October  ye  twen- 
ty second  day  1738. 

Sarah  Boynton  daughter  of  Ephraim  and 
Sarah  his  wife  born  June  the  sixth  day  1740. 

John  Orsborn  son  of  John  and  Jane  his 
wife  born  the  seventeenth  day  of  July  1740, 

Mark  Creecy  son  of  John  and  Sarah  his 
wife  born  January  the  seventeenth  day 
1733-4. 

Lucy  Creecy  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
bis  wife  born  March  the  fourth  day  1735. 

Mary  and  Sarah  Creecy  daughters  of  John 
&  Sarah  his  wife  born  August  ye  thirteth 
day  1737. 

John  Creecy  son  of  John  and  Sarah  his 
veife  born  May  the  eight  day  1741. 

Samuel  Burpee  son  of  Samuel  and  Eliz- 
ebeth his  wife  born  September  ye  twenty  fifth 
day  1734. 

Sarah  Jewett  daughter  of  George  and  Han- 
nah his  wife  born  Aprill  the  twenty  sixth 
day  1741. 

Elizebeth  Dickinson  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Sarah  his  wife  born  January  the  twenty 
seventh  day  1739. 

Mehetable  Jackson  daughter  of  Joshua  and 
Hannah  his  wife  born  January  the  tenth  day 
1741. 

William  Dickinson  son  of  Joseph  and  Sa- 
rah his  wife  born  March  the  twenty  first  day 
1741-2. 

Bethiah  Dresser  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Dorothy  his  wife  born  March  the  Ninthenth 
day  1741-2. 

William  Perkins  son  of  Zacheas  and  Pris- 
la  his  wife  born  March  ye  fourteenth  day 
1741-2. 

Moses  Plats  son  of  Nathan  and  Elizebeth 
his  wife  born  March  ye  thirteth  day  1742. 


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Nathan  Taylor  son  of  Asa  and  Hannah  ^is 
wife  born  Febuary  the  third  day  1737-8. 

Luci  Taylor  daughter  of  Asa  &  Hannah 
his  wife  born  October  the  first  day  1739. 

Hannah  Taylor  daughter  of  Asa  &  Han- 
nah his  wife  born  September  ye  third  day 
1741. 

Sarah  Lurue  daughter  of  William  and 
Magrey  his  wife  bora  December  the  fourteenth 
day  1741. 

Elizebeth  Pearson  daughter  of  John  and 
Ruth  his  wife  born  July  the  third  day  1741. 

Joseph  Dresser  son  of  David  and  Mary 
his  wife  born  Jeneuary  the  tenth  day  1739-40. 

Mary  Dresser  daughter  of  David  and  Ma- 
ry his  wife  born  Aprill  the  tenth  day  1742. 

Francis  Palmer  son  of  Francis  and  Eliz- 
ebeth his  wife  born  January  ye  sixteenth  day 
1730-1. 

Ruth  Palmer  daughter  of  Francis  and  Eliz- 
ebeth his  wife  born  June  ye  twenty  sixt  day 
1733. 

Francis  Palmer  son  of  Francis  and  Eliz- 
ebeth his  wife  born  May  the  first  day  1740. 

Daniel  Kilburn  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  October  ye  sixth  day  1742. 

Sarah  Holms  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Mary  bis  wife  born  September  ye  twenty  fifth 
day  1740. 

Mary  Lighton  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  October  the  tenth  day 
1739. 

John  Lighton  son  of  Jonathan  and  Mary 
his  wife  born  February  ye  twenteth  day 
174041. 

Jonathan  Lighton  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Mary  his  wife  born  January  the  eleventh  day 
1742-3. 

Jane  Heriman  daughter  of  John  and  Jane 
his  wife  born  March  ye  27th  day  1741. 

Phebe  Thurstain  daughter  of  Richard  and 


Mehetable  his  wife  born  December  the  four- 
teenth day  1721,  (or  it  may  be  41.) 

Thomas  Pickard  son  of  Jonathan  and  Ma- 
ry his  wife  born  March  the  second  day  1742-3. 

(End  of  the  Record  of  Births. ) 


The  following  papers  contain  facts  not 
known  to  be  recorded  elsewhere.  We  pub- 
lish them  for  preservation,  presuming  that 
they  are  of  some  historic  value  and  may  in- 
terest several  of  our  antiquarian  friends. 
We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  Jeremiah  Colbum, 
of  Boston,  who  has  communicated  them  for 
this  purpose. 

WRECK  OF  THE    SCHOONER  NANCY, 
IN  1752. 

Essex  ss. 

AN  INQUISITION  INDENTED,  taken 
at  Glouster  within  the  s'd  County  of  Essex, 
the  10th  day  of  October,  1752,  in  the  Twen- 
ty sixth  year  of  the  Eeign  of  our  Sovereign 
Lord  George  the  Second,  by  the  Grace  of 
God,  of  England,  Scotland,  France,  &  Ire- 
land, King,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c.  Before 
me,  Epes  Sargent  Jun'r  Gent.,  one  of  the 
Coroners  of  our  sd  Lord  the  King,  within  the 
County  of  Essex  aforesd,  upon  the  View  of 
the  Bodys  of  Capt.  William  Scott  of  Boston, 
Gilmore  of  Scotland,  Mary  Rodderford  of 
Gorges,  &  Margareta  McClenachan  of  Chel- 
sea ;  then  and  there  being  Dead,  by  the  Oaths 
of  Mess's  Edmund  Grover,  Jabez  Baker, 
William  Tarr,  Eben  Pool,  Tho.  Harris  Junr, 
Thomas  Tinson,  Thomas  Dresser,  John  Row, 
Henry  Witham,  Nehemiah  Grover,  Eben 
Grover,  Nehemiah  Grover  Junr,  Eleazer 
Lurvey,  John  Stanchfield,  Samuel  Davis, 
Samuel  Clark,  &  Francis  Pool.  Good  and 
Lawfull  Men  of  Glouster  aforesd,  within 
the  County  aforesd,   who  being  charged  and 


158 


sworn  to  Inquire  for  our  said  Lord  the  King, 
when  and  by  what  means  and  how,  the  sd 
William  Scott,  and  Andrew  Gilmore,  Mary 
Rudderford  and  Margareta  McClenachan, 
came  by  their  Deaths;  upon  their  Oaths 
they  Say,  that  ye  before  mentionetl  William 
Scott  &  Andrew  Gilman,  was  drowned  from 
ye  Wrack  of  ye  Sch.  Nancy  William,  Mackey 
Master,  on  ye  19th  Oct'o.  a  Saturday 
night  half  hour  past  Eleven  ye-'Wind  blow- 
ing very  voyallantly  Easterly  &  a  very  Great 
Sea,  &  the  Sea  came  and  washed  them  over 
from  ye  sd  Wrack,  &  ye  sd  William  Scott 
&  Gilman,   has  been  in  ye  Sea  ever 

Sence  untill  yesterday  they  were  taken  up, 
it  being  ye  9  day  of  October.  &  that  Like- 
wise ye  before  mentioned  Mary  Rudderford 
&  Margareta  McClenachan,  was  drowned 
From  on  board  ye  Sloop  Elizabeth,  Moses 
Hodgskins  Master,  which  was  drove  on  Shore 
by  a  Voy  Storme  of  Wind  yc  wind  being 
about  East  &  by  North,  about  12  o'clock 
Sabbath  day  night,  ye  8  day  of  October,  The 
said  Mary,  after  ye  vessel  struck,  went  on 
ye  Deck  and  was  Washed  over  on  board,  ye 
people  that  were  saved  never  hearing  nor 
Seaing  any  when  she  went  over ;  the  other 
Margaretta  being  handed  from  a  man  on 
Shore  to  a  man  that  Stood  on  ye  rocks  a 
shore,  there  came  a  Sea  and  Washed  her  out 
of  ye  mans  hands  that  was  on  ye  rocks,  a- 
bout  half  a  hour  after,  ye  Said  Sloop  Struck 
and  boath  ye  Vessels  were  cast  away  on  the 
Back  of  Cape  Ann,  about  Two  miles  from 
Pigeon  Hill. 

and  so  the  Jurors  aforesaid,  say  upon 
their  Oaths  that  ye  aforesaid  William  Scott, 
Gilman,  Mary  Rudderford,  &  Mar- 
gareta McClenachan,  in  Manner  &  form 
aforesaid.  Came  to  their  Deaths  by  Misfor- 
tune of  Drowning.     In   Witness  whereof  as 


weU  I  the  Coroner  aforesaid,  as  ye  Jurors 
aforesaid  to  this  Inquisition,  have  Inter- 
changeablely  put  our  hands  and  Seal  the  day 
&  year  above  said. 

Henry  Witham.       Epes  Sargent  Jun. 

Nehemiah  Grover.  Coro. 

Ebenezer  Grover.     Edmund  Grover. 

Xehemiah  Grover    Jabez  Baker, 
juner.  Will  Tarr. 

Eleazer  Luquy.        Ebenezer  Pool. 

John  Stenchfield.     Thomas  Harriss  j  unr. 

Samuel  Dav'e.  Thomas  Finson. 

Samuel  Clark.  Thomas  Dresser. 

Francis  Pool.  John  Row. 


TOPSFIELD  BOUNDARY  IN  1691. 
March  30th,  Anno  1691. 

We  whose  names  are  under  written  being 
Chosen  &  Impowered  by  ye  Inhabitants  of 
Salem  &  Topsfield,  to  goe  in  Perambulation 
On  ye  Divisionall  line  between  ye  Said 
Towns,  in  Pcrsuance  of  Said  order  run  ye  said 
line  begining  att  a  white  Oake  Tree  with  a 
heap  of  Stones  neere  Wenham  Causeway,  & 
Soo  toward  ye  West  South  West  to  two 
black  Oake  Trees  with  a  heape  of  Stones 
between  them  marked  S-|-T;  and  Soo  on  ye 
Same  Course  or  neer  it  to  a  red  Oake  Tree 
marked  with  Stones  at  ye  roote  neere  Smith's 
Hill,  and  so  on  ye  Same  Course  to  a  large 
heap  of  Stones  neer  Nicholls  his  Brooke,  & 
So  on  ye  same  Course  to  three  white  Oakes 
marked  with  a  heap  of  Stones  in  ye  Center 
of  ye  said  Trees,  neer  ye  Edge  of  an  Ash 
Swampe  belonging  to  Capt.  John  Putnam  & 
Son;  on  ye  Said  Course  as  neere  as  wee  can 
Judge,  to  West  South  West  unto  ye  River 
commonly  caled  Ipswich  River,  to  three 
Oake  Trees  (marked)  with  Stones  at  ye 
Roote  of  One  of  them ;  a  great  Rock  being 


t-f 


159 


on  ye  East  Side  of  them,  &  ye  neck  of  land 
commonly  Called  Cromwells  Neck,  on  ye 
West  of  sd  Trees. 

Robt.  Kitchen.         John  How. 

Benja.  Marston.       Ja  Towne. 

Daniel  Rea.  Phillip  Knight. 

Joseph  Putnam.       William  Towne. 


NOTES  ON  THE  GRAY  FAMILY. 

Robert  Gray  &  Hana  Holt  were  m.  8  Mar. 
1778.     Their  dau. 

Katherine,  b.  15  July,  1670. 

Henry,  b.  17  January,  1671. 

Jemima,  b.  10  mo.  '73,  &  d.  7  mo.  next 
[year.] 

Hana,  b.  30  11th  mo.,  '74. 

Records  of  Salem. 

Robert  Gray,  of  Salem,  dies  ye  23d  llmo, 
1662.  His  wife  Elizabeth  afterwards  mar- 
ried Capt.  Nicholas  Manning. 

The  children  of  Robert  Gray,  are  as  fol- 
lows. 

Eliza,  bapt.  in  the  1st  Church  9th  Imo  1651. 

Joseph     "         "         "  9—3—1653 

Bethia      "         "         "        11—4-1654. 

Thomas  11—3-1656. 

He  was  born,  as  appears  by  the  Salem  Re- 
cord, 12— 3mo  1656. 

Edward  born  &  died  May  1657. 

Robert  bapt.  in  1st  Church  23 — 3dmo  1658. 

Hannah     "         "     "      26  — 4th "  1659. 

Mary  born  3d  —  2mo  1661. 

Record  of  Gray  Families  in  possession  of 
Benj.  A.  Gray. 

Robert,  s.  of  Robert  Gray,  born  10th  3mo 
1659.  Scdem  Records. 

Will  of  Robert  Gray  of  Salem,  dated  11th 
mo  1661,  daughter  Elizabeth  Gray,  sons 
Joseph,  Robert,  daughters  Bethiah,  Hannah, 


&  Mary:  servant  Elizabeth  Wicks,     . 
wife  Elizabeth  Gray,  whom  he  appts  ex'tx. 
Essex  Inst.  Collections,  I,  188. 

A  comparison  of  the  account  of  Robert 
Gray  first,  with  the  account  of  Robert  Gray 
second,  mentioned  above,  will  show  that  the 
latter  was  not  fined  for  attending  a  Quaker 
meeting — unless  he  did  so  seven  years  after 
his  death ;  and  that  the  former  neither  had 
the  children  attributed  to  him  by  a  writer  in 
the  Essex  Tnst.  Collections,  nor  made  his  will 
in  1662  with  such  specifications  as  are  given 
by  said  writer  —  unless  he  did  so  before  such 
specifications  were  possible. 

The  comparison  above  suggested  clears  up 
the  obscurities  about  Robert  Gray,  in  Felt's 
account  and  in  Savage's  account  respecting 
him  (them.) 

A  correction  of  the  errors  made,  if  one 
should  seasonably  be  given  in  the  Institute's 
Historical  Collections,  might  save  future  ex- 
plorers trouble. 

R.  MANNING  CHIPMAN. 

MEMOIR  OF  GEN.  JOHN  GLOVER. 

Since  the  publication  of  the  last  number  of  the 
Historical  Collections,  containing  the  closing  por- 
tion of  Mr.  Upliam's  memoir  of  Gen.  Glover,  the 
writer  has  received  from  Mr.  Josiah  Crocker,  of  Sa- 
lem, an  original  letter  from  General  Glover  to  John 
Hancock.  Its  valuable  and  interesting  contents 
render  it  very  important  to  the  completenesi  of  the 
memoir,  and  it  is  therefore  appended. 

Camp  Pkeks  Kill,  25th  Nov.,  1779. 

Sir : — ^Doubtless  ere  this  reaches  you,  your  Honor 
has  rec'd  the  disagreeable  intelligence  of  the  defeat 
of  the  Southern  Expedition :  I  shall  therefore  omit 
giving  a  detail  tliereof,  &  shall  only  observe,  that 
the  fate  of  war  is  now  and  ever  has  been  very  un- 
certain; &  that  misfortunes,  however  oppressive, 
should  not  affect  a  people  determined  to  be  free, 
so  as  to  make  them  in  the  least  relax  in  their  me&- 


IGO 


snres ;  but  on  the  contrary,  it  ought  to  make  them 
redouble  their  exertions,  &  depend  on  the  blessing 
of  Providence,  for  the  wished  for  soccess. 

I  think  it  my  duty  to  inform  your  Honor,  that 
by  recent  accounts  rec'd  from  New  York,  we  learn 
that  28000  tons  of  shipping  is  taken  up  by  Govern- 
ment, and  that  a  very  large  embarkation  was  soon 
to  take  place ;  and  that  common  fame  says  a  ne- 
gotiation was  on  foot,  and  that  an  accommodation 
may  be  soon  expected.  Whether  this  is  given  out 
by  the  mercenary  tools  of  Britain,  or  by  the  disap- 
pointed miscreants  cooped  up  in  New  York,  or 
both  together,  (to  lull  us  asleep,)  is  a  question,  a 
little  time  will  discover.  Be  that  as  it  may,  be 
assured,  sir,  it  has  not  that  effect  on  the  army ; 
things  go  on  here  with  as  much  vigor  as  ever. 
The  spirit  of  re-enlisting  prevails  much.  It's  my 
opinion,  had  I  money  to  pay  the  bounty  as  resolved 
by  Court,  I  could  retain  the  greater  part  of  the  9 
months  men,  as  well  as  those  that  were  engaged 
for  3  years,  "  to  serve  during  the  war."  About  70 
have  already  re-enlisted  in  my  Brigade ;  my  money 
is  all  exhausted;  I  can  do  no  more.  It's  idle  to 
suppose  men  who,  as  they  say,  have  been  so  often 
neglected,  will  engage,  upon  resolves  of  Court. 
We  may  as  soon  expect  lines  to  be  stormed  A  forts 
taken  by  plans  of  attack  drawn  upon  paper,  with- 
out men,  arms  or  ammunition  sufficient  to  execute 
those  plans,  as  old  soldiers  to  re-enlist  without 
money.     It's  the  sinews  of  war. 

The  whole  of  the  army  has  gone  into  winter 
cantonments  excepting  Gen.  Nixon's  &  my  Brig- 
ades, who  are  now  in  the  field  (800  of  my  men 
without  shoe  or  stocking)  enjoying  the  sweets  of  a 
winter  campaign,  while  the  worthy  &  virtuous  cit- 
izens of  America  are  enduring  the  hardships, 
toils  A  fatigues  incident  to  parlours,  with  good 
fires,  *  sleeping  on  beds  of  down.  Who,  that 
loves  his  ease,  and  wishes  to  enjoy  a  good  consti- 
tution, &  at  the  same  time  make  his  fortune,  would 
not  be  a  soldier  ! 

Gen.  Washington's  Head  Quarters  are  at  Mid- 
dlebrook.  Gen.  Heath  has  the  fever  and  ague ;  his 
state  of  health  is  such  as  I  fear  will  oblige  him  to 
leave  camp  in  a  few  days.  The  4  Massachusetts 
Brigades  are  left  to  guard  the  Highlands  ;  Patter- 
son's, <fc  late  Lamed's,  at  West  Point ;  Gren.  Nix- 
on's (who  is  gone  home  unwell)  &  Glover's  Brig- 
ades in  the  gorge  of  tiie  mountains  on  the  east  side 


of  the  river,  and  Verplank's  Point.  Gen.  Poor's 
Brigade  at  Danbury ;  the  rest  of  the  army  all  gone 
into  the  Jersies .  Suffer  me  now  Sir,  to  lay  before 
the  Honorable  Assembly,  the  wretched  situation 
of  the  General  Officers  of  the  American  army,  & 
in  particular  those  of  them  belonging  to  the  Mas- 
sachusetts. Other  States  have  done  something 
for  theirs.  Congress  has  lately  given  to  Colonels 
of  Regiments  500  dollars  per  month  (not  too  much) 
for  subsistance  money,  &  to  all  other  officers  in  pro- 
portion ;  to  Greneral  Officers  nothing ;  besides  this 
their  pay  has  been  raised  50  per  ct.  A  some  200, 
while  General  Officers  remain  as  in  1775. 

Such  distinct.bn  and  neglect  is  very  discourag- 
ing, and  I  fear  will  be  injurious  to  the  service.  It 
has  given  great  disgust  to  all  the  Greneral  Officers, 
His  Excellency  excepted,  who  is  not  personally 
afiFected  by  it,  tho'  at  the  same  time,  I  have  no 
doubt  feels  for  others  that  are,  and  wishes  that  jus- 
tice may  be  done  them.  His  influence  over  the 
army  is  great ;  the  General  Officers  are  much  at- 
tached to  his  person,  as  well  as  happy  under  his 
command.  That,  with  a  desire  of  giving  the  fin- 
ishing blow  to  the  glorious  work  they  have  begun, 
are  the  only  prevailing  motives  that  can  possibly 
induce  them  to  continue  in  the  service  of  a  country 
which  has  not  paid  them  for  services  already  done, 
and  does  not  hold  out  any  emoluments  or  rewards 
for  the  future. 

I  wish  my  fortune  would  enable  me  to  serve  my 
country  without  pay,  I  would  readily  and  cheerfully 
do  it;  it  is  well  known  it  will  not,  yet  I  continue, 
tho'  it's  at  the  expense  of  my  little  fortune,  earned  by 
industry  and  hard  labor  in  my  youth ;  and  what  is 
still  worse,  to  the  certain  ruin  of  my  young  family. 
I  am,  Sir,  respectfully, 
your  Honor's  most  obed't  hum.  Ser't, 

JOHN  GLOVER. 
Hon.  Jno.  Hancock,  Esq. 

It  will  be  seen  by  the  above  letter,  that  Gten. 
Glover  was  not  at  Ridgefield  through  the  whole 
winter  of  1779,  (see  page  109,)  but  was  part  of  the 
time  in  active  service  at  the  Highlands,  N.Y.  Mr. 
Uriel  Crocker  of  Boston  has  a  fusee,  taken  by  Gen. 
Glover  from  an  English  officer  at  the  battle  of  Sar- 
atoga, and  a  sword  worn  by  him  when  he  was 
Lieutenant  of  a  company  in  Marblehead.  (See 
page  51.)  These  were  given  to  Mr.  Crocker's  fa- 
ther, Uriel  Crocker  of  Marblehead,  by  the  General. 


161 


A  COPY  OF  THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF 
BURIALLS,  OF  THE  TOWN  OF 
ROWLEY,  WITH  NOTES. 


COMMUNICATED    BY    M.    A.    STICKNEY. 


Anno  1639.     Deathes  none. 

Anno  1640. 
Ellin  Mighill  wife  of  Thomas  buryed  the 
fift  moneth  the  twelfth  day. 
Anno  1641. 
Jonathan   Hopkinson   son  of  Michell  and 
Anne  buryed  the  eleventh  moneth  the  twen- 
tyeth  day. 

Anno  1642.     Dethes  none. 

Anno  1643. 
Sarah  Smith  daughter  of  Hugh  and  Mary 
buryed  the  eleventh  moneth  the  fift  day. 
Anno  1644. 
Thomas  Lambert  sonn  of  Francis  and  Jane 
buryed  the  second  moneth  the  eighteenth  day. 
Anno  1645. 
Unice  Barker  daughter  of  James  and  Grace 
buryed  the  third  moneth. 

Sarah  Sawer  daughter  of  Edward  and  Ma- 
ry buryed  the  twelfth  moneth  the  twelfth  day. 
Elisebeth  Remington  daughter  of  John  and 
Elisebeth  buryed  the  sixt  moneth. 
Anno  1646. 
Margaret  Stanton  buryed  the  second  mon- 
eth the  fifteenth  day. 

Anno  1647. 
Robert  Hunter  buryed  the  sixt  moneth  the 
fift  day. 

Francis  Lambert  beryed  the  seaventh  mon- 
eth the  twenty  therd  day. 

John  Jarrat  buryed  the  twelft  moneth  the 
eleventh  day. 

Richard  Baley  buryed  the  twelfth  moneth 
the  sixteenth  day. 

(23) 


Anno  1648. 
Michell  Hopkinson  buryed  Febuary  the 
twenty  eight. 

Anno  1649. 
EUsabeth  Hassen  wife  of  Edward  buryed 
September  18. 

Mrs.*  Rogers  wife  of  Mr  Ezekiel 

buryed  May  the  8. 

Anno  1650. 
Ruth  Palmer  wife  of  John  buryed  October 
the  thirteenth. 

Thomas  Barker  hurried  the  30  day  of  No- 
vember. 

Anno  1651.     Deaths  none. 

Anno  1652. 

Rebecke  Law  daughter  of  William  and  Ma- 
ry buryed  the  seventh  moneth  and  ninth  day. 

Tamar  Barker  daughter  of  James  and  Grace 
buryed  the  tenth  moneth  the  thirteenth  day. 

John  Law  son  of  William  and  Mary  buried 
the  7  mon  ye  9th  day. 

Mary  Jewet  wife  to  Joseph  Jewet  buried 
the  second  moneth  the  twelfth  day. 

Anno  1653. 

Mary  Prime  daughter  of  Mark  and  Ann 
buryed  the  eleventh  moneth  the  sixt  day. 

Henry  Barker  son  of  James  and  Grace 
buryed  the  tenth  moneth. 

Hugh  Chaplin  buried  the  first  moneth  the 
twenty  second  day. 

Mary  Remington  daughter  of  John  and 
Elisebeth  buryed  the  fifth  month. 

Thomas  Longhome  son  of  Richard  and  Ma- 
ry buryed  the  twelfth  moneth  the  eight  day. 

Mary  Law  daughter  of  WilUam  and  Mary 
buried  the  11  mon  ye  29  day. 

Sarah  Teny  buried  the  tenth  of  Aprill. 


*  The  recorder  gives  her  christian  name,  bat  it 
is  now  too  indistinct  to  give  it  with  certainty,  but 
it  has  the  appearance  of  Jane  or  Joan. 


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Anno  1654. 

Sarah  Boynton  buried  the  6  month  the 
twentie  eight  day. 

Thomas  Mighill  buryed  the  fifth  moneth 
the  fourteenth  day. 

Mary  Hunter  wife  of  Robert  Hunter  buried 
the  seventh  moneth. 

Timothy  Mighill  son  of  Thomas  and  Ann 
buryed  the 

Deliverance  Haseltine  daughter  of  Robert 
and  Ann  buryed  the  fifth  moneth  the  four- 
teenth day. 

Elizebeth  Haseltine  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Ann  buryed  the  fifth  moneth  the  eighteenth 
day. 

Anna  Mighill  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Ann 
buryed  October  the  twenty  eighth. 

Anno  1655. 
Sarah  Jackson  wife  of  Nicholas  buryed  Aug- 
ust the  twelfth. 

Samuell  Scot  sonn  of  Beniarain  and  Mar- 
gret  buryed  the  tenth  of  March. 

*son  of  Andrew  and 
buried  the  eleventh  moneth. 
Sarah  Pearson  daughter  of  John  and  Dor- 
caa  buried  the  eighth  moneth  and  tenth  day. 

John  Tod  son  of  John  and  Susanna  buryed 
the  twelft  moneth. 

Anno  1656. 
Henry  Sewell  buryed  the  first  moneth. 

Anno  1657. 
John  Burkbee  son  of  Thomas  and  Martha 
hurried  the  fifth  moneth  and  fifteenth  day. 

John  Trumble  burned  the  fifth  moneth  the 
eighteenth  day. 

Ann  Teney  wife  of  Thomas  Teney  burned 
the  seventh  moneth  the  twenty  sixt  day. 

Samuell  Balie  the  son  of  James  and  Lidia 
burned  the  ninth  moneth  the  twenty  eight  day, 

*    Left  a  blank  on  the  Record. 


Elizebeth  Remington  the  wife  of  Lefi«. 
John  Remington  burned  the  twenty  fourth  of 
tenth  moneth. 

Anno  1658. 

Ann  Swan  the  wife  of  Richard  Swan  bur- 
ned the  fourth  of  Apperill  or  the  second  mo- 
neth. 

Martha  Burkbee  the  wife  of  Thomas  Burk- 
bee burned  the  twentie  fourth  of  June. 

Anno  1659. 

Jonathan  Smith  the  sonne  of  John  and  Faith 
burned  the  third  day  of  the  first  moneth. 

John  Smith  the  sonne  of  John  and  Faith 
burned  the  eleventh  day  of  the  first  moneth. 

Thomas  Dickinson  the  sonne  of  Thomas 
and  Jeritt  burned  the  thirteth  of  March. 

Jane  Lambert  widow  was  burned  June 
the  seventh. 

Will  Hobson  was  burned  July  the  seven- 
teenth day. 

Thomas  Abott  buryed  September  the  sev- 
enth day 

Elizebeth  Holmes  burned  the  twenty  eight 
of  JuUy. 

Mary  Plats  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Elizabeth  burned  the  eleventh  day  of  Novem- 
ber or  ninth  month. 

Jonathan  Chaplin  burned  November  the 
twenty  fourth  day. 

Mary  Dresser  the  daughter  of  John  Dress- 
er burned  November  the  twenty  seventh  day. 

Jonathan  Dresser  the  sonne  of  John  Dress- 
er burned  the  tenth  of  December  or  tenth 
moneth. 

Elizabeth  Stickney  burned  the  fourth  of 
December. 

Anno  1660. 

Sarah  Holmes  hurried  Male  the  tenth  day. 

Japhet  Holmes  burned  Male  the  twentie 
day. 

Mary  Clarke  buried  June  the  fourteen  day. 


163 


Martha  Clarke  buried  June  the  sixteenth 
day. 

Thomas  Chaplin  buried  June  the  twenty 
one  day. 

Thomas  Wicome  burned  Jully  the  sixt  day. 

John  the  son  of  Samuel  Brocklbank  buried 
July  the  fourth  day, 

Samuel  Longhorne  buried  July  the  sixth 
day. 

Mary  the  daughter  of  John  Burbanke  bur- 
ied July  the  twelft  day. 

Elizebeth  Jarrat  the  daughter  of  John  Jar- 
rat  buried  July  the  thirteenth  day. 

Timiothy  Burbanke  the  son  of  John  Bur- 
banke hurried  July  the  fourteen  day. 

Sarah  Jewit  the  daughter  of  Maximilion 
Jewit  hurried  June  the  nineteenth  day. 

Francis  Brocklbank  the  son  of  Samuel 
Brocklebanke  hurried  Jully  the  twenty  second. 

Judah  Clark  the  son  of  Richard  Clark  bur- 
ned Jully  the  twenty  eight  day. 

Zachriah  Boynton  the  son  of  William  Boyn- 
ton  burned  August  the  fourth  day. 

Samuel  Teney  the  son  of  William  Teney 
hurried  August  the  fifth  day. 

John  the  son  of  John  Brocklbanke  hurried 
August  the  seventh  day. 

Jonathan  Leaver  the  sonne  of  Thomas  Leav- 
er hurried  August  the  eight  day. 

Sarah  Scot  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  Scot 
hurried  August  the  twenty  one  day. 

Thomas  Longhorne  the  son  of  Richard  Long- 
horne hurried  August  the  twenty  sixt. 

John  Chapline  the  sonn  of  Hugh  Chapline 
hurried  September  the  fifth  day. 

Mr.  Humfred  Rainer  the  Ruling  Elder  bur- 
ned September  the  fourteenth  day. 

Adding  the  daughter  of  William  Stickney 
hurried  September  the  seventeenth  day. 

Mr.  Ezekil  Rogers  hurried  Jeneuary  the 
twenty  sixt. 


Mary  Wicome  the  daughter  of  Daniel  Wi- 
come hurried  Febuary  the  first  day. 

Sarah  Burkbee  the  daughter  of  Thomas 
Burkbee  hurried  Febuary  the  second  day. 

Debrah  Ailing  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Ann 
Jewit  hurried  Febuary  the  fifth  day. 

Mrst.  Ann  Jewit  the  wife  of  Mr.  Joseph 
Jewit  hurried  Febuary  the  eight  day. 

Sarah  Spofibrd  daughter  of  John  SpofFord 
hurried  Febuary  the  fifteen. 

Mr.  Joseph  Jewit  buried  Febuary  the  twen- 
ty fflxt  day. 

Anno  1661. 

Thomas  Crosbee  buried  the  6  day  of  May. 

John  Smith  buried  the  fifth  moneth  the 
nineteenth  day. 

John  Law  the  son  of  William  buried  the 
fifth  moneth  the  twenteth  third  day. 

Ann  Lume  buried  the  nineteenth  of  March. 

Anno  1662. 

Thomas  Dickinson  buried  the  first  moneth 
the  twentie  ninth  day. 

Jaine  Crosbee  the  wife  of  Thomas  Crosbee 
late  of  Rowley  buried  the  second  day  of  Maie. 

Ehzabeth  Phillips  buried  June  the  tenth 
day. 

George  Phillips  buried  June  ye  eighteenth 
day. 

Ezekiell  PhiUips  hurried  the  first  moneth 
the  first  day. 

Anno  1663. 

Sarah  Parrat  buried  the  ninth  day  of  Octo- 
ber. 

Dammars  Horrok  hurried  the  twentie  sec- 
ond of  the  twelfth  moneth. 

Mercy  Kimbel  daughter  of  Beniam  Kim- 
bel  buried  Febuary  fifth. 

Richard  Wicome  hurried  January  ye  twen- 
ty seventh  day. 

Gershom  Lambert  hurried  the  first  moneth 
seventeenth. 


164 


Anno  1664. 

Jonathan  Crosbe  burned  Maie  ye  twenty 
seven. 

Pricila  Jewit  daughter  Maximillian  Jemt 
buried  ye  fifth  of  September, 

Susanah  Todd  daughter  of  John  Todd  bur- 
ied ye  fifteenth  of  November. 

Joseph  Scote  hurried  ye  therd  of  Decem- 
ber. 

William  Stickney  hurried  the  twentie  fifth 
of  January. 

Anno  1665. 

March  ye  26  John  Boynton  the  son  of 
William  Boynton  was  hurried  ye  same  day. 

Jonathan  Bally  the  sonn  of  James  Bally 
buried  March  ye  27  day. 

Sarah  the  wife  of  Phillip  Nellson  hurried 
ye  twelfth  moneth  ye  seventeenth  day. 

Jerimiah  Hopkinson  hurried  the  twelfth 
moneth  ye  twentie  second  day. 

Grace  Barker  the  wife  of  James  Barker 
hurried  ye  twelfth  moneth  ye  twentie  seventh 
day. 

For  the  year  1666. 

Ensign  John  Brocklbank  hurried  Aperill 
the  fifth  day. 

John  the  son  of  John  Johnson  hurried 
Aperil  ye  twelfth  day. 

Sarah  the  wife  of  Abel  Langley  hurried 
May  ye  sixteen. 

Sarah  Pearson  ye  daughter  of  John  Pear- 
son hurried  the  eleventh  moneth  the  sixteenth 
day, 

Sarah  ye  daughter  of  Samuel  Brocklbank 
hurried  the  first  day  of  the  first  moneth. 

Anno  1667. 

John  ye  son  of  John  Trumble  hurried  Jul- 
ly  ye  26. 

John  Lambert  hurried  November  ye  sixt 
day. 


Ann  the  wife  of  Maxemilian  Jewit  buried 
November  ye  ninth  day. 

Mercy  the  wife  of  John  Teny  buried  No- 
vember the  twenty  seventh  day. 

Mary  the  wife  of  Richard  Longhome  bur- 
ied November  ye  twenty  ninth  day. 

Petter  Cooper  buried  January  the  fifteenth 
day. 

Dorothy  the  wife  of  Mr.  Samuel   Shepard 
buried  the  twelfth  moneth  the  twelfth  day. 
I   Anno  1668. 

William  Law  buried  March  ye  30   thirty 
day. 

The  grehous  pasture  Mr.    Samuel  Shepard 
buried  ye  2d  moneth  the  ninth  day. 

Richard  the  son  of  Richard  Longhome  hur- 
ried June  the  second  day. 

Richard  the  son  of  Richard  Lighten  bur^ 
ied  June  the  fifth  day. 

Thomas  the  son  of  Richard  Longhome  hur- 
ried Jully  the  eleventh  day. 

Jaine  Brockelbank  widow  bxirried  Decem- 
ber the  twentie  sixt. 

Richard  Longhome  hurried   Febuary  the 
thirteen  day. 

Anno  1669. 

Isaek  Aline  hurried  Aprill  the  tenth  day. 

Aquila  Law  the  son  of  Will.  Law  buried 
Aprill  the  fifteenth. 

Anno  1670. 

Mr.  Samuel  Applton  hurried  June  the  — . 

John  the  son  of  John  Johnson  hurried  Oc- 
tober the  seventh  day. 

Hannah  ye  daughter  of  John  Palmer  bur- 
ied October  the  twenty  fifth  day. 

John  the  son  of  Mr.  Samuel  Philips  hur- 
ried November  the  twentie  third  day. 

Jeremyah   the  son  of  Mr.  Phillip  Nellson 
hurried  January  the  eighteenth  day. 

John  Boynton  hurried  Febuary  ye  eight- 
eenth  day. 


165 


Anno  1671. 

Andrew  the  sonne  of  Andrew  Hidden  bur- 
ned October  the  eighteenth  day. 
Anno  1672. 

John  Dresser  Senr.  burned  April  ye  nine- 
teenth day. 

Mistris  Rainer  burned   Male  the   seventh 
day. 

Bridgit  ye  wife  of  John  Harris  buried  Au- 
gust the  fourth  day. 

An  ye  wife  of  Mark  Pryme  buried  Septem- 
ber the  sixt  day. 

Mr.  Anthony  Crosbee  buried  January  the 
sixteenth  day. 

Anno  1673. 

Mary  the   wife  of  Abel   Langley   buried 
Aperill  the  twenty  second  day. 

Bosun  the   son  of  Abraham  Jewit  buried 
September  ye  thirteenth  day. 

Edward  Sawer  hurried  March  ye  ninth  day. 
Anno  1674. 

Simon  ye  son  of  Simon  Chapman  buried  ye 
second  day  of  July. 

Ann  Wicome  ye  widow  of  Richard  Wy- 
come  hurried  August  the  twenty  fifth. 

John   the  son  of  John  Hopkinson  buried 
November  the  twenty  third  day. 

Margrit  ye  wife  of  William  Acce  hurried 
Febuary  the  twelfth  day. 

Anno  1675. 

Edward  Sawier  the  son  of  John  and  Mary 
buried  June  the  twentie  seventh  day. 

Lidia  the  daughter  of  Barzilla  Barker  bur- 
ied December  the  eleventh  day. 
Anno  1676. 

Margrit  the  wife  of  Leonard  Haryman  bur- 
ied October  the  twenty  second. 

Mercie  the  daughter  of   William  Stickney 
buried  January  the  fourteenth  day. 
Anno  1677. 

James  Bailie  hurried  August  the  tenth. 


Samuel  the  son  of  Samuel  Spoford  buried 
September  the  twenty  third. 

Nathanel  Mighill  hurried  October  the  four- 
teenth day. 

Rebeckah  Lambert  daughter  of  Thomas 
burned  March  the  twelfth  day. 

Anno  1678. 

Richard  Swan  hurried  Male  the  fourteenth 
day. 

James  Barker  hurried  September  the  sev- 
enth day. 

Joseph  Kilburn  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
hurried  January  the  eleventh  day. 

Mrs.  Mary  Rogers  hurried  Febuary  the 
twelfth  day. 

An  the  wife  of  Thomas  Nelson  hurried  Jan- 
uary the  seventh  day. 

Anno  1679. 

David  the  son  of  David  Benit  hurried  May 
the  fifth  day. 

John  Scot  son  of  Beniamin  Scot  hurried 
May  ye  twenty  second. 

John  Wycom  son  of  John  and  Abigail  hur- 
ried June  ye  twelfth. 

Elizabeth  the  wife  of  John  Harris  hurried 
December  the  29th  day. 

Anno  1680. 

Jonathan  Plats  buried  July  the  eighteen 
day. 

Nathan  Lambert  son  of  Thomas  and  Edney 
buried  November  ye  7  th. 

Joane  the  wife  of  William  Jackson  buried 
November  20th 

Anno  1681. 

Sarah  the  wife  of  Samuel  Plats  buried 
Aperil  10th. 

James  ye  son  of  James  Bally  buried  Au- 
gust ye  3d. 

Sarah  ye  daughter  of  John  Pickard  bur- 
ied October  ye  fourth. 


166 


Anno  1682. 

Jacbin  son  of  Jachin  Reyner  buried  Aper- 
il  ye  4tb. 

Ricbard  Ligbton  burried  June  tbe  second 
day. 

William  Scails  burried  Jully  ye  tentb  day. 

Tbomas  Dresser  son  of  Samuell  and  Mary 
burried  August  the  eigbteenth. 

Elizabeth   Balee   daughter  of  James  and 
Elizabeth  burried  December  the  6  day. 

John  Pickard  son  of  John  and  Mary  bur- 
ried January  tbe  twentie  seventh  day. 
Anno  1683. 

Susanna  the   wife  of  John  Scales   burried 
June  thirteen. 

Sarah    Langley  wife  of  Abel  buried  June 
ye  twenty. 

Edward  Hazen  buryed  July  the  22. 

John  Palmer  son  of  John  Palmer  buryed 
August  the  sixt  day. 


COPY   FROM   ORIGINAL  BOOK   OF 
GRANTS   OF   SALEM. 


OOKKDinOATKD  BY  FBBLST  DBBBT,  WITH  NOTBS  BT 
B.  F.  BBOWNB. 


Continued  fi-om  vol.  iv,  page  184. 


The  nth  of  the  2dmoneth,  1639. 

Granted  to  Lawrence  Southwick  half  an 
acre  adioining  his  other  half  acre. 

Granted  to  Obadiah  Holme  a  spott  of 
ground  to  build  on. 

The  16th  day  of  the  3rf  moneth  1639. 
Mr.  Conant  John  Balch 

John  woodbery        JefFry  Massy 
Lawrence  Leech      Willm  hathorne 
Granted  to  Thomas  Smyth  80  acres. 
Granted  Lawrence   Leech  his  2  sonns  70 
acres,  whereof  7  acres  of  meadow,  they  both 
relinquishing  theire  former  grants  of  20  and 
30  acres. 


Granted  to  Thomas  Gardiner*  a  bank  of  up- 
land nere  the  strong  water  brook  to  his  Marshe 
paying  5s  p  acre  as  goodman  Lord  hath  it. 

Granted  to  willm  hathorne  a  pcell  of  Rocky 
ground,  about  3  acres  lying  by  bis  Marshe 
formerly  granted  upon  condition  that  Thomas 
Gardner  hath  yt  wch  is  pd. 

Granted  to  Joseph  Kitcherill  half  an  acre 
at  winter  harbor  if  he  Imploy  yt  in  ffishing. 

The  %t\i  of  the  6<A  moneth  1639. 
Its  ordered  at  a  publique  meeting  That  if 
the  towne  be  lawfullie  warned  and  the  spetiall 
occasions  nianefested  togeather  with  the  warn- 
ing, a  day  before  the  meeting  that  yt  shall  be 
in  the  power  of  such  as  meet,  being  above  the 
number  of  six  psons,  to  transact  all  such  oc- 
casions and  make  such  orders  therein  as  they 
shall  Judge  meet,  &  the  said  orders  &  deter- 
minations to  be  as  authenticall  as  if  the  wholl 
towne  mett,  pvided  that  the  said  psons  have 
been  togeather  or  have  stayd  an  howre  after 
the  time  first  appoynted. 

%th  of  the  Qth  moneth  1639. 
At  a  private  towne  meeting, 

John  Endicott         John  woodbery 
Willm  hathorne       Lawrence  Leech 
Granted    to  John   Pickering   50    acres  of 
Land   beyond  the   west  pond    lying  next   to 
lyn  bounds. 

Granted  to  william  ffiske  one  hundreth  acres 
upland  &  tenne  acres  of  meadow . 


*Some  of  this  land  granted  Thomas  Gardner  re- 
mained in  possession  of  one  of  his  descendants  till 
1839.  Part  of  it  was  used  as  a  burying  ground, 
and  the  road  from  So.  Danvers  to  Harmony  Grove 
passes  over  it.  The  grave  stones  of  Seeth  Grafton, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  of  his  grandson  Abel 
Gardner,  were  removed  with  the  remains  found 
there,  and  are  enclosed  in  a  lot  near  the  South 
West  comer  of  the  grove. 


167 


The       day  of  the      moneth  1639. 
John  Endicott        Lawrence  Leech 
willm  hathorne        mr  Conant 
John  woodbery       John  Patch 

Granted  to  Thomas  Pickton  a  tenne  acre 
lott  &  an  house  lott  of  half  an  acre  upon  the 
neck  near  Catt  Cove.* 

Granted  Benjamyn  Parminter  an  acre  vpon 
the  north  side  of  the  neck  next  to  henery 
Bayly. 

Granted  to  Nathaniell  Pitman  a  pportion 
of  Land  nere  about  20  acres  lying  next  unto 
widow  dikes  Land  on  the  South  side  the  ffor- 
est  river. 

George  dill  is  received  an  Inhabitant  & 
there  is  given  him  half  an  acre  for  howse  lott. 

Sara  well  Elson  is  interteyned  to  be  an  in- 
habitant and  half  an  acre  is  granted  him  nere 
Catt  Cove  and  5  acres  more  for  planting 
ground. 

Thomas  davenishe  is  received  an  Inhabitant 
and  tenne  acres  planting  ground  granted  him. 

henery  Sillsby  mr  Sharps  man  is  received 
an  Inhabitant  and  there  is  granted  him  half 
an  acre   nere  Catt   cove   for  an  howse   plott. 

Philemon  dickerson  hath  granted  him  4 
poles  of  Land  nere  Richard  hutchinsons  howse; 
the  land  is  granted  him  to  make  tan  pitts  and 
to  dresse  goats  skyns  and  hides,  such  trade  if 
he  follows  not  and  use  that  place  to  that  pur- 
pose, the  towne  is  to  have  yt  returned  again 
to  theire  use. 

Nicholas  Patch  is  received  to  be  an  Inhab- 
itant within  the  towne  &  there  is  granted  40 
acres  of  Land  to  him  nere  macrell  cove. 

John  White  received  an  Inhabitant  and 
there  is  granted  him  60  acres  nere  mr  Smyths 
farme. 

John  Lovett  is  received  an  inhabitant  and 


*  Cat  cove  is  between  the  neck  &  Winter  Island. 


has  granted  to  him   10   acres  nere  Mackrell 
cove. 

Edmond  Patch  is  received  an  Inhabitant  & 
there  is  granted  him  10  acres  nere  mackrell 

cove. 

Granted  to  mr  hathorne  50  acres  of  plowed 
land  nere  or  adioyning  to  his  farme. 
The  IM  day  of  the  Qth  moneth  1639. 

At  a  genall  towne  meeting 
Granted  to  John  winthrop  esqr  Junr  a  lit- 
tle neck  of  Land  adioyning  to  the  Salt  house* 
built  by  the  said  mr  winthrop,  conteyning 
about  16  acres  lying  betwene  a  cove  wch  is 
on  the  north  side  of  his  said  house  &  a  little 
brook  lying  to  the  west  of  the  said  house. 

Granted  to  Ananias  concklyn  one  acre  nere 
unto  his  dwelling  house. 

Granted  to  Edmond  Giles  8  pole  of  ground 
Lying  in  the  common  over  against  his  tenne 
acre  Lott ;  it  is  to  build  him  a  house  there. 

Granted  to  mr  Peters  the  marshe  lying 
over  against  his  new  dwelling  conteyning 
about  an  acker  &  halfe  on  the  other  side  of 
the  water. 

The  IQth  of  the  7th  moneth  1639. 
John  Endicott         John  woodbery 
willm  hathorne        Lawrence  Leech 
Roger  Conant 
Granted  to  Mathew  Nixon  an  house  lott  at 
catt  cove  and  a  plott  for  a  garden  of  about  a 
quarter  of  an  acre. 

The  ISth  of  the  9th  moneth  1639. 
Mr.  Endicott,         John  Woodbery, 
Mr.  Hathorne,       Lawrence  Leech, 
Mr.  Conant, 
Granted  to  mr  Ruck  one  acre  in  Catt  cove. 
Granted  to  Edmond  Tompson  halfe  an  acre 
at  winter  harbor  for  a  fishing  lott. 

Granted  to  henery  heyward  an  half  acre 
for  a  fishing  lot  about  winter  harbor. 


*  John   Winthrop's   Salt  Works  were  at  Byal 
Side.    See  Felt's  Annals,  P.  114. 


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Granted  to  willm  Moore  an  half  acre  of 
Land  for  a  fishing  lott  in  or  about  winter  har- 
bor. 

Granted  to  Mathew  Nicks  fisherman  5  acres 
by  the  hogstyes  in  the  fforest  next  Ezekiell 
knights  ten  acre  lott. 

The  20  of  the  Qmoneth  1639. 
mr  Endicott  Lawrence  Leech 

mr  Conant  Jeffry  massy 

John  woodbery      willm  hathorne 

Granted  to  Richard  Bishop  about  an  acre 
&  an  halfe  by  his  other  5  acres  abutting  on 
austin  kittoms  Lott. 

Granted  James  Standish  40  acres  neer 
Jeffryes  Creeke. 

Granted  to  John  Pickworth  3  or  4  acres 
of  the  meadow  to  the  Land  formerly  granted 
to  him. 

Granted  Charles  Glover  half  an  acre  for 
howse  lott  nere  mr  Rucks,  pvided  the  wayes 
be  left  broad,  &  also  pvided  he  resigne  to  the 
towne  the  howse  lott  formerly  granted  him. 

Granted  to  John  Batcheller  20  acres  of 
Land  nere  unto  that  wch  was  formerly  laid 
out  to  mr  Bishop. 

Granted  to  Joshua  Holgrave  50  acres 

The  9th  of  the  10th  moneth  1639. 

Granted  to  henery  Bartholomew  100  acres 
of  wch  ten  acres  shall  be  meadow. 

Granted  to  James  Moulton  80  acres  where- 
of 8  acres  to  be  meadow. 

A  genaU  towne  meeting  the  Wth  day  of 
the  10  moneth  1639. 

There  was  a  voluntarie  contribution  of  the 
towne  towards  the  mayntenance  of  the  minis- 
tery  quarterly  to  be  payd  the  note  thereof  re- 
mayneth  with  the  deacons. 

Granted  one  acre  more  to  Ananias  conclyn 
&  2  acres  a  peice  to  the  other  tooe  viz  Law- 
rence Sowthwick  &  Obadiah  Holmes  each  of 


thenl  2  acres  to  be  added  to  theire  former 
lotts. 

Granted  4  acres  to  John  mowser  nere  the 
old  cow  howses  by  the  head  of  South  River. 

The  ferry  at  the  North  poynt  wch  former- 
ly was  John  Stones  is  now  granted  to  willm 
dixye  for  three  yeares  &  he  is  to  keepe  an 
horse  boate. 

he  is  to  have  for  a  strangers  passage  2d  a 
peice,  for  townsmen  or  towne  dwellers  one 
peny  a  peicej  for  moores,  horses,  &  other 
great  beasts  6d  a  peice,  for  Goats,  calves  & 
swyne  2d  a  peice. 

The  23rf  of  the  lOth  moneth  1639. 
John  Endicott  John  Woodbery 
Mr  Hathorne  Lawrence  Leech 

Mr  Conant 

Granted  to  Richard  Ingersoll  20  acres  of 
medow  in  the  great  medow. 

Granted  to  John  ffairfield  80  acres  of 
Land  for  a  farme  10  acres  to  be  medow. 

Granted  Richard  Prince  30  acres  4  of 
them  to  be  medow. 

Granted  Richard  Leech  4  acres  lying  next 
to  John  Leech  his  ten  acre  lott. 

Granted  Robt  Adams  3  acres  &  quarter 
nere  unto  John  Cooke. 

Granted  to  John  Shipley  4  acres  nere  his 
20  acres  in  exchange  for  4  acres  of  the  20 
acres  whereby  he  may  with  more  ease  plant 
his  come. 

Granted  to  John  ffiske  to  be  added  to  his 
former  land  30  acres  whereof  4  acres  to  be 
medow. 

Granted  to  Joseph  Bachellor  and  Thomas 
Browning  20  acres,  nere  adjoyning  to  the 
former  grant  &  2  acres  a  peice  of  medow  to 
be  Laid  out  by  the  towne. 

Granted  to  mr  John  Endicott  all  that 
swamp  that  runneth  in  the  lyne  of  his  farme 
next  to  goodman  chickeryngs,  &  of  the  other 


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side  to  the  Land  that  is  Layd  out  in  small 
lotts  somtymes  mr  Batters. 

Granted  to  willm  Geere  20  acres  of  Land. 

Granted  to  Allen  Convers  40  acres  and  4 
acres  of  medow. 

Granted  Lawrence  Leech  15  acres  more  of 
medow. 

Granted  to  John  woodbery  John  Balch  & 
mr  connaught  5  acres  of  medow  a  peice  in 
some  convenient  place. 

A  genall  lowne  meeting  the  Wth  moneth 

1639. 
yong  rar  Norris  chose  by  this  Assembly  to 
teach  School. 

The  2\8t  of  the  llth  moneth  1639. 
John  woodbery      willm  hathorne 
Jeffry  massy  mr  Conant 

Granted  to  mr  Norris  100  acres  for  a  far  me 
and  sixtene  acres  of  medow. 

Granted  to  Jacob  Barney  willm  dodge 
Richard  Brackenbury  5  acres  of  medow  a 
peece. 

Granted  John  Browne  &  Kdmond  Tomp- 
son  30  acres  of  Land  a  peice. 

Granted  willm  woodbury  10  acres  of  up- 
land &  5  acres  of  medow. 

Granted  to  Joshua  verrin  40  acres. 

Granted  widow  Bryan  2  acres  medow. 

Granted  JefFry  massy  20  acres  upland  & 
5  of  medow. 

Granted  to  hugh  Stacy  John  Thurston 
Thomas  west  &  widow  Payne  20  acres  a 
peece. 

Granted  to  Austin  Killam  Nicholus  Pacy 
Philemon  dicconson  &  Joseph  yong  30  acres 
a  peece. 

Granted  to  henery  chickering  &  John  yong 
50  acres  a  peece. 

Granted  to  Mris  ames  40  acres. 

(24) 


Granted  to  willm  Browne  shop  keep  80 
acres. 

Granted  to  mr  Phillips  to  be  an  Inhabi- 
tant and  to  have  80  acres;  pvided  that  these 
6  last  grants  from  this  mke  is  wth  condition 
that  they  continew  in  the  plantation  to  use 
the  same. 

Granted  to  the  widow  fFelton  30  acres. 

Granted  to  widow  Skarlett  20  acres. 

Granted  to  Benjamyn  Parmynster  10  acres 
at  Jeffryes  Creek,  when  the  former  grants  are 
made  good. 

Grynted  to  Esdras  Read  10  acres  more  to 
bis  former  10  acres. 

Granted  Richayd  Lambert  20  acres  be- 
twene  JefFry  Esty  &  henery  Swan. 

Granted  to  Roger  conant  the  sonne  of  Rog- 
er conant  being  the  first  borne  childe  in  Sa- 
lem 20  acres  of  Land. 

Granted  to  Joseph  Daliber  20  acres. 
30<A  of  the  first  moneth  1640. 
Mr.  Endicott,       John  Woodbury, 
Mr.  Conant,         Lawrence  Leech, 
JefFry  Massy. 

Captane  Traske  hath  leave  to  sett  up  a* 
tyde  myll  upon  the  North  River  pvided  he 
make  passadge  for  a  shalloppe  from  halfe 
flood  to  full  sea. 

Granted  to  John  Beaumont  5  acres  of 
planting  ground. 

Granted  to  John  Lovett  5  acres  wch  was 
pte  of  the  land  exchanged  by  JefFry  massy  & 
Richard  Brackenbury  nere  mackrell  cove. 

The  Ibth  day  of  the  bth  moneth  1640. 
Mr.  Endicott,         John  Woodbury, 
Mr.  Hathorne,       Jeffry  Massy. 

Granted  to  miles  ward  3  or  3  acres  at  stage 
poynt. 


*Wm.  Tra8k  in  1636  set  up  a  Water  Mill  on 
the  North  Biver  above  the  present  Frye's  Mills. — 
(Felt's  Annals  of  Salem,  2d  Ed.  Vol.  2,  p.  165.) 


170 


The  lAth  of  the  7th  moneth  1640. 

Granted  John  conclyne  5  acres  nere  the 
glass  howse. 

Granted  half  an  acre  for  said  John  eonclyn 
near  the  glass  howse. 

The  Wth  of  the  %th  moneth  1640. 

Granted  to  captaine  Traske  half  an  acre  to 
be  Joyned  to  the  new  mill. 

Granted  to  willm  towne  a  little  neck  of 
Land  right  over  against  his  howse  on  the  oth- 
er side  of  the  river. 

Ordered  that  mr  Stileman  shall  have  the 
quarter  of  an  acre  of  Marshe  wch  mr  Emery 
should  have  had  and  3  quarters  more  lying 
in  the  flSaggin  marshe  at  the  upper  end. 

Granted  to  John  Sanders  and  Raph  ffogg 
each  a  quarter  of  an  acre  over  against  there 
lotts  as  you  goe  to  the  old  mill. 

Ordered  that  none  of  the  Land  within  the 
cattle  range  shall  be  granted  hence  forward 
to  any  man  for  any  particular  use,  And  the 
range  of  the  cattle  at  the  fforest  river  head 
where  the  freshe  water  falls  in  &  where  the 
Salt  water  floweth  at  high  water  marke  shall 
be  a  lyne  Sowthward  up  to  mr  humphryes 
farme  and  from  thence  to  the  pond  and  soe 
about  to  Brooksbye. 

The  20<A  of  the  Wth  moneth  1640. 
mr  Endicott  John  Woodbury, 
mr  hathorne  Jeffry  Mas.«<y. 

Granted  to  Allin  convers  20  acre  of  plant- 
ing ground  next  to  mr  Endicotts  foarme  lying 
by  that  lott  wch  was  Richard  Normans  nere 
the  head  of  the  river  &  it  is  in  exchange  of 
20  acres  wch  was  formerly  granted  unto  him. 

Granted  to  John  Putnam  100  acres  at  the 
head  of  mr  Skeltons  farme  betwcn.it  and 
Elias  Stileman  the  elder  his  farme  if  there  be 
100  acres  of  it,  And  it  is  in  exchange  of  100 
acres  formerly  granted  him,  and  if  yt  fall  out 
that  there  be  not  soe  much,  then  to  be  made 


up  nere  to  Leift  daun ports  hill,  and  10  acres 
of  medow  in  the  Pyne  medow,  if  it  be  not 
granted  fonnly  to  others. 

Granted  50  acres  unto  Thomas  Putnan  & 
5  acres  of  medow. 

The  25<A  day  of  the  first  month  1641. 
John  Woodbury,         JefFry  Massy, 
Lawrence  Leech,         willm  Hathorne. 

Granted  to  Thomas  Buxton  a  prcell  of 
ground  lying  ^  the  Rayles  on  the  inside  at 
the  end  of  the  10  acre  lotts  in  the  North  side 
being  about  3  acres. 

Granted  to  Ananias  eonclyn  a  yard  con- 
teyning  20  pole. 

Granted  to  Marblehead  Inhabitants  all 
such  Lands  nere  adjoyning  to  them  as  have 
not  been  formly  granted  to  other  men  And 
the  said  Lands  thus  granted  to  Marblehead 
men  are  to  be  disposed  of  by  themselves 
pvided  it  be  done  with  the  consent  of  our 
seaven  men  appoynted  for  the  afayres  of  our 
towne  who  shall  be  helpfull  &  ready  to  Joyne 
wth  them  in  the  disposing  of  it,  &  therefore 
the  towne  hath  chosen  Jeffry  Massy  to  be 
Joyned  unto  them  for  the  psent. 

At  a  genrall  tovme  meeting  the  Last  day  of 
the  7th  moneth  1641. 
Granted  to  Samuell    Cornhill  an    acre  of 
Land  for  the  sewing  of  hempe. 

At  a  meeting  the  Zd  day  of  the  10  moneth 
1641. 

John  Endicott  Roger  Onnant 

John  woodbury  John  Balch 

Granted  to  John  ward  20  acre.*  of  Land. 
Granted  to  Phyneas  ffiske  20  acres  more 
at  the  villadge  nere  the  pond. 

Granted  to  Richard  dodge  40  acres  more 
to  his  former  40  acres. 

Granted  to  heliard  verin  40  acres. 


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At  a  genrall  towne  meeting   the  2d  day  of 
the  3«?  moneth  1642. 

Ordered  that  there  shall  noe  more  trees 
be  felled  by  any  man  within  the  lyraits  of 
Salem  unless  it  be  in  mens  pprietyes  uppon 
the  payne  or  penalty  of  20s  for  everie  such 
tree  felled  by  any  man  whither  Inhabitants 
or  strangers  and  that  this  order  be  psently 
published  &  notice  given  to  such  as  sett 
them  on  worke,  pvided  that  this  order  extend 
not  to  any  that  shall  fell  any  timber  for  his 
own  building  or  fencing  or  building  of  shops 
here  within  the  lyraitts  of  our  towne  wthout 
spetiall  lycence  from  a  magistrate. 

henery  Reynolds  is  to  have  a  10  acre  lott 
next  to  wellm  King. 

Granted  to  Obadiah  Holmes  a  quarter  of 
an  acre  nere  to  his  garden. 

At  a  genrall  towne  meeting  held  the  \(ith  of 
the  Qth  moneth  1642. 

Granted  to  goodman  devenishe  an  Inhabi- 
tant to  be  sett  out  to  his  Land  nere  the 
Mill  by  Captaine  Traske  &  Jeffry  Massy. 

It  is  ordered  that  Jeffry  Massy  &  Peter 
Palfrey  shall  right  the  2  five  acre  lotts  wch 
are  on  Darbyes  fort  side  &  that  they  have 
power  to  measure  out  the  lotts  nere  adjoyn- 
ing,  whereby  the  5  acre  lotts  may  be  found 
according  to  the  townes  grant. 

At  a  particular  meeting  of  the  7  men. 
mr  Endicott  Jeffry  Massy 

mr  Gardiner  Lawrence  Leech 

willm  Lord  Peter  Palfrey 

Granted  to  henery  Bartholmew  100  acres 
of  upland  &  ten  acres  of  medow  to  be  laid 
out  a  little  beyond  mr  Bishops  Land. 

Granted  to  Samucll  Kdson  25  acres  of 
Land  Joyning  to  humphrey  woodburys  farme 
in  Mackrell  cove  &  2  acres  of  medow  where 
he  can  fynd  yt  there  about. 

Granted  to  John  Scudder  a  peice  of  ground 


conteyning  half  an  acre  to  build  an  howse  & 
for  other  uses  nere  to  his  10  acre  lott  in 
kings  cove. 

At  a  genrall  towne   meeting  held  the   29tk 
of  the  dth  moneth  1642. 

Granted  to  John  Pickering  4  pole  of 
ground  nere  to  his  house. 

Its  ordered  that  the  highway  by  the 
bridge  shall  be  Laid  out  through  the  lotts 
of  goodman  Moulton  &  not  round  about. 

At  a  pticular  towne  meeting  the  29th  of  the 
9th  moneth  1642. 
Mr  Endicott  Lawrence  Leech 

mr  hathorne  mr.  Gardiner 

Jeffry  Massy         willm  Lord 
Peter  Palfry 

Its  ordered  that  an  highway  be  laid  out 
by  the  towne  through  daniell  Ray  his  lott  & 
he  to  have  the  old  way  laid  out  before,  over 
in  the  10  acre  lotts  on  the  North  feild. 

Sold  to  henery  Skerry  an  acre  of  Land 
that  was  Nichclas  drapers  for  12s. 

Granted  to  Goodman  Lanes  about  1 6  poles 
of  Marshe  ground  by  the  water  next  to  his 
tenne  acre  lott. 

Granted  to  Leiftennt  davenport  &  Thomas 
Lathrop  80  acres  of  land  wch  was  given  for- 
mly  to  Richard  Waterman  &  he  deserted  it 
to  be  cquallie  divided  betwene  them  both  in 
regard  of  quantity  &  quality. 

Granted  to  Alexander  ffeild  25  acres  wch 
was  granted  to  Thomas  Lathrop  resigned  to 
the  said  Alexander  ffeild  in  Leiw  of  the  for- 
mer grant  of  40  acres. 

Granted  to  Richard  Pettingall  10  acres 
for  a  Lott  at  Enon.'* 

(Jranted  henery  haggett  the  cow  keep  at 
Enon  a  10  acre  lott  there. 

Granted  to  George  Ingersoll  20  acres  as 
nere  his  other  Land  at  Enon  as  it  may. 

*  Enon  now  Wenliam. 


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At  a  pticular  towne  meeting  ^ddofthe  11th 
moneth  1642. 
John  Endicott  willm  Lord 

Thomas  Gardner       Jcffry  Massey 
Peter  Palfrey 
Granted  to  willm    Sawyer  20  acres   at  E- 
non   &  2  acres  of  medow  if  it  may  be   had 
there. 

Granted  to  Esdras  Read  1 0  acres  "^      all 
"  to  brother  Bulfinch  1 0  acres       those 
"  to  old  goodman  Scudder  "        10  acre 
"  to  Ralph  Tompkins  10  acres       lotts 
"  to  John  kitchtn  10  acres  are  to 

"  to  Theophilus  downing  ye      ^  be  laid 

fisherman  10  acres  out 

"  to  Nicholas  heyward  a  fish-     ncrc   to 
erman  1 0  acres  brother 

"  to  willm  Bowdiske  10  acres       kings 
"  to  John  Abby  10  acres  J     lott. 

"  to  henery  Bullock  30  acres 
"  to  Richard  Gardiner  &  John   Gardner 
each  a  10  acre  lott  nere  mackrell  cove  next 
to  mr  Thorndikes  playne. 

Granted  to  mr  Emery  4  or  5  acres  of  med- 
ow if  there  be  soe  manie  lying  there  nere  to 
the  Leiftenant  daunports  farme. 
At  a  pticular  towne  meeting  the  Ihth  of  the 
11th  moneth  lQi'2.. 
willm  hathome         willm  Lord 
Thomas  Gardner      Jeflfry  Massey. 
Peter  Palfrey. 
Granted  to  goodman  weekes    10  acres  to 
lye  with  the  last  10  acres  mentioned. 

Granted  to  Edward  Beuchamp  10  acres  at 
Bass  River. 

Granted  to  John  Small  10  acres  at  Enon 
on  the  west  side  of  the  great  pond. 

Granted  to   Robt   Tucke   5  acres  at  the 
great  pond. 

Its  ordered   that  mr  Gott   shall  have  his 
medow  with  the  first  in  the  great  medow. 

Granted  to   John  Collins    10  acres  in  the 
great  pond. 


It  is  ordered  that  all  those  that  have 
land  granted  at  the  great  pond  shall  fence 
wth  the  rest  or  els  leave  theire  Lands,  And 
all  that  have  lotts  at  Bass  river  are  bound  to 
the  like  conditions. 

Granted  to  henery  Reynolds  5  acres  at 
the  great  pond. 

Granted  to  John  Boome  5  acres  at  great 
pond. 

It  is  ordered  that  Jeffry  Massy  shall  have 
his  20  acres  ff^jrraly  granted  at  great  pond. 

Granted  to  willm  Allin  &  Robt  Allin  10 
acres  a  peice  at  the  great  pond. 

Granted  to  Thomas  Pattin  15  acres  where 
the  layers  out  can  fynd  it. 

Granted  to  Thomas  west  10  acres  at 
great  pond. 

Granted  to  Michaell  Sallowes  10  acres  at 
great  pond  if  yt  be  there  when  the  rest  are 
laid  out. 

Granted  to  John  Hathorne  50  acres  of  land 
toward  the  great  river, 

(To  be  Continued.) 


RECORD  OF  MARRIAGES,  BIRTHS 
AND  DEATHS,  IN  THE  TOWN  OF 
LYNN.     Vol.  II.* 


ooMHnmoATKD  by  ira  j.  patch. 


Jann  the  wifFe  of  Joseph  Armitage  Dyed 
the  3  of  March  1676-77. 

John  the  Sonn  of  John  Ally  was  borne  in 
January  1675. 

Hanah  the  Daughter  of  John  Ally  was 
borne  the  22  of  January  1679. 

Joseph  Armitage  Died  the  27  of  June 
1680. 

Hugh  Ally  and  Rebecka  Hood  was  Maried 
the  9th  of  December  1681. 


*  "  The  first  volume  is  lost.  In  1820  I  found 
this  volume  in  ruins,  bound  it  and  furnished  it  with 
an  index.     Preserve  it  carefully." 

ALONZO   LEWIS." 
[Copied  fh>in  the  title  page.] 


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SoUomon  ther  Sonne  was  borne  the  11th 
day  of  Octtober  1682. 

Jacob  ther  Sonn  was  bom  the  28  of  Jan- 
uary 16834. 

Eliazer  their  Sonn  was  Borne  the  first  of 
November  1685. 

Hannah  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the  16th 
of  August  1689. 

Richard  ther  Son  was  bom  the  last  day  of 
July  1691. 

Joseph  ther  Sonn  was  bom  the  22  day  of 
June  1693. 

Rebeckae  the  Daughter  of  John  Ally  was 
bora  the  28  of  May  1683. 

Hugh,  the  Sonn  of  John  Ally,  was  bom  the 
15  of  ffawbruary  1685. 

wiUiam,  the  son  of  John  Alley,  was  bom  the 
Uthof  July  1683. 

The  Genogley  of  Benjamin  Alley  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife,  Jacob,  their  son,  Was  Born 
September. 

Benjamin,  the  Sonn  of  Hugh  Alley  and  of 
Rebeckah  his  wife  was  born  ye  24th  of  febru 
ary  1694-5. 

Mst  Samuell  Apleton  Junior  and  Mst  Eliz 
abeth  Whittingham  was  Married  the  19th  of 
June   1682,    the   daughter  of  Mst   William 
Whittingham,  Marchant  in  Boston. 

Mary,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Samuell  Apol- 
ton  and  of  Elizabeth  his  wiffe,  was  Born  in  to 
this  world  the  30  of  March  1683. 

Hannah,  ther  Daughter,  Was  bom  the  first 
of  November  1684. 

Elizabeth,  ther  Daughter,  was  Born  the  10 
of  July  1687. 

Thomas  Baker  and  Mary  Lewis  Was  mar- 
ried the  lOthof  JuUy  1689. 

Thomas  ther  Sonne  was  bom  the  11  of  Au- 
gust 1692,  and  Died  the  2  of  September 
1692. 

Hannah  ther  Daughter  Was  bom  the  17th 
day  of  August  1693. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  15  of 
July  1695  &  dyed  the  11  of  August  1695. 

Abigail  their  daughter  Was  bom  ye  25th 
of  July  1696  &  dyed  ye  8  of  August  1696. 

the  genealloge  of  Thomas  Berry  &  Eliz- 
abeth, his  Wife. 

thomas,  there  Sonn,  Was  bom  the  14th  of 
Martch,  1694-5. 


thomas  there  Sonn  Departed  this  Life  the 
4th  of  Aprill  1695. 

Samuell  their  Son  was  bom  the  25th  of 
June  1697. 

*  [William  Lewis,  (and  Amy  his  wife.) 

John,  his  son,  born  1  November,  1635. 

Christopher,  bom  1636. 

Lydia,  his  daughter,  b.  Dec.  25,    1639. 

Josiah,  his  Son,  bom  July  28,       1641. 

Isaac,  his  son,  born  April  15,         1644. 

Isaac  Lewis  &  his  wife  Mary  (Davis.) 

Mary,  their  daughter,  b.  1  March,  1680. 

Isaac,  their  Son,  bom  31   August,  1683. 

Joseph,  their  son,  bom  16  Novem.  1685. 

John,  their  son,  born  25  Feb.,         1687. 

Abraham,  their  son,  b.  9  June,        1691.] 

John  Blano  and  EUzabeth  Purchis,  was 
Maried  in  November,  1678. 

William  Beale  and  Mary  Hartt,  Widow, 
was  Maried  the  5  of  March,  1684. 

Samuell  Bly  and  Lois  luery,  was  Maried 
the  19  Day  of  December,  1678. 

Theophilus,  the  Sonn  of  Samuell  Bly,  De- 
parted this  Life  the  12  of  June,  1681. 

Samuell,  ther  Sonn,  was  Born  the  6  of 
June,  1686. 

Samuell  BUgh,  Sen.,  Departed  this  Life, 
the  Last  Day  of  Deceml)er,  1693. 

Ruth,  the  Wife  of  Theophilus  Baylly,  Died 
the        of  November,  In  the  year  1692. 

Theophilus  Baylly,  Departed  this  Life  the 
14th  day  of  ffebruary,  16934. 

the  genealloge  of  Ezekiel  Rogers,  &  of 
Lowes  his  Wife. 

Nathanell,  their  Son  was  bora  the  18th  of 
July,  1695. 

Lois,  their  Daughter,  was  Bom  June  ye 
15th,  1702. 

Timothy  Bread  and  Sarah  Newhall,  was 
Married  the  3  of  March,  1679-80. 

Joseph,  ther  Sonne,  was  bom  into  this 
World,  the  18  of  October,  1681. 

Timmothy,  ther  Sonne,  was  bom  the  31  of 
March,  1683. 

Samuell,  ther  Sonne,  was  bom  the  first  of 
JuUy,  1686. 


*  The  following,  which  is  included  within  brack- 
ets, is  in  the  hand  writing  of  Alonzo  Lewis,  the 
Historian  of  Lynn. 


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Sarah  Bread,  wife  to  Timothy  Bread,  was 
Buryed  the  27th  of  November,  1688. 

AUin  Bread  Senior,  Departed  thb  LifF,  the 
17  of  March,  1690-91. 

the  genealogy  of  Timothy  Bread,  &  Sarah, 
his  Second  wife. 

Thomas,  their  Sonn,  was  born  ye  14  of 
January,  1694-95. 

Mary,  their  Daughter,  was  born  the  14  of 
August,  1696.  shee  dyed  the  28th,  of  Au- 
gust, 1696. 

Sarah,  their  Daughter,  was  bom  the  14th 
of  August,  1696. 

Thomas,  ther  Sonn,  was  born  the  21  of 
September,  1698. 

Jonathan,  their  Sonn,  was  born  the  29  of 
January,  1699-700. 

the  genealloge  of  Abraham  Burrill,  &  Sar 
rah  his  Wife. 

Sarah,  ther  Daughter,  was  bom  the  24th 
of  June,  1695. 

Annee,  their  Daughter,  was  bom  the  2  of 
March,  1697. 

Ensigne  Joseph  Breed,  Departed  this  Life, 
Novem'r  25,  1713. 

Sarah  Breed,  widow  to  the  above  named 
Joseph  Breed,  daparted  this  Life  Aprill  2d, 
1752,  aged  88  years  and  ten  months  and  17 
days. 

Joseph  Bread  and  Sarah  fFarrington,  was 
married  the  27  of  September,  1683. 

Mary,  ther  Daughter,  was  bom  the  4  of 
JuUy,  1684. 

Jane,  their  Daughter,  was  borne  the  19th 
of  October,  1686. 

Sarah,  their  Daughter,  was  Borne  the  16th 
of  July,  1689. 

Joseph,  ther  Sonn,  was  Born  the  last  of 
June,  1691. 

Ruth,  ther  Daughter,  was  born  13th  of 
September,  1693. 

Elizabeth,  ther  Daughter,  was  bom  the  6th 
of  October,  1695. 

Mathew,  their  Sonn,  was  bom  the  22  day 
of  November,  1697. 

Mathew,  their  Sonn  departed  this  Life,  ye 
25  of  January,  1697-8. 

Mathew,  their  Sonn,  was  bom  the  31  day 
of  January,  1698-9. 


Maree,  their  Daughter,  was  bom  the  20th 
of  July,  1701. 

Mehitabell,   their  Daughter,   was  bom  ye 

25  of  Desember,  1704. 

Allin,  their  Son,  was  bom  the  16  day  of 
March,  1706-7. 

Allin  Bread,  Tertius,  and  Elizabeth  Bal- 
lard, was  Married  The  22  of  May,  1684. 

Nathanell,  ther  Sonp,  was  bom  the  24  of 
August,  1685. 

Elizabeth,  their  daughter,  was  Bome  the 
24th  of  January,  1687-88. 

John,  their  Sonn,  was  Borne  the  10th  of 
October,  1689.  * 

Mary,  ther  Daughter,  was  Born  the  21  of 
March,  1691-92. 

Rebeckah,  ther  Daughter,   was  bom   the 

26  day  of  January,  1694-5. 

Hebzeba,  their  daughter,  was  born  the  19th 
day  of  June,  1697. 

Josiah,  their  son,  was  bom  the  2  day  of 
January,  1700-701. 

The  Genealogc  of  John  Bread,  and  Sarah, 
Ms  wiff. 

John,  ther  Sonn,  was  born  the  7  of  June, 
1664. 

Ebinezur,  ther  Sonn,  was  born  the  15  of 
Aprill,  1676. 

Sarah,  the  wiff  of  John  Bread,  died  About 
the  22  of  November,  1676. 

John  Bread,  and  Sarah  Hart,  was  Maried 
the  4  of  March,  1677-78. 

John  Bread,  died  the  28  of  June,  1678. 

Susan  Grunnill,  John  Breed's  Sarvant, 
died  about  the  latter  End  of  Jully,  1678. 

John  Bread,  Jun.,  and  Mary  Kertland,  was 
Maried  the  28  of  Aprill,  1686. 

Sarah  Bread,  their  daughter,  was  Bome 
the  15th  of  July,  1687. 

Sarah,  their  daughter,  dyed  the  28th  of 
January,  1687-88. 

Samuell  Bread  and  Anna  Hood,  was  Mar- 
ied the  5th  of  ffebruary,  1691-92. 

Samuell,  ther  Sonne,  Was  bome  the  11  of 
November,  1692. 

Amose,  ther  Sonn;  Was  Bome  ye  20th  of 
July,  1694. 

Jabez,  their  Sonn,  Was  borne  the  26  of 
January,  1695-6. 


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Abigaile,  their  Daughter,  was  bom  the  7th 
of  Septemr,  1698. 

Nathen,  their  Sonn,  was  bom  the  3  of  Jan- 
uary, 1702-3. 

Keziah,  their  Daughter,  was  Bom  the  16th 
of  October,  1704. 

Anna,  their  Daughter  was  born  the  28th 
of  July,  1706. 

Ebenezer,  their  Son,  was  bom  the  1  day  of 
May,  1710. 

Ruth,  their  Daughter,  was  bom  the  10  of 
March,  1711-12. 

Benjamin,  their  Son,  was  bom  July  4th, 
1715. 

(To  be  continued.) 


THE  FORT-POPHAM  CELEBRATION. 

I.  Speech  of  John  Wingate  Thornton, 
Esq.,  at  the  Fori-Popham  Celebration,  Au- 
gust 29,  1862,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Maine  Historical  Society,  Boston :  Printed 
by  Edward  L.  Balch,  34  School  Street. 
1863.     pp.  20. 

II.  The  Connection  of  the  Church  of 
England  with  Early  American  Discovery 
and  Colonization.  By  the  Rev.  William 
Stevens   Perry,    M.  A.     Portland,    Maine. 

1863.     pp.  7. 

These  brief  pamphlets  are  some  of  the  re- 
sults of  the  discussion  which  the  "Fort- 
Pophara  Celebration"  of  last  year  excited. 
That  celebration  was,  in  part,  an  attempt  to 
connect  with  the  earliest  settlement  of  New 
England  the  introduction  of  Episcopacy,  and 
to  show  that  "members  and  ministers  of 
the  English  Church  were  in  advance  of'' 
the  colonists  of  Plymouth  and  Massachu- 
setts, ''both  in  the  patient  endurance  of  the 
hardships  of  colonization  and  in  the  noble 
work  of  Christianizing  the  Aborigines.  ^^ 


This  purpose,  according  to  the  interpreta- 
tion given  by  the  celebrators  to  one  of  the 
memorial  inscriptions  erected  by  them,  was 
unmistakably  announced,  and  received  the 
sanction  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society. 
The  following  is  the  inscription  to  which  we 
refer: 

"In  MEMORY  OF 

GEORGE  POPHAM, 

WHO  FIRST  FROM  THE  SHORES  OF  ENGI.AND 

FOUNDED  A  CoLONY  IN  NeW  ENGLAND, 

AUGDST,  1607. 

He  brought  into  these  wilds 

English  laws  and  learning,  and  the 

Faith  and  the  Church  of  Christ. 

He  only,  of  the  Colonists, 

and  in  his  old  age,  died 

on  the  fifth  of  the  following  February, 

AND  WAS  buried  NEAR  THIS  SPOT." 

Mr.  Thornton,  who  had  been  invited  to 
take  part  in  the  celebration,  was  called  upon 
to  respond  to  a  sentiment  proposed  by  the 
Chairman;  and  he  did  so,  in  a  speech  of 
which  the  pamphlet  first  above-named,  is  a 
reprint.  In  this  speech  he  has  argued,  as 
we  think,  successfully,  that  Popham's  Colo- 
ny, of  1607,  was  neither  the  foundation  of  a 
state  nor  the  first  attempt  to  colonize  New 
England. 

The  first  serious  efibrt,  by  Englishmen,  to 
pcrmamently  inhabit  these  shores,  was,  un- 
doubtedly, that  of  Bartholomew  Gosnold,  in 
1602,  who,  with  thirty-two  companions,  built 
a  fort  and  "a  large  house"  on  what  is  now 
known  as  Cuttyhunk,  the  westernmost  of  the 
Elizabeth  Islands,  belonging  to  this  Com- 
monwealth. Several  years  ago  the  late  Dr. 
Belknap  made  a  journey  thither,  and  discov- 
ered some  evident  traces  of  the  precise  loca- 
tion of  the  fort  and  buildings,  and  to  this 
day,  the  pond  east  of  the  light-house  at  Cut- 
tyhunk bears  the  name  of  Gosnold's  Pond. 
This    settlement  was,    not  long   afterwards, 


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abandoned;  and  the  second  attempt  to  colo- 
nize New  England  was  the  enterprise  set  on 
foot  by  the  notorious  Sir  John  Popharn,  in 
1G07,  near  the  mouth  of  the  Sagadahoc  or 
Kennebeck,  in  the  state  of  Maine. 

After  alluding  to  Gosnold's  earlier  settle- 
ment, Mr.  Thornton  proceeds,  supported  by 
an  ample  array  of  authorities,  to  show  that 
Pophara's  settlement  was  started  with  the 
mistaken  expectation  of  reaping  great  profits 
from  the  mineral  products  of  the  country ; 
that  deported  criminals  constituted,  as  in 
Virginia,  the  body  of  the  colonists ;  that  the 
settlement  was  finally  discontinued  in  about 
one  year  from  its  commencement ;  that  its 
failure  was  a  hindrance  to  the  general  cause 
of  immigration,  because  it  damped  the  ardor 
of  other  adventurers ;  and  that  it  was  other- 
wise disastrous,  inasmuch  as  it  involved  the 
English  in  diflSculties  with  the  French,  who, 
after  this  failure,  were  more  readily  induced 
to  occupy  the  territory  which  these  English 
colonists  so  incontinently  abandoned.  In 
conclusion  he  draws  a  striking  contrast  be- 
tween the  short-lived  settlement  at  Sagadahoc, 
and  the  great  results  achieved  by  the  pious 
founders  of  Plymouth  and  Massachusetts. 

Had  Mr.  Thornton  proceeded  no  further 
than  to  exhibit  the  foregoing  facts,  there 
could  have  been  no  controversy  with  his  ar- 
gument, because  no  intelligent  person  who 
had,  at  all,  examined  the  history  of  the 
eastern  settlements  as  given  in  the  records, 
and  in  the  pages  of  all  writers  upon  the  sub- 
ject, nearly  or  quite  contemporaneous  with 
the  events,  could  have  had  the  hardihood  to 
dispute  either  of  his  propositions;  and  what- 
ever may  be  thought,  as  a  matter  of  eti- 
quette, of  the  propriety  of  his  course  in 
speaking  so  much  at  variance  from  the  gen- 
eral tenor  of  the  remarks  made  at  the  cele- 


bration, it  seems  to  us  that  he  was  not  only 
justified  in  critically  examining  the  history 
of  the  Popham  settlement  on  that  occasion, 
but  that  he  would  have  been  recreant  to  du- 
ty, as  a  professed  student  of  New  England's 
history,  if  he  had,  out  of  mere  complaisance, 
silently  noted  the  insidious  progress  of 
what,  if  an  error,  might  prove,  in  the  end,  a 
very  important  one,  and  one  fruitful  of  con- 
tentions. 

But,  as  we  ?iave  already  stated,  the  memo- 
rial inscription  which  we  have  quoted,  obvi- 
ously claims  for  George  Popham,  a  brother 
of  Sir  John,  and  the  leader  of  the  colonists, 
not  only  precedence  in  the  founding  of  a  col- 
ony, but  also  in  the  establishment  of  a  church 
in  New  England,  and  this  church,  according 
to  the  views  of  those  most  prominently  en- 
gaged in  the  celebration,  was  Episcopal  in 
its  character,  regular,  —  by  the  English 
standard, —  in  the  form  of  its  services,  and 
officiated  over  by  one  who  was  not  a  Puritan. 

Waiving  the  question  of  how  a  mere  at- 
tempt at  colonization,  abandoned  after  one 
year's  trial,  can,  properly,  be  regarded  as  an 
epoch  from  which  descendants  of  later  colo- 
nists should  date  the  introduction  of  their 
church  system,  Mr.  Thornton,  in  one  of  his 
notes,  expresses  a  doubt  as  to  whether  the  E- 
piscopal  forms  and  ceremonies  were  regular- 
ly introduced  at  Sagadahoc,  in  U)07,  by 
an  Episcopally  ordained  "Presbyter  of  the 
Church  of  England."  This  doubt  is  based 
upon  the  allusion  of  the  historian,  Strachey, 
to  Eichard  Seymour,  —  who  was  the  chap- 
lain of  the  colonists, —  as  their  "preacher," 
and  to  the  "sermon"  delivered  by  him  on 
the  first  Sunday  of  their  landing, — words, 
according  to  Mr.  Thornton,  which,  "certain- 
ly have  a  tinge  of  Puritanism." 

This  brings  us  to  a  consideration  of  Mr. 


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Perry's  pamphlet,  in  which,  towards  the  end, 
the  writer  cites  authorities  to  show  that 
the  words  "preacher,"  and  "sermon,"  "will 
be  found  to  have  another  history  and  to 
have  been  any  thing  but  detested" — quoting 
a  word  used  by  Mr.  Thornton  in  his  history 
of  Ancient  Pemaquid  —  "by  the  Eng- 
lish Church,  if  her  recorded  formularies  and 
documents  are  to  be  believed." 

Mr.  Perry  is  a  clergyman  of  the  Ameri- 
can Episcopal  Church,  and  is  zealous  to 
show,  not  only  that  Popham's  colony  was 
"  the  first  real  occupation  and  settlement  of 
New  England,  from  which  the  title  of  Eng- 
land to  a  most  important  share  of  the  North- 
ern coast  of  Airerica  dates,"  but  that  Rich- 
ard Seymour  was  a  clergyman  of  the  English 
Church,  "deriving  his  authority  for  his  sa- 
cred office  from  ordination  by  the  hands  of  a 
Bishop  of  the  same  church;"  that  Epis- 
copacy was,  by  him,  regularly  established  in 
the  colony,  and  that,  "after  years  of  efibrts 
and  small  returns  it  was  reserved  for  the  ty- 
rannous hand  of  Massachusetts  to  crush  out 
the  independence  and  existence  of  the  Epis- 
copal Province  of  Maine." 

With  regard  to  the  form  of  Mr.  Seymour's 
ordination,  and  the  regularity  of  his  practic- 
es, and  his  opinions  in  matters  of  church 
discipline,  it  would  be  impossible  to  arrive 
at  any  satisfactory  conclusion  from  the  lim- 
ited data  we  have  presented  to  us.  He  may 
have  been  a  rigid  conformist  or  High-Church 
presbyter  of  the  English  Church  or  he  may 
have  been  a  Puritan:  that  is,  either  a  reluc- 
tant conformist,  or  a  non-conformist  in  some 
particulars.  No  one,  we  believe,  claims 
that  he  was  a  Separatist,  or  Brownist ;  and 
such  a  claim  would  not  only  be  unsupported 
by  any  facts  known  to  us,  but  would,  of  it- 
self, be  highly  improbable.  That  he  was  a 
(25) 


Puritan  is  quite  possible;  but  whether  he 
was  so  or  not  is  to  be  determined  only  by 
sufficient  evidence.  Perhaps  in  the  litera- 
ture of  that  period,  — in  some  biographical 
book  or  manuscript, —  something  may  yet  be 
found  to  solve  all  doubt  upon  the  subject, 
which  is,  after  all,  a  matter  of  no  considera- 
ble importance. 

We  think,  however,  that  Mr.  Thornton  is 
right  in  saying  that  the  words  "preacher" 
and  "sermon,"  as  applied  to  him,  "have  a 
tinge  of  Puritanism,"  notwithstanding  Mr. 
Perry's  very  positive  and  rather  indignant 
objection  thereto.  We  have  some  definite 
evidence  to  corroborate  Mr.  Thornton's  sus- 
picion. Every  Puritan  parson  was  a  preach- 
er, but  not  so  every  priest  in  the  English 
Church ;  and  one  of  the  chief  and  most  ear- 
nestly-pressed demands  of  the  Puritans  was 
for  more  preaching.  Only  twenty  years  be- 
fore Seymour  sailed  for  New  England, 
(1686)  a  careful  survey  of  nine  of  the 
principal  counties  of  England,  —  including 
also  the  city  and  environs  of  London,  — 
disclosed  the  disgraceful  fact,  that  in  more 
than  two  thousand  churches  and  livings 
there  were  only  four  hundred  and  twen- 
ty-six preachers.  The  number  of  mere 
readers,  in  the  same  territory,  was  one 
thousand  three  hundred  and  seventy  three; 
while,  in  all  of  these,  the  non-residents  and 
double-bencficcd  numbered  five  hundred  and 
sixty-five.  It  was  the  estimate  of  contem- 
porary writers  and  men  of  good  judgment, 
that  "after  twenty  eight  years'  establish- 
ment of  the  Church  of  England,  there  were 
only  two  thousand  preachers  to  serve  near 
ten  thousand  parish  churches."  From  many 
of  these  livings  which  were  without  preach- 
ers, Puritan  divines,  educated  at  Oxford  and 
Cambridge,  had  been    suspended  or  ejected* 


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— not  for  "impiety  immorality,  want  of 
learning  or  diligence  in  the  ministerial  work, 
but  for  not  being  satisfied  in  the  use  of  cer- 
tain ceremonies,"  s»  o  o  o  "and  for  not  be- 
ing able  to  declare  that  every  thing  in  the 
Common-Prayer  Book  is  agreeable  to  the  Word 
of  God:" —  and  in  their  places,  if  filled  at 
all,  the  bishops  had  in  many  instances  sup- 
plied their  flocks  with  clerical  shoe-makers, 
barbers,  tailors,  water-bearers,  shepherds 
and  horse-keepers ;  many  of  whom  were  pot- 
companions,  simpletons,  covetouf,  licentious, 
profane,  and  even  convicted  of  felonies  for 
which  they  had  been  punished,  with  benefit 
of  clergy.  How  could  such  vagabonds  be 
expected  to  preach,  much  more  edify  by  their 
sermons  ?  Yet  these  all  received  Episcopal 
ordination  at  the  hands  of  such  bishops  as 
Alley  and  Bradbridge. 

As  further  evidence  to  the  same  point, 
we  adduce  the  fact  that  preaching  was  of- 
ten restricted,  and  sometimes  entirely  sus- 
pended, for  a  season,  at  least,  ly  the  high- 
est authorities  of  the  Church.  And  that  the 
condition  of  the  Church  had  not  essentially 
improved  since  the  year  1586,  is  evident 
from  the  fact  that  only  four  years  before  the 
settlement  at  Sagadahoc,  when  Dr.  Reynolds, 
at  the  Hampton  Conference  before  King 
James,  in  behalf  of  the  Puritan  clergy,  com- 
plained of  pluralities  in  the  Church,  and 
prayed  that  all  parishes  might  be  furnished 
with  preaching  ministers,  Bancroft  immedi- 
ately "fell  upon  his  knees  and  petitioned 
His  Majesty  that  all  parishes  might  have 
a  praying  ministry ;  '  for  preaching  has  grown 
so  much  in  fashion '  says  he,  '  that  the  ser- 
vice of  the  Church  is  neglected.  Beside  pul- 
pit harangues  are  very  dangerous';  he  there- 
fore humbly  moved  that  the  number  of  homi- 
lies might  be  increased,  and  that  the  clergy 


might  be  obliged  to  read  them,  instead  of  ser- 
mons in  which  many  vented  their  spleen 
against  their  superiors."  Bancroft's  petition 
was  granted. 

From  the  foregoing  items,  alone,  it  would 
appear  that  all  that  Mr.  Thornton  suggested 
had  ample  foundation  in  the  facts  of  history, 
and  that  if  Seymour  was  not  a  Puritan, 
Strachey's  account  fully  warrants  the  belief  of 
his  having  been  even  a  non-conformist.  What- 
ever he  was  as  a  Churchman,  let  us  hope 
that  he  was  a  sincere  Christian,  more  intent 
on  saving  souls  than  on  preserving  traditions 
and  performing  ceremonies ;  and  that  the 
poor  criminals  under  his  spiritual  care  were 
benefitted  by  his  ministrations; — criminals 
who  must  have  been  exceedingly  depraved 
or  exceedingly  unfortunate  to  have  stood 
convicted  of  crimes  against  persons  and  prop- 
erty in  an  age  which  held  such  offences  venial 
as  compared  with  ecclesiastical  and  politi- 
cal irregularities ;  and  in  a  country  which 
could  boast  that  the  head  of  its  Church  and 
the  Chief  Justice  of  its  highest  bench  had, 
between  them,  scrupled  not  to  perpetrate 
almost  every  offence  known  to  criminal  law, 
from  the  highway  robberies  of  Popham  to  the 
foul  orgies  of  James,  his  blasphemous  inso- 
lence at  the  Hampton-court  Conference,  and 
his  connivance  at  the  murder  of  Overbury. 

We  have  said  that  Seymour's  views  and 
practices  in  regard  to  disciplinary  matters, 
are  things  of  no  great  importance.  We  do 
not  mean  by  this  that  these  subjects  should 
not  be  investigated,  and,  if  possible,  fully 
settled;  but  we  mean  that,  whichever  way 
they  may  be  decided,  the  result  cannot  affect 
the  principal  fact  sought  to  be  established, 
by  Mr.  Perry,  that  "  the  Faith  and  the 
Church  of  Christ"  were  brought  to  these 
wilds  by  no  other  clergymen  than  regularly 


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ordained  priests  of  the  English  Church. 
This  fact  is  secure  enough  even  if,  to  prove 
it,  Mr.  Perry  should  be  obliged  to  come  to 
Plymouth  or  Massachusetts  for  his  evidence; 
for  who,  but  members  of  the  Church  of 
England,  founded  these  colonies  ?  and  what 
were  their  pastors,  if  not  priests  of  that 
Church  ? 

It  is  true  that  some  of  these  clergymen, 
nay,  most  of  them,  had  been  deprived  of 
their  benefices,  but  these  ecclesiastical  cen- 
sures did  not,  necessarily,  include  degrada- 
tion from  the  priestly  office ;  and  the  offend- 
ers certainly  were  not  excommunicated. 
On  the  contrary  almost  all  of  them  protest- 
ed against  even  being  called  "  Separatists  ;" 
they  talked  and  wrote  fondly  of  the  Church 
of  England  as  "our  dear  Mother,"  and 
openly  participated  in  her  sacraments,  in 
full  and  unchallenged  communion,  whenever 
they  returned  to  England  on  matters  of 
business  and  the  like.  Two  notable  excep- 
tions to  this  rule,  however,  ought  not  to  be 
forgotten  ;  and  these  were  Kalph  Smith,  the 
first  minister  at  Plymouth,  and  Roger  Wil- 
liams of  Salem, — both  of  whom  were  coldly 
treated,  and  even  persecuted,  by  their  fellow 
Puritans  for  their  advocacy  of  Separation, 
though  it  does  not  appear,  we  believe,  that 
either  of  them  was  ever  degraded  or  excom- 
municated in  England  for  this  or  any  other 
offisnce.     To  this  point  we  shall  refer  again. 

Mr.  Perry's  solicitude  to  relieve  Popham's 
colonists  from  "a  charge  of  Puritanism" 
springs,  we  fear,  from  his  erroneous  views 
respecting  the  character  of  these  dreaded 
Puritans.  It  is  a  vulgar  prejudice,  from 
which  all  respectable  modern  historians  have 
succeeded  in  liberating  themselves,  in  a  great 
measure,  that  leads  some,  otherwise  careful, 
thinkers  to  flippantly  discuss  the  "  Puritans  " 


as  if  it  were  a  settled  point  in  history  that 
these  maligned  "sectaries"  were  guilty  of 
plebeian  extraction,  of  gross  superstition,  hy- 
pocrisy, ignorance  and  misanthropy;  and, 
above  all,  to  treat  of  them  as  if  they  consti- 
tuted a  party  outside  of,  and  pitted  against 
the  Church,  and  persistently  bent  upon  her 
destruction. 

Now  it  would,  oftentimes,  startle  these 
anti-Puritans,  we  imagine,  to  boldly  meet 
them,  not  only  with  a  denial  of  all  these  as- 
persions, but  with  the  further  declaration 
that,  in  respect  to  all  the  characteristics  above 
named,  the  Puritans,  as  a  class,  were  de- 
cidedly superior  to  their  High-Church  breth- 
ren. Yet  this  statement  is  true;  and,  if  in- 
stead of  consulting  the  story  of  Hudibras, 
and  later  lucubrations  starting  from  that 
source,  the  student  will  take  the  pains  to 
wade  and  even  wallow  a  little  through  the 
pages  of  contemporaneous  history  in  the 
study  of  this  subject,  he  will  soon  be  con- 
vinced that  a  large  proportion  of  the  old 
English  aristocracy  — including  many,  of 
what  Mr.  Perry  calls  "England's  highest 
noblemen  "  —  was  Puritan ;  that  superstition 
hovered  around  the  masses  and  mummeries 
of  High-Church  prelates,  and  could  not  brook 
the  severely  plain  ceremonies  of  the  reform- 
ers ;  that  hypocrisy  battened  in  a  multitude 
of  stalls  and  benefices,  unworthily  held,  and 
shared  not  the  chaste  companionship  of 
priests  deprived  and  in  exile,  for  conscience' 
sake ;  that  ignorance  was  to  be  found  among 
those  clergymen  who,  because  they  could  not 
write  their  own,  were  taxed  at  four  purchased 
sermons  a  year  —  as  appears  in  the  visita- 
lions  of  the  Bishop  of  London,  where  these 
illiterate  priests  were  enjoined  to  have  a  li- 
brary of  two  books  (a  Bible,  in  Latin  and 
English,  and  Bullinger's  Decads,) —  and  not 


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among  the  Puritan  divines ;  scarcely  one  of 
whom,  but  had  distinguished  himself,  at  one 
of  the  Universities,  as  tutor  or  scholar,  and 
many  of  whom  are  still  remembered  for  their 
vast  and  profound  learning. 

Of  intolerance,  the  Puritans,  at  least  those 
of  New  England,  had  their  full  share.  But 
herein,  it  must  be  remembered,  they  were 
not  hypocritical  or  inconsistent,  for  they  nev- 
er professed  a  willingness  to  tolerate,  or  to 
have  others  tolerate,  error  of  any  kind.  It 
is  a  mistaken  pretension  of  modern  times 
which  Mrs.  Hemans  has  so  beautifully  ech- 
oed:— 

"They  left  unstained  what  here  they  found  : 
Freedom  to  worship  God." 

No  matter  what  New  England  now  is,  New 
England  under  Puritan  rule  was  intolerant 
just  in  proportion  to  the  strength  and  sinceri- 
ty of  her  faith.  Witness  the  fate  of  the  Sep- 
aratists, Antinomians,  Baptists,  Quakers,  mi- 
nor heretics,  and  lastly,  and  most  gently  han- 
dled, of  the  High-Churchmen  of  Massachu- 
setts. This  is  a  fact  which  we  should  have 
the  courage  and  honesty  not  to  conceal  or  de- 
ny. But  what  of  this  fact  ?  Does  it  lift  any 
blame  from  the  shoulders  of  the  High-Church 
party,  in  respect  to  their  intolerance  ?  Wore 
any  of  the  schismatics  above-named,  at  any 
given  period,  freer  from  persecution  in  Old 
England,  than  in  New  England  ?  Never,  ex- 
cept during  the  comparatively  short  rule  of 
Cromwell  and  the  Independents.  The  truth 
is  that  the  age  had  not  learned  the  important 
lesson  of  the  necessity  and  the  policy  of  toler- 
ation; and  the  Puritans  of  New  England, 
with  a  few  striking  exceptions,  acted  precise- 
ly as  their  brethren  of  the  Church  of  England 
did  at  home,  with  this  difference,  —  and  it  is 
an  important  one,  and  favorable  to  the  Puri- 
tans, —  that  while  the  offences  punished  in 
England  were,  generally,  irregularities  of  dis- 


cipline, the  oflFences  punished  in  New  Eng- 
land were,  almost  always,  heresies,  or  delin- 
quences  in  doctrinal  matters.  It  is  true  a  re- 
spectable, intelligent  and  commanding  body 
growing  out  of  the  Puritan  ranks,  the  Eng- 
lish Independents,  strove,  long  and  earnestly, 
for  universal  toleration,  and,  for  a  while,  suc- 
ceeded in  giving  the  harassed  people  a  com- 
fortable share  of  this  blessing.  But  in  this 
and  many  other  things  those  great  men  were 
far,  very  far  in  advance  of  the  age  ;  and  af- 
ter the  downfal',  of  the  Commonwealth,  the 
government,  in  new  hands,  relapsed  into  the 
old  slough  of  intolerance,  just  as,  under  the 
same  imbecile  and  tyrannous  management,  its 
political  and  martial  glories  faded  and  were 
forgotten. 

We  judge  that  Mr.  Perry  holds  erroneous 
views  respecting  the  history  and  ecclesiastical 
standing  of  the  Puritans,  not  only  from  his 
evident  desire  to  clear  the  colonists  at  Saga- 
dahoc from  all  suspicion  of  Puritanism,  but 
also  from  the  importance  which  he  attaches 
to  the  testimony  of  Neal  respecting  the  date 
or  the  rise  of  the  Independents  in  England  — 
a  circumstance  which  Mr.  Perry  erroneously 
assumes  to  be  historically  identical  with  the 
beginning  of  Separation —  and  also  from  the 
strange  argument  which  he  holds  to  show  that 
"  Popham's  brother,  and  Raleigh's  nephew 
and  Gilbert's  son,"  were  not  Puritans,  be- 
cause they  could  not  have  been  Separatists — 
a  non-sequitur,  which  betrays,  we  submit, 
great  unmindfulness,  on  his  part,  of  some  very 
important  facts  in  the  history  of  the  reforms 
and  changes  in  the  English  Church. 

No  Separation  before  1616  !  How  can  Mr. 
Perry  have  forgotten  the  London  Separatists 
of  1567,  the  Brownists,  and  the  martyrdom 
of  Barrowe,  Greenwood  and  Penry?  And 
would  he  have  us  believe  that  Puritans  were 


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always  Separatists  ?  Has  he  forgotten  the  ul- 
tra-Puritan Bishop  Hooper?  and  how,  on  the 
archiepiscopal  throne  of  Canterbury,  sat  the  re- 
nowned Puritans,  Giindal  and  Abbot? 

Of  course  we  shall  not  here  undertake  to 
enlarge  upon  the  history  of  the  Puritans ;  and 
we  should  hesitate  to  quote  from  the  pages  of 
Neal  or  Hopkins,  when  those  ample  histories 
are  so  easy  of  access  to  all;  but,  as  it  will 
greatly  aid  us  in  expressing  our  views  as  to 
what  constituted  Puritanism,  let  us  briefly  ex- 
amine the  points  which,  on  divers  memorable 
occasions,  the  Puritan  clergy  indicated  as  the 
only  essential  matters  of  difference  between 
them  and  those  of  their  brethren  who  stood 
up  in  defence  of  every  tradition  and  every 
prelatical  innovation  of  the  Church. 

In  the  great  contest  of  Knox  versus  Cox, 
which  broke  out  at  Frankfort  among  the  ex- 
iled Englishmen  of  Queen  Mary's  day,  and 
which  marks  the  beginning  of  Puritanism,  the 
dispute  commenced  in  an  attempted  alteration 
of  the  Liturgy  as  it  had  been  established  un- 
der King  Edward.  The  "Church"  had  gone 
abroad ;  the  Queen  being  a  Romanist,  its  tem- 
poral headship  was  in  abeyance  ;  and,  with  few 
exceptions,  all  those  who,  upon  the  accession 
of  Elizabeth,  were  first  to  become  conspicu- 
ous as  its  ministers  and  prelates,  were  living 
in  obscurity  or  in  exile.  The  exiles,  there- 
fore, rightfully  claimed  full  power,  next  un- 
der God,  to  regulate  ecclesiastical  affairs  in 
such  manner  as  seemed  to  them  to  be  best  for 
the  interests  of  religion,  and  an  attempt  to  sim- 
plify the  Liturgy,  — by  casting  aside  the  lita- 
ny and  the  surplice,  altering  the  confession, 
substituting  for  the  hymns,  between  the  chap- 
ters and  the  creed,  a  version  of  the  psalms,  by 
Sternhold  and  Hopkins,  and  making  some  ad- 
ditional, trifling  variations  from  the  old  ser- 
vice,—  was  the  result.     These  things  done, 


and  the  tenderest  and  most  ultra-Protestant 
conscience  was  satisfied.  In  1556,  simply 
these  constituted  the  whole  of  Puritanism. 
The  Presbyterians  went  further  and  denied  the 
precedence  of  the  Bishops  as  a  clerical  order; 
but  not  so  the  Puritans,  who  were  content 
with  the  Episcopacy  as  that  system  was  then 
understood  and  managed  by  Protestants. 

Let  us  now  consider  their  complaints  and 
demands  at  a  later  date.  The  time  we  will 
select  shall  be  soon  after  the  Church  was  re- 
established under  Elizabeth,  when  new  meas- 
ures began  to  be  used  to  promote  uniformity — 
the  English  Reformers,  contrary  to  the  gener- 
al spirit  of  the  Reformation,  having  strange- 
ly resolved  to  maintain,  throughout  the  realm, 
the  greatest  regularity  in  forms,  ceremonies 
and  habits,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  Rome 
itself  had  not  yet  adopted  a  uniform  missal, 
but  had  permitted  a  diversity  of  liturgies, 
even  in  England,  as  the  Use  of  Salisbury,  (a- 
dopted  by  WyclifFe  in  his  New  Testament) 
the  Use  of  Bangor,  of  York,  of  Hereford,  etc. 
attest,  and  notwithstanding  that  the  highest 
English  prelates  had,  on  the  most  solemn  oc- 
casions, intentionally  appeared  in  garments 
differing  not  much  from  the  common  habili- 
ments of  a  priest  or  scholar. 

In  the  year  1561,  when  Archbishop  Par- 
ker undertook  to  suppress  Puritanism  at  Ox- 
ford, Rev.  Thomas  Sampson,  Dean  of  Christ 
Church,  and  Dr.  Lawrence  Humphrey,  legius 
professor  of  Divinity  and  President  of  Mag- 
dalen College,  being  cited,  with  others,  to 
Lambeth,  were  peremptorily  ordered  to  con- 
form to  the  habits,  —  that  is,  "to  wear  the 
square  cap,  and  no  hats,  in  their  long  gowns; 
to  wear  the  suiplice  with  non-regents  hoods 
in  the  choirs,  according  to  ancient  custom, 
and  to  communicate  kneeling,  in  wafer  bread, 
or  else  they  should   part  with  their   prefer- 


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ments."  These  grave,  learned  and  manly 
Protestant  divines,  replied  that  "they  could 
not  conscientiously  comply  with  these  injunc- 
tions, be  the  event  what  it  might."  And 
they  were  punished  accordingly.  This  was 
the  whole  of  their  obnoxious  "Puritanism." 
At  the  same  time  the  London  Puritan  min- 
isters were  treated  in  the  same  manner  for  a 
similar  offence,  and  for  nothing  else.  So  that 
thirty-seven  clergymen  of  the  city,  including, 
as  the  Archbishop  himself  acknowledged, 
"some  of  the  best,"  were  silenced  for  reject- 
ing what  the  Church,  at  a  later  date,  reject- 
ed and  still  rejects, — the  use  of  the  idola- 
trous trappings  of  Rome. 

Let  us,  next,  come  down  to  the  year  1584, 
after  Whitgift  had  been  translated  to  the  See 
of  Canterbury.  This  zealous  High-Church- 
man immediately  set  about  correcting  the  ir- 
regularities which  had  been  permitted  and 
encouraged  by  his  Puritan  predecessor.  To 
this  end  he  promulgated,  by  his  sole  authori- 
ty, certain  articles  intended  to  check  these 
irregularities,  and  to  bring  about  an  enforced 
uniformity  in  the  ceremonies  of  the  Church. 
Alarmed  at  this  new  assertion  of  authority  by 
the  Primate,  and  reluctant  to  surrender  the 
liberty  of  conscience  of  which  they  had  deemed 
themselves  secure,  the  Puritan  clergy  and  no- 
bility, aided  by  some  civilians  of  the  courts, 
united  in  divers  remonstrances, — usually  of 
an  argumentative  character, —  quite  earnestly, 
though  respectfully  and  temperately  expressed. 
So  much  opposition  was  shown  against  the  new 
measures,  that  after  suspending  two  hundred 
and  thirty-three  non-subscribing  clergymen, 
the  Archbishop, — who  was  not  so  far  es- 
tranged from  Papacy  as  to  have  found  it  diffi- 
cult ttt  hold  his  place  in  the  University  during 
the  whole  of  "Bloody"  Mary's  reign,  while 
his  more  scrupulous  brethren  were  in  exile, — 


conceived  the  expedient  of  borrowing  from 
"Mother-Church"  one  of  her  most  power- 
ful engines  of  oppression,  namely,  the  Inqui- 
sition,— in  order  to  prosecute  his  "reforms" 
with  greater  speed  and  certainty. 

This  piece  of  ecclesiastical  machinery  was 
brought  in  under  the  old  name  of  the  "  Court 
of  High  Commission,"  it  being  the  sixth  es- 
tablishment of  that  court,  each  new  organiza- 
tion having  brought  to  it  greater  powers  and 
a  wider  jurisdiction.  An  oath,  ex  officio, 
was  to  be  tende.ed,  in  this  court,  to  any  cler- 
gyman, who  was  not  to  refuse  the  same  under 
penalty  of  unlimited  fines  or  imprisonments : 
contrary  to  the  rule  of  the  Common  Law,  con- 
fessions were  to  be  extorted,  and  that,  too, 
"by  all  means  and  ways  that  "  the  Commis- 
sioners "could  devise," — including,  of  course, 
the  rack  and  torture. 

Twenty-four  articles  of  inquisition  were  pre- 
pared by  the  Archbishop,  which  were  to  be 
tendered  to  the  Puritan  prisoners  immediate- 
ly upon  their  being  brought  into  court  by  the 
pursuivants.  Now,  every  one  of  these  twen- 
ty-four articles  was  contrived  to  aid  in  ascer- 
taining the  prisoner's  opinion  of  the  legality 
and  authority  of  the  ceremonies  and  sacra- 
ments, as  regulated  by  law,  and  his  past  con- 
duct respecting  their  due  observance. 

Against  this  enormous  tyranny  even  the 
conservative  nobility  were  obliged  to  protest. 
First  Cecil  (Lord  Treasurer  Burleigh)  vig- 
orously and  pointedly  declared  his  objections, 
in  a  letter  to  the  Primate;  then  followed  the 
Lords  of  the  Council,  jointly,  —  Burleigh, 
the  Earls  of  Warwick,  Shrewsbury  and  Lei- 
cester, Lord  Charles  Howard,  Sir  James 
Crofts,  Sir  Christopher  Hatton,  and  Sir 
Francis  Walsingham,  Secretary  of  State. 
Moved  by  these  demonstrations,  the  Arch- 
bishop, without  relenting,  consented,  at  length. 


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to  a  conference  at  Lambeth,  where  the  Pur- 
itan clergy  appeared,  and  discussed  "  things 
needful  to  be  reformed  in  the  Book  of  Com- 
mon Prayer."  By  the  record  of  this  discus- 
sion it  appears  that  their  only  objections  were 
to  the  treating  the  Apocrypha  as  of  equal  sanc- 
tity with  the  Canonical  Scriptures ;  to  bap- 
tism by  laymen  and  women,  and  interroga- 
tories in  the  name  of  the  child,  and  the  use 
of  the  sign  of  the  cross  therein ;  to  private 
communion  ;  to  the  apparel ;  and,  finally,  to 
the  insuflBcient  ministry,  non-residence  and 
pluralities  of  the  clergy.  The  conference 
ended  in  the  disappointment  of  the  Puritan 
clergy,  and  of  all  who  shared  their  opinions, 
including  most  of  those  of  the  laity  who  were 
distinguished  for  piety,  intelligence  and  good 
repute.  Lady  Ann  Bacon,  mother  of  the  ira- 
moital  Sir  Francis,  and  a  true  Puritan,  wrote, 
under  date  of  February  26th,  1585,  to  her 
kinsman,  Burleigh,  a  letter  in  the  nature  of 
an  appeal  from  this  result  of  the  conference, 
asking  for  a  re-hearing  before  the  Queen  or 
the  Council,  in  which  she  declares,  *' I  con- 
fess, as  one  that  hath  found  mercy,  that  I 
have  profited  more  in  the  inward -feeling 
knowledge  of  God's  holy  will  (though  but  in 
a  small  measure)  hy  such  sincere  and  sound 
opening  of  the  Scriptures  hy  an  ordinary 
preaching  within  these  seven  or  eight  years 
[during  Grindal's  Puritan  administration]  than 
I  did  hy  hearing  odd  sermons  at  Paul's  well- 
nigh  twenty  years  together.^' 

Thus  stood  Puritanism  in  1585.  The  de- 
feated Puritan  preachers  were,  generally,  sup- 
planted by  mere  readers,  or  their  benefices 
were  left  void,  or,  what  is  worse,  since  it 
barred  all  hope  of  stated  preaching,  were  held 
as  pluralities.  Meantime  the  soul-hungry  peo- 
ple were  left  to  repine,  and  wonder  that  so 
many  excellent  men,  whose  eloquence  and  zeal. 


in  the  days  of  Archbishop  Grindal's  authori- 
ty, had  sweetly  comforted  them  with  whole- 
some instructions  and  warmed  them  with  high 
and  holy  emotions,  should  be  deprived  or  si- 
lenced, when  the  need  of  their  ministrations 
was  more  keenly  felt  than  ever  before,  in  the 
appetite  which  such  spiritual  nourishment, 
publicly  and  innocently  offered,  had  created 
or  greatly  increased. 

Now,  if  we  come  down  twenty  years  later 
still,  to  the  famous  or  rather  infamous  recep- 
tion of  the  Puritans  by  King  James,  at  the 
three  days'  conference  at  Hampton  Court,  in 
1603,  we  shall  find  them  uttering  the  same 
complaints  and  asking  for  the  same  long-de- 
sired changes;  adding,  however,  a  request  that 
they  might  be  allowed  the  "liberty  of  prophe- 
sying," in  the  rural  deaneries,  as  in  Arch- 
bishop Grindal's  time,  (that  is,  the  liberty  to 
hold  occasional  informal  meetings  among  them- 
selves for  the  prayerful  reading  and  discussion 
of  Scripture,)  and,  also,  protesting  against 
the  growing  power  of  the  Bishops,  who,  since 
Bancroft's  great  sermon  at  Paul's  Cross,  Jan. 
12,  1588, — preached  by  him  as  chaplain  to 
the  Archbishop,  —  had,  generally,  fallen  in 
with  the  doctrine,  then  and  there  first  author- 
itatively broached  in  the  Reformed  Church,  of 
the  divine  right  of  the  Bishops  to  rank  as 
a  distinct  or  third  order  of  the  clergy.  This 
protest,  it  is  true,  was  not  so  distinctly  made 
by  the  Puritans  as  it  would  have  been,  had 
not  the  King's  violent  interruptions  of  the 
speakers  prevented;  for,  during  a  period  of 
nearly  forty  years,  the  growing  authority  of 
the  Bishops  had  been  watched  by  them  with 
alarm,  and,  for  nearly  half  that  time,  the  doc- 
trine of  "divine  right"  had  almost  entirely 
superseded  that  fundamental  doctrine  of  the 
Reformation,  of  the  equality  of  presbyters  and 
bishops  :  a  doctrine  which  had  fully  obtained 


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in  the  reformed  churches  of  the  Continent  and 
in  Scotland,  which  had  been  expressly  and 
solemnly  sanctioned  by  Henry  the  Eighth,  in 
the  "King's  Book,"  in  1543,  and  which 
even  the  Council  of  Trent  had  hesitated  to 
oppugn. 

Thus  wo  see  that  the  Puritans  were  not  on- 
ly true  Churchmen,  but  that  the  reforms  they 
sought  and  which  brought  them  into  conflicts 
with  the  hierarchy,  were  so  entirely  reasona- 
ble and  necessary  that  most  of  them  have 
been,  practically,  approved  of  by  the  Church 
in  later  times. 

The  fathers  of  the  New-England  churches, 
then,  were  none  the  less  Churchmen  because 
they  were  Puritans;  nor  because,  in  discipli- 
nary matters,  they  diverged  from  the  English 
practices  more  widely  than  did  any  of  their 
brethren  in  England;  for,  notwithstanding 
their  irregular  practices,  they  were  priests  of 
the  English  Establishment,  duly  ordained, 
and,  as  such,  had  full  power  to  ordain  dea- 
cons and  presbyters, — in  other  words,  to  con- 
tinue the  "apostolical  succession,'' — without 
the  aid  of  a  bishop :  such  was  the  doctrine  of 
the  Church  in  their  day,  as  it  had  been  ex- 
pounded by  Cranmer,  Pilkington,  Jewel, 
Grindal,  Whitgift,  Usher,  and  even  by  Ban- 
croft himself.  No  unworthiness  by  reason  of 
their  non-conformity  or  otherwise,  could  inval- 
idate the  effect  of  their  administration  of  the 
most  sacred  rites.  This  is  settled  by  the  twen- 
ty-seventh of  the  forty-two  Articles  of  Relig- 
ion agreed  upon  under  King  Edward,  in  1552 ; 
which  is  now  the  twenty-sixth  of  the  thirty- 
nine  Articles  of  1562,  and  which  was  adopted 
by  the  American  Episcopal  Church  in  1801. 
Moreover  the  thirty-fourth  article  declares, 
"It  is  not  necessary  that  traditions  and  cere- 
monies be  in  all  places  one  and  utterly  like; 


for  at  all  times  they  have  been  divers,  and 
may  be  changed  according  to  the  diversities 
of  countries,  times  and  men's  manners,  so 
that  nothing  be  ordained  against  God's  Word." 
Nothing,  therefore,  can  be  argued  against  the 
legitimacy  of  the  American  churches  from  the 
simplicity  of  their  rites.  It  is  true  that,  by 
the  Canons  of  1603,  the  assertion,  inculca- 
tion or  practice  of  anything  inconsistent  with 
complete  conformity  subjected  the  oflfender  to 
excommunication,  ipso  facto.  But  these  can- 
ons were  not  regularly  authorized  and  have 
been  rejected  by  the  British  Courts  as  not 
binding  on  the  laity.  [Middleton  v.  Croft,  in 
1737,  is  the  leading  case]  As  for  the  cler- 
gy, although  excommunication,  under  these 
canons,  might  have  followed  ipso  facto,  a 
declaratory  sentence  of  guilt ;  yet  such  a  sen- 
tence, founded  upon  a  proper  charge,  after 
due  citation  and  hearing,  was  a  necessary  pre- 
requisite, as  all  civilians  agree;  and  no  such 
action  was  ever  attempted,  or  at  least  carried 
out,  against  the  New-England  preachers.  On 
a  full  consideration,  therefore,  of  all  the  cir- 
cumstances of  their  condition,  a  candid  mind 
will  find  little  cause  of  surprise  at  their  claim, 
— which  has  been  alluded  to  before  in  this  ar^ 
tide, —  to  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of 
members  of  the  English  Church. 

The  Puritans  came  hither,  we  repeat,  not 
as  Separatists,  for  only  a  few  had  the  incli- 
nation, and  none  had  the  power  to  separate 
without  the  Church's  consent.  Will  it  be 
asked,  Why,  then,  did  they  come?  Their 
answer  must  be  ours:  that  they  might  con- 
tinue the  work  of  reformation,  and  enjoy 
their  reforms  unmolested;  that  they  might 
avoid  all  danger  of  relapsing  into  Romanism ; 
and,  above  all,  that  they  might  in  this  wil- 
derness, as  in  duty  bound,  promulgate  and 
enforce  the  practice  and  knowledge  of  Chris- 


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tian  truths  as  they  understood  them,  and  so 
found  a  Christian  Commonwealth,  which  they 
firmly  believed  and  predicted  would  spring 
from  the  germs  of  their  planting.  Deprived 
of  the  benefices  which  had  fed  their  hungry 
children  and  their  dependent  poor,  for  no  oth- 
er fault  than  a  conscientious  refusal  to  wear 
a  square  cap,  or  make  the  sign  of  the  cross 
in  baptism,  and  obliged,  like  their  brethren 
fifty  years  before,  to  surrender  the  care  of 
their  tender  spiritual  flocks  to  "persons,"  in 
the  authoritative  language  of  the  Lords  of 
the  Council, — "notoriously  unfit;  most  for 
lack  of  learning ;  many  chargeable  with  great 
and  enormous  faults,  as  drunkeness,  filthi- 
ness  of  life,  gaming  at  cards,  haunting  of  ale- 
houses, etc.,"  against  whom  there  were  no 
proceedings  because  they  strictly  conformed 
to  the  ritual, — these  poor  and  pious  preach- 
ers were  obliged  to  emigrate  or  starve;  for 
by  the  inexorable  canons  of  their  church, — 
the  same  code  which,  to  day,  obliges  the  Bish- 
op of  Eochester  to  reprove  his  subordinate, 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Davies,  for  "  associating  with 
farmers,"  they  were  forbidden  to  relinquish 
their  high  calling,  or  to  use  themselves  in 
the  avocations  of  laymen,  under  the  penalty 
of  excommunication;  which  to  them  meant 
the  being  cut  oflF  from  God,  His  Church,  and 
all  hope  of  grace. 

Let  not  Mr.  Perry  be  ashamed,  then,  if, 
to  establish  his  point,  that  to  priests  of  the 
Church  of  England  we  are  indebted  for  the 
introduction  of  "  English  laws  and  learning, 
and  the  Faith  and  the  Church  of  Christ,"  he 
should  be  obliged  to  admit  that  those  priests 
were  Puritans, —  a  name  which,  in  itself, 
means  nothing  disgraceful,  and  which,  so 
far  from  being  a  badge  of  separation,  will,  we 
are  convinced,  some  day  in  the  future,  prove 
(26) 


the  surest  bond  of  a  more  hearty  union  be- 
tween the  New-England  churches  and  their 
Mother  Church, —  that  bulwark  of  Protes- 
tant faith,  dear  to  New-England  hearts  not 
only  from  intimate  common  traditions,  but 
because,  with  all  the  crimes  and  errors  of  her 
prelacy,  she,  nevertheless,  stayed  the  prog- 
ress of  an  ecclesiastical  tyranny  more  debas- 
ing and  blighting  in  its  influence  on  the  peo- 
ple than  all  the  other  despotisms  of  Chris- 
tendom. 

What  Mr.  Perry  means  by  the  crushing 
out  "  of  the  independence  and  existence  of 
the  Episcopal  Province  of  Maine"  by  "the 
tyrannous  hand  of  Massachusetts,"  we  can- 
not explain  without  impeaching  his  candor 
or  discrediting  the  sources  of  his  informa- 
tion. Massachusetts,  it  is  true,  took  good 
care  of  the  scattered  colonists  of  Maine, 
when  they  were  unable  to  protect  themselves 
or  even  to  control  their  internal  affiairs;  but 
it  is  not  true,  in  any  sense,  that  she  imposed 
upon  them  a  government  which  they  did  not 
want  and,  even,  ask  for.  Nor  is  there  any 
sufficient  reason  to  suppose  that  there  was  a 
continuous  colony  of  Episcopalians  at  Saga- 
dahoc, or  elsewhere  in  the  Province  of  Maine, 
from  the  time  of  Popham's  settlement.  In 
proof  of  these,  our  assertions,  let  us  glance 
at  the  condition  of  the  eastern  settlements 
during  the  Colonial  period. 

The  territory  east  of  the  Kennebeck  was 
not  only  not  included  within  the  ancient  Pro- 
vince of  Maine,  but  was  the  scene  of  so 
many  rival  settlements,  revolutions  and  mil- 
itary conflicts,  that  it  can  hardly  be  consid- 
ered a  settled  country  till  after  the  decision  of 
the  Congress  of  Utrecht  in  1713.  The  east- 
em  troubles  began  with  the  Stuart  dynasty. 


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The  accession  of  James  was  the  signal  for  all 
sorts  of  depredations,  by  the  Continental  na- 
tions, on  the  territories  of  England  acquired 
by  the  great  navigators  and  adventurers  of 
Elizabeth's  reign.  France,  represented  by 
the  Sieur  De  Monts,  immediately  laid  claim 
to  Northern  Virginia  as  far  west  as  Saco,  and 
thence  eastward,  to  the  St.  Lawrence.  Pop- 
ham's  colony,  as  we  have  seen,  did  not  secure 
a  permament  foothold ;  but  a  few  years  later, 
Sir  Samuel  Argal,  with  a  fleet  from  Virgin- 
ia, displaced  the  French  settlers  from  a  por- 
tion of  this  territory,  only,  however,  that  it 
might  be  re-surrendered  to  the  French  by 
King  Charles,  in  1635, —  after  it  had,  in  the 
meantime,  been  conveyed  to  several  of  his 
subjects  by  different  grants.  Before  this  last 
date  the  New- Plymouth  colonists  had  settle- 
ments upon  the  Kennebeck  and  the  Penob- 
scot. The  latter,  Charles's  weak  policy  o- 
bliged  them  to  abandon  to  the  French;  but 
not  the  former,  which  were  not  embraced  in 
the  French  claim  as  it  was  then  allowed. 
Previous  to  these  New-Plymouth  settlements 
there  were,  no  doubt,  a  few  settlers  near  the 
Piscataqua,  which  was  discovered  by  Smith 
as  early  as  1614;  but  a  good  authority,  the 
Abb^  Raynal,  estimates  the  whole  popula- 
tion of  both  Virginias,  at  that  period,  at  a- 
bout  four  hundred,  which  would  allow,  for 
New  England,  only  a  mere  handful :  perhaps 
a  few  dozens,  altogether.  During  Charles's 
reign  the  quarrels,  led  by  D'Aulnay  and  De 
La  Tour,  between  the  French  claimants,  re- 
specting the  government  and  proprietorship 
of  the  eastern  territory,  were  a  serious  annoy- 
ance to  the  Massachusetts  and  Plymouth 
men,  who,  though  often  sufferers  by  reason  of 
these  difficulties,  into  which  they  were,  at 
times,  unavoidably  drawn,  prudently  tried 


to  preserve,  at  least,  the  appearance  of  neutral- 
ity. But,  in  1654,  the  successes  of  Crom- 
well, having  more  than  restored  to  the  gov- 
ernment of  England  the  glories  it  boasted 
under  Elizabeth,  encouraged  the  United  Col- 
onies to  assert  by  the  sword  the  ancient  ti- 
tle of  England  to  the  eastern  country.  Ac- 
cordingly in  that  year,  General  Sedgwick  re- 
took Acadia  or  Nova  Scotia,  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord  Protector.  This  feat  New  England 
would  have  accomplished  in  1635,  could  she 
have  trusted  the  perfidious  monarch  then  on 
the  throne  of  England ;  but  her  proposals, 
made,  at  that  time,  through  Edward  Wins- 
low,  instead  of  being  gladly  accepted  by 
Charles,  only  resulted  in  the  imprisonment 
of  her  agent,  by  the  direction  of  Archbishop 
Laud,  who  had  ascertained  that  he  was  a 
Puritan.  Upon  the  restoration  of  the  Stu- 
arts, England  again  lost  this  territory ;  but, 
after  the  accession  of  William  and  Mary,  it 
was  regained,  in  1690,  by  the  prowess  of 
New-England  arms,  and  was  finally  confirmed 
as  English  property  in  1713, —  though  dis- 
turbed by  many  difficulties,  particularly  by 
troubles  with  the  French  Neutrals,  till  the 
latter  were  driven  into  exile  to  make  way  for 
the  disbanded  troops,  which  England  sent  o- 
ver,  as  settlers,  during  ten  or  twelve  years 
after  1748. 

These,  or  similar  violent  distractions 
would  have  extended  to  the  more  western 
settlements  of  Maine  and  New  Hampshire, 
to  their  utter  ruin,  but  for  one  thing, —  and 
that  was,  the  protecting  care  of  Massachu- 
setts. This  powerful  neighboring  colony, — 
powerful  only  because  of  the  enterprise,  in. 
telligence  and  courage  of  its  people, —  by  a 
doubtful,  though  not  unfounded  interpreta- 
tion of  the  language  of  its  charter,  gradually 


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changed  its  northern  boundary  so  that  this 
line  should  coincide  with  the  results  of  per- 
ambulations and  actual  surveys,  made  by  its 
authority,  until  the  line,  extended,  took  in, 
at  its  eastern  limit  on  the  main  land,  "a 
part  of  Pemaquid  and  most  of  St.  (reorge's 
Island."  This  was  the  boundary  as  estab- 
lished by  George  Munjoy,  in  1672.  Mean- 
while, all  the  settlers  north  of  the  Merrimac 
had,  from  time  to  time,  petitioned,  by  dis- 
tricts, to  be  received  into  the  jurisdiction  of 
Massachusetts.  These  petitions  which,  it  is 
worthy  of  notice,  were  always  pressed  most 
strenuously  after  each  new  survey,  were  al- 
ways attentively  considered  and,  with  due 
caution,  approved  of  by  the  General  Court; 
and  commissioners  were  thereupon,  sent  into 
the  petitioning  settlements  to  establish  a  lo- 
cal government,  the  officers  of  which  were, 
invariably,  selected  from  the  lists  of  actual 
settlers;  common-law  courts  were  estab- 
lished ;  the  right  of  representation  secured, 
and  the  number  of  representatives  fixed ;  and 
all  the  inhabitants  were  offered  the  entire 
privileges  of  freemen, —  an  offer  which  was 
seldom  or  never  rejected,  even  by  those  who, 
for  any  reason,  had  not  joined  in  petitioning 
the  Legislature. 

In  this  manner  the  inhabitants  of  Piscata- 
qua,  who  petitioned  as  early  as  1639,  were 
admitted  in  1641, —  Massachusetts,  gener- 
ously, purchasing  the  patents  of  Portsmouth 
and  Dover  to  facilitate  the  union ;  and, 
the  next  year  all  freemen  of  these  river  set- 
tlements were,  with  great  liberality,  declared 
freemen  of  the  Colony,  although  they  were 
not  all  church-members:  as  freemen  they 
were  empowered  to  manage  their  own  town 
affairs,  and  allowed  representation  in  the  Gen- 
eral Court     Two  years  later,  these  towns, 


including  Exeter,  which  had  petitioned  in 
the  meantime,  were  incorporated  as  the  coun- 
ty of  Norfolk,  with  a  court  and  other  provis- 
ions for  the  special  convenience  of  the  inhab- 
itants. 

The  same  difficulties  which  had  driven  the 
people  living  south  and  west  of  the  Piscata- 
qua  to  ask  for  admission  to  Massachusetts, 
perplexed  the  inhabitants  of  the  more  easter- 
ly settlements  in  a  still  greater  degree. 
Their  chief  trouble  was  the  want  of  an  es- 
tablished government.  Piscataqua  having 
been  granted  to  Mason  and  Gorges,  in  1622, 
as  a  part  of  the  province  of  Laconia,  and  fall- 
ing to  the  former  by  subsequent  division, 
was  governed,  or  rather  superintended  for  a 
few  years  after  1630,  by  Walter  Neale,  the 
agent  of  both  patentees.  He  soon  returned  to 
England,  leaving  the  people  to  govern  them- 
selves by  a  voluntary  "combination."  On 
the  west  of  the  Saco,  as  early  as  1630,  Vines 
and  Oldham  had  obtained,  from  the  Plymouth 
Company,  a  grant  of  territory  four  miles 
wide  and  extending  eight  miles  into  the 
country ;  and,  at  the  same  time,  on  the  east 
of  that  river,  Lewis  and  Bonighton  had  se- 
cured a  grant  of  equal  extent.  Neither  of 
these  grants  expressly  conferred  the  right  of 
government.  Later,  it  seems,  John  Dye  and 
others,  received  from  the  same  source,  a 
grant  of  land  extending  from  Cape  Porpoise 
to  Casco  Bay, —  including,  of  course,  the  two 
previous  grants  on  the  Saco;  and,  to  these 
patentees,  full  powers  of  government  were 
delegated,  to  be  exercised  throughout  their 
territory,  which  was  known  as  "Lygonia" 
or  the  "Plough  Patent." 

All  these  patentees,  or  their  representatives 
soon  began  to  claim  jurisdiction  over  all  per- 
sons and  property  within  their  respective  boun- 


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daries,  and  so  were  brought  into  conflicts 
which  could  never  be  reconciled  by  appealing 
to  their  unintelligible  or  inconsistent  grants 
and  charters. 

This  was  the  state  of  political  affairs  at  the 
eastward,  when,  in  1639,  Gorges  procured  of 
King  Charles  the  extraordinary  charter  of  the 
"Province  of  Maine," — which  did  not  pass 
the  seals  till  after  a  revocation  of  all  previous 
charters,  and  was  intended  to  act  as  a  quietus 
on  all  conflicting  claims.  But  it  had  no  such 
efieot,  for,  Alexander  Rigby,  a  Puritan  gen- 
tleman, and  a  member  of  that  famous  High 
Court  of  Justice  which  condemned  King 
Charles  to  the  block,  purchased  the  charter 
and  province  of  Lygonia,  and  revived  or  es- 
tablished the  government  there,  directly  clash- 
ing with  the  jurisdiction  which  Gorges  now 
claimed  under  his  new  and  explicit  charter. 
Rigby  appointed  George  Cleeves,  of  Spur- 
wink,  governor  of  Lygonia;  and  sundry  con- 
veyances were  made  to  settlers  in  the  territory, 
among  whom  was  Robert  Trelawney,  who, 
after  his  decease,  was  succeeded  by  his  agent 
and  administrator  John  Winter,  whose  daugh- 
ter became  the  wife  of  Rev.  Robert  Jordan 
of  Spurwink,  and,  surviving  her  father, 
brought  her  husband  into  the  possession  and 
management  of  Trelawney's  large  estate.  The 
right  of  independent  jurisdiction  appears  to 
have  been  claimed  by  Trelawney's  representa- 
tives. 

Thus  the  government  continued  in  utter 
confusion  save  where  the  people,  by  "combin- 
ing," made  weak  attempts  to  exercise  domin- 
ion, till  on  the  4th  of  July,  1653,  the  inhab- 
itants of  Kittery,  York  and  Wells,  upon  their 
persistent  application,  were  admitted  to  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  Bay-Colony,  by  commission- 
ers sent  to  Wells  for  that  purpose.     The  peo- 


ple, and  with  them  their  governor,  Godfrey, 
voluntarily  signed  articles  of  submission,  un- 
der which  they  were  guarantied  equal  munici- 
pal privileges  with  the  people  of  Massachu- 
setts, the  enjoyment  of  all  acquired  individual 
rights  and  possessions,  the  freedom  of  the  Col- 
ony, the  full  elective  franchise,  and,  finally, 
entire  exemption  from  the  general  Colonial 
rates  and  charges. 

The  next  day  Saco  and  Cape  Porpoise 
were  admitted  on  the  same  terms. 

Still  further  to  the  eastward  the  people  had 
long  been  desirous  of  coming  under  Massa- 
chusetts' rule,  but  Cleeves,  the  acting  gover- 
nor, who  was  a  Puritan,  and,  therefore,  one 
whom  Massachusetts  was  loth  to  displease, 
endeavored  to  maintain  the  independence  of 
his  province,  and  so  earnestly  remonstrated 
against  the  exercise  of  dominion  by  the  Colo- 
nial authorities,  that,  as  late  as  1657,  they 
resolved,  without  renouncing  their  legal  claims, 
to  "  surcease  any  further  prosecution  "  there- 
of, at  the  same  time  protesting  their  innocence 
if  any  mischief  or  inconvenience  should  arise 
there  by  reason  of  internal  difficulties  and  for 
want  of  a  settled  government.  But  Cleeves 
soon  yeilded,  and  the  next  year,  upon  the 
earnest  petition  of  the  inhabitants,  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Commissioners,  at  the  house  of 
Rev.  Robert  Jordan,  formally  received  Fal- 
mouth and  Scarborough,  and  their  included 
settlements,  into  the  Colonial  jurisdiction. 
Cleeves,  Jordan,  Jocelyn,  Bonighton,  Edg- 
comb  and  others,  to  the  number  of  twenty- 
eight,  voluntarily  subscribed  the  articles  of 
submission,  which  were  the  same  as  those 
signed  by  their  neighbors,  with  the  exception 
of  a  superfluous  assurance  that,  "the  civ- 
il privileges  now  granted  them  we  do  not 
intend  shall  he   forfeited  upon  differences 


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L 


in  matters  of  religion.  ^^  This  was  the  most 
unequivocal  guaranty  of  toleration  on  the 
part  of  the  Colonial  government. 

Finally,  in  1674,  similar  proceedings  were 
had  with  the  people  settled  about  the  Kenne- 
beck,  in  answer  to  their  petitions  of  two  years 
before,  and  the  county  of  Devon  was  erected, 
in  the  manner  minutely  described  by  the  his- 
torian of  "Ancient  Pemaquid." 

Wherein,  we  now  ask,  does  this  record  ex- 
hibit any  "tyrannous  "  conduct  on  the  part  of 
Massachusetts  towards  the  "Episcopal  Prov- 
ince of  Maine?" 

But  was  Maine  an  Episcopal  province? 
We  are  aware  that  the  affirmative  of  this  ques- 
tion has  been  generally  maintained ;  but  this 
opinion  appears  to  us  to  have  sprung  from  a 
consideration  of  the  political  and  ecclesiasti- 
cal views  of  the  leading  adventurers,  rather 
than  from  any  undeniable  evidence  respecting 
the  religious  notions  entertained  by  most  of 
the  actual  settlers;  and,  as  the  constant  ten- 
dency of  opinions  once  established  is  to  grow 
stubborn  and  fantastical,  through  blind  repe- 
tition, this  conclusion,  at  first  properly  drawn, 
is  now  with  great  positiveness  and  in  various 
ways  improperly  predicated  of  people  to  whom 
it  did  not  apply.  By  a  similar  error,  the  set- 
tlers of  Virginia  are  commonly  regarded  as  a 
colony  of  church-loving  Cavaliers,  chiefly  be- 
cause a  Mandeville,  a  Paget,  a  Delaware,  or 
a  Berkeley,  and  some  inferior  gentry,  owned 
shares  in  the  company  or  were  sent  across  the 
Atlantic  to  see  that  the  atheistic  cut-throats 
and  thieves  who  stocked  that  colony,  were 
whipped  into  such  a  degree  of  subjection  as 
was  necessary  to  save  them  from  the  fatal  ef- 
fects of  their  native  indolence  and  ferocity. 

If  Episcopacy  had  any  considerable  foot- 
hold in  Maine,  and  if  the  "crushing-out"  by 


Massachusetts  began  with  her  assumption  of 
jurisdiction,  we  ought  to  discover  some  evi- 
dence of  these  facts  in  the  reports  of  the  Com- 
missioners. Now,  what  testimony  do  those 
reports  give  upon  this  subject?     Let  us  see. 

When  the  Commissioners  assembled  at 
Wells,  they  found  three  persons,  who  pro- 
fessed to  bear  an  obnoxious  "church  rela- 
tion." Two  of  these  were  dismissed  at  their 
own  request.  What  this  church  was,  is  not 
precisely  known,  but  as  William  Wardell  and 
Mr.  Permott  or  Portmont  are  mentioned  as 
members,  and  as  both  of  them  had  been  mem- 
bers of  the  Boston  Church  and  had  followed 
the  fortunes  of  Wheelwright  for  a  time,— 
Wardell  being  among  those  Antinomians  who 
were  ordered  to  be  disarmed, —  it  is  quite  prob- 
able that  they  were  Wheelwright's  immediate 
disciples.  Mr.  Wardell  was  arrested  for  con- 
tempt of  court,  but,  showing  penitence,  he  was 
released,  and  allowed  the  privilege  of  subscrib- 
ing the  articles  of  submission.  John  Baker, 
also,  who,  it  appears,  was  guilty  of  disturb- 
ing the  regular  worship  by  publicly  "prophe- 
sying," voluntarily  agreed  to  desist  therefrom, 
and  was  bound  over  to  keep  the  peace.  He, 
perhaps,  was  the  third  party  to  the  "church 
relation." 

This  was  all  that  was  done  at  Wells  con- 
cerning ecclesiastical  affairs,  and  exhibits  no 
evidence  of  crushing  out  Episcopacy. 

At  Saco,  the  Commisioners  allowed  Robert 
Booth  to  exercise  his  gifts  as  a  preacher,  and 
silenced  George  Barlow.  Barlow  was  a  Pur- 
itan, who  afterwards  removed  to  Plymouth, 
abandoned  the  ministry,  and  became,  it  is 
said,  a  lawyer,  and  then  a  marshal  or  sheriflT, 
at  Sandwich :  in  this  last  capacity,  his  memo- 
ry is  execrated  by  the  Quakers,  as  the  pages 
of  Bishope  and  Besse  bear  witness. 


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This  completes  the  record  of  the  action  of 
the  Massachusetts  Commissioners  in  matters 
ecclesiastical.  If  anything,  therefore,  was 
done  in  Maine  against  Episcopacy,  it  must 
have  been  done  by  the  inhabitants  themselves 
in  their  local  courts.  But  we  see  no  necessi- 
ty of  supposing  that  any  such  persecution 
took  place.  It  is  quite  probable  that  all  the 
eastern  preachers  were  Puritans  of  more  or 
less  radical  views.  Next  to  Gibson,  if  not 
before  him,  Jordan  was  most  nearly  a  High- 
Churchman;  but  the  only  ecclesiastical  of- 
fence for  which  he  incurred  censure  from 
Massachusetts, —  the  baptism  of  the  three 
Wallis  children  at  a  private  house  on  the 
Lord's  day, — was  an  offence,  both  against 
Puritan  practices  and  the  Liturgy;  it  being 
in  positive  disregard  of  the  rubric  concerning 
baptism.  So  far  from  being  persecuted,  Jor- 
dan was  honored  with  the  office  of  a  magis- 
trate, with  power  to  perform  all  the  functions 
of  that  office,  including  the  solemnization  of 
marriage  as  a  civil  contract,  and  other  prac- 
tices equally  irregular ;  and  he  accepted  the 
trust  and  acted  therein  withotU  a  hint  of  ob- 
jection. We  take  this  opportunity  to  suggest, 
notwithstanding  Mr.  Thornton's  kind  allusion 
to  him,  that  Jordan's  character  is  not  entirely 
clear  from  a  suspicion  of  avarice,  litigiousness 
and  worldliness. 

Eichard  Gibson  of  Richmond's  Isle,  the 
scholar,  was,  we  believe,  a  Puritan, — although 
he  was  charged  with  being  "wholly  addicted 
to  the  hierarchy  of  England."  He  was  a 
moderate  or  conservative  Puritan,  not  enough 
"addicted  "  to  Episcopal  forms  to  prevent  his 
being  ejected,  we  believe,  from  the  parsonage 
of  Cherry-Orton,  near  Peterborough,  in  Hun- 
tingdonshire,— under  the  Act  of  Uniformity 
in  1662, —  as  a  non-conformist. 


So,  also,  with  Thomas  Larkham  of  Dover, 
his  friend  and  conespondent,  who  "intro- 
duced the  Episcopal  service  at  funerals,"  who 
was  so  free  in  the  administration  of  baptism, 
and  whose  rencontre  with  his  more  radical 
brother,  Hanserd  Knollys,  is  one  of  the  most 
graphically  preserved  incidents  in  our  earliest 
history.  Larkham  was  not  a  High-Church- 
man, but  a  Puritan  refugee,  who  had  been 
hunted  and  harried  /through  the  Star-Cham- 
ber,  High-Commission,  the  Consistory  of  Bx- 
on  and,  as  Calamy  says,  "  almost  all  the  courts 
of  England."  Though  thus  a  staunch  Puri- 
tan and  confessor,  he  did  not  follow  the  ex- 
tremes pursued  by  Knollys  and  Wheelwright ; 
and  when  the  Massachusetts  clergy  were  called 
upon  to  advise  in  the  settlement  of  the  Dover 
quarrel,  instead  of  opposing,  they  actually  in- 
terceded for  him.  Larkham  returned  to  Eng- 
land and  was  presented  by  the  Earl  of  Bed- 
ford, to  the  vicarage  of  Tavistock  in  Devon- 
shire, whence,  in  1662,  he  was  ejected  for 
non-conformity. 

Such,  also,  was  the  case  with  others  of  the 
eastern  preachers,  who  incurred  opposition  or 
censure  from  Massachusetts. 

George  Burdett,  of  Dover,  who  correspond- 
ed with  the  Archbishops,  and  acted  as  their 
spy,  was,  professedly,  a  Puritan,  and  former- 
ly of  Salem,  Mass.,  where,  for  a  time,  he  en- 
joyed great  distinction  as  a  radical  preacher; 
but  his  radicalism,  or  something  worse,  obliged 
him  to  leave  for  the  eastward :  there  he  was 
afterwards  convicted,  in  court,  before  Gorges 
himself,  of  several  adulteries  and  misdemean- 
ors. 

We  think  it  is  evident  that  the  patentees 
were  more  desirous  of  getting  actual  settlers 
upon  their  territory,  than  in  supporting  any 
sect,  church,  or  form  of  worship.     Thomas 


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Gorges,  we  know,  often  acted  upon  the  advice 
of  Massachusetts,  which  he  repeatedly  solici- 
ted; and  Vines  gladly  listened  to  the  non- 
conforming preachers  of  Massachusetts,  and 
repeated  their  sermons  to  his  children.  So 
exempt  from  ecclesiastical  tyranny  was  the 
whole  eastern  country,  that  it  became  a  sanc- 
tuary for  Anabaptists,  Antinomians,  Quakers 
and  all  the  other  restless  sectaries  and  reform- 
ers of  New  England.  Thither  Samuel  Gor- 
ton found  his  way  to  liberty,  after  being  fined 
and  imprisoned  in  Massachusetts,  and  whipped 
out  of  Plymouth,  Rhode  Island  and  Provi- 
dence Plantations;  and  when,  in  1665,  a- 
gainst  the  popular  wish,  efforts  were  made  to 
weaken  the  eastern  settlers'  allegiance  to 
Massachusetts,  this  busy  zealot  stands  fore- 
most in  representing  to  England  the  tyranny 
of  the  Colonial  government,  in  prejudicing 
the  people  against  it,  and  in  warning  them  of 
the  danger  of  risking  their  land-titles  on  its 
assurances;  yet  Gorton,  who  has  much  to  say 
about  the  Church,  and  the  religion  which  he 
had.  "learned  in  the  public  assemblies  of  our 
own  native  country''  was  no  more  a  Church- 
men than  was  Fox,  Muggleton  or  Mother  Ann 
Lee. 

We  presume  it  to  be  an  indisputable  fact 
that  the  settled  clergy  of  Maine,  of  all  shades  of 
opinions,  during  the  Colonial  period  were  very 
few,  and  were  rarely  men  of  high  character; 
and  we  hold  it  to  be  equally  clear  that  the  de- 
sire for  preachers  more  like  those  of  Massa- 
chusetts, was  felt  and  expressed  by  her  best 
people  and,  if  not  by  all  the  adventurers  at 
home,  at  least  by  those  of  them  whose  inter- 
est in  her  welfare  was  most  plainly  and  dura- 
bly shown, — whatever  may  have  been  the  wish 
and  purpose  of  an  unscrupulous  prince  and 
his  agents.  This  want,  Massachusetts  plain- 
ly saw,  and  would   willingly  have   supplied; 


and  when,  as  late  as  1670,  Falmouth  asked 
advice  as  to  the  best  method  of  increasing  the 
number  of  her  freemen,  Massachusetts  recom- 
mended her  to  secure  the  services  of  "an  able, 
pious  and  orthodox  minister;"  but  as  they 
had  granted  to  Maine  the  amplest  self-govern- 
ment, the  Colonial  authorities  would  not  so 
far  violate  this  pledge  as  to  force  upon  her 
measures,  which,  though  beneficial  in  the  end, 
would  increase  the  burden  of  taxation,  even 
though  they  might  be  certain  that  without 
their  legislative  action  she  would  continue  her 
injurious  neglect. 

If  it  is  charged  that  Massachusetts  influenced 
public  opinion  in  Maine  against  the  claims  of 
the  Duke  of  York,  or  even  against  the  Hier- 
archy and  High-Church  practices,  we  shall 
not  join  issue  with  the  accuser,  provided  he 
admits  that  this  was  done  by  persuasion  and 
the  force  of  example,  and  not  by  coercion; 
for,  whether  such  influence  was  exercised  or 
not,  we  hold  these  means  to  be  legitimate. 
Massachusetts  has  done  much,  and,  thank 
God !  is  yet  doing  more  by  these  peaceable 
and  potent  agencies  to  show  to  our  country- 
men and  the  world,  the  means  of  escape  from 
the   thraldom   of  superstition   and    tyranny. 

When,  in  1671,  Josselyn,  writing  of  the 
people  of  the  Duke's  province  who,  to  his  cha- 
grin, had  petitioned  "  Massachusetts  to  take 
them  into  their  government,"  sneeringly  ex- 
claimed, "birds  of  a  feather  will  rally  to- 
gether," his  disgust  had  been  excited  not  by 
any  coercive  measures  on  the  part  of  Massachu- 
setts, nor,  as  he  would  have  us  believe,  by  a 
view  of  the  congenial  depravity  of  the  new 
friends,  but  by  the  perverse  predilection  of 
the  Duke's  subjects,  —  a  fact  which  he  could 
not  but  perceive  but  was  too  craven  in  his  loy- 
alty to  appreciate  or,  at  least,  to  publicly  ap- 


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prove.  Let  us  pray  that  in  these  days  of 
Catholicism  and  of  superior  wisdom  there  be 
no  good  patriots  who,  looking  back  to  that 
early  time,  shall  so  far  forget  the  story  of  our 
country's  progress  up  to  her  present  fruition 
of  liberty  and  tolerance,  as  to  regret  the  union 
of  Maine  and  Massachusetts  and  to  join  in  the 
sneers,  censures  or  lamentations  of  such 
quaint,  narrow  and  simple  souls  as  the  author 
of  the  "Voyages"  and  the  "Rarities" 

We  have  dovoted  thus  much  space  to  a 
review  of  these  pamphlets  and  to  a  discussion 
of  the  topics  to  which  they  relate  because  the 
authors  of  these  papers,  from  the  study  they 
have  made  and  the  prominent  part  they  have 
respectively  taken  in  this  movement,  may  be 
considered  the  champions  of  opposing  par- 
ties on  the  question  of  the  historical  signifi- 
cance of  Popham's  attempt  at  colonization. 
Though  standing  on  the  spot  where  the  Puri- 
tans of  Massachusetts-Bay  first  organized  the 
government  of  this  Commonwealth,  and  bound 
to  defend  their  memory  from  imputations 
which  we  know  to  be  unjust,  we  sincerely 
profess,  in  closing,  that  in  all  the  objections 
we  have  started,  and  in  all  we  have  written, 
our  object  has  been  not  to  oflfer  one  word  in 
disparagement  of  any  attempt  to  rescue  from 
oblivion  and  to  celebrate  the  humblest  event 
in  our  sacred  annals,  but  rather  to  warn  those 
of  our  friends  who  appear  to  rejoice  in  the 
belief  that  Plymouth  and  Massachusetts  were 
anticipated  at  Sagadahoc,  and  that  the  Puri- 
tan was  behind  the  High-Churchman  in  the 
founding  of  this  New  England,  not  to  attach 
undue  importance  to  the  events  they  celebrate ; 
and  not  to  be  deterred  from  discarding  any 
erroneous  opinions  they  may  hold,  by  adher- 
ing to  traditionary  prejudices  equally  inju- 
rious and  unfounded.  [a.  c.  g.] 


ABSTRACTS  FROM  WILLS,  INVEN- 
TORIES,  &c.,  ON  FILE  IN  THE 
OFFICE  OF  CLERK  OF  COURTS, 
SALEM,  MASS. 


COPIED    BY   IRA   J.    PATCH. 


Continaed  from  Vol.  V,  page  143. 

Wm.  Traske  9  mo  1691. 

Will  of  William  'Traske  of  Salem,  dated 
5th  September  1690.  mentions  five  daugh- 
ters Hannah  Brooks,  Sarah,  Susanna,  Eliz- 
abeth and  Mary  Traske.  his  sons  Williara 
and  John  Traske  under  age;  appoints  his  wife 
and  son  William  to  be  ex'ors.  (An  Increase 
to  the  family  expected  for  which  he  provides.) 
appoints  brother  John  Traske,  bro.  Thomas 
Putnam,  and  Edward  Flint  to  be  overseers, 
witnesses  Bartho.  Gedney,  S.  Rondel  3d  and 
Samuel   Gaskil.     probate   June   30,    1691. 

Inventory  of  above  estate  taken  26th 
Marcli,  1691,  by  Manaseth  Marston  and  Ed- 
ward Flint,  amounting  to  £413  2s;  returned 
by  Hannah  the  relict  and  ex'tx,  30th  June, 
169L 

Chas.  Bedford  9  mo  1691. 

Will  of  Charles  Redford  of  Salem  dated 

April  1691,  mentions  the  five  children  of 
John  Turner  his  son-in-law,  4-5  of  all  his 
property;  brother  William  Redford  ;  sisters 
Mary  and  Sarah  Redford ;  appoints  his  friend 
Samuel  Gardner  and  John  Turner  ex'ors, 
and  his  friends  Colo.  Bartholomew  and  John 
Hathorne  Esq.  overseers,  witnesses  John 
Price,  Wm.  Hint,  Thos.  Gardner,  Philip 
English  and  Benj.  Gerrish.  probate,  Oct. 
20th  1691. 

John  Searl,  9  mo  1691. 

Inventory  of  estate  of  John  Searl  of  Salem, 
taken  by  Christopher  Babbage  and  Jeremiah 
Neal,  amounting  to  £83   15s,  returned   by 
Mary,  the  widow,  relict  of  deceased. 
(To  be  continued.) 


HISTORICAL    COLLECTIONS 


OF      THE 


ESSEX     INSTITUTE. 


Vol.  V. 


October,    1863. 


No.  5. 


MR. 


RANTOUL'S  YOUTH  AND 
APPRENTICESHIP. 


(Continued  from  the  August  number.) 

When  I  had  entered  upon  the  fourteenth 
year  of  my  age,  I  began  to  think  that  it  was 
time  for  me  to  look  about  for  some  employ- 
ment. I  became  uneasy  at  school,  and  at 
the  beginning  of  the  summer  of  1792,  I 
left,  and  went  to  school  no  more,  excepting 
for  a  few  weeks,  in  an  interval  between  my 
other  engagements,  to  study  navigation.  In 
the  spring  of  1792,  William  Silsbee,  who 
lived  at  one  time  in  the  house  next  above  my 
mother's,  and  who  was  my  playmate  and 
schoolmate,  being  a  few  weeks  younger  than 
myself,  procured  a  place  as  an  apprentice 
with  William  Stearns,  an  apothecary.  Learn- 
ing that  Dr.  Stearns  wanted  another  boy,  I 
applied,  and  was  received  about  the  first  of 
June,  1792.  We  boarded  in  the  Doctor's 
family,  on  the  corner  of  Beckford  and  Es- 
sex Streets. 

o         o         o         o         o         o 

My  first   lessons  in  business,  under  Dr. 
Stearns,  were  favorable  to  the  development 
(27) 


of  industry,  punctuality,  order  and  persever- 
ance. Dr.  Steams  was  remarkable  for  his 
strict  economy.  He  was  very  particular  in 
instructing  his  apprentices  not  to  waste  any- 
thing. He  never  allowed  wrapping-paper  to 
be  torn, — a  practice  which  is  common  in 
most  shops, — but  required  that  every  sheet 
should  be  cut  into  halves,  quarters  or  other 
fractional  parts,  so  that  none  should  be  ren- 
dered useless.  For  flaxseed,  shot,  and  such 
round  substances  as  could  not  be  wrapped  up 
without  an  undue  expenditure  of  paper,  small 
bags  were  made  from  time  to  time  with  flour 
paste,  being  cut  with  all  the  precision  de- 
scribed above.  This  systematic  regard  for 
economy  and  order  was  carried  into  every 
part  of  the  business  of  the  shop, 
o         o         o         o         o 

While  I  was  with  Dr.  Steams,  there  was 
a  p^y  lie  dinner  given  in  the  Hall  over  his 
stQ'.;,  which  was  called  Washington  Hall,  in 
commemoration  of  the  P'rench  Revolution. 
This  was  before  information  had  reached  Sa- 
lem of  the  beheading  of  Louis  XVI,  and  of 
the  enormities  immediately  preceding  and 
following  that  event  in  France.  The  King 
was  beheaded,  January  21,  1793.     The  en- 


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tertainment,  of  which  I  speak,  was  about  that 
time,  and  was  in  coincidence  with  the  gener- 
al opinion  in  Salem.  The  store  on  the  cor- 
ner of  Washington  and  Essex  streets  was 
built  in  1792,  and  Dr.  Steam  sremoved  into 
it  in  October  of  that  year.  The  Hall  was 
finished  after  that  time,  and  probably  this 
dinner  was  the  first  use  made  of  it. 
*  o  o  o  o 

In  1791,  Elias  Haskett  Derby,  who  was 
then  the  principal  merchant  and  the  most 
wealthy  inhabitant  of  Salem,  undertook  to 
build  a  large  ship,  to  be  called  the  Grand 
Turk,  of  about  500  tons  burthen,  and  larger 
than  had  been  before  built  in  Salem.  As 
builders,  two  brothers  Briggs  were  procured 
from  the  South  Shore,  who  afterwards  re- 
moved their  families  to  Salem,  and  contin- 
ued the  business  of  ship-building  for  some 
years.  [The  ship  Astrea  was  built  by  Mr. 
Derby,  at  the  South  Shore,  in  1782.  Enos 
Briggs,  the  elder  of  the  brothers,  was  the 
builder.  The  Astrea  arrived  at  Salem 
from  Canton,  in  June,  1790,  commanded  by 
James  Magee,  and  paid  $27,000  in  duties 
to  the  Government.  The  Briggs  brothers 
subsequently  established  themselves  as  ship 
builders  at  South  Salem,  then  called  Stage 
Point,  and  enjoyed  a  high  reputation  in  their 
calling.] 

The  Grand  Turk  was  built  at  the  head 
of  Derby  Wharf,  but  a  little  distance  from 
the  southerly  terminus  of  my  mother's  gar- 
den. The  circumstance  of  the  building  of 
the  largest  ship,  and  at  a  place  which  had 
not  before  been  used  for  ship-building,  at- 
tracted the  attention  of  many,  and  particu- 
larly of  the  boys  in  the  neighborhood.  I 
visited  the  spot  daily,  and  often  many  times 
daily,  during  the  whole  process  of  her  build- 
ing, so  that  there  was  hardly  a  timber  of  any  I 


considerable  size,  which  I  did  not  see,  either 
in  its  preparation,  or  in  its  place  in  the  body 
of  the  ship.  So  strong  was  my  curiosity  that 
I  generally  went  to  the  ship-yard  before  I 
went  to  school  in  the  morning,  again  when 
the  forenoon  session  was  ended,  and  after 
school  in  the  afternoon.  She  measured  564 
tons,  was  124  fc?t  long  and  had  32  feet 
breadth  of  beam.  When  the  time  for  launch- 
ing arrived,  May  18th,  1791,  there  was  a 
great  gathering  to  witness  it.  She  started 
on  her  ways,  but  soon  stopped,  and  could  not 
be  moved  again  by  all  the  force  that  could 
be  brought  to  bear  at  that  time,  so  that  she 
remained  on  the  ways  until,  new  arrange- 
ments being  made,  she  was  safely  transferred 
on  a  subsequent  day  to  her  proper  element. 
While  the  Grand  Turk  was  building,  a 
smaller  ship,  mostly  of  pine,  was  built  fur- 
ther down  the  Derby  Wharf,  and  launched 
sideways  into  the  water,  before  the  Grand 
Turk  was  ready  for  launching.  She  was  of 
190  tons  burthen,  and  named  the  Henry. 
When  vessels  are  launched  in  the  usual  man- 
ner, a  considerable  number  of  persons  are 
taken  on  board ;  but  in  the  case  of  this  pine 
ship,  the  Henry,  but  a  single  person  was 
permitted  to  be  launched  in  her,  lest  she 
should  tip  over  before  she  was  in  the  water. 
I  saw  her  launched ;  she  went  into  the  water 
beautifully  and  without  the  least  accident. 
This  was  the  only  vessel  which  I  ever  saw 
launched  sideways.  I  witnessed  the  launch- 
ing of  the  Essex  Frigate. 

The  knowledge  of  ship-building  thus  ac- 
quired in  boyhood  came  back  to  me  in  after 
life,  and  stood  me  in  good  stead  when  1  was 
for  several  years,  [1817-29]  President  of 
the  Beverly  Marine  Insurance  Company, 
o         *         o         o         o 

In  October,  1792,  the  small  pox  prevail- 


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ing  to  a  great  extent  in  Boston  and  other 
places  near  Salem,  the  town  authorized  the 
establishment  of  hospitals  for  innoculation 
with  that  disease  in  the  environs  of  the 
place.  They  were  located  in  the  Great  Pas- 
ture and  on  the  Neck.  I  went  to  the  hos- 
pital in  the  Great  Pasture,  with  the  first 
class  which  was  admitted,  numbering  be- 
tween two  and  three  hundred  persons.  These 
were  crammed  into  buildings  which  would 
have  aflForded  decent  room  for  only  one  third, 
or  at  most  one  half,  of  the  number.  I  went 
into  a  room  about  18  feet  square,  where,  in- 
cluding a  nurse,  there  were  1 8  persons.  At 
night,  when  the  sacks  of  straw  for  lodging 
were  spread  out,  they  covered  the  floor  of 
the  room ;  in  the  daytime,  they  were  piled 
up  at  the  side  of  the  room.  I  was  innoc- 
ulated  by  Dr.  Joseph  Osgood  of  Salem,  and 
went  through  the  disease  in  rather  a  mild 
form,  though  it  was  estimated  that. I  might 
have  had  one  thousand  pustules.  One  young 
man  died  in  the  room  where  I  was,  and  two 
others  died  out  of  the  whole  class.  Some 
others  had  the  disease  with  great  violence, 
and  barely  escaped  with  their  lives.  In  the 
room  where  I  was,  Joseph  Gardner,  a  well 
known  baker  in  Salem,  who  also  supplied 
the  Beverly  market  in  a  great  measure,  had 
the  disease  so  badly  that  he  was  entirely 
blind  for  some  days.  There  was  a  smaller 
hospital  at  Castle  Hill,  in  the  great  Pasture, 
and  one  or  more  on  the  Neck.  Some  of  my 
relatives  were  on  the  Neck.  After  I  got 
well,  I  visited  them,  and  on  one  occasion, 
when  about  returning,  I  was  put  into  the 
smoke  house,  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Beutley,  and 
he  advised  me  to  squat  down  near  the  fire, 
to  avoid  most  of  the  smoke,  while  he  stood 
up  straight  and  received  it  freely.  The  med- 
ical treatment  in  the  hospital   was  uniform, 


in  preparation  for  the  disease.  On  the  first 
night,  an  emetic  was  administered  to  the 
whole  class.  And  the  next  day  a  cathartic 
of  Glauber's  Salts  or  Pill-Cochiae ;  the  third 
day  another,  and  the  fifth  day  another  cathar- 
tic. When  the  symptoms  of  the  disease  be- 
gan, if  there  was  much  fever,  nitre  was  taken. 
On  the  days  when  the  cathartics  were  taken, 
the  diet  consisted  of  porridge  made  of  Indian 
meal,  boiled  in  water,  and  sweetened  with 
molasses.  At  other  times  we  had  bread, 
puddings  and  other  vegetable  food,  but  no 
animal  food  of  any  kind  was  allowed.  After 
the  symptoms  appeared,  the  medical  treat- 
ment was  discriminating,  according  to  the 
circumstances  of  each  case.  The  system  of 
generalization  was  not  confined  to  the  med- 
ical treatment,  but  extended  to  exercise, 
which  was  required  to  be  taken  in  the  open 
air,  and  consisted  of  marching  about,  with 
or  without  the  drum,  a  certain  number  of 
times,  morning  and  evening,  on  a  platform 
laid  around  the  sides  of  a  parallelogram  in 
front  of  the  principal  building.  When  the 
febrile  symptoms  were  considerable,  it  was 
the  practice  to  get  out  of  a  warm  bed,  and  go 
from  a  warm  room  into  the  cold  air,  with 
but  very  little  clothing,  and  this  was  done 
with  good  effect.  Those  only  who  remember 
the  times  of  the  sraall-pox  hospitals,  can  real- 
ize the  vast  amount  of  suffering,  trouble  and 
expense  which  has  been  saved  by  the  intro- 
duction of  vaccination. 

o  «  o  o  » 

I  remained  with  Doctor  Steams  only  about 
one  year,  and  Silsbee  not  much  longer.  Sam- 
uel Q.  Mackey,  who  had  served  his  time 
with  Doctor  Stearns,  and  had  set  up  a  small 
shop  in  Beverly,  next  above  where  Bell's 
Building  now  stands,  the  shop  itself  having 
since  been  removed  to  Ryal   Side,   was  in 


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want  of  a  boy,  and  after  enquiry  of  Doct'r 
Stearns,  engaged  me.  [When  my  father, 
then  about  sixteen  years  of  age,  came  to  Sa- 
lem, (17G9)  he  found  employment  as  a  sea- 
man, at  Beverly,  in  a  vessel  commanded  by 
Josiah  Batchelder,  afterward  surveyor  of  the 
Port]  1  went  to  this  place  some  time  in  1793, 
and  remained  about  a  year,  when  Mr.  Mackey 
left  Beverly  for  Hanover,  New  Hampshire, 
and  my  mother  was  unwilling  that  I  should 
accompany  him.  While  with  him,  I  was 
attacked  with  an  inflammatory  fever,  went 
home  to  Salem,  and  was  attended  for  several 
weeks  by  Doctor  Edward  Augustus  Holyoke. 
On  recovering  I  lost  my  hair,  which  was  of 
a  brownish  color,  and  from  that  time  my  hair 
gradually  became  white,  so  that  it  was  en- 
tirely white  at  an  early  age. 

After  leaving  Mr.  Mackey,  I  remained  at 
home  with  my  mother  for  some  weeks,  went 
to  Mr.  Southwick's  school,  and  studied  nav- 
igation, entertaining  some  thoughts  of  going 
to  sea  if  I  did  not  soon  obtain  other  employ- 
ment About  that  time  Joseph  Osgood  Jr., 
son  of  Doctor  Joseph  Osgood,  who  had  been 
keeping  an  apothecary's  shop  in  Salem  for 
some  time,  concluded  to  leave  it  and  go  to 
sea,  and  his  father  had  agreed  to  continue 
the  business  in  his  absence,  and  to  permit 
him  to  resume  it  on  his  return.  Doctor 
Joseph  Osgood,  being  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  physic,  could  not  devote  much  of  his 
time  to  his  son's  business,  and  he  applied  to 
me,  since  I  had  some  knowledge  of  medicine, 
to  attend  the  shop  under  his  supervision, 
and  I  undertook  it.  I  was  alone  in  the  care 
of  the  business,  much  of  the  time.  I  resided 
in  the  Doctor's  family  and  there  found  rare 
satisfaction  and  enjoyment  His  wife,  [Lu- 
cretia,  sister  of  Joshua  Ward]  was  a  woman 


of  superior  mind.  There  were  several  chil- 
dren in  the  family,  some  of  them  of  about 
my  age.  The  children  were  well  nurtured 
and  I  was  treated,  apparently,  with  the  same 
kindness  and  attention  as  if  I  had  been  one 
of  them.  I  owe  much  to  this  family  and 
shall  always  feel  grateful  for  the  providen- 
tial  circumstances  which  brought  me  into  it 
as  a  member.  The  time  which  I  spent  there 
had  much  influence  in  forming  my  character. 
It  was  the  first  family,  within  my  knowl- 
edge, where  attention  was  paid  to  family 
worship.  Eeligion  was  not  merely  a  pro- 
fession, but  seemed  to  be  an  actuating  prin- 
ciple, guiding  their  daily  lives. 

The  happiness  I  here  enjoyed  was  not  per- 
mitted to  be  of  long  continuance.  In  the 
Spring  of  1796,  Joseph  Osgood  Jr.,  gave  up 
going  to  sea,  resumed  the  apothecary's  shop 
and  took  in  a  younger  brother.  About  the 
time  of  my  leaving  Doctor  Osgood,  Elisha 
Whitney,  son  of  Doctor  Elisha  Whitney, 
gave  up  keeping  an  apothecary's  shop  in 
Beverly,  and  went  to  sea,  afterwards  becom- 
ing master  of  a  vessel.  Doctor  Osgood  and 
other  friends  advised  me  to  avail  myself  of 
this  opening  and  set  up  in  business  on  my 
own  account,  although  I  was  then  but  about 
seventeen  and  a  half  years  old.  I  was  noth- 
ing loth  to  make  the  trial,  notwithstanding 
my  youth  and  inexperience.  On  the  18  th 
June;  1796,  I  opened  my  shop  in  Beverly 
and  went  to  board  with  the  widow,  Martha 
Burke,  daughter  of  Col.  Larkin  Thorndike, 
who  lived  just  behind  the  Eirst  Parish  Meet- 
ing House.  The  house  belonged  to  Co  J. 
Thorndike  and  was  formerly  a  tavern,  kept 
by  his  father,  John,  known  as  Landlord 
Thorndike. 

(To  be  Continued.) 


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SOME  NOTES  UPON  MR.  RANTOUL'S 
REMINISCENCES, 

Printed  in  the  August  No.  of  the  Historical  Col- 
lections of  the  Essex  Institute. 


BY  BBMJ.  F.  BROWNE. 


Jonathan  Archer  was  a  counterpart  of  Ca- 
leb Quotem,  "painter,  glazier,  auctioneer, 
&c."  He  was  a  barber,  tanner,  17  years  an 
assessor.  Sergeant  of  the  Militia,  Steward  of 
Essex  Lodge  of  Freemasons,  keeper  of  a  tav- 
ern, boarding  house  and  shipping  office,  and 
teacher  of  Navigation  and  other  branches  of 
Mathematics.  He  had  a  sign  on  his  house 
in  Derby  Street  with  this  inscription:  "Jon- 
athan Archer,  Jr.,  Philo.  Math."" 

The  Elkins  house  was  an  ancient  house  and 
had  undergone  several  changes  before  its  re- 
cent removal.  Mrs.  Mary  illkins,  widow  of 
Capt.  Henry,  was  daughter  of  Capt.  John, 
and  grand-daughter  of  Dr.  Crowninshield, 
who  was  an  emigrant  from  Leipsic  in  Ger- 
many, and  who,  tradition  says,  left  there  in 
consequence  of  having  fought  a  duel.  Be- 
sides Henry,  she  had  a  son  Thomas,  who  was 
drowned  on  his  homeward  passage  from  Ma- 
deira in  1 787,  aged  1 7.  Her  son  Henry  was 
the  only  one  saved  from  the  wreck,  of  the 
Brig  Harriett,  which  he  commanded,  and 
which  was  wrecked  off  the  Texel,  March  21, 
1791.  She  had  a  daughter  Mary,  who  mar- 
ried (1st)  Capt.  Andrew  Sleuman,  who  died 
in  Guadaloupe,  January,  1802.  The  issue 
of  this  marriage  was  son  Andrew,  who  was 
my  schoolmate,  a  bright  and  intelligent  boy, 
but  who,  in  consequence  of  epileptic  fits, 
sunk  into  mental  and  physical  imbecility, 
and  died  in  early  manhood ;  and  a  daughter, 
Mary,  who  married  Edwin  Jocelyn.     Mrs. 

♦See  Essex  Institute  "  Collections,"  vol.  3,  page 
127. 


S.  kept  a  millinery  establishment,  in  my  boy- 
hood, in  the  little  shop  alluded  to.  She  mar- 
ried (2d)  Capt.  Joseph  Winn.  Capt.  Hen- 
ry Elkins,  2d,  or  Judge  Elkins,  had  an  only 
child,  Harriett,  who  married  Col.  Enos  Cutler 
of  the  U.  S.  Army.  Mrs.  Elkins  died.  May 
18,  1819,  aged  79. 

My  recollection  of  Dr.  Bentley  extends  to 
1800,  and  from  that  time  till  his  death.  I 
knew  him  as  a  boarder  with  Mrs.  Hannah 
Crowninshield.  [See  Institute  Collections, 
vol.  4,  pages  264  and  265.]  He  was  a  man 
of  many  eccentricities,  but  of  rare  benevolence 
and  multifarious  learning.  It  was  said  that 
when  a  document  was  once  received  at  the 
State  department,  written  in  Arabic,  it  was 
sent  to  him  for  translation,  he  being  the  on- 
ly one  in  the  U.  States,  who  was  known  to 
be  capable  of  it. 

Eev.  James  Diman  was  born  on  Long  Is- 
land, and  died  at  Salem,  Oct.  8,  1788,  aged 
81.  His  wife  was  Mary,  a  daughter  of  Tim- 
othy and  Lois  (Pickering)  Ome.  She  died 
Nov.  14,  1787,  aged  65.  Mr.  Diman  and 
Mr.  Bentley  did  not  accord  in  their  theolog- 
ical opinions,  and  the  family  of  Mr.  D.  would 
not  hear  the  latter  preach.  They  left  two  eons 
and  three  daughters,  and  lived  in  the  house, 
now  standing  on  the  west  side  of  Hardy 
Street,  and  known  as  the  Diman  House.  It 
is  very  much  to  be  regretted  that  Mr.  Di- 
man's  record  of  deaths,  births,  and  baptisms 
is  lost. 

For  some  notice  of  the  Lambert  House, 
see  Essex  Institute  "Collections,"  vol.  5, 
page  26. 

John  Browne  and  Eunice  Fitch,  were  chil- 
dren of  Benjn.  Browne,  who  died  at  Salem, 
February  3,  1750.  His  wife  was  Eunice, 
daughter  of  Col.  John  Turner.  Eunice,  the 
grantor,  married  Timothy  Fitch ;  their  daugb- 


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ter,  Hannah  IBrowne,  was  the  late  Mrs.  E. 
Hersey  Derby.  Previous  to  the  erection  of 
the  Central  Building  in  1805,  there  were  sev- 
eral old  wooden  buildings  on  this  lot  of  land. 
Samuel  Rantoul,  brother  of  Robert,  had  an 
apothecary's  shop  on  the  eastern  corner  of 
Essex  and  Central  Streets,  and  the  Post  Of- 
fice was  at  one  time  kept  there,  in  connexion 
with  John  Dabney's  Book  Store  and  circula- 
ting library.  Zadock  Pomeroy  had  a  feath- 
er store  there.  He  was  not  a  native  of  Sa- 
lem, but  died  here  after  a  short  residence,  and 
his  body  was  among  the  first  buried  in  the 
Howard  Street  burying  ground.  The  west- 
em  shop  1  principally  remember,  as  being 
kept  by  a  Mrs.  Baldwin.  Nathaniel  Wes- 
ton had  a  shoemaker's  shop  in  one  of  them. 
It  was  much  resorted  to  by  the  boys  of  that 
time  for  the  purchase  of  marbles  and  other 
knickknacks.  The  old  lady  came  to  an  un- 
timely end  (March,  1808)  from  eating  bread, 
in  the  meal  of  which,  some  arsenic  had  been 
mingled,  to  destroy  rats,  and  which  had  been 
incautiously  used  in  the  bread.  Joseph 
Young  had  a  hatters's  shop  and  dwelling 
house  on  Central  Street.  It  was  moved  to 
Andrew  Street,  and  now  forms  part  of  house 
numbered  30  on  that  street.  Young  was 
the  organist  at  St.  Peter's.  There  was  but 
one  other  church  organ  in  Salem  at  that  time, 
that  at  the  first  Church. 

I  travelled  over  the  same  track  with  Mr. 
Rantoul,  and  commenced  my  school  life  with 
Ma'am  Babbidge  in  1797,  and  my  recollec- 
tion perfectly  agrees  with  his.  I  was  the 
youngest  and  smallest  scholar  in  the  school, 
and  from  that  or  some  other  cause,  was  a  fa- 
vorite with  the  good  old  lady.  I  had  a  seat 
at  her  side  and  she  treated  me  with  much 
kindness,  and  told  me  old  world  stories  of 
the  common,   the  neck,   the  East   Meeting 


House,  and  of  the  old  families.  It  was  from 
these  stories,  that  I  imbibed  much  of  that 
love  of  the  ancient  history  of  Salem  that  has 
interested  me  in  my  old  age.  She  had  dis- 
carded the  Westminster  Catechism,  and  a- 
dopted  the  shorter  and  more  liberal  one  of 
Dr.  Bentley.  We  had,  among  the  scholars, 
a  blind  young  man  named  Lemme  Perkins. 
He  had  the  musical  faculty  in  great  perfec- 
tion, and  his  whistling  was  the  admiration 
of  all  the  down  town  boys,  and  men  too. 
Lemme  brought  Mrs.  B.  a  long  stick  made 
from  a  rose-bush  and  gave  it  to  her,  to  be 
used  instead  of  her  cane-pole.  Poor  Lemme 
somehow  misbehaved  himself,  and  got  the 
first  taste  of  the  quality  of  his  rod,  much  to 
the  amusement  and  gratification  of  the  rest 
of  us.  He  was  taught  to  commit  to  memo- 
ry, parts  of  the  Catechism  and  some  Hymns. 
Mrs.  B.  had  an  assisstant,  Elizabeth  Adams, 
familiarly  called  by  us  Betty  Adams.  She 
was  a  sister  of  Deacon  John  Adams  and  was 
living  at  Hamilton  about  20  years  ago,  but 
I  think  she  is  now  dead.  On  her  devolved 
most  of  the  instruction  and  discipline  of  the 
school,  and  she  performed  it  much  to  the  sat- 
isfaction of  us  younkers,  as  she  was  very 
kind  and  conciliatory.  The  house  in  which 
Mrs.  B.  kept  and  taught,  is  now  numbered 
106  on  Essex  Street,  and  till  within  about 
two  years,  it  has  been  occupied  by  the  Bab- 
bidge family,  her  grandson,  John,  having 
died  there,  March  26,  1861,  aged  93  3-4 
years..  Mrs.  B.  had  4  sons  and  3  daughters, 
and  survived  them  all,  and  died,  June  3, 
1 804,  aged  90.  She  was  a  Beckett,  and  her 
grandson,  John,  married  a  Beckett.  Eliza- 
beth, her  daughter,  married  Capt.  Benjn. 
Ward,  and  died,  October  17,  1797,  aged  60. 
Susannah,  married  Capt.  Jonathan  Mason, 
who  died  Nov.  10,  1799;  she  died,  June  4, 


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1800,  aged  66.  Lydia,  a  maiden  daughter, 
who  taught  the  girls  in  her  mother's  school, 
died  July  9,  1800,  aged  67. 

Master  John  Watson  had  the  reputation 
of  a  good  instructor.  He  had  taught  a  pri- 
vate school,  to  which  he  returned,  after  teach- 
ing the  first  town  school  for  a  short  time 
after  its  commencement  in  1785.  He  had 
many  scholars,  and  was  a  highly  respectable 
and  useful  man  in  society.  The  Union  build- 
ding,  erected  in  1809,  now  stands  on  the  site, 
part  of  which  his' school  house  occupied.  Af- 
ter Master  Watson  left  the  school,  it  was 
continued,  but  not  successfully,  by  a  Mr. 
Pennel,  who  was  not  a  native  of  Salem. 
His  wife  was  a  sister  of  Dr.  Eodford  Web- 
ster of  Boston.  For  notice  of  Master  Wat- 
son, see  Essex  Institute  "Collections,"  vol. 
4,  pages  83  and  84. 

There  were  likewise,  John,  Jacob  and 
George  Crowninshield.  (See  Institute  "Col- 
lections," vol.  3,  pages  162  and  163;  also 
vol.  4,  pages  87  and  135.) 

I  went  to  the  Grammar  School,  when  it  was 
kept  by  Mr.  Daniel  Parker  in  the  place  indi- 
cated by  Mr.  Rantoul.  The  scholars  were 
not  numerous,  and  only  a  few  were  instructed 
in  Latin  and  Greek.  Of  these,  I  remember 
Robert  Crowell,  afterwards  minister  at  Essex, 
B.  Lynde  Oliver,  once  a  lawyer  in  Salem  and 
Boston,  J.  Willard  Gibbs,  a  professor  at  Yale 
College,  his  brother  Henry  and  Andrew  Dun- 
lap,  who  died  U.  S.  District  Attorney.  I  ac- 
quired a  little  smattering  of  Latin  and  Greek 
myself  The  latter  has  entirely  faded  from 
my  memory;  of  the  former,  only  enough  re- 
mains to  guide  me  among  the  gallipots  and 
bottles,  with  which  I  have,  most  of  my  life, 
been  surrounded.  The  school  house  stood  on 
a  bank  called  Guppy's  bank.  Beneath  it  on 
the  Margin  of  the  shore,  was  a  row  of  one 


story  houses  tenanted  by  Negroes.  One  old 
African  Negress,  named  Dinah,  was  a  great 
favorite  of  the  boys,  who  almost  daily  carried 
her  small  presents.  Her  house  was  always 
clean  and  her  floor  nicely  sanded.  She  was 
generally  spinning,  twirling  in  a  plate,  a  pota- 
to on  a  stick.  I  suppose  this  was  the  African 
fashion,  but  I  do  not  recollect  enough  of  the 
modus  operandi,  to  adequately  describe  it. 
Dinah  was  very  religious  and  kept  twirling 
away,  in  the  meanwhile  telling  us  stories  of 
old  Salem  people,  particularly  of  the  family 
of  a  Dr.  Paine,  to  whom  she  had  been  a  slave. 
An  old  Negro,  named  Cato,  did  not  fare  so 
well.  He  was  morose  and  churlish,  and  the 
boys  took  delight  in  annoying  him.  His  hut 
stood  near  the  edge  of  the  bank,  the  chimney 
about  on  a  level  with  the  bluff.  Old  New- 
bury, hostler  for  Gilbert  Newhall,  an  expert 
horseman,  lived  here,  distinguished  for  his  fat 
pig  and  cross  wife,  and  Sampson  Augustus, 
who  painted  for  P.  &  A.  Chase,  and  whose 
house,  being  painted  white,  had  quite  an  aris- 
tocratic look.  But  I  must  not  forget  Caesar, 
poor  old  blind  Caesar,  not  one  lock  of  whose 
wool  would  any  boy  hurt.  Genial  Caesar! 
as  full  of  fun  as  any  boy  of  us,  maugi-e  his 
loss  of  sight .  Industrious  Caesar !  who  would 
find  his  way  about  town,  with  his  wood  horse 
on  his  back,  and  saw  on  his  arm,  seeking  a  job, 
asking  no  alms,  but  accepting  with  thanks 
the  coppers  so  liberally  showered  upon  him 
by  young  and  old.  Calculating  Caesar!  who 
would,  in  an  instant,  make  computations 
which  ordinarily  require  the  aid  of  many  fig- 
ures,— would  remind  all  the  boys  of  their  age, 
when  their  birth  days  came  round, —  would 
recall  any  event  he  had  ever  a  knowledge  of, 
and  fix  the  time  correctly.  Happy  Caesar  1 
who  had  the  felicity  of  hearing  an  eulogistic 
notice  of  himself,  with  a  report  of  his  death 


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read  to  him  from  the  Salem  Gazette,  a  year 
before  he  died.  He  left  this  world  for  a  high- 
er, where  there  is  no  distinction  of  color,  and 
where  the  poor  are  welcome,  and  was  buried 
from  the  Alms  House,  Jan'y,  1805.  Fare- 
well Caesar!  thou  man  of  infinite  hilarity 
and  kindness ! 

The  Philosophical  Library,  which  is  now 
incorporated  with  the  Salem  Atheneum,  was 
kept  in  an  anteroom  adjoining  our  schoolroom, 
and  Master  Parker  was  the  Librarian.  He 
had  been  an  officer  in  the  Army  of  the  Revo- 
lution, and  I  think  from  Haverhill,  and 
brought  some  of  his  army  notions  and  habits 
into  the  schoolroom;  but,  on  the  whole,  I 
think  he  was  a  good  instructor,  and  although 
rather  servere  in  his  discipline,  a  good  boy 
had  no  reason  to  fear  him.  He  was,  for 
many  years,  Clerk  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  and 
led  in  the  responses,  and  was,  I  think,  the 
last  one,  who  occupied  the  prominence  of  the 
Clerk's  desk.  He  had  four  sons,  one  of  whom, 
Charles,  was  an  eminent  engraver  in  Phila- 
delphia. I  believe  they  are  now  all  dead. 
For  notice  of  Master  Bancroft,  see  Instiute 
"Collections,"  vol.  4,  page  11. 

Wapping  Lane  was  Daniels  Street,  but 
the  whole  district  on  the  South  side  of  Es- 
sex Street,  extending  from  Daniels  Street  to 
the  neck  gate,  was  familiarly  called  Wapping. 
These  Wapping  boys  were  generally  sons  of 
persons,  who  were  someway  connected  with 
the  shipping,  either  as  officers,  mariners,  me- 
chanics or  long  shore  men  employed  about  the 
wharves.  They  were  generally  rather  rough 
boys,  but  of  good  stamina,  who  took  to  the 
water  as  naturally  as  young  ducks,  and  from 
them,  grew  up  many  of  our  best  merchants, 
and  officers  of  vessels.  St.  Peter  Street  was 
called  Prison  Lane,  and  its  environs  Button 
Hole.     Mill  Street  and  the  region  around  it 


was  Knockers'  Hole.  From  these  localities, 
came  other  rough  boys,  who  made  the  com- 
mon their  battle  ground.  Then  there  were 
feuds  between  Lang's  and  Southwick's  schol- 
ars, and  battles  were  frequent  between  them. 
Some  times  the  "  down-towners "  east  of 
Washington  Street  and  the  "up-towners" 
west  of  that  street,  would  have  battles  not 
confined  to  the  common,  but  carried,  on  in  the 
public  streets.  Bruised  pates  and  bloody 
noses  were  the  concomitants  of  these  battles, 
for  neither  party  were  delicate  in  the  choice 
of  weapons  or  missiles.  Prisoners  were  ta- 
ken on  both  sides,  and  instead  of  the  oath  of 
allegiance  being  administered,  their  faces 
were  well  washed  with  snow,  ice  or  frozen 
snow  balls,  sometimes  very  cruelly  applied. 
We  had  no  police  officers  then  to  interfere.  A 
few  superannuated  constables  there  were, 
whose  principal  employment  was  to  drag  off 
some  drunken  vagrant  to  the  Poor  House,  and  to 
serve  small  civil  processes.  Our  elders,  who 
had  probably  gone  through  the  same  training 
in  their  boyish  days,  seemed  to  enjoy  the  fun 
as  much  as  we  did.  It  was  considered  fair 
sport,  which  every  one  should  be  willing  to 
take  as  well  as  give.  I  remember  one  very 
successful  piece  of  strategy,  before  I  knew 
the  meaning  of  the  term.  Some  twenty  of 
the  best  fighting  "down-towners"  hired  a 
large,  double  covered  sleigh  with  a  driver,  and 
laid  in  a  good  stock  of  ammunition,  viz :  clubs, 
frozen  snow  balls  and  pieces  of  ice,  and  pro- 
ceeded from  Winter  street  through  Browne 
and  Church  streets  to  Court  (now  Washing- 
ton) street,  thence  down  Essex  Street  to  the 
rear  of  the  "  up-towners,"  who  were  slowly 
driving  the  "  down-towners,"  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  Liberty  Street.  Here,  emerging 
from  the  sleigh  with  shouts  and  yells,  they  at- 
tacked the    "up-towners"    in  the  rear,  who. 


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being  taken  by  surprise,  fled  in  all  directions, 
through  yards  and  over  fences,  leaving  many, 
who  were  captured,  and  trophies  of  the  victo- 
ry. 

I  occasionally  attended  Master  Lang's  school 
with  some  of  his  scholars  on  Thursday  after- 
noons, which  was  one  of  Master  Southwick's 
lecture  afternoons.  His  school  was  composed 
largely  of  Wapping  boys,  and  the  scholars 
were  numerous  and  disorderly.  Their  school- 
books  were  few  and  old,  in  some  instances, 
not  more  than  one  to  3  or  4  scholars.  Not- 
withstanding these  disadvantages,  many  of 
his  scholars  managed  to  pick  up  a  fair  amount 
of  elementary  knowledge,  and  became  good 
and  useful  citizens.  I  recollect  one  or  two 
of  our  most  respectable  merchants,  and  sev- 
eral ship  masters  and  officers,  who  had  no  oth- 
er school  education  than  that  obtained  here. 
Master  Lang  was  a  very  worthy  man  and  was 
much  respected  by  our  inhabitants.  After 
he  left  the  school,  he  was  a  clerk  in  the  old 
Essex  Bank.  (For  notice  of  him,  see  Insti- 
tute "Collections,"  vol.  3,  pages  127  and 
128,  and  vol.  4,  page  137.) 

I  attended  Master  Southwick's  school  and 
can  fully  endorse  all  that  Mr.  Rantoul  says  of 
him.  He  had  about  80  scholars,  who  were 
well  managed  and  well  instructed.  Some  of 
them  were  young  seamen  whom  he  taught  nav- 
igation, and  I  remember  one  stammering  boy 
whom  master  cured  of  his  stammering,  and 
also  two  Quaker  boys  from  Portland,  who 
boarded  in  his  family,  Lauriat,  afterwards  a 
chemist  and  aeronaut,  came  there  to  learn 
English,  as  did  some  other  foreign  boys,  one 
of  whom  was  an  East  Indian.  Master  S.  was 
a  kind  man  and  rarely  used  the  cowhide,  ex- 
cept as  a  threatened  terror  to  delinquents,  but 
when  he  did  use  it,  he  did  it  with  no  sparing 

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hand.  He  had  other  and  milder  modes  of 
punishment,  which  were  probably  quite  as  ef- 
fectual. 

The  little  smattering  of  French  I  acquired, 
was  derived  from  his  instructions.  I  became 
possessed  of  an  old  volume  of  Esop's  Fables 
with  a  glossary,  and  in  my  leisure  in  school, 
I  essayed  to  translate  some  of  them  on  my 
slate.  Master  detected  me  and  seemed  pleased 
and  said  if  I  would  remain  after  school  hours, 
he  would  assist  me.  I  was  glad  of  the  chance, 
and  he  furnished  me  with  a  grammar  and  dic- 
tionary, and  with  his  aid,  I  went  through  the 
Fables  and  Telemachus.  He  was  reputed  a 
good  French  scholar,  and  conversed  in  that 
language  fluently;  he  was  also  a  good  mathe- 
matician. He  had  a  peculiar  way  of  teaching 
his  boys  to  spell.  He  made  them  pronounce 
each  syllable  distinctly,  and  then  the  whole 
word,  before  they  commenced  spelling  it. 
Another  of  his  peculiarities  was,  that  one  of 
his  lecture  or  intermission  afternoons  was  on 
Thursday  instead  of  Wednesday,  as  at  the 
other  schools.  This,  I  suppose,  was  because 
the  Quaker  meetings  were  on  Thursday. 

The  only  vacations  that  I  remember,  were 
Thanksgiving,  Fast,  Fourth  of  July,  one  day 
each,  3  days  in  'Lection  week,  and  about  the 
same  number  at  one  of  the  Quaker  meetings, 
which  were  called  "Tugmutton."  I  ven- 
tured to  ask  Master,  what  was  the  meaning  of 
the  term,  and  he  said  that  during  the  persecu- 
tion of  the  Quakers,  they  met  privately  at  the 
house  of  a  friend  at  Throgmorton's  cove,  near 
Forest  River  Mills,  and  from  thence,  by  cor- 
ruption, came  "Tugmutton."  Master  kept 
an  evening  school  for  large  boys,  in  the  Win- 
ter. They  were  mechanics'  apprentices, 
clerks  and  the  like.  Every  thing  went  on 
smoothly  enough,  till  the  last  evening  of  the 
term,    when,  according  to  the  custom  of  the 


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times,  confusion  reigned — a  perfect  saturna- 
lia. The  next  forenoon  we  had  no  instruct- 
ion, but  were  busily  employed  in  gathering 
up  the  peas,  beans,  nuts  and  other  small  mis- 
siles that  were  hurled  around,  the  previous 
evening,  and  in  cleaning  up  and  putting  in 
order  the  school-room.  My  recollections  of 
Master  S.  and  his  school  are  very  pleasant 
ones.  (See  Institute  "Collections,"  vol.4, 
pages  4  and  135.  There  were  at  that  time, 
a  few  private  schools  besides  Master  Watson's 
and  Parker's,  but  of  no  great  note,  till  Mr. 
Wm.  Bigelow  established  one  over  the  store 
of  Michael  Webb  (now  George  Nichols)  in 
Court  Street,  which  was  soon  removed  to 
Odell's  Hill,  near  where  the  1st  Baptist  meet- 
ing house  now  is,  and  became  quite  a  noted 
one.  Amos  Towne  had  a  school  about  1802, 
nearly  opposite  the  western  end  of  the  present 
South  Building.  He  was  afterwards  associa- 
ted with  Mr.  Bigelow  in  his  school.  About 
a  couple  of  years  after,  one  John  H.  Read 
established  a  school  on  Essex  a  little  east  of 
Sewall  Street,  but  removed  to  Odell's  Hill 
and  took  Bigelow 's  School  rooms  and  had  a 
short  run  of  popularity.  Beside  master  Lang's, 
there  were  two  town  schools.  Master  John  Gray 
taught  one  on  the  lower  floor  of  the  Grammar 
school  house,  and  Master  Isaac  Hacker  the 
other,  on  the  spot  where  the  present  Hacker 
school  house  is.  The  last  was  noted  for  suc- 
cessfully teaching  writing. 

The  whipping  post,  an  engine  house  and 
the  watch  house  stood  in  the  rear  of  the  old 
Court  House,  in  the  centre  of  Court  (now 
Washington  Street)  and  about  on  a  line  with 
the  north  side  of  Federal  Street.  I  remem- 
ber seeing  several  persons  whipped  there,  and 
among  them  one  female.  In  1802,  a  man 
was  convicted  of  breaking  into  Joseph  An- 
drews' grocery  store,  and  sentenced  to  be  set 


on  the  gallows  one  hour,  with  a  rope  about 
his  neck,  one  end  over  the  gallows,  to  be  se- 
verely whipped  15  stripes,  to  pay  treble  dama- 
ges and  the  costs  of  prosecution,  and  to  be 
confined  to  hard  labor  for  5  years;  and  at 
the  same  time,  a  man  for  stealing  leather  from 
Ichabod  Nichols,  was  sentenced  to  be  whipped 
twenty  stripes,  to  ^ay  treble  damages,  or  else 
to  be  disposed  of  to  service  10  months,  and 
to  pay  costs  of  prosecution.  In  the  same 
year,  Cato  Haskell,  a  negro  man,  was  con- 
victed of  manslaughter,  in  killing  Charles 
Lewis,  and  was  sentenced  to  imprisonment  12 
months,  to  be  branded  in  his  forehead  with 
the  letter  M,  to  be  bound  for  3  years'  good 
behaviour  after  the  expiration  of  his  imprison- 
ment, to  pay  costs  of  prosecution,  and  to  stand 
committed  till  the  sentence  is  complied  with. 
Cato  evaded  his  severe  sentence  by  breaking 
jail  and,  I  believe,  was  not  retaken.  He 
killed  Lewis  at  Ipswich,  with  a  scythe,  in  a 
quarrel.  I  remember  (I  think  some  years 
later)  seeing  a  man  in  a  pillory,  in  front  of 
the  old  Court  House,  pelted  with  rotten  eggs, 
and  I  do  not  remember  any  such  brutal  exhi- 
bitions afterwards. 


Errata.  Mr.  Diman  died  December  (instead 
of  November)  14th  1787. 

It  was  to  Mrs.  Baldwin's  shop  where  the  boys 
resorted  to  buy  marbles,  &c. 


A  COPY  OF  THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF 
BURIALLS,  AND  DEATHS  OF  THE 
TOWN  OF  ROWLEY,  WITH  NOTES. 


COMMUNICATED    BY    M.    A.    STICKNKY. 


Continued  A:om  vol.  r,  page  166. 


John  Hobson  buryed  August  ye  twenty 
fifth  day. 

John  Pickard  senior  buryed  the  24  of 
September. 

Gershom  Browne  son  of  Charles  buryed 
December  5th. 


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Mary  Browne  daughter  of  Charles  buryed 
December  9th. 

Mary  Brown  wife  of  Charles  buryed  De- 
cember 12th. 

Mark  Prime  buryed  December  the  twenty 
first. 

Thomas  Leaver  buryed  December  the  twen- 
ty seventh. 

John  Scales  buryed  January  the  twelfth 
day. 

Constance  Crosbee  buryed  the  twentyfifth 
day  of  January. 

Anno  1684. 

Samuel  Prime  dyed  March  ye  eighteenth 
day. 

Mary  Barker  dyed  Aprill  ye  twelfth  day. 

Humphrey  Hobson  dyed  August  ye  eighth 
day.  I 

Mary  Leaver  died  October  ye  fourth. 

Maximilion  Jewit  dyed  October  ye  nine- 
tenth  day. 

Elizabeth  Pasoa  dyed  December  ye  sixth 
day. 

Anno  1685. 

Leiftenant  Thomas  Lambert  dyed  Septem- 
ber ye  thirteenth  day. 

Captain  John  Johnson  dyed  January  the 
twenty  ninth  day. 

John  Baley  the  son  of  James  and  Eliza- 
beth died  February  thirtenth  day. 
Anno  1686. 

Elizabeth  Pickard  the  wife  of  Sarauell  bur- 
ied May  the  twenty  eight  day. 

Ebenezer  Swan  the  son  of  Richard  and 
Hannah  buried  the  third  day  of  January. 

Mrs.  Jennet  Whiple  buried  the  first  day  of 
Febuary. 

Anne  Palmer  buried  the  twenty  second  of 
Febuary. 

Also  Homes  the  wife  of  Richard  buried 
Febuary  the  fourteenth  day. 


Elizabeth  Pickard  daughter  of  Samuel 
Pickard  and  Elizabeth  buried  June  the  third 
day. 

Anno  1687. 

Jonathan  Jacson  the  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Ann  ah  buried  March  the  ninth  day. 

John  Perle  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  bur- 
ied March  the  tenth  day. 

Mr.  Steven  Mighel  dyed  Aprill  the  six- 
teenth day. 

Mary  Lambert  daughter  of  Thomas  Lam- 
bert and  Edna  his  wife  bui-ied  Aprill  the 
nineteenth  day. 

Thomas  Wood  buried  September  the  twelfth 
day. 

John  Pallmer  son  of  Francis  Pallraer  and 
Elizabeth  buried  August  the  tenth  day. 

Robert  Shillito  buried  August  the  twenty 
first  day. 
Returned  all  to  Salem  Court  December  14. 

Charles  Browne  buried  December  the  six- 
teenth day. 

Mary  wife  of  Jeremiah  Elsworth  buried 
May  the  twenty  fourth  day.  (This  death 
may  belong  to  1788.) 

Anno  1688. 

Sammuell  Bointon  son  of  Sammuell  Boin- 
ton  and  Hannah  his  wife  buried  March  the 
eigteth  day. 

William  Jackson  buried  May  the  fift  day. 

Martha  Clark  daughter  of  John  Clark  and 
Mary  his  wife  buried  the  twenty  second  day 
of  Aprill. 

Sarah  Herriman  wife  of  Jonathan  Herri- 
man  died  June  the  thitith  day. 

Nehemiah  Wood  son  of  Thomas  Wood  and 
Mary  his  wife  died  August  the  fourth  day. 

Mary  Nellson  wife  of  Tnomas  Nellson  sen- 
ior died  August  the  twentie  eight  day. 

Bethia  Barker  daughter  of  Barszilla  Bar- 
ker and  Anna  his  wife  hurried  September  the 
IXteenth  day. 


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Sarah  Paison  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Edward 
Paison  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  his  wife  died  May 
the  twentie  eight  day. 

All  returned  to  Salem  on  the  12  day  of 
December  1688. 
Anno  1689. 

Sarab  Wood  the  wife  of  Josiah  Wood  died 
January  the  ninth  day.      (o.  s. ) 

Charles  Steward  died  May  the  eighth  day 
the  son  of  Duncin  Steward,      (o.  s.) 

Sammuell  Bointon  the  son  of  Sammuell 
Bointon  and  Hannah  his  wife  died  May  the 
fifteenth  day.      (o.  s.) 

Jonathan  Barker  the  son  of  Barzilla  Bar- 
ker and  Anna  his  wife  buried  May  the  twen- 
tie ninth  day.      (o,  s.) 

Sarah  Pickard  the  wife  of  John  Pickard 
died  September  the  twenty  eight  day. 

Elizabeth  Pallnier  the  wife  of  Francis  Pall- 
mer  died  July  the  ninth  day. 

Hepsiba  Hassen  the  daughter  of  Edward 
Hazen  and  Hannah  his  wife  died  November 
the  twentie  ninth  day. 

Thomas  Ellithrop  died  June  the  eight  day. 

Rebecca  Dickinson  the  daughter  of  James 
Dickinson  and  Rebecca  his  wife  died  June 
the  eight  day. 

Samuell  Pickard  the  son  of  Samuell  Pick- 
ard and  Elizabeth  his  wife  died  June  the  ninth 
day. 

Ame  Cooper  the  wife  of  Peter  Cooper  bur- 
ied Aprill  the  eighteenth  day. 

Miriam  Pearson  daughter  of  Jeremiah 
Pearson  and  Priscilla  his  wife  hurried  Decem- 
ber the  third  day. 

Lydia  Dresser  the  daughter  of  John  Dress- 
er and  Martha  his  wife. 

An  Jewit  the  daughter  of  Deacon  Ezekill 
Jewit  and  Faith  his  wife  died  September  the 
eleventh  day. 

Elizabeth  Nellson  the  daughter  of  Thomas 
Nellson  senior  died  31  October  1689. 


Daniell  Bointon  son  of  Joseph  Bointon 
and  Sarah  his  wife  died  October  the  eight 
day. 

Ellen  Warner  widdow  the  wife  of  Goodman 
Warner  died  August  the  fift  day. 

Nathaniell  Browne  the  son  of  Nathaniell 
Browne  and  Mary  his  wife. 

Ann  Jewett  daughter  of  Deacon  Ezekiell 
Jewett  and  Faith  his  wife  died  September  the 
eleventh  day. 

Miriam  Pearson  the  daughter  of  Jeremiah 
Pearson  and  Priscilla  his  wife  died  December 
the  third  day. 

John  Tod  died  February  the  fourteenth  day. 

Hannah  Wicom  the  daughter  of  Leaften- 
ant  Daniell  Wicom  and  Mary  his  wife  died 
February  the  twentie  fourth  day. 
i    Samuell  Series  dyed  the  seventh  of  Aprill 
1691, 

Ebenezer  Spoford  son  of  Jno.  Spoford 
dyed  the  twenty  ninth  of  June  1690. 

Mary  the  wife  of  Capt.  Daniell  Wicom 
dyed  the  twenty  ninth  of  January  1690-91 

Ann  Bayley  daughter  of  Jno.  and  Mary 
dyed  the  seventeenth  day  of  December  1690. 

Capt.  Phillip  Nellson  dyed  the  nineteenth 
of  August  1691. 

John  Bayley  died  comeing  from  Canady 
ye  nineteenth  of  November  1690. 

Hannah  Pearson  daughter  of  Jeramiah 
and  Priscilla  dyed  ye  eighteenth  of  July 
1690. 

Mary  Smith  dyed  the  16  January  1691-2. 

March  ye  19<A  1691-2.  Then  made  re- 
turn to  Capt.  Tho.    Wade  of  Ipswich. 

Samuell  Wood  dyed  Comeing  from  Cana- 
dy ye  25  of  November  1690. 

Leonard  Harriman  dyed  ye  6th  of  May 
1691. 

Joseph  Scott  dyed  the  29th  day  of  Octo- 
ber 1692. 


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I 


Flizeheth  Killbum  dyed  ye  4th  of  Decem- 
ber 1692. 

Mary  Sawyer  died  ye  20th  February  1692- 
3. 

Nathan  Laml^ert  son  of  Thomas  and  Ednah 
his  wife  dyed  August  1693. 

William  Hobson  son  of  William  dyed  March 
ye  22d  1692-3. 

Jemima  Burbank  dyed  ye  24th  day  of 
March  1692-3. 

Joseph  Clark  and  Benjamin  sons  of  Jno. 
and  Mary  dyed  ye  12th  of  October  1693. 

Deacon  John  Pearson  dyed  ye  22  of  De- 
cember 1693. 

The  Widdow  Ann  Hobson  dyed  the  twen- 
ty second  day  of  December  1693. 

Sarah  Boynton  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Bridgitt  dyed  ye  twenty  third  of  December 
1693. 

Jonathan  Pearson  son  of  Stephen  and  Ma- 
ry dyed  ye  eleventh  of  December  1693. 

Samuell  Browne  son  of  John  and  Abigail 
dyed  twenty  first  of  September  1692. 

Martha  Browne  daughter  of  John  Browne 
and  Abigail  died  September  twenty  seventh 
1692. 

Andrew  Stickne  son  of  Andrew  Stickne 
and  Ednah  his  wife  died  May  the  twenty  sev- 
enth 1694. 

EUzabeth  Tenne  the  wife  of  Daniel  Tenne 
dyed  Aprill  the  twenty  eight  1694. 

Elizabeth  Jackson  the  wife  of  Nicolas  Jack- 
son dyed  twelfth  of  June  1694. 

John  Preson  the  son  of  Cornet  John  Pres- 
on  and  Mary  dyed  October  ninetenth  1694. 

Ezekill  Lighton  son  of  Ezokill  and  Rebeck- 
ah  died  seventh  of  Aprill  1694. 

Josuah  Jewitt  son  of  Captane  Joseph  Jew- 
itt  and  Ruth  dyed  October  fivetenth  1684. 

James  Wood  son  of  Thomas  and  Ann  dyed 
eightenth  of  October  1694. 


Ezekiell  Mighill  dyed  third  July  1694. 

Captaine  Joseph  Jewitt  dyed  the  thirtith 
Octobrr  1694. 

Elizabeth  Harris  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and 
Elizabeth  dyed  twenty  fiveth  October  1694. 

Widow  Ann  Mighill  died  17  November 
1694. 

Barzillah  Barker  dyed  16  November  1694. 

John  Decker  dyed  October  twenty  eight 
1694. 

John  Spoford  dyed  Aprill  twenty  second 
1696. 

John  Piillmer  aged  died  17  of  June  1695. 

Mr.  Samuell  Philhps  pastor  dyed  Aprill  22 
1696. 

Johannah  Pickard  the  daughter  of  John 
and  Johannah  dyed  fourth  of  September  1696. 

John  Harris  aged  dyed  February  the  five- 
teenth  in  year  1694. 

John  Pickard  died  November  1st  1697. 

Daniell  Lunt  son  of  John  and  Ruth  dyed 
November  5th  1697. 

Ezra  Barker  died  November  6th  1697. 

Briget  Boynton  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Brigit  died  November  6th  1697. 

Elizabeth  Rainer  the  wife  of  Ja-  ^ 
chin  died  February  12th  1697-8.  ^   '^^^'^ 
Nicolas  Jackson  Dyed  February  )    buried 
13th  1697-8.  )     in  one 

Elizabeth  Kilborne  died  Februa- 
ry 13th  1697-8. 

Leddea  Burbank  died  March  3d  1697-8. 

Simon  Pickard  the  son  of  John  and  Johan- 
na died  July  25  1697. 

James  Dickinson  dyed  June  26th  1698. 

Mr.  Ezekiell  Northend  died  September  7th 
1698. 

Nathan  Plats  died  17th  July  1698. 

John  Grant  died  March  18th  1696-7. 

Nathaniell  Crosbee  dyed  the  seventh  day  of 

March  1699-1700. 


grave. 


206 


Capt.  Daniell  Wicom  dyed  Aprill  13th 
1700. 

Martha  Dresser  the  wife  of  Leut.  John 
Dresser  dyed  June  29th  1700. 

John  Lighten  died  November  the  15th  day 
1698. 

Stephen  Paison  son  of  Mr.  Edward  Paison 
died  Febuary  8th  1700-1. 

Janne  Pickard  the  daughter  of  John  Pick- 
ard  dyed  June  24  1701. 

Thomas  Burbee  died  June  the  1  1701. 

Jonathan  Dresser  the  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Sarah  Dresser  dyed  the  17  of  July  1701. 

Elizabeth  Chaplin  the  wife  of  Joseph  Chap- 
lin buried  October  the  12  day  in  the  year 
1702. 

Hannah  Baley  the  wife  of  Jonathan  Baley 
died  the  9  of  December  1702. 

Thomas  Wood  buried  December  the  1  day 
1702. 

Jonathan  Nelson  the  son  of  Jerimiah  Nel- 
son dyed  the  eleventh  day  of  February  1703- 
4. 

Sarah  Burbey  the  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Esther  dyed  the  13  of  December  in  the  year 
1702. 

Corporall  Joseph  Chaplin  dyed  Aprill  the 
17  day  1705. 

Mrs.  Ednah  Northend  dyed  February  the 
3  1705-6. 

James  Dickinson  dyed  January  the  5  1705- 
6. 

Sarah  Wicom  the  wife  of  Daniel  Wicom 
Junior  dyed  Aprill  the  9  1706. 

Sarah  Lighton  dyed  December  the  8  day 
1706. 

Jerimiah  Nelson  dyed  July  the  3  1706. 

John  Plummer  dyed  the  16  day  of  Aprill 
in  the  year  1706. 

Jemimah  Foster  the  daughter  of  Ebenezer 
Foster  and  Mary  died  March  the  12  1706-7. 


Phillips  Payson  the  son  of  Mr.  Edward 
Payson  died  May  the  3  1767. 

John  Pickard  dyed  Agust  the  5  1706. 

Sargent  Caleb  Boynton  dyed  September  13 
1708. 

Jerimiah  Boynton  died  June  the  1  1709. 

Sarah  Paison  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Edward 
Paison  dyed  Aprill  the  24  1709. 

Nathaniel  Elithorp  dyed  May  10  1709. 
.  Thomas  Burbee  dyed  the  24  of  June  1709. 

Phillipa  Nelson  the  wife  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Nelson  dyed  the  twenty  ninth  of  September 
1709. 

Mary  Elithorp  the  widow  of  Nathanaell  Eli- 
thorp dyed  January  the  9  1709-10. 

Henery  Ryley  dyed  May  the  24  1710. 

Mrs.  Dorothy  Woodman  dyed  October  the 
21  1710. 

Elizabeth  Sawyer  the  wife  of  John  Sawyer 
dyed  October  the  6  day  1710. 

Stephen  Peirson  dyed  January  the  5  1705. 

Elizebeth  Dresser  the  wife  of  Joseph  Dress- 
er dyed  September  the  18  1711. 

Jonathan  Heriman  dyed  November  the  20 
1711. 

Ebenezer  Barker  dyed  Aprill  the  10  1711. 

Mr.  Thomas  Nelson  dyed  Aprill  5  1712. 

Isaac  Platts  dyed  March  27  1711. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Hammond  dyed  the  16  day  of 
January  in  the  year  1712-13. 

Andrew  Hiden  dyed  February  18  1702. 

John  Boynton  the  son_  of  John  Boynton 
and  Bethiah  dyed  19  of  October  1714. 

Sarah  Wood  the  wife  of  Thomas  Wood 
dyed  January  the  21  1714-15. 

James  Baley  dyed  March  20  1714-15. 

Faith  Jewitt  the  wife  of  Deacon  Ezekiell 
Jewitt  dyed  October  15  1715. 

Sarah  Burbee  the  widow  of  Thomas  Bur- 
bee senior  dyed  December  25  1713. 

Jane  Pickard  the  widow  of  John  Pickard 
senior  dyed  February  22  1715-16. 


20< 


Tamer  Creesey  the  daughter  of  Micall  Cree- 
sey  dyed  May  29  1716. 

Abggall  Nelson  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Hannah  Nelson  dyed  August  26  1716. 

Ezekill  Lighton  dyed  August  24  1716. 

Mary  Foster  the  wife  of  Ebenezer  Foster 
dyed  19  day  of  June  1716. 

Mary  Palmer  the  wife  of  Deacon  Samuel 
Palmer  dyed  7  day  of  July  in  1716. 


MATERIALS  FOR  A  GENEALOGY 
OF  THE  WARD  FAMILY  IN  SA- 
LEM —  OR  NOTICES  OF  THE  DE- 
SCENDANTS OF  MILES  WARD. 


COMPILED   BT   OSOK6E   R.    CDBWEN. 


Henry  Ward, —  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Kir- 
by  Beden,  of  the  advowson  and  Manors  of 
Postwick  and  Great  Plumstead  and  other  es- 
tates in  the  adjacent  township,  as  also  of  the 
Manor  and  Rectory  on  the  site  of  the  Monas- 
tery of  Flitcham,  and  of  the  Manor  of  Bark- 
way  Rectory  in  Hertfordshire, —  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Parliament  for  Norwich  in  1553  and 
1562.  He  married  Margaret,  daughter  of 
William  Uggs,^of  Pokethorp,  near  Norwich, 
and  had  the  following  children : — 

Edward,  Henry,  Miles,  Thomas,  Margery, 
Alice  and  Tobias. 

Among  the  early  settlers  of  Salem,  we 
find  mentioned  the  names  of  Miles,  Margar- 
et and  Alice,  the  last  two  of  which,  bear  a 
striking  resemblance  to  Margery  and  Alice 
mentioned  above,  and  Miles  being  identical 
with  a  son  of  Henry  Warde,  Lord  of  the 
Manor  of  Kirby  Beden.  Whether  there  was 
any  relationship  between  the  two  families,  is 
yet  a  subject  of  inquiry. 

FIRST  GENERATION. 

The  ancestor  of  the  Ward  Family  in  Sa- 
lem was, 


1.  'Miles,  who  we  find  mentioned  there 
in  1639.  He  came  from  Erith  in  Kent,  a  few 
miles  below  London,  on  the  Thames,  and  on- 
ly two  miles  from  Crayford,  with  his  wife 
Margaret,  and  died  in  Virginia  3d.  March, 
1650. 

SECOND  GENERATION. 

2.  ^Joshua,  son  of  Miles \  born  25th. 
April,  1641.  Came  to  America  with  his 
father,  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  William 
Flint  18th.  Jan'y,  1669. 

3.  ^John,  son  of  Miles \  born.  Mr.  Sav- 
age says,  26th.  Dec'r,  1641.  The  year  is 
probably  wrong. 

4.  *  Lydia,  daughter  of  Miles  \  born  1647. 
Married  Bobert  Glanfield  12th.  July,  1665. 

5.  *  Martha,  daughter  of  Miles',  bom 
nth.  March,  1649.  Married  the  2d  Pasca 
Foote,  2d.  Dec'r,  1668. 

THIRD  GENERATION. 

6.  ^.Joshua,  son  of  Joshua ^  born  16th. 
Jan'y,  1 669.  Administration  on  his  estate, 
was  granted  to  Hannah  Ward,  widow,  and 
mother  of  said  deceased  30th.  9th.  mo.  1680. 

7.  'Hannah,  daughter  of  Joshua ^  mar- 
ried Eleazer  Moises  24th.  June,  1697. 

8.  'Miks,  son  of  Joshua*,  born  11th. 
March,  1673-4.  Married  Sarah,  daughter 
of  John  and  Sarah  (Wells)  Massey,  1694. 
She  was  born  25th.  July,  1669,  died  20th. 
Nov'r,  1728.  His  2d.  wife  was  Sarah, 
daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  (Ingersoll) 
Ropes,  who  was  bom  9th.  Jan'y,  1683,  died 
7th  Feb'y,  1768.  He  died  20th.  August, 
1764. 

9.  'Mary,  daughter  of  Joshua",  married 
Adoniram  Collins  20th.  Nov'r,  1701, 

10.  'A  daughter,  of  Joshua*,  who  mar- 
ried Pitman. 

FOURTH    GENERATION. 

11.  *  Joshua,  son  of  Miles*,  bom  15th. 


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August,  1699;  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Eichard  Trevett  of  Marblehead,  27th.  Ap- 
ril, 1722.  They  had  issue  four  sons  and 
three  daughters.     She  died 

.  He  married  for  a  second  wife,  wid- 
ow Lydia  Hawkes,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Rurrill,  2l8t  Jan'y,  1744.     She  died 

.  His  third  wife  was  Ruth 
Woodward  of  Gloucester,  who  died  oth.  June, 
1787,  AE.  73,  leaving  no  issue.  He  died 
29th.  Dec'r,  1779. 

12.  '•John,  son  of  Miles*,  born  •i7th. 
Nov'r,  1701,  died  4th.  Scpt'r,  1703. 

13.  *  Miles,  son  of  Miles^  bom  18th. 
April,  1704;  married  1st,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Phippen)  Webb 
bom  1709,  died  17th  April,  1737.  He  mar- 
ried, 2dly,  Hannah,  widow  of  Benjamin  Hath- 
orne,  10th  Oct'r,  1737,  and  died  June  1792. 

14.  ''John,  son  of  Miles^  born  7th.  July, 
1707,  married,  first,  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Hannah  (Gerrish)  Higginson, 
17th.  Sept'r,  1734.  She  was  born  8th. 
Nov'r,  1712;  married,  2dly  Martha,  daugh- 
ter of  Edmund  and  Martha  (Pickman)  Bat- 
ter, 14th  Sept'r,  1758;  born  2Ist  Sept., 
1712.  died  12th  Oct'r,  1787. 

15.  ''Ebenezer,  son  of  Miles ^  born  10th 
April,  1710;  married  Rachel,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Abigail  (Lindall)  Pickman, 
23d  Oct'r,  1735.  She  was  born  20th  July, 
1717,  died  7th.  Jan'y,  1789.  He  died  3d. 
March,  1791. 

FIFTH  GENERATION. 

16.  "Joshua,  son  of  Joshua",  bora  13th. 
March,  1723;  married  Susanna  Shores,  He 
was  lost  at  sea,  1746.  His  widow  married 
Capt.  Wm.  Masury  2d,  May,  1750. 

17.  "Daniel,  son  of  Joshua",  bom  25th 
October,  1725.     Lost  at  sea  1746. 

18.  "John,  son  of  Joshua",  bom  25 th 
June,  1729;  married  Abigail  Phippen. 


19.  "Sarah,  daughter  of  Joshua",  bom 
16th  August,  1733;   died  18th  July,  1737. 

20.  "Martha,  daughter  of  Joshua",  bom 
29th  May.  1735;  died  27th  Nov'r,  1736. 

21.  "Martha,  daughter  of  Joshua",  born 
14th  June,  1737;  married  William  Webster 
Nov.  21,  1754  ;  'died  Sept'r,  1775. 

22.  "Richard,  son  of  Joshua",  born  5th 
April,  1741;  married  Mehitable,  daughter 
of  George  and  Sarah  (Pickman)  Curwen,  8th 
Nov'r,  1764.  She  died  4th  April,  1813. 
He  died  4th  Nov'r,  1824. 

23.  "Burrill,  son  of  Joshua",  by  his  sec- 
ond wife  Lydia,  bom  29th  Aug't,  1747; 
died  28th  Feb'y,  1748. 

24.  "Sarah,  daughter  of  Miles**,  bom 
19th  Oct'r,  1728;  died  10th  Aug't.  1729. 

25.  "Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Miles**,  bom 
,  1730;  died  11th  April,  1737. 

26.  "Abigail,  daughter  of  Miles**,  bom 
16th  April,  1731  ;  died  22d  May,  1731. 

27.  "Abigail,  daughter  of  Miles**,  bom 
17th  March,  1732;  married  Samuel  GriflSn 
of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  7th  Dec'r,  1752-3; 
married  2dly,  John  Bass. 

28.  "Miles,  son  of  Miles**,  born  25th 
July,  1633,  died  10th  Aug't,  1796;  married 
Experience  Goodell. 

29.  "Sarah,  daughter  of  Miles'*,  bom 
1st  March.  1734;  married  John  Ives,  13th 
March,  1754;  died,  18th  Oct'r,  1801. 

30.  "Anna,  daughter  of  Miles**  bom 
20th  March,  1735;  died  1st  May  1737. 

31.  "Ebenezer,  son  of  Miles**,  bom  12th 
April,  1737,  died  13th  April  1737. 

32.  "  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Miles  **,  bom 
9th  July,  1738;    married  William  Pool,  of 
Dan  vers,    Mass.,  ,  1761;    died 
June,  1806. 

33.  "Samuel,  son  of  Miles**,  bom  30th 
April,  1740;  married  Priscilla,  daughter  of 


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Gamaliel  and  Priscilla  (Webb)  Hodges,  who 
was  born  14th  Feb'y,  1750.  He  died  31st 
July,  1812.     She  died  2d  June,  1822. 

34.  •'•  iVIehitable,  daughter  of  Miles  l^ 
born  1 8th.  March,  1742;  died  24th  Oct'r 
1755. 

35.  ^Anne,  daughter  of  Miles*"',  born 
11th.  May,  1744;  married  1st,  Jonathan 
Mansfield,  27th  Oct'r,  1762;  he  died  1779. 
She  married  2ndly,  Joseph  Hcnfield,  Feb. 
20,1780;  she  died  7th.  Jan'y,  1832.  He 
was  born  Aug.  15,  1743,  died  15th  March. 
1809. 

36.  ''  Nathaniel,  son  of  Miles *=',  born  29th 
July,  1746;  graduated  at  Harvard  College, 
1765,  died  at  Cambridge,  13th  Oct'r,  1768.- 

37.  Lucretia,  daughter  of  Miles '^  born 
26th.  Aug't,  1748;  married  Dr.  Joseph  Os- 
good, 14th  June,  1770.  He  died  26th  June, 
1812. 

38.  ^Mary,  daughter  of  Miles  *'\  born 
30th.  Sept'r,  1750;  died  30th  Sept'r  1755. 

39.  ^Joshua,  son  of  Miles'^,  born  25th. 
Oct'r,  1752;  married  1st,  Sarah,  daughter 
of  William  and  Margaret  (Henderson)  Lan- 
der, born  died  2d.  April 
1 809 ;  married,  2ndly,  Widow  Susan  Magee. 
He  died  Hth  Sept'r,  1825. 


40.  ^Hannah,  daughter  of  John",  born 
21st  Dec'r,  1735;  married  Samuel  Webb, 
9th,  Nov'r,  1 758.    She  died  4th  April,  1 808. 

41.  ^Mary,  daughter  of  John",  born  9th 
Aug't,  1787;  died  27th  May,  1740. 

42.  ^John,  son  of  John",  born  10th 
Jan'y,  1738;  married,  1st,   Bethiah  Archer, 


k 


*  See  Memorials  of  Nathaniel  Ward,  compiled 
by  B.  F.  Browne.  Hist.  Coll.  Essex  Inst.  aoI.  2, 
page  206. 

(29a) 


4th  June,  1761 ;  married,  2ndly,  Widow 
Molly  Emmerton,  (whose  maiden  name  was 
Lufkin)  24th  Oct'r,  1784.  He  died  1st 
Dec'r,  1789. 

43.  ^Nathaniel,  son  of  John",  born  29th 
Jiin'y,  1739. 

44.  ''Andrew,  son  of  John",  born  Gth. 
Oct'r,  1742,  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Edmund  Henfield,  21st  May,  1773.  He 
died  Jan'y,  181(3.  She  died  Doc,  1817, 
a;t  67. 


45.  ''William,  son  of  Ebenezer",  born 
9th  August,  1736,  died  9th  Oct'r  1767; 
married  Ruth  Putnam,  17th  May,  1761. 

46.  *Ebenezer,  son  of  Ebenezer'*,  born 
26th  May,  1738;  married  Mehitable  But- 
tolph,  10th  Aug't,  1758;  died  26th  Oct'r, 
1773. 

47.  *  Benjamin,  son  of  Ebenezer",  born 
18th  Sept'r.  0.  S.  1739;  married  1st,  Eliz- 
abeth Babbidge,  17th  Nov'r,  1770.  Married 
2dly,  Mary  Carleton,  (whose  maiden  name 
was  Farmer)  24th  May,  1781,  and  died 
11th  June,  1812.  His  widow  died  29th 
Dec'r,  1816,  je.  61  years. 

48.  " Sarah,  daughter  of  Ebenezer '^  born 
19th  July,  1741,  died  17th  Oct'r,  1745. 

49.  ^  Caleb,  son  of  Ebenezer"  born  12th 
Jan'y,  1748.     Lost  at  sea  8d  Jan'y,  1764. 

50.  ^  Miles,  son  of  Ebenezer^*,  born  12th 
July,  1744 ;  married  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Rev'd  John  and  Rebecca  (Hale)  Chipman, 
28th  June,  1772.  She  was  born  20th  Dec'r 
1742,  and  died  April  22,  1829.  He  died 
23d  Oct'r,  1796. 

51.  "Rachel,  daughter  of  Ebenezer*', 
born  10th  Jan'y,  1746 ;  married  Edward 
Lang,  3d.  April,  1768,  died  May  15,  1819. 

52.  *  Abigail,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  ", 
born   14th   June,    1748 ;    married   William 


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Hathorne.     She  died   Sept.  3,    1818.     He 
died  Dec.  7,  1815,  act  72.     No  issue. 

53.  'Elizabeth,    daughter  of  Ebenezer '"\ 
born  13tb  June,  1754  ;  died  Ist  April,  1774. 

54.  *Sarah,  daughter  of  Ebenezer^,  born 
1755,  died  in  infancy. 


SIXTH     GENERATION. 

55.  •Joshua,  son  of  John  ^,  bom  about 
1750;  married  Elizabeth  Whitworth,  25th 
Jan'y,  1780.  She  died  at  the  residence  of 
her  son,  Malthus  A.  Ward  M.  D.,  in  Athens, 
Ga.  1st  Jan'y,  1837. 

56.  *Josiah,  son  of  John  ^. 


i     62.     ^Richard,  son  of  Richard^,  born  31st 

I  Oct'r,  1776;  man-ied  Lydia,  daughter  of  Col. 

James   Robinson,   14th   April,   1805.     She 

was  born  in  Lynn,  25th  Dec'r,  1782.     He 

died  14th  Dec'r  1822. 

63.  •  Martha,  daughter  of  Richard**,  born 
21st  Jan'y,  17/9;  married  Charles  Adams, 
21st  May,  1807.  He  was  bom  28th  Aug't, 
1778.     She  died  21st  March,  1829. 

64.  *  Daniel,  son  of  Richard*^,  born  21st 
March,  1782,  died  15th  Febr'y,  1813;  un- 
married. 


65. 


57.  *  George  Curwen,  son  of  Richard  *^, 
born  18th  August,  1765;  married  Abigail 
Elkins,  1786,  died  11th  March,  1801. 

58.  *Samuel  Curwen,  son  of  Richai-d  ^, 
born  29th  June,  1767;  married  l.st,  Jane, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Nathaniel  and  Priscilla 
(Sparhawk)  Ropes,  31st  Oct'r,  1790.  She 
was  born  22d  Jan'y,  1767,  died  18th  Jan'y, 
1803,  leaving  four  sons  and  one  daughter. 
He  married  2ndly,  Malvina  Tabitha  Glover, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Stacy  and  Tabitha 
Glover,  l7th  Dec'r,  1807,  (and  had  issue 
two  sons  and  two  daughters.)  She  was  born 
18th  Sept'r,  1784.  He  died  26th  Nov'r, 
1816. 

59.  *  Sarah,  daughter  of  Richard®,  born 
1st  Aug't,  1769 ;  married  James  Gushing, 
1st  Dec'r,  1793.  He  was  born  9th  March, 
1765,  died  7th  Sept'r  1796.  She  died  at 
New  Brighton,  Statcn  Island,  New  York,  9th 
June,  1862. 

60.  «Mehitable,  daughter  of  Richard  ^2, 
born  9th  Sept'r,  1771,  died  28th  March, 
1807;  unmarried. 

61.  "Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard**, 
born  3d  July,  1774,  died  22d  Dec'r,  1834; 
unmarried. 


® Hannah,  daughter  of  Miles*    born 

,  married  Jonathan  Neal,  29th  May, 

1791,  died  26th  Jan'y,  1814. 

66.  *Mary,    daughter   of   Miles*    born 

,  married  Henry  Osborn,  25th  Dec'r, 

1796,  died  June  1835,  se  65. 

67.  'Nathan,  son  of  Miles*  born 


married  at  Wilmington,  N.  C.  to  Jane  Walk- 
er, and  died  there  Oct.,  1790. 

68.  •  Nathaniel,  son  of  Miles*  born ^ 

died  at  Wilmington,  N.  C,  6th  August,  1792, 
aet.  17. 


j  69.  *  Nathaniel,  son  of  Samuel^,  born 
6th  Oct'r,  1768,  married  Sally  Trask,  leaving 

1  descendants. 

j  70.  *  Samuel,  son  of  Samuel^,  bom  15th 
July,  1770,  died  6th  Sept'r,  1770. 

1     71.     "Samuel,  son  of  Samuel**,  born  1771 

j  died  1773. 

i  72.  George,  son  of  Samuel",  born  14th 
August,   1773.  married   Alicia,  daughter  of 

lEzra  liurrill,  25th  Oct'r,  1797.     She  died, 

'  Sept'r,  1825,  x  52. 

!      78.     "Samuel,  son  of  Samuel**,  born  10th 

;  Dec'r,  1775,  died  14th  Nov'r,  1793,  unnjar- 

ried. 
!      74.     "  Priscilla,  daughter  of  Samuel'*,  born 

;  23d  July,  1777.     Married  Johnson  Brigg*. 


211 


75.  ®Mary,  daughter  of  SamucF,  born 
27th  Dec'r,  1779,  married  Joseph  R.  Chand- 
ler, 29th  March.  1815. 

76.  *  Gamaliel  Hodges,  son  of  SamueP^ 
born  24th  Jan'y,  1782,  married  Priscilla  Lam- 
bert Townsend,  16th  Aug't,  1808.  She  was 
born  1st  Nov'r,  1790. 

77.  *  Stephen,  son  of  SamueP,  born  5th 
Dec'r,  1783,  married  Abigail  Foster  8th  Jan'y 
1807. 

78.  *  Jonathan,  son  of  Samuel*^,  born 
8th  Oct'r,  1785.  Married  1st,  Ruth  Bott, 
22d  Feb'y.  1811,  married  2d,  Eliza  Camp- 
bell Ward,  widow  of  his  brother  Henry.  No 
issue. 

79.  "Sophia,  daughter  of  Samuel^,  born 
25th  June,  1787,  married  Benjamin  Crombie. 

80.  ^John,  son  of  Samuel '»,  born  18th 
Sept'r,  1788. 

81.  *  Henry,  son  of  Samuel**,  bom  Blst 

July,   1791,  married  Eliza  Campbell . 

He  was  a  Lieut.  U.  S.  N;    died  at  Manches- 
ter, July  9,  1825. 

82.  ®  Harriet,  daughter  of  Samuel  ^,  born 
25th  Feb'y,  1793. 

83.  *  Sally,  born  5th  April,  1795,  married 
Ira  Eaton,  20th  April,  1813. 


88.     « Edward,  born    1782-3,  died  re   3 
months. 


84.  *  Sarah,  daughter  of  Joshua®,  born 
1775,  died  25th  Dec'r,  1796,  unmarried. 

85.  ^Joshua,  son  of  Joshua^,  born  11th 
May,  1776,  married  Susanna,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Edward  A.  and  Mary  (Vial)  Holyoke,  7th 
Aug't,  1799.  He  died  8th  Sept'r,  1840. 
She  died  5th  Feb'y,  1860. 

86.  ''Mehitable,  daughter  of  Joshua*", 
born  1779,  died  27th  May,  1797. 

87.  ^Elizabeth,    daughter   of 
born  19th  April,    1780,  married 
Appleton  24th  Sept'r,  1803,  died  23d  April, 
1819.     He  died  21st  Dec'r,  1818. 


89. 


'John,  son  of  John**,  died  in  infan- 


cy. 

90.  ®  Jonathan,  son  of  John**,  died  in  the 
West  Indies,   20th  Oct'r,   1791,  se  21  years. 

91.  ^Hannah,  daughter  of  John**,  died 
31st  Dec'r,  1795,  se  18  years. 

92.  *John,  son  of  John**,  born  Dec. 
14,  1766;  married  Christina  Dean,  19th 
Feb'y,  1796.  He  died  Dec.  2,  1817.  She 
died  Jan.  11,  1850. 

93.  «  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  **,  born  18th 
Feb'y,  1768,  died  27th  May,  1813,  married 

Lydia  Harding .     She  died  5th  June, 

1800.     He  married,  2dly,  a  Mrs.  Crediford. 

94.  'Andrew,  son  of  John**,  born  Dec. 
29,  1769;  married  Martha  Babbidge,  6th 
June,  1798.  He  died,  Dec.  18,  1813. 
She  died  Ap.  16,  1821. 

95.  *  Sarah,  daughter  of  John**,  born 
April  7,  1780;  married  John  Plantin  23d 
Sept'r,  1804. 

96.  *  Israel,  son  of  John**,  born  April 
1,  1776;  married,  1st,  Mary  Murray,  9th 
Jan'y,  1803.  She  died  March  26,  1816. 
and  2dly,  Sally  Grerrish,  daughter  of  Samuel. 
He  died  June  4, 1849 


Joshua  ®, 
Nathaniel 


97*.     ^Andrew,  son  of  Andrew**,  born — 
— ,  married  Betsey  Bowman,  18th  Nov'r. 
1798. 

97.  "Nathaniel,  son  of  Andrew**,  married 
Mary  Cutler  ;  kept  the  light-house  at  Baker's 
Island  ;  was  drowned  going  to  or  coming  from 
the  Island,  March  31,  1825,  aged  49. 

98.  'John,  son  of  Andrew**,  born 

married  Lucy  How.     He  died   Oct.,   1821, 
aged  40. 


212 


99.     *  Samuel,    son   of    Andrew**,    born 
,  died ,  unmarried.     He  wa.s  a 


representative  in  Mass.  Legislature. 

100.  ® Sarah,  daughter  of  Andrew**,  born 

,  married    Aaron  Tufts    24th  Oct'r, 

1813. 

101.  *Lydia,  daughter  of  Andrew**,  born 
,  married,  1st, Scagel,  and 


2dly,  Moses  Smith. 


102.  nViUiam,  son  of  William  *«,  born 
28th  Dec'r,  1761.  Married,  1st,  Martha 
Proctor,  16th  Feb'y,  1785  ;  she  died  Jan., 
1788  aet.  25 ;  married,  2dlj,  Nancy  Chip- 
man .     He  died,  9th  May,   1827,  at 

Medford. 

103.  «Ruth,  daughter  of  William*^, 

,  baptized  18th  Sept'r,   1763,    died 

25th  May,  1770. 

104.  '« Caleb,  son  of  William*^,  born— 

,  baptized  29th  Dec'r,  1765,  died  28th 

May,  1770. 


105.  'Ebenezer  Buttolph,  son  of  Ebenez- 
er*^,  bom  6th  May,  1759,  married  Nabby 
Waters,  1st  July,  1786.  She  was  born  13th 
March  1760.  He  died  12th  July,  1805. 
She  died  13th  Feb'y,  1831,  and  left  descend- 
ants. 

106.  "Mehitable,  daughter  of  Ebenezer**, 
born  30th  April,  1762,  married  Henry  Car- 
wick,  25th  March,  1786,  died  29th  Oct'r, 
1848. 

107.  *Sarah,  daughter  of  Ebenezer*",  born 
10th  Dec'r,  1764,  died  23d  April,  1846, 
married  Nathaniel  Knight,  26th  Oct'r,  1784. 
He  was  bom  11th  May,  1764,  died  19th 
Feb'y,  1845. 

108.  'Rachel,    daughter  of  Ebenezer**, 

bom ,  married  Dan  Farrington,  20th 

Jan'y,  1791. 


109.  *Mary,  daughter  of  Ebenezer*", 
bom  17th  April,  1 770,  married  William  Far- 
rington, 23d  June,  1805.  He  was  born  22d 
March,  1765,  died  31.  May,  1831.  She  died 
25th  April  1852. 

110.  *  Content,  daughter  of  Ebenezer*^ 
born  2d  Sept'r.'  1773,  married  Samuel  Sker- 
ry, Jr.,  9th  Sept'r,  1798,  He  was  born  18th 
Jan'y,  1772,  died  23d  Oct'r,  1808.  She 
died  6th  May,  1854. 


111.  ® Joseph  Chipman,  son  of   Miles**, 

born ,  died  23d  June,  1832;  married 

Mary  Noonan. 

112,  'Betsey,  daughter  of  Miles**,  bora 
1775,  married  Richard  Gardner,  29th  July, 
1797,  died  14th  April,  1815. 


SEVENTH     GE.NERATIOX. 

113.     ^  Petsey,  daughter  of  Joshua**,  bom 
,  died ,  1835,  unmarried. 


114.  ^Abigail,    daughter   of    Joshua'", 
bom ,  died ,  1817,  unmarried. 

115.  ^Anna,  daughter  of  Joshua^,  bom 
,  married Johnson. 


116.  ^  Mai  thus  Augustus,  son  of  Joshua*'', 
born  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  1792,  married 
Kliza,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  (Barr) 
Chcever,  May,  1829.  Received  the  degree 
of  M.  D.  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1823. 
He  was  a  physician,  practiced  in  Salem, 
Mass.,  some  years,  aftervirard  removed  to 
Athens,  Ga ,  where  he  was  Professor  <  f 
Natural  History  in  the  University  of  Geor- 
gia.    He  died  there  in  June,  1863. 

117.  ^  Sarah,  daughter  of  Joshua*'^  bora 
,  married Punchard. 


118.     ''Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Joshua'"''"', 
born ,  died ,  1803,  se  15  mos. 


119.     ^  George  Curwen,  son  of  George  Cur- 


213 


wen^^  born  18th  Dec'r,  1786,  married  Polly 
Gate,  17th  June,  1808, 

120.  '^Eichard,  son  of  George  Curwen^', 
born  15th  Nov'r.  1788,  married  Lucy  Tidd 
of  Medford,  oth  May,  1818.  He  died  13th 
March,  18G2,  at  Roxbury,  Mass. 

121.  '^  Jonathan  Elkins,  son  of  George 
Curwen"'',  born    7th  Dec'r,    1795,    married 

Cynthia   Chandler ,   1819.     He  died 

1826. 


1 22.  ''  Samuel  Curwen,  son  of  Samuel 
Curwen^,  born  10th  Dec'r,  1791,  died  12th 
Sept'r,  1795. 

123.  ^George  Atkinson,  son  of  Samuel 
Curwen •''^  born  29th  March,  1793,  married 
his  cousin,  Mehitable  Gushing,  daughter  of 
James  and  Sarah  (Ward)  Gushing,  5th 
Oct'r,  1816.  She  was  born  28th  Feb'y, 
1795,  died  at  New  Brighton,  Staten  Island, 
N.  Y.,  4th  Oct'r,  1862. 

124.  '  Samuel  Curwen  Ward  son  of  Sam- 
uel Curwen  •"'^,  (was  allowed  by  the  Legisla- 
ture of  Massachusetts,  in  1802,  to  take  the 
name  of  Samuel  Curwen,)  born  26th  Nov'r, 
1795,  died  near  Belloua  Arsenal,  Va.,  3d 
July,  1831,  married  PriscilUa,  daughter  of 
James  and  Eunice  (Carlton)  Barr,  22d 
March,  1818.  She  was  born  3 1st  March, 
1788. 

125.  ^Charles,  son  of  Samuel  Curwen^, 
born  10th  July,  1797. 

126.  ^Jane  Sparhawk,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Curwen'^,  born  19th  Dec'r,  1802. 

127.  ^Eliza  Wetmorc,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Curwen^,  born  13th  Oct'r,  1808. 

1 28.  ^  Malvina  Glover,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Curwen  •^'^,  born  27th  Aug't,  1809,  died 
15th  Sept'r,  1809. 

129.  ^William    Raymond     Lee,    son   of 

(29J.) 


Samuel  Curwen'*,  born  6th  Aug't,  1811. 
married,  1st,  Sophia  Ann  Langdon,  daughter 
of  John  and  Charlotte  (Ladd)  Langdon,  of 
Portsmouth,  N.  H..  31st  Dic'r,  1839,  at 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.  She  died  in  Salem,  Mass., 
4th  Feb'y,  1855,  ie  37  years.  He  mar- 
ried 2dly,  Mrs.  Eliza  Coffin  Thorne,  widow 
of  John  Thorne,  and  daughter  of  Andrew 
Elliott  and  Eliza  (Barker)  Symmes,  in  New 
York,  9th  Dec'r,  1856.  She  was  born  12th 
Aug't,  1814. 

1 30.  ''  Henry  Orne,  son  of  Samuel  Cur- 
wen'*, born  31st  Dec'r,  1816,  married  at 
Kendall,  Kendall  County,  Hlinois,  3d  Nov'r, 
1847,  to  Janet  Buchanan,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Julia  (Davidson)  Buchanan.  She 
was  born  at  Leith  Scotland,  4th  April,  1825, 
and  was  baptized  in  North  Leith  Church,  by 
Rev.  Di'.  Ireland.  Although  her  father  calls 
himself  Buchanan,  and  writes  his  name  in 
that  way,  his  true  name  is  Buchan. 


131.  "  Lydia  Robinson,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard "^  born  31st  Dec'r,  1805. 

132.  ^  Richard  Melville,  son  of  Richard®*, 
born  8th  Sept'r,  1807,  died  19th  Oct'r,  1835, 
unmarried. 

133.  ^  Sarah  Curwen,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard''2,  born  8th  June  1811. 

134.  ^Ann  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard «2,  bom  2d  Nov'r,  1814,  died  26th  Aug't, 
1817. 

135.  ^  James  Robinson,  son  of  Richard®, 
born  21st  Aug't,  1816,  died  6th  June.  1824. 

136.  '^Ann  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard*^, born  2d  Oct'r,  1818,  married  in  Bridg- 
port,  Ct.,  to  James  Jenkins,  2d  July,  1815. 


137 .  ^Laura  Alicia,  daugliter  of  George", 
born  26th  April,  1798,  married  William  H. 
Foster. 


214 


ofi 


of 


of 


138.     ^Charles  Bunill,  son  of  George" 
born  "til  Sept'r,  18C0. 

130.     '^  Amelia     Henrietta,     ilaughtor 
Georgc^^^  born  t>d  May.  1803. 

140.  '^Sanincl      Lin.scy,       daugbter 
George^^  born  30tb  Marcb,  1805. 

141.  ''George      Wasbington,      son 
George "*,  born  13tb  Aug't,  1807. 

142.  ^William  Wallace,  son  of  George", 
born  I2tb  Sept'r,  1809. 

143.  ^  Mary  Ann  Basf-ett,  daughter  of 
George",  born  14th  April,  1812. 

144.  ^Ellen  Sophia,  daughter  of  George", 
born  14th  Nov'r,  1814.  Married,  1st,  Wil- 
liam Henry  Allen,  and  2dly,  Gardner  Leon- 
ard Chandler, 

145.  '^  Amanda  Malvina,  daughter  of 
George",  born  9th  Nov'r,  1819. 


146.  ^Priscilla,  daughter  of  Gamaliel 
Hodges ^^  born  1st  April,  1809.  Married 
Joseph  Bowell. 

147.  "Frederick  Gamaliel,  son  of  Ga- 
maliel Hodges"«,  born  23d  April.  1811. 
Married  Elizabeth  Colburn  Spencer,  May, 
1831.     She  was  born  22  Feb'y,  1813. 

148.  "  Mary  Townsend,  daughter  of  Ga- 
maliel Hodge.s"«,  born  17th  March,  1813. 
Married  Stephen  Burchmore. 

149.  "Mary  Holyoke,  daughter  of  Josh- 
ua««,  born  2d  May,  1800.  Married  Dr. 
Andrew  Nichols,  a  physician  in  Danvers, 
son  of  Andrew  and  Eunice  (Mihols)  Nichols 
of  Danvers.  Married,  3d  Oct'r,  1833.  He 
was  born  22d  Nov'r,  1788,  died  30  March, 
1853.* 

150.  "Mehitablc,  daughter  of  Joshua*', 


born  14 th  Feb'y,  1802. 

151.  "Elizabeth  Holyoke,  daughter  of 
Joshua**,  born  Htb  Jan'y,  1804,  died  15th 
Feb'y,  1851. 

152.  "Jcshua,  son  of  Joshua**,  born  8th 
April.  1806,  died  2d  June,  1808. 

153.  "  Josllua  Holyoke,  .son  of  Joshua*^; 
born  8th  July,  1808,  a  graduate  of  Har- 
vard, in  the  class  of  1829;  was  Judge  of 
C.  C!.  P.  Died  5t]i  June,  1848.  Unmar- 
ried. 

154.  "Susanna,  daughter  of  Joshua**, 
born  19th  July,  1813.  Married  Charles  Os- 
good, 19th  June,  1838,  died  24th  May  1844. 

155.  "  Augusta  Holyoke,  daughter  of 
Joshua**,  born  6th  May,  1823,  died  25th 
Dec'r.  1826. 


156.  "John,  son  of  John®^,  born  Jan'y, 
7,  1798,  baptized  15th  Sept'r,  1799.  Mar- 
ried Mary  Cowen,  6th  Feb'y,  1823.  No 
issue.     Died  June  20,  1847. 

157.  "Thomas  Dean,  son  of  John*  born 
16th  Sept'r,  1800,  died  abroad,  June  4, 
1817,  X  17. 

158.  "Mary  D.,  daughter  of  John®'',  born 
June  20,  1806.  Married  Charies  Weston 
of  Salem. 

159.  " 


*  See  Gencalof^y  of  the  Nichols  Family,  in  Hist. 
Coll.  of  Essex  Inst.,  vol.  :i,  page  29;  also  Pro- 
feedings  of  Essex  Inst.  vol.  1,  page  49,  and  vol.  2, 
page  26. 


160.  "Nathaniel,  son  of  Nathaniel*,  born 
13th  June,  1789.  Married  Sarah  Miller, 
10th  Sept'r,  1815. 

161 .  "Ruth,  daughter  of  Nathaniel'',  bom 
19th  Sept'r,  1791. 

162.  "Lydia,  daughter  of  N.ithaniel**, 
born  29th  Dec')-,  1793.  Married  Z  Sin- 
clair 17th  Feb'y,  1822. 

103.  "Israel,  son  of  Nathaniel"^,  born 
13th  April,  1796.  Married  Sarah  Eaton, 
31st  March,  1822. 


I 


215 


164.  "John,  .son  of  Nathaniel^,  born  5th 
Jan'y,  1800.  Married  Harriet  Wheelwright, 
14th  Nov'r,  1824. 

165.  ^Daniel,  son  of    NathanieP,  born 

married  Eliza  Skillings,   12th  Dec'r, 

1839. 

166.  'Hannah,  daughter  of   Nathaniel** 

born ,  married  Thomas  H.  Bell,  May, 

1825. 

167.  ^Stephen,  son  of  Nathaniel,  born 
,    married    Mary    Chadbourne,    26th 


Nov'r,  1839. 

168.     ''Miriam,    daughter  of   Nathaniel^, 

born ,  married    Silas  Skillings,    25th 

Nov'r,  1838. 


169.  ^Andrew,  son  of  Andrew^,  born 
29th  Oct'r,  baptized  3d  Nov'r,  1793.  Mar- 
ried Abigail  R.  Abbott,  4th  July,  1819,  died 
2d  Aug't,  1860. 

170.  ^John,  son  of  Andrew**,  born  27th 
Jan'y,  1795,  died  1st  Jan'y,  1796. 

171.  ^John,  son  of  Andrew^,  born 
Dec'r,  29,  1-795.  Married  Sarah  Patterson, 
17th  Dec'r,  1823.     Died  25th  Jan'y,  1829. 

172.  ^  Bethiah,  daughter  of  Andrew^, 
born  23d,  baptized  28th  Aug't,  1796.  Mar- 
ried Thomas  W.  Taylor,  11th  Feb'y,  1823.  . 

173.  ^Israel,  son  of  Andrew®*,  born 
Jan'y  22d,  1800.  Married  Hannah  Good- 
hue, 25th  May,  1824.  Died  March  19, 
1854. 

174.  ^Hannah,  daughter  of  Andrew***, 
born  4th  Dec'r,  1801.  Married  Charles 
Hobart,  14th  Dec'r,  1823. 

175.  ^Adeline,  daughter  of  Andrew**, 
born  5th  Oct'r,  1803.  Married  licnjamin 
Farless,  24th  March,  1828. 


177.  ^  Peter  M.,  son  of  Israel*",  born 
15th  June,  1805.  Died  at  sea,  Aug't,  4, 
1824. 

178.  '^Jouathan,  son  of  Israel*",  born 
20th  June,  1808.     Died  May  7,  1809. 

179.  ^Jonathan,  son  of  Israel*",  born 
2d  Jan'y,  1814.     Died  Oct.  23,  1814. 


176.     '^  Israel,    .son  of   Lsrael*",    born    3d 
Oct'r.  1803. 


180.  "Benjamin,  son  of  Andrew*',  born 
,  married Atwellof  Lynn. 

181.  ^Elizabeth,   daughter  of  Andrew*', 
born .     Married,  1st, Bur- 

Sanborn. 

Andrew*',  born 


rill,  and  2d 

182.     'Richard,   son  of 


died 


-,  unmarried. 


183.  'Thomas  Wren,  son  of  William ^"2, 
born  20th  Nov'r,  1786.  Married  Lydia  Gray 
13th  Nov'r,  1810.  He  died  4th  March, 
1858. 

184.  'William,  son  of  William '«2. 

185.  'Nancy,  daughter  of   William '"2. 

186.  'Lucy,  daughter  of  William  ^"^,  mar- 
ried Charles  Lawrence. 

187.  'Miles,  son  of  William '%  died  un- 
married. 


188.  'Miles,  son  of  Joseph  Chipman"\ 
born  July  1805.  Died  6th  Sept'r,  1848. 
Unmarried. 

189.  'Joseph  Chipman,  son  of  Joseph 
Chipman'",  born  12th  Dec'r,  1807.  Died 
4th  Oct'r,  1809. 

190.  'Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Chipman "\  born  12th  Dec'r,  1808. 

191.  'Rachel  Pickman,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph Chipman"',  born  1st  Oet'r,  1810. 
Died  15tb  Sept'r,  1856,  unmarried. 

192.  'Chipman,  son  of  Joseph  Chip- 
man  "\  born  31st  Dec'r,  1813,  Died  4th 
Sept'r,  1861.  Married  Frances  La  Vallois, 
31st  March,  1846. 


216 


EIGHTH    GENERATION. 

193.  «Mary,  daughter  of   Maltlius    Au- 
gustus"", born  March  1830. 

194.  ^Elizabeth,    daughter    of    Malthus 
Augustus  "^  born  May,  1831. 

195.  *  Sarah,  daughter  of   Malthus  Au- 
gustus"*, born  Feb  y,  1834. 


196.  ^  Abigail  Klkins,  daughter  of  George 
Curwen"^,  born  1st  Dee'r,  1808.  Married 
William  Russell. 

197.  *  George  Curwen,  son  of  George 
Curwen  "»,  bom  10th  Feb'y.  1810. 

198.  ^Arthur  Liverrnore,  son  of  George 
Curwen "»,  born  21st  Sept'r,  1811.  Mar- 
ried Mary  Ann  Bod  well,  1847. 

199.  *Sarah  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  George 
Curwen"8,  born  19th  Mov'r,  1813.  ^Married 
Joseph  M.  Smith. 

200.  ^  Ann  Greenough,  daughter  of 
George  Curwen"®,  born  25th  Dec'r,  1816. 
Married  Robert  Hale. 

201.  ^Richard,  son  of  George  Curwen"®, 
born  8th  May,  1819.  Married  Mary  Ann 
Ingalls,  11th  Sept'r,  1843. 

202.  *  Charles  William,  son  of  George 
Curwen"®,  born  19th  Aug't,  1822.  Died 
18th  Aug't,  1826. 

203.  ^Mary,  daughter  of  George  Cur- 
wen"®, born  19th  Sept'r,  1827.  Married 
Thaddeus  P.  Atherton. 


204.  Harriett  Tidd,  daughter  of  Tiich- 
ard'**,  born  IGtIi  Feb'y,  1819. 

205.  « Sarah  Russell,  daughter  of  Kich- 
ard'-'"\  born  21st  April,  1823.  Married 
Henry  Ware  TJobinson,  22d  July,  1S46. 

206.  ^Cynthia,    daughter   of    Jonathan 

p]lkins'2\    born .       Married   Jeremy 

Titus,  1 6th  March,  1843. 


207.  *  George  Richard,  son  of  George 
Atkinson  ^^,  born  Gth  July,  1S17.  Died 
12th  Feb'y,  1861,     Unmarried. 

208.  ^  Sarah  Jane,  daughter  of  George 
Atkinson '2«,  born  31st  July,  1819.  Died 
19th  Aug't,  1849.     Unmarried. 

209.  '*Jan-)es  Gushing,  son  of  George  At- 
kinson'-^  born  27th  Aug't,  1821. 

210.  *Frank,  son  of  George  Atkinson'-", 
born  2d  Sept'r,  1824.  Married  Henrietta 
Zimmerman,  4  th  Oct'r,  1848.  She  died 
23d  July,  1849.     Without  issue. 


211.  ^  James  Parr  Curwen,  son  of  Sam- 
uel Curwen  124^  born  20  Dec'r,  1818.  Mar. 
ried  Rebecca  Hovey  Endicott,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Caroline  (Collins)  Endicott, 
3d  Feb'y,  1848. 

212.  *  Samuel  Ropes  Curwen,  si  n  of 
Samuel  Curwen'-*,  bom  28th  Dec'r,  1820. 
Married  Mary  Smith  Holman,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Betsey  (Barr)  Holman. 

213.  **  George  Eea  Curwen,  son  of  Sam- 
uel Curwen  12*,  born  4th  July,  1823. 


214.  ^Malvina  Glover,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Raymond  Lee'^,  born  16th  Sept'r, 
1840.     Died    16th   Nov'r,    1840. 

215.  ^John  Langdon,  son  of  William 
Raymond  Lce'^,  born  25  th  Oct'r,  1841 

216.  ^Curwen  Glover,  son  of  William 
Raymond  Lce'^^,  born  28th  Dec'r,  1844. 
Died  1st  Nov'r,  1846. 

217.  *  Raymond  Lcc,  son  of  William 
Raymond  Lee'^,  born  15th  June,  1848. 

217-^  *  Sophia  Langdon,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Raymond  Lee  '^,  bom  4th  February, 
1855. 


218.     *  Samuel     Glover,    son   of    Henry 
Orne'™,  bora  2d  Aug't,  1848. 


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219,  *  Kliza  Wetmore,  daughter  of  Hen- 
ry Orne^^,  borue  29th  June,  1850. 

220.  ^Jennie  Murray,  daughter  of  Hen- 
ry Orne'**,  born  22d  Aug't,  1852. 

221,  ^Christina,  daughter  of  Henry 
Orne^^,  born  28th  Jan'y,  1355. 

222.  ^  Julia  Malvina,  daughter  of  Hen- 
ry Orne^so^  born  26th  May,  1857.  Died 
14th  June,  1858. 

223.  ^William  George  Francis  Needham 
Moore,  son  of  Henry  Orne^'"',  born  29th 
March,  1859, 

224,  ®  An  infant  son  of  Henry  Oroe  ^, 
bora  28th  Feb'y,  1861,  Died  12th  March, 
1861, 


228.     *Mary  Lonisa,  daughter  of  Freder- 
ick Gamaliel ^^  born  2d  June,  18^  I 


225.  ^Frederick  Townsend,  son  of  Fred- 
eric   Gamaliel "^  bora  29th  Dec'),  1831. 

He  entered  the  Salem  High  School  with 
the  class  admitted  March  3,  1 845,  and  con- 
tinued his  studies  there  until  April  9th, 
1847.  His  career  has  been  very  adventurous 
and  romantic.  In  the  Crimean  War,  he  was, 
for  a  time,  a  Lieutenant  in  the  French  Ser- 
vice. He  afterwards  went  to  China,  land- 
ed at  Shanghai  mate  of  a  merchant  vessel 
about  1859,  and  had  by  his  capacity  and 
courage  risen  to  the  highest  rank  in  the  Chi- 
nese Service.  While  on  a  reconnoisance  at 
Tsi-Ki,  in  the  vicininy  of  Ningpo  during  the 
month  of  October,  18G2,  he  was  shot  and 
mortally  wounded,  and  died  on  the  next  day 
at  Ningpo.  The  Chinese  Emperor  has  or- 
dered a  Memorial  Chapel  to  be  erected  to 
his  memory. 

226.  *  Henry  Gamaliel,  son  of  Frederick 
Gamaliel  »^  born  12ih  Aug't,  1834.  Mar- 
ried, in  New  York,  to  Georgianna  M.  Bunk- 
er, 10th  Nov'r,  1862. 

227.  « Elizabeth  Colburn,  daughter  of 
Frederick  Gamaliel "^  born  21st  April,  1839. 

(30) 


I  229,  ^Charles,  son  of  Nathaniel"",  bora 
3d  Aug't,  1816;  married  Margaret  F,  Har- 
aden,  2 1st  Oct'r,  1852. 

230.  *  Clara,  daughter  of  Nathaniel'* 
born  23  June,  1818, 

231.  « George  H.,  son  of  Nathaniel  i**, 
born  1 1  ih  Nov'r,  1819.     Died  July,  1 85 5 . 

232.  *  Sarah  A.,  daughter  of  Nathau- 
ieV^,  born  20  th  May,  1821. 

233.  *Adaline  A.,  daughter  of  Nathan- 
iel *«>,  born  20th  Aug't,  1823,  Died  21st 
March,  1848, 

234.  *  Francis  N.,  son  of  Nathaniel"*, 
born  26th  Sept'r,  1825, 


235,     ^George  W.,  son  of  Israel 


236,  «Octavius,  son  of  John'«*. 

237.  «John    Franklin,    son   of    Jchn«^, 
born ,  died  Aug't,  1857, 


238.  *  Henry,  son  of  Stephen'*'. 

239.  *Lucy  A.,  daughter  of  Stephen"''. 

240.  *•  Charles  E.,  son  of  >tephcn"". 


241.  *  Abby,  daughter  of  A  ndrcw  '**,  mar- 
ried George  Spcncc. 

242.  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  .luhn'"', 
born  Oct'r,  1st,  1821;  married  March  4th. 
1846,  Elliott  F.  Smith. 

24:!.  "Sarah  Adeline,  daughter  of  John"' 
born  August,  10th,  182t:. 


244.  "John    A.,    son  of   I-^racr'"*,    born 
16th  Sept,  1828.     Died  March  13,  1840. 

245.  *  William,    son    of    Israel"',    born 
July  6,  1833,  died  Jan'y  8,  1855. 


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24G.  ^Israel,  son  of  IsracF'^  born  Ang. 
5,    1836,  died  5th  Dec'r,  1S57. 

247.  3  Mary  G.,  daughter  of  Israel  "^^ 
born  June  15,  1830.  Married  Kev.  John 
Winn  Underbill. 

247".  ^Martha  B.,  daughter  of  IsracP", 
born  Oct'r,  21,  1838;  died  Dec'r,  24,  1851. 

247'*.  ^John  A,  son  of  IsraeP^^  born 
Mry  1,  1840;  died  June  4,  1844, 

248.  ^Lawrence  Picrson,  son  of  IsraeP\ 
born  2 1st  Dec'r,  1834.  Married  Mary 
Goodcll,  daughter  of  Abncr  C.  and  Bally 
Dodge  (Haskell)  Goodcll,  15th  Nov'r,  18G0. 


249.  *  Martha  Ann,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Wren^*'  born  I'-th  Aug't,  1811.  Died  2d 
Nov'r,  1853. 

249  ».  »Mary  Gray,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Wrcn^*',  born  June  3,  1816.  Died  Feb'y, 
6,  1819. 

250.  ® Samuel  Gray,  son  of  Thomas 
Wren  ^*',  born  3d  Oct'r  1817.  Married  An- 
na H.  Barker,  3d  Oct'r,  1840. 

251.  ^  William,  son  of  Thomas  Wren^, 
born  6th  Feb'y,  1819.     Died  June  24,  1 830. 

252.  *Mary  Gray,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Wrcn^^^  born  29  th  Sept'r,  1820.  Married 
Charles  H.  Dorr,  4th  June,  1850. 

253.  »John  Gallison,  son  of  Thomas'^^ 
Wren'83,  born  22d  Sept'r,  1822.  Diad  15th 
Jan'y,  1856. 

254.  *  George  Cabot,  son  of  Thomas 
Wren'^^  bom  4th  Nov'r,  1824.  Married 
Mary  Ann  Southwick,  Dec'r,  1852. 

255.  *Thomas  William,  son  of  Thomas 
'^■nVrcn,  bom  3d  Sept'r,  1831. 


25G.  *  Francis  "Chipman,  son  of  Chip- 
man'*\  bom  18th  Aug't,  1810.  Died  19th 
Sept'r,  1853. 

257.     "Mary  Emilinc,  daughter  of  Chip- 


man'^,  born  15th  Aug't,  1848. 

258.  *Ellie  Frances,  daughter  of  Chip- 
roan'*-,  born  5th  Nov'r,  1850. 

259.  *Annic,  daughter  of  Chipman'*, 
born  13th  Nov'r,  1853. 

260.  ^Janoj  Wallis,  daughter  of  Chip- 
man '««,  born  17th  Dec'r,  1856.  Died  4th 
Jan'y,  1858. 

NINTII     GENERATION. 

261.  'Henry,  son  of  Arthur  Liver- 
more  i**,  born  Oct'r,  1849. 

262.  ^Charles  Arthur,  son  of  Arthur 
Livcrmorc'^  born  Feb'y,  1851. 

263.  *Gcor.ce  Curwen,  son  of  Arthur 
Livermore'^,  born  Dec'r,  1852. 


264.  'Mary  Hannah,  daughter  of  Eich- 
ard^"',  bora  2d  June,  1844. 

265.  ^Abby  Quincy,  daughter  of  Eich- 
ard^S  born  22d  July,  1848.  Died  12th 
Feb'y,  1851. 

266.  »l{ichard,  son  of  Eichard*',  born 
10th  Jan'y,  1852. 


267.  ^Samuel  Endicott  Curwen,  son  of 
James  Barr  Curwen ^'S  born  8th  Nov'r,  1848. 
Died  6th  July,  1849. 

268.  'Caroline  End'cott  Curwen,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Barr  Curwen  ^'S  born  7th  Jan'}'. 
1852. 

269.  "James  Endicott  Curwen,  son  of 
James  Barr  Curwen^",  bom  14th  Jan'y, 
1856.     Died  19th  March,  1857. 

270.  ^George  Endicott  Curwen,  son  of 
James  Barr  Curwen^",  born  8th  March,  1861. 


271.  °  Henry  Curwen,  sou  of  Samuel 
Ropes  Curwen 2>^  born  9th  Sept'r,  1847. 

272.  'Samuel  Holman  Curwen,  son  of 
Samuel  Ropes  Curwen^'",  born  5th  Aug't, 
1849. 


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273.  ^Caroline  Rca  Curwen,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Kopes  Curweu^'-,  ban  16th  Sept'r, 
1851.     Died  Gth  Jan'y,  1802. 

274.  *  Charles  Frederick  Curwen,  son  of 
Samuel  Ropes  Curwen  ^^-,  born  18th  July, 
1853. 

275.  'Betsey  Holman  Curwen,  daughter 
of  Samuel  Ropes  Curwen  ^'^,  born  2d  June, 
1856. 


270.      Annie  Goodhue,  daughter  of  Law- 
rence Pierson^^^  born  1 3th  Aug't,  1861. 

277.  ^Anna  Barker,  daughter  of  Samu- 
el Gray  2^,  born  Sept'r,  23,  1841. 

278.  ^Lydia,  daughter  of  Samuel  Gray-™ 
born  April,  24.  1843. 


COPY   FROM   ORIGINAL  BOOK   OF 
GRANTS   OF  SALKM. 

OOMMDNICATKD  BT   Pli  {LEV  DEtlBr,   WITH  NOTES  BY 
B.  F.  BllJWNiS. 


Continued  from  vol.  v,  page  172. 

The  13  of  the  12  moneth  1642. 

Granted  to  Willni  Clarke  GO  acres  of  Land 
in  leiw  of  that  Land  wch  hath  lost  by  the 
laying  out  of  Lyn  bounds  being  wtl.in  the 
lymitts  of  Lyn  though  Laid  out  by  Salem. 
The  sixty  acres  are  to  be  Laid  out  by  the 
towuc  of  that  Land  that  lyeth  South  from 
mr  downyngs  great  medow  towards  mr  John- 
eons  Land. 

Granted  to  John  Reeves  10  acres  nere  to 
mr  Blac\lcech  his  fearrae. 

Granted  to  Rycd  Edwards  10  acres  nere 
to  mr  Blacklccch  his  farme. 

It  is  ordered  that  the  20  acres  of  Land 
granted  to  Allyn  Con  vers  in  exchange  of  20 
acres  granted  to  him  clswherc  shal  be  Laid 
out  by  the  towne  to  mr  Endicott. 


Granted  to  Edmond  Grovcr  2  litle  pedis 
of  fieshe  medow  contcyning  about  an  aci'« 
and  an  halfe  nere  (bcvour)  pond  by  hugh 
Laskius  medow. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  20  of  the  12  moneth  1642. 

Granted  to  Thomas  Shelling  15  acres  of 
Land,  at  Enon. 

Granted  to  John  Cooke  a  portion  of  Land 
conteyniiig  about  3  quarters  of  an  acre  lying 
before  his  dore  at  his  10  acre  lott  in  the 
North  field  reserving  alwaies  to  the  towne  2 
pole  of  Land  in  breadth  through  ihe  said 
Land,  for  a  cart  way  to  and  from  the  towne 
of  Salem, 

Granted  to  rar  Thomas  Gardner  and  to 
Obadiah  Holmes  a  pcell  of  Land  lying  wth- 
in  the  Rayles  nere  the  gate  that  leads  to  and 
from  the  old  mill  nere  to  the  lotts  of  mr 
Gardiner  &  Obadiah  holmes,  the  land  is 
nere  about  3  quarters  of  an  acre  wch  is  to 
be  devided  betwene  them  equallie. 
At  a  genall  towne  meeting  the  27th  of  the 
12  moneth  1642. 

Granted  to  old  George  wright  a  quarter  of 
an  acre  nere  to  Edmond  Giles  lott  upon  the 
coraon. 

Granted  to  mr  Batter  half  an  acre  for  the 
streight  setting  of  his  fence,  paying  Ss  the 
acre  to  be  vciwed  and  Laid  out  by  Obadiah 
holmes  &  willm  Osborne. 

Its  pmised  by  the  towne  that  the  8 — that 
hath  ben-n  left  by  the  court  by  the  request 
of  the  towne  to  Ananias  Conclyne  &  other 
poore  people  shalbe  repayed  the  court  at  the 
next  Indian  come  harvest. 

Granted   to   brother  John    Gedney   that 
quarter  of  an  acre  formly  granted  vnto  old 
George    wright  &  Laid  put  or  bounded  if 
the  said  wright  be  otherwise  pvided. 
The  16  of  the  12  moneth  1642. 

Granted  to  Richard  Prince  10  acres  to  be 
Laid  out  at  Enon. 


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Granted  tohugh  Stacy  a  10  acre  lott  at 
>!non  and  10  acres  more  further  of  there 
vpon  the  same  fearmes  that  Richard  Prince 
hath  it. 

Granted  to  cbristc^her  yongcs  a  10  a- 
cres  lott  and  ten  more  further  of  vpon  the 
same  fearmes  the  former  2  are  granted. 

Granted  to  John  white  6  acres  of  mcdow 
at  Enon,  That  medow  wch  John  woodbnry 
did  appoynt  him  to  mowe,  wch  he  hath 
mowed  these  2  or  3  yeares  Last  past. 

Granted  more  to  John  white  40  acres  f 
vpland  and  4  acres  of  medow,  to  be  laid  out 
near  the  former. 

Ordered  that  John  Abby  shall  have  10  a- 
rces  at  Enon,  in  exchange  of  1 0  acres  bound- 
ed out  nere  Bass  river. 

The  Sth  day  of  the  bth  monetk  1 643. 

Its  ordered  that  seeing  John  Stratton  is 
absent  and  hath  Left  noc  order  for  the  fenc- 
ing of  the  1 0  acre  lott  in  darby  fort  side, 
thst  .John  Moore  shall  have  it  for  10  yeares 
vpon  the  same  tearmcs  that  Thomas  west 
hath  his,  namely,  suffitiently  to  fence  it  by 
the  same  lyne. 

Granted  to  Christopher  Herson  10  acres 
at  Enon. 

To  Richard  Moore  half  an  acre  Joyncd  to 
his  house  as  a  fisherman. 

To  Charles  Turner  a  small  peece  of  ground 
over  against  Tucks  for  him  to  sett  an  bouse 
on. 

The  Ut/i  day  of  the  10  monelh  1043. 

The  2  acres  of  medow  formly  granted  vn- 
to  Sam  well  Edson  are  ordered  to  be  Laid  out 
in  the  pyne  medow  nere  to  mr  Kenastons 
farme. 

Granted  Thomas  Moore  5  acres  on  darby 
ffort  side. 

Its  ordered  that  Samwell  Corney  shall 
have  his  five  acres  wch  were  formly  granted 


him,  on  darby  fort  side. 

Granted  John  Kitchen  about  an  acre  nere 
to  Edward  Gaskclls  10  acre  lott  in  the  great 
cove. 

Granted  to  Joseph  hardee  10  acres  nere 
to  mr  Alfords  farme  adjoyning  vpon  the  old 
planters  farmes. ' 

Granted  to  Roger  haskall  6  acres  of  med- 
ow in  the  great  mcdow. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  7  men  on  the  8M  datf 
of  the  Wth  moneth  1643. 

Granted  to  Thomas  Goldsmyth  all  the 
wast  land  betwene  the  water  side  and  his  10 
acre  lott  on  the  North  side  reserving  the 
way. 

Granted  to  John  Symonds  all  the  wast 
land  betwene  the  lotts  of  hugh  Laskin  and 
Stukely  weskett  &  the  water  side. 

Granted  to  willm  Lord  4  acres  of  Land 
more  or  less  lying  nere  the  Swamp  in  the 
South  feild  and  adjoining  to  mr  flPreindH  3 
acres  bought  of  Richard  Graves. 

Granted  to  Michacll  Sallows  a  tenne  acre 
lott  in  the  same  place,  formerly  John  Abvs. 

Granted  to  mr  Thomas  Gardiner  a  pcell  of 
land  to  sett  an  house  vppon  nere  the  old  mill 
on  the  10  acre  lott  side. 

Granted  mr  fi'raneis  Johnson  \o  exc'iange 
6  or  7  acres  of  Land  of  his  farme  vpon  the 
playnes  &  Captane  Traske  &  Thomas 
Gardiner  are  desired  to  Lay  yt  out. 

The  [)th  of  the  Uth  moneth  1643. 

rar  John  Endicott      Jeffry  Massy 

Peter  Palfrey  Willm  Lord 

Thomas  Gardiner    henery  Bartholmew 

Granted  to  Ralph  ffogg  the  swamp  next 
to  willm  lords  ground  excepting  that  pte  of 
yt  wch  is  granted  to  other  men. 

Granted  to  mr  John  Endicott  the  Land  of 
the  head  of  the  River  betwene  mr  Read  & 
mr  Endicotts   farmes   excepting   the   Salt- 


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iwarshe  granted  to  mr  Ecade  &  being  that 
land  wch  was  granted  to  Rchard  Norman  and 
others. 

The  4  of  the  first  moneth  1643. 

Granted  to  Michaell  Shaffljn  3  or  4  poles 
of  land  before  the  dore  of  his  dwelling  house 
towards  the  swamp. 

Granted  John  Moore  about  a  quarter  of 
an  acre  ef  marshe  nere  to  dai  byes  ffort. 

Granted  to  henery  harwood  at  the  end  of 
his  10  acre  Lott  a  little  neck  of  land  about 
3  quarters  of  an  acre. 

Granted  to  danicU  Kimball  80  acres. 

Granted  to  henery  Bartholmew  betwen  8 
or  10  acres,  next  to  Joseph  Boys  his  lott 
nere  the  Bass  river  head. 

Granted  to  Eichard  Gardiner  20  acr     a 
Jeffryes  creeke. 

Granted  to  Ebt  ffuller  20  acres  at  Jeffries 
creeke. 

The  2^thof  the  first  moneth  1644. 

It  is  ordered  that  everie  Inhabitant  in  the 
towne  shall  p  cure  (procure)  a  ladder  for 
his  house  before  the  24th  day  of  the  4th 
moneth  next  vpon  the  payne  or  penalty  of 
.■)S  for  defect  thereof. 

The  first  day  of  the  'Id  moneth  1644. 
Att  a  towne  meeting  of  the  7  m,en. 

John  Endicott  deptie. 

rar  willm  hathorne     Peter  Palfrey 

Thomas  Gardiner        Willm  Lord 

Jeffry  Massy  henery  Bartholmew 

Granted  to  Robt  wheaden  20  acres  nere  the 
Marshe  at  mr  Bishops  ffarme  to  be  Laid  out 
by  the  towne. 

The  2Mt  of  the  2d  moneth  1644. 

Ordered  that  Guydo  Bayly  shall  have  soe 
much  of  the  swamp  that  lyeth  along  by  his 
lott  over  at  Cape  Ans  side  as  he  can  ridd 
wthln  3  yeares  next  insewing. 


The  80/A  of  the  7th  moneth  1644. 

It  is  agreed  that  Eichard  Temple  henery 
harwood  the  widow  moore  the  midwife  & 
John  Jac'<son  shall  each  of  them  haue  soe 
much  of  the  wett  marsh  or  swamp  as  lyes 
before  thcire  grounde  according  as  yt  butts 
vppon  it. 

It  is  agreed  that  willm  Eobinson  shall 
have  a  litle  spot  of  ground  about  a  quarter 
of  an  acre  that  lyes  before  his  house  wch  is 
now  in  building  downe  to  the  mill  brook,  a 
litle  above  the  bridge  that  leades  to  the  way 
to  mr  Gardners  new  building. 

Ordered  that  Thom  Tuck  shall  make  the 
Iron  worke  for  the  cariadges  of  the  (peccs) 
at  3d  ob  the  pound  wee  fynding  Iron  and  he 
is  content  to  receive  the  like  pay  as  the 
wheelwrights  have. 

The  16  of  the  10  moneth  1644. 
Granted  to  Thomas  dixie  the  fferry  at  dar- 
by ifort  side. 

The  3c/  day  of  the  [Hh  moneth  1645. 

Ordered  that  the  ordinance  shalbe  all 
mounted  &  paid  for  out  of  the  Last  rate. 

Granted  to  John  Lovett  2  acres  marshe  ly- 
ing nere  the  old  planters  medow  nere  wen- 
ham  comon. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  7  men. 

Granted  to  daniell  Baxter  a  litle  pc  11  of 
Salt  marshe  lying  at  the  end  of  his  tenne  a- 
cre  lott  in  the  South  fcild. 

Granted  to  Robt  Gutch  a  litle  pcell  of 
Salt  mai-she  lying  to  the  end  of  his  tenne  a- 
cre  lott  in  South  fcild. 

Granted  to  Daniell  Baxter  a  litle  Salt  marshe 
lying  before  rar  Gotts  k  mr  Buttons  Land 
near  the  mouth  of  the  fforest  river. 

Granted  to  John  Eobinson  about  3  quar- 
ters of  an  acre  Salt  mai'she  lying  at  the 
head  of  the  clay  brooke. 


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The  >^th  daif  of  the  'Id  moncth  1646. 

Ordered  that  the  way  wch  was  fornily  vsed 
to   bo   gone   through  nere    the  end  of  mr 
Ueades   farmc,    that  the    gate   shalbc    fictt 
there  &  the  way  runnc  as  it  did  before. 
The  2\)lh  of  the  2rf  moneth  1646. 

Ordered  that  the  litlc  stripe  of  ground 
that  id  bctwene  Royall  side  and  the  10  acre 
lotts  of  John  Bachellcr  John  Marston  »fe 
before  the  lotts  of  John  Scudder  where  he 
dwcllcth  shalbe  given  to  John  Bacheller 
John  Marston  &  John  Scudder  lo  be  devid- 
ed  amongst  them  as  they  shall  agree. 

Granted  to  willm  dodge  that  ground  that 
lyeth  betwene  hugh  Lasldns  lott  &  his  be- 
ing about  an  acre. 

The  Idth  of  the  Ath  moneth  1{:46. 

Ordered  that  there  shalbe  noe  buriall 
w  thin  the  towne  but  that  there  shalbc  word 
given  to  the  keep  of  the  meeting  howse  to 
ring  the  bell  whereby  notice  may  be  given 
to  the  towne  thereof  a  litle  before  the  buriall 
and  the  said  keep  to  have  three  pence  for  his 
paynes. 

The  I'oth  day  of  the  Sth  moneth  1C46. 

Ordered  that  willm  woodbury  and  Eichard 
Brackenbury  Ensign  dixie  rar  Conant  Lcift- 
ent  Lothrop  Lawrance  &  Leech  shall  forth- 
with JiOy  out  a  way  betwen  the  flfcrry  at  Sa- 
lem &  the  head  of  Jeffryes  ereeke  and  that 
it  be  such  a  way  as  men  may  travel!  on  horse 
back  &  drive  catle  and  if  such  a  way  not 
be  found,  then  to  take  speedy  course  to  sett 
vp  a  footc  bridge  at  Mackrell  Cove. 

The  "Id  day  of  the  9th  moneth  1G4G. 

There  is  granted  to  Zachcus  Curtis  about 
an   acre  of  Land  nere   vnto    the  house  he 
bought'  of  Joshua  verrin  nere  Brooksby. 
The  28  of  the  10th  moneth  1040. 

Granted  to  P^dward  Bishop  40  acres  of 
Land  lying  nere  to  the  farmes  at  Basse  river 


head  nere  to  Nicholus   howards  lott  to  be 

laid  out  by  such  as  are  appoynted  to  Lay  out 
lotts. 

Granted  to  huraphrie  woodbury  half  an  a- 
cre  of  medow  adjoyning  to  his  medow  wch 
is  granted  vnto'  him  already  beyond  Mack- 
rell cove. 

7'he  23  of  the  12th  moneth  1646. 

It  is  agreed  that  capt  hathornc  mr  cur- 
wyn  &  willm  Lord  shall  take  care  for  set- 
ting vp  of  the  cariadges  for  the  great  Gunns 
&  to  speake  with  ffrancis  Perry  «s^  Thomas 
Tuck  about  fynishing  of  them. 

It  is  agreed  for  the  gathering  in  of  the 
townj  powder  being  dispscd  in  five  pticular 
mens  hands,  That  George  Porter  &  John 
Hardee  shall  goe  to  mr  ffogg  for  half  a  bar- 
rcll  of  powder,  &  Sam  Archer  to  goe  to  mr 
Johnson  »&  Eddm  Batter  to  captane  Traske 
for  a  barrell  of  powder  &  captane  hathornc 
is  to  pvide  a  barrell  of  powder  for  Capt  Thom 
Rcaile. 

ITie  11th  day  of  May  1G47. 
Cap    hathornc       George  Corwyn 
willm  Lorde         George  Porter 
John  hardyc         Sara  well  Archard 
Edm  Batter  willm  Clark 

Granted  vnto  Robt  Cotta  that  pte  of  Land 
and  Salt  Marshe  thatch  that  lyeth  before 
his  lott  that  now  he  hath  in  possession  but 
he  hath  nothing  to  doe  wth  that  pte  of  his 
lott  he  hath  sold  to  JeflFry  Elsye  nor  the 
Salt  water  thatch  before  the  same. 

The  deacons  as  mr  Peters  Agents  being 
demanded  an  account  of  such  monies  as  arc 
dew  to  the  towne  they  have  given  an  ac- 
knowledgement of  eight  pounds  fiftene  shil- 
lings due  to  the  towne  in  theirc  hands  wch 
they  received  of  Robt  codraan  for  proffitts  of 
a  pte  of  his  barke  due  to  the  towne. 


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The  30^A  day  of  Ithe  moneth  1G47. 

vppon  the   request  of  serieant  I'orter  for 

pasture  for  his  cattle,   wee  have   granted  to 

him    200  acres  of  fee  ding  grounde   Lying 

nere  vnto  the  farrac   that  was  rar   Bishops. 

The  3d  dwj  of  the  l'2th  moneth  1647. 

Its  ordered  that  the  2  eldest  children  of 
Kewben  Gupppie  arc  to  be  placed  out  ac- 
cording to  order  viz.  the  daughter  to  John 
Porter  &  the  sonne  to  Robt  Lemon  the  boy 
till  the  age  cf  21  yeares,  the  raayde  till  the 
age  of  1  cS  yeares. 

Its  ordered  that  Edmond  Batter  shall  have 
power  to  gather  vp  for  the  towncs  vse  all  the 
planks  and  tymber  that  did  belong  to  the 
new  bridge  &  to  be  sold  to  him  &  meas- 
ured and  prised  by  Sam  Archard. 

The  2m  of  the  12fh  moneth  1647. 

At  a  towne  meeting  the  day  and  yeare  a- 
bove  written  yt  was  fullie  agreed  and  voted 
that  henceforward  there  should  be  but  one 
deputyc  chosen  for  the  gcnall  court. 

Its  also  ordered  that  whosoever  shalbe 
warned  to  the  mending  of  any  bridge  or  high- 
way &  make  default  shall  allow  the  sur- 
veyors 3d  a  day  to  pcure  an  other  in  his 
place  &  take  the  3d  by  distresse. 

Its  ordered  that  mr  corwyn  and  Jeffry 
Massy  shall  take  the  account  of  the  rate 
given  to  build  the  towne  bridge,  that  the 
towne  may  know  what  remaynes  unspent. 

Granted  to  Thomas  wheeler  to  pcells  of 
racdow  lying  nerc  the  great  hill  by  mrHum- 
phryes  fearme  the  one  called  noe  mans  mead- 
ow S  acres  pvided  in  be  in  noe  man's  ppriety. 

Granted  John  hathorne  one  pcell  of  mead- 
ow adjoyning  to  Jacob  Barney  &  one  pcell 
of  meadow  adjoyning  to  mr  Bartholomews 
&  one  ot  er  pcell  lying  on  the  great  River 
all  3  conteyniug  about  5  acres. 


the  23  of  (he  first  moneth  1647. 

To  the  constables  of  Salem. 

By  vertiie  of  an  order  of  the  gcuall  eouit 
made  the  9th  moneth  Last  you  are  required 
t  J  call  yo  Inhabitants  of  yor  towne  togeathcr 
the  sixt  monoth  next  ensuing  tlio  date  hereof 
who  are  to  choose  one  of  yor  freemen  to 
Joyne  with  yor  select  townsmen,  who  are  to 
fake  a  list  of  yor  njales  above  six'eeno  yeares 
old,  And  likewise  the  Just  valewatlon  of  the 
estates  of  euie  of  yor  Inhabitants  reall  and 
psonall,  according  as  is  more  fullio  expressed 
in  that  order  &c  On  each  head  tooe  shillings 
^^ix  pence,  And  one  pennye  on  each  pounde 
estate  ratable,  The  wch  some  you  arc  to  re- 
tvrae  vnto  the  Treasurer  then  being,  that  or- 
der may  thereon  yssue  forth  for  payint,  to  be 
made  the  nynth  moneth  following  dated  the 
23d  of  the  first  moneth  1647. 

By  me  Richard  Russell  Treasurer. 

The  21th  day  of  the  sixt  moneth  1648. 

Granted  George  corwyn  a  farme  of  tooe 
huiidreth  and  fiftyo  acres  wth  medow. 

Granted  John  Pigkett  a  pcell  of  Land 
formly  granted  Leiftenant  Lathrop,  nere  dan- 
iell  Rayes  farme. 

Granted  ffrancis  Perry  a  small  peice  of 
medow  or  pond  lying  nere  the  great  pond  tow- 
ards lyn  vpon  the  left  hand  of  the  pond  con- 
tcyning  on  acre  or  there  about. 

The  20th  of  the  9th  moneth  1648. 

whereas  the  way  Laid  out  betwene  goodm. 
Ray  and  goodm.  Porter  vpon  the  hill  is  now 
made  through  goodm.  Porters  Land;  Its  or- 
dered that  goodm  Porter  shall  haue  the  other 
way  as  his  owne  Land  to  inclose  and  improve 
to  his  best  advantadge. 

The  29th  of  the  Mth  moneth  1648. 
Captane  hathorne    mr  Bartholmew 
JefFty  Massy         Ed :    Batter 
mr  Corwyn. 


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Granted  to  Ralph  Tompkins  a  small  peice 
of  medow  lying  nere  Maior  genall  Endicotts 
last  grant,  in  a  corner  by  a  small,  brooke  & 
a  great  swampe. 

At  a  genall  towne  meeting  the  I'ith  day  of 
the  first  moneth  1648. 

Its  ordered  that  Marblehead,  with  the  al- 
lowance of  the  genall  court,  shalbe  a  towne, 
and  the  bounds  to  be  the  vtmost  extent  of 
that  Land  wch  was  mr  humphries  farnie  and 
sould  to  Marblehead,  and  soe  all  the  neck  to 
the  Sea,  reserving  the  disposing  of  the  fferry 
and  appoynting  of  the  fferryman  to   Salem. 

Ordered  that  the  highway  be  brought  from 
Edmond  G  rovers  through  Jonathan  Porters 
and  rar  Garfords  ground  to  drapers  poynt,  if 
the  genall  Court  shall  consent  thereto. 

The  IZth  of  the  first  moneth  1648. 

Granted  John  hardee  libtye  to  make  a 
damme  to  drowne  his  salt  medow  at  the  head 
of  fForest  river  in  the  place  where  the  old 
bridge  was,  for  the  tearme  of  7  yeares,  & 
at  the  end  of  that  tearme  either  to  be  contin- 
ewed  or  to  be  lett  downe. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  7  men  the  30<A  day 
of  the  3rf  moneth  1649. 

Granted  vnto  goodra.  Giggles,  Joshua 
Grafton  goodman  Jackson  and  others  (who 
had  eleaven  hundreth  acres  of  upland)  fifty 
acres  of  medow  to  be  devided  among  them, 
lying  pte  betwene  goodman  Moultons  brook 
&  Ipswich  river,  and  the  other  pte  lying  on 
the  south  side  of  the  River  betwene  mr  Nor- 
ris  and  mr  corwyns  farmes. 

Granted  vnto  goodman  Sowthwick  fowre  a- 
cres  of  medow  whereof  tooe  in  recompence  of 
his  medow  spoyled  in  digging  turfe  for  the 


new  bridge,  this  medow  to  be  Laid  out  nere 
mr  corwyns  farme. 

Granted  to  Tliomas  Gardiner  Junr  George 
Gardiner  and  billiard  verryn  4  acres  of  med- 
ow to  each  of  ^them  at  the  7  mens  bounds,  if 
there  be  soe  much  there  and  to  each  of  the 
Gardiners  40  acres  a  peice  of  vpland  to  be 
Laid  out  nere  their  medow,  and  40  acres  of 
vpland  to  biliard  verrin  in  Leiwe  of  40  acres 
formly  granted  vnto  the  said  billiard  verrin. 

Granted  more  to  George  Gardiner  4  acres 
of  medow  on  the  North  side  of  Ipswich  Riv- 
er, nere  above  mr  corwyns  vpland  on  the 
South  side  and  to  Thomas  Gardiner  2  acres  in 
the  same  place  &  to  Samwell  &  Joseph 
Gardiner  4  acres  of  medow  a  peice  and  to 
Joseph  Pope  4  acres  of  medow  in  the  same 
place. 

Granted  vnto  John  Burton  Tliomas  Root.s 
&  Nathaniell  ffelton  three  acie.s  of  medow 
a  peice  nere  rar  corwyns  medow. 

Granted  to  Thomrs  Scudder  senr  six  acres 
of  medow  in  the  medow  aforesaid. 

Granted  unto  mris  ffelton  &  Christopher 
watter  fowre  acres  of  medow  in  the  place  afore- 
said. 

Granted  vnto  John  Reeves  three  acres  of 
medow  &  20  acres  of  vpland  towards  nir 
corwyns  farme. 

Granted  vnto  John  conclyiie  Ananias  cou- 
clyne  and  Thomas  scudder  to  each  of  theui  4 
acres  to  be  Laid  out  in  the  medow  aforesaid. 

Granted  to  Philemon  dickenson  2  acres  of 
medow  in  same  place. 

Granted  to  mr  Price  10  acres  medow  & 
100  acres  vpland  to  be  Laid  out  nere  mr  cor- 
wyns farm. 

Granted  to  Sert  Porter  10  acres  of  mead- 
ow by  the  great  river, 


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At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  Slth  of  Qtk 
mo  49. 
Psent 
mr  downing  .  Capt  Hathorne 

Jeflferie  massey      John  Porter 
rar  Corwin  mr  Bartholmew 

mr  Batter 
Granted  to  mr  Gardner  a  small  peece  of 
medow  Contayning  about  an  acre  lying  vpon 
the  north  syde  of  his  farme  adioyning  to  it. 
Powder  due  the  towne  remayning  in  the 
hands  of  the  sd  psons  viz  Capt  Hathorne  for 
himselfe  i  barell  for  mr  Kead  i  barrell  mr 
Corwin  i  barell  Capt  Traske  1  barell  mr 
Johnson  i  barell. 

Granted  to  flFrancis  Skervie  a  little  spot  of 
ground  betweene  the  sea  and  his  field  wch 
was  forraerlie  Goodels. 

Granted  to  John  marston  twoo  little  spots 
of  marsh  lying  against  mr  Scrugg  by  goodie 
Kings  land 

The  \Uh  of  the  Sth  mo  1649. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen. 
Capt  Hathorne       mr  Bartholmew 
Jefferie  massey       mr  downing 
Graunted  to  Kichard  Stileman  the  medow 
wch  mr  Verin  had  the  cutting  of  the  grass 
pvided  if  he  remoues  his  dwelling  out  of  the 
towne  that  then  the  medow  shall  retome  to 
the  town,   and  be  disposed  of  &  granted  to 
some  other. 

Granted  vnto  theise  5  men  next  vnder- 
written  and  5  acres  of  medow  to  be  laid  out 
after  former  grants  neare  goodman  moultons 
farm. 

mr  Herbert  fiftie  Acres 
goodman  Robinson  fiftie  acres 
goodman  Bvllock  40  acres, 
goodman  BvflFum  fourtie  acres 
goodman  Bond  Thirtie  acres 

(31  a.) 


Graunted   vnto  mrGedney   the  land  and 

medow   wch   was   taken   from   mr  Clarkes 

fiurme  by  the  men  of  the  towne  of  Lin. 

Aeguest  19,  9,  1649. 

Jefierie  massey  mr  Corwin 

mr  Batter  mr  downing 

James  Thomas  ffor  some  planting  graunted 
20  acres. 

John  Ingersoll  for  land  to  plant  graunted 
40  acres. 

John  Bridgman  for  land  graunted  30  acres. 

Thomas  Smith  for  land  and  medow  graunt- 
ed 30  acres. 

Elias  mason  ffor  medow  and  vpland  graunt- 
ed 40  acres. 

John  Robinson  for  vpland  and  medow 
graunted  40  acres. 

John  Kitchen  for  vpland  and  medow  grant- 
ed 40  acres. 

Thomas  Watson  for  medow  and  vpland 
graunted  30  acres. 

Thomas  Pigden  hath  graunted  him  twoe  a- 
cres  of  medow  neare  wenham  to  be  laid  out. 

Graunted  vnto  ffrances  Perrie  thirtie  acres 
of  vpland  wth  the  thirtie  acres  formerlie 
granted  to  be  laid  out  in  all  sixtie  neare  to 
the  medowes  granted  vnto  mr  Gardners  sonnes 
and  alsoc  graunted  vnto  the  said  ffrances  the 
ourplus  of  the  1 2  acres  of  the  medow  graunt- 
ed vnto  the  gardners  neare  the  line  of  Salem. 

26th  9th  mo  1649  at  a  meeting  of  the  se- 
lectmen the  day  and  year  aboue  written  Capt 
Hathorne  Jeffrie  massey  Sergent  Porter  mr 
Batter  rar  downing. 

Its  agreed  that  the  twoe  hundred  acres  of 
vpland  wch  was  taken  from  mr  downings 
ffarm  by  the  greate  medow  towards  wenham 
shalbe  graunted  againe  to  him  in  considera- 
tion of  his  paynes  for  transcribing  the  bookes 
of  the  townes  records  to  be  kept  for  posteri- 


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tie  soe  the  said  farme  to  be  five  hundred  a- 
cres  acording  to  his  former  graunt. 

Graunted  vnto  Georg  Williams  a  little 
spot  of  ground  about  a  quarter  of  an  acre 
more  or  less  l>'ing  betweene  his  medow  and 
ffrances  Skerries  land- 

Graunted  to  Nathanael  Pvtnam  ffiftie  acres 
of  land  lying  beyond  Elias  Stileinans  ffarrae 
boundeing  vpon  mr  Thorndicks  &  soe  vpon 
Captaine  Hathornes  ffarmc. 

Gyles  Corey  request  for  some  laud  graunt- 
ed 20  acres. 

Thomas  James  request  for  land  and  med- 
ow granted  40  acres. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  3  10  1649 
being  psent. 
Capt  Hathorne        Jefferic  raassey 
mr  Corwin  Edward  Batter 

Henerie  Bartholraew 
Kichard  Greaves  request  for  laud  Graunt- 
ed 30  acres. 

more  graunted  to  Bichard  Greaves  1 0  acres 
to  be  laid  out  to  the  30. 

Graunted  to  Thomas  Antrum  50  acres  of 
land  whereof  20  was  before  graunted. 

Graunted  to  Zacheus  Cvrtes  all  that  med- 
ow that  lyeth  aboue  mr  Clarkes  medowe  and 
lying  on  the  south  of  mr  Hvmfreyes  ffarme 
and  on  the  north  of  mr  Clarkes  playne  that 
lyeth  next  to  dog  pond  if  it  doe  not  lie  in  mr 
Humfreyes  farme. 

Graunted  to  Peter  Palfrey  fiyve  acres  of 
medow  in  wenham  medow. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  17th  10th 
mo  1649  being  pse7it. 

Capt  Hathorne         Jefferie  massey 

John  Porter  HenerieBartholmew 

Edward  Batter         mr  Corwin 

Henerie  Trew  doth  request  for  land  graunt- 
ed 40  ackers  of  land. 


Graunted  to  mr  Bacon  pt  of  that  swamp 
lying  in  the  north  west  next  adioyning  to  Ed- 
mond  Gyles  his  10  acre  lott  on  the  south 
syde  and  mr  Bacons  lott  wch  he  purchased 
from  Captaine  Trask  not  exceding  one  acre. 

Graunted  to*  Ensigne  dixey  and  to  James 
standish  that  highway  that  lieth  on  the  south 
syde  of  James  Standish  his  lott  to  be  pted 
betweene  them  two. 

Graunted  to  Ensigne  dixey  in  recompence 
of  his  way  a  little  spot  of  land  or  Elbow  that 
lyeth  on  the  north  west  side  of  that  lott  that 
was  mr  Bartholmewes  and  a  small  peece  of 
swamp  that  lieth  from  the  high  way  that  is 
the  out  lett  to  Guide  Baylies  Bound  its  or- 
dered  in  ye  way  of  exchange  of  this  land  in 
the  form,  part  of  this  order  that  he  shall  baue 
twenty  acres  of  land  next  vnto  nich  Patch 
bam. 

Thomas  Cole  request  for  land  graunted  40 
acres  and  4  ackres  of  medow. 

Wheras  goodman  Pickerin  left  some  pt  of 
his  ffarme  by  rvning  of  lin  lyne  it  is  ordered 
that  the  layers  out  shall  lay  out  soe  much  as 
neare  as  the  can  adioyning  to  the  rest  of  his 
land. 

Graunted  to  Phillip  Cromwell  one  hundred 
Acres  of  land  and  to  haue  1 0  Acres  of  med- 
ow if  he  can  ffind  it  in  or  bounds. 

Robert  Prince  his  request  for  land  graunt- 
ed ffortie  acres  beyond  the  Riuer. 

Graunted  to  ffrances  Skerie  sixtie  acres 
wth  what  was  fformerlie  giuen  him. 

Graunted  to  henerie  Skerie  fortie  acres  of 
land  wth  what  was  fformerlie  giuen  him. 
Highway 

Ordered  that  mr  Gedney  shall  take  in  the 
high  way  adioyning  to  the  ground  he  bought 
of  mr  Emerie  and  to  leaue  a  way  through 
the  midst  of  the  next  field  and  a  way  to 
the  watring  place. 


227 


2KA  nth  mo  1649. 

Capt  Hathorne        Jefferie  massey 

mr  Corwin  mr  Bartholmew 

mr  Batter 

Graunted  to  william  Bobinson  60  ackres 
wch  was  formcrlie  graunted  and  his  sonne 
20  acres. 

Graunted  to  John  Tucker  40  acres  of  land. 

Granted  Josha  Hoots  about  2  acres  of  land 
adioyning  to  his  owne  lott  at  one  end  and  to 
Robert  morgans  at  the  other  end. 

Graunted  william  Scuder  30  acres  by  mr 
Bartholmew  s. 

Graunted  rar  Bacon  one  hundred  acres  be- 
yond the  greate  riuer. 

Graunted  John  Lovett  20  acres  more  in 
swamp  and  vpland. 

Graunted  James  Patch  40  acres. 

Granted  Edmond  Grover  40  acres. 

Granted  Henerie  Cooke  40  acres  beyond 
the  riuer  or  on  this  syde  by  henerie  Barthol- 
mew not  wronging  any  other  grant. 

Graunted  to  John  Hill  40  acres. 

Graunted  to  Phillip  Verin  40  acres. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  7  men  the  2lth  12th  mo 
1049. 
Capt  Hathorne       mr  Corwin 
mr  Batter       ^        mr  Bartholmew 
Jeffe.ie  massey        mr  downing 
Graunted  to  Robert  molten  Junr  the  30 
acres  laid  out  he  aleging  it   was    formerlie 
graunted  vnto  him. 

Agreed  that  those  wch  haue  land  graunt- 
ed to  haue  it  laid  out  towards  the  great  riu- 
er as  far  as  it  will  hould  out  and  those  wch 
cannot  haue  it  there  to  haue  it  laid  out  on 
Cape  An  syde. 

At  a  generall  meeting  the  l^th  of  the  ffirst 
mo.  1649-50. 
Ordered  that  all  the  land  lying  on  Cape 


An  syde  from  mr  Blackleech  his  ffarme  vnto 
Richard  Dodge  his  ffarme  and  all  betweene 
the  ould  planters  farme  and  makerill  Cove 
and  soe  to  the  head  of  the  ten  acre  lots  on 
Cape  an  syde  that  is  vndisposed  of  and  lyeth 
in  Comon  shalbe  reserued  for  Comon  and 
none  of  it  disposed  pvided  such  grants  as 
haue  beene  made  before  this  order  to  partic- 
uler  psons  shall  be  made  good  vnto  them. 

A  legall  meeting. 
Ordered  that  for  all  publique  meetings 
that  conceme  the  towne  in  generall  or  the 
ffreemen  of  the  towne  warning  being  giuen 
on  a  lecture  day  by  the  Constable  of  the  day 
and  tyme  of  meeting  shalbe  a  legall  warning. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  1  men  the  Idth  bth  mo 

1650. 

Capt  Hathorne         mr  Gardner 

mr  Conuant  Lieut  Lathrop 

Henerie  Bartholmew 

Abrara  warin  having  fenced  in  a  bout  8 
or  10  Acres  by  estimation  of  the  Towne 
Comon  wthout  leave  from  the  towne  and  haue- 
ing  broken  vp  a  pt  of  it  and  planted  it  ffor 
wch  act  of  his  he  is  fined  20s  and  is  inioyned 
to  lay  it  open  to  the  Comon  againe  by  the 
end  of  the  8th  month  next. 

Graunted  vnto  Job  Swinerton  that  stripp  of 
medow  sometyme  in  the  hands  of  mr  Phillip 
verin  and  latelie  graunted  to  Richard  Stile- 
man  vntill  he  should  remoue  his  dweling  wch 
we  Conceaue  Richard  Stileman  hath  done 
but  if  he  Continue  wth  vs  then  he  is  still  to 
enjoy  it. 

William  dodg  Jacob  Barney  and  Nathan- 
ell  Pvtnam  are  apoynted  to  lay  out  the  hie 
way  ffrom  the  ffurther  syde  of  that  ffarme 
that  was  mr  Bishops  now  in  the  hands  of 
John  Porter  vnto  Crane  Riuer. 
(To  be  Continued.) 


228 


CHUKCH    EECORDS  OF   LYNNFIELD. 

COPIED  BY    EBENKZER  PARSONS  OF  LYNNFIELD. 

(Title  Page.) 

Deacon  John  Bancroft's  gift  to  ye  Church 
in  Lynn  End,  Anno  Dora.  1782. 

The  Book  of  Church  Records,  Nov.  ye  29, 
Anno  Christi  1732. 

(Page  1st) 

The  Rev'd  Mr.  Nathaniel  Sparhawk,  was 
ordained  ye  first  Pastor  over  ye  second  Church 
in  Lynn,  August  ye  17th  1720. 

Elisabeth  Sparhawk,  was  received  into  full 
communion  with  ye  Church. 

Mary  Bancroft,  taken  into  ye  Church  Ap- 
ril  1722. 

Hannah  Gowing,  taken  into  ye  Church 
June 1723. 


Thomas  Wellman 
Ebenezer  Person 
Thomas  Goold 
Moses  Aborn 
Jeremiah  Eaton 
Jonathan  Person 
Ezekiel  Gowing 
John  Williams 


Martha   Aborn 
Sarah  Hart 
Sarah  Latherbce 
Hannah  Person 
Ruth  Goold 
Elisabeth  Aborn 
Mary  Bancroft 
Abigail  Hodgman 


Ebenezer  Bancroft       Mahitable  Osgood 
John  Wellman  Elisabeth  Whitford 

Hugh  Henry  Rebecca  Williams 

Samuel  Latherbee       Mary  Henry 
Abigail  Gowing         Stephen  Wellman 
Jonathan  Wellman     Patience  Bancroft 
Daniel  Gowing  sn'r    Martha  Gowing 
John  Perkins  Martha  Chambers 

Mary  Wellman 
Mary  Boutwell  Hepsibah  Person 

Tabitha  Person  Lydia  Townsend 

Margaret  Chambers    Abigail  Aborn 
Elisabeth  Bancroft     Sarah  ilaton 
Mary  Gowing  Mary  Gloyde 

Mahitable  Wellman 
All  these  persons  above  named,  were  taken 
into  ye  Church. 


(Page  2d.) 

The  Record  of  those  Children  yt  were  Bap- 
tized ;  and  such  Persons  as  owned  ye  cov- 
enant. 

Hannah  Gowing,  Baptized,  1721. 

John  Bancroft's  Daughter  Unis,  was  Bap- 
tised  1720. 

1722. 

John  Tarbel's  Daughter  Mary,  was  Bap- 
tized May 1722. 

John  Bancroft's  Daughter  Jane,  was  Bap- 
tised July 1722. 

Ebenezer  Aborn's  son  James,  was  Bap- 
tised July 1722. 

Ebenezer  Persons  Daughter  Hannah,  was 
Baptised  Sept. 1722. 

John  Woodbery's  son  Josiah,  was  Bap- 
tized Sept. 1732. 

Samuel  Aborn's  son  John,  was  Baptised 
Sept. 1722. 

William  Eaton's  Daughter  Elisabeth,  was 

Baptised  Sept. 1722. 

1723. 

Jonathan    Gowing's  son   Jonathan,     was 

Baptised  Juno 1723. 

1724. 

Hugh  Henry's  Daughter  Mary,  was  Bap- 
tised March  ye  8th,  1724. 

Ebenezer  Aborn's  son  Ebenezer,  was  Bap- 
tised March  ye  22d,  1724. 

John  Woodbery's  son  Benjamin,  was  Bap- 
tised May  ye  24th  1724. 

Samuel  Latherby's  Daughter  Sarah,  was 
Baptised  June  ye  2^4th  1724. 

Ebenezer  Bancroft's  daughter  Lowis  Bap- 
tized July  ye  12th  1724. 

George  Nurss's  Daughter  Abigail,  Bapt. 
Sept.  ye  13th  1724. 

Isaac  Aborn's  daughter  Mary,  Bapt.  No- 
vember ye  1  1724. 


229 


1725. 

Ebenezer  Person's  son  Moody,   Baptized 
March  ye  21st  1725. 

John  William's  daughter  Susanna,  Bapt. 
April  ye  4th  1725. 

Abraham  Wellman's  two  daughters,  Ruth 
and  Marcy,  Bapt.  Aug.  ye  22d  1725. 

ye  Rev'd  Mr.    Nathaniel   Sparhawk's    son 
Nathaniel,  was  bapt.  Sept.  ye  26th  1725. 

Ebenezer  Aborn's  son  Joseph,    was  bapt. 
Sep.  ye  26th  1725. 

Miriam  Hart's  daughter  Jane,  was  Bap. 
Oct.  ye  10th  1725. 

John  Bancroft's  son  Nathaniel,  was  Bap. 
Oct.  ye  22d  1725. 

1726. 

Samuell   Latherbee's   son    Benjamin   was 
Bapt.  July  ye  10th  1726. 

Ebenezer  Gowing's  son  Joseph,  was  Bapt. 
July  ye  31st  1726. 

Ebenezer  Bancroft's  daughter  Ruth,  was 
Bapt.  Aug.  ye  14th  1726, 

John  Tarbel's  two  sons,  Jonathan  and  Da- 
vid, were  Bapt.  Sep.  ye  25th  1726. 
1727. 

Hugh   Henry's   daughter   Margarett,  was 
Bapt.  Feb.  ye  19th  1727. 

(Page  3d.) 

Ebenezer   Person's  Daughter  Ruth,    was 
Bapt.  March  ye  26th  1727. 

Ebenezer   Aborn's  son   John,  was  Bapt. 
Apriel  ye  9th  1727. 

Thomas  Hodgman's  son  Joseph,  was  Bapt. 
June  ye  18th  1727. 

.     1728. 

James  Person's  daughter  Mary,  Bapt.  Jan. 
ye  21st  1728. 

Thomas  Gould's  three  Children  were  Bap- 
tis'd,  Thomas,  Ruth  and  Pheba,  Jan.  1728. 

Jonathan  Wellman's  Daughter  Mehetable, 
was  Bapt.  Jan.  1728. 

(31  h.) 


March  ye  17th  1728,  Mary  Gloyde  owned 
ye  covenant  and  was  Baptised. 

March  ye  31st  1728,  Abigail  Aborn  was 
Baptis'd. 

Lowis  Darlin  Exhibits  Penitence  and  is 
Admitted  to  own  ye  covenant  the  same  day. 

Mary  Mansfield,  Susanna  Bancroft  and 
Mary  Eaton  were  all  admitted  to  own  ye  cov- 
enant. 

Ebenezer  Gowing's  Daughter  Elizabeth, 
was  Baptized  on  ye  same  day. 

April  28th  1728,  John  Darlin's  three  Chil- 
dren, John,  Joseph  and  Benjamin,  were  Bap- 
tised. 

June  ye  2d  1728,  David  Wellman's  son 
Jacob,  was  Baptised. 

July  ye  14th  1728,  Nathaniel  Sparhawk's 
son  Edward,  was  Baptised. 

Aug.  ye  18th  1728,  George  Nurse's 
Daughter  Lydia,  was  Baptis'd. 

Aug.  ye  25th  1728,  Daniel  Townsend's 
Daughter  Lydia,  was  Baptized. 

Sep.  ye  22d  1728,  Samuel  Potter's  Daugh- 
ter Mary;  was  Baptised. 

Sep  ye  29th  1728,  John  Bancroft's  Daugh- 
ter hannah,  was  Baptised. 

1730. 

Samuel  Aborn  ownd  ye  covenant  and  was 
Baptised  March  ye  22d  1730. 

Oct.  ye  25th  1730,  Nath'l  Sparhawk's  son 
John,  was  Baptis'd. 

Feb.  ye  14th  1730-31,  Thomas  Gould's 
Daughter  Mary  was  Baptised 

1731. 
March  ye  21st  1731,  Jonathan  Wellman's 
Daughter  Mehetable,  was  Baptis'd  and  also 
John  Darlin's  sou  Timothy,  was  Baptised  ye 
same  day. 

April  ye  4th  1731,  Ebenezer  Person's  son 
Thomas,  was  Bapt. 


230 


May  30  1731,  Thomas  Hodgraan's  son 
Timothy,  was  Baptised. 

June  ye  20th  1731,  Daniel  Townsend's 
son  John  was  Baptised. 

Hannah  Wellman,  Baptised. 

Jedediah  Wellman,  Baptised. 

Elizabeth  Sparhawk  Baptised. 

Martha  Gould  Baptised. 
(Page  4th  ) 

Nov.  ye  24  1731,  Stephen  Chase  Ordain- 
ed to  ye  Pastoral  office,  in  the  second  Church 
in  Lynn. 

At  a  Chh  meeting,  December  ye  24th 
1731. 

1.  Voted  yt  Deacon  Eaton  and  Deacon 
Bancroft,  should  go  to  ye  Rev'd  Mr.  Nath'l 
Sparhawk,  and  Desire  him  to  Send  ye  Chh 
Records  to  us. 

The  Return  was,  Mr.  Sparhawk  refused  to 
Deliver  up  the  Chh  Records. 

2.  Voted  yt  Deacon  Eaton,  Deacon  Ban- 
croft and  Nathan '1  Gowing,  should  go  and 
request  the  Original  of  ye  Chh  Records  of  ye 
Rev'd  Mr  Sparhawk,  and  if  they  could  not 
obtain  that,  they  must  Endeavor  to  Got  a 
Copy  of  him  if  they  Could. 

3.  Voted  that  those  Persons  that  Desire 
to  Joyn  in  full  communion  with  this  Chh. 
Should  first  stand  propounded  two  weeks. 

Nov.  ye  28th  1731,  Benjamin  Gowing's 

1  son  Benjamin,  was  Baptized. 
Feb.  ye  13   1731-2,   Abigail  Nelson  was 

Baptised  at  Portsmo'  Plains. 

2  Feb  ye  20  1731-2,  Samuel  Walton's  son 

3  David,  was  Baptised  June  ye  4  1732. 

4  Mehitable  Gowing,  was  Bapt.   June   ye 
4  1732. 

Abigail  Wellman  Owned  ye  Covenant. 
6     July  ye  2d   1732,   Francis  Hutchinson's 
Son  Thomas  and  Francis  was  Baptised  Aug. 
ye  6  1732. 


7  Thomas  Newhall's  son  Asa,  was  Bapti'sd 
Nov  ye  26  1732. 

8  Timothy  Poole's  son  Timothy  was  Bap- 
tised June  ye  28th  1732. 

9  James  Person  was  Baptised  August  ye 
20th  1732. 

Thomas  Gowing's  son  John  Timothy  and 
Joseph  was  Baptised  and  he  received  into  full 
communion  with  ye  chh. 

March  ye  4th  1732-3  Thomas  Hodgman's 
son  John  was  Baptised  May  ye  6th  1733. 

Benj'm  Eaton  was  Baptised  May  ye  27th 
1733. 

(Page  5th) 

Job  Wellman  was  Baptised  June  ye  10 
1733. 

Francis  Hutchinson's  Daughter  Hannah 
was  Baptised  June  ye  24th  1733. 

Voted  by  the  Second  Chh  of  Christ  in 
Lynn  that  their  minister  Should  reccommend 
James  Person  and  his  wife,  Jeremiah  Eaton 
and  Hepshibeh  Person  to  ye  s  Chh  of  Christ 
in  Haverhill, 

Aug  ye  5th  1733  John  Darline's  son  Jo- 
seph was  Baptised. 

Aug  ye  26th  1733  Thomas  Gould's  Daugh- 
ter Hannah  was  Baptised. 

Sept  ye  23  1733  Samuel  Gowing's  Daugh- 
ter Patience  was  baptised. 

Sept  ye  30th  1733  Timothy  Poole  was  re- 
ceived into  full  communion. 

Ebenezer  Bancroft's  Daughter  Rebeckah. 

Elizabeth  Lesslee  was  Baptised. 

Dec  ye  20  1733  at  a  Chh  meeting. 
1  Whereas  Deacon  William  Eaton  and  Dea- 
con John  Bancroft  were  formerly  chosen  to 
ye  office  of  Deacons  by  ye  second  Chh  of 
Christ  in  Lynn  and  ye  Record  thereof  being 
lost  we  now  renew  our  Choice  of  ym. 

voted 

2  Voted  that  we  think  it  proper  that  those 


231 


that  desire  to  Joyn  in  full  Communion  with 
us  should  make  relations  and  also  shall  have 
a  Vote  of  ye  Chh. 

3  Voted  that  every  Communicant  of  this 
Chh  shall  pay  three  pence  every  Sacrament 
day  in  Order  to  make  provision  for  the  Lord's 
table. 

(To  be  Continued.) 


A   LIST   OF    DEATHS   IN    BEVERLY, 
MADE  BY  COL.  ROBERT  HALE. 


Concluded  from  vol.  v,  p.  144. 


890  Inft  of  Josha  Ellinwood. 

891  Negro  Inft  of  Eb.  Ellinwood. 

892  Inft  Jno.  Thomdike  3d 

Dec.  21,  1757. 

893  »Capt  Benj.  Ives  Dec.  26. 

894  Negro  man  of  Eb.  Ellinwood  drownd. 

895  Samll  Harris  .Et  69. 

896  Martha  Williams  .Et  80. 

897  Inft  of  Jacob  Woodbery  Feb  5. 

898  Inft  of  Wm  Morgan. 

899  Jno.  Stanley  ^Et  86. 

900  Wife  of  And  Bold?  Ap.  22. 

901  "     "  Jno.  Lovet  2d  30. 

902  Danl.  Williams  iEtat  86. 

903  Hez.  Thornd.  onboard  man  of  war  109 

904  Joh?  Thorndike  ditto  1 10 

905  Inft  of  Jacob  Poland  Aug  14 
90'i  Henry  Blackfield's  Son  Henry  17. 
907  Ab  Haskel  setat  11  21. 

90S  Inft  of  Sam  Giles. 

909  Andr.  Day  at  Lewisb'g  1 1.1 

910  Inft  (Still-bom)  of  Job  Smith  oct  14. 

911  Bartho  Tayler  in  ye  army  112 

912  Inft  of  Nath  Ober. 

913  "    "    Wm  Abom  Nov  16. 

914  Wife  of  Steph  Proctor  Nov  24. 

915  Negro  Inft  of  Geo  Herriok  Dec  1. 

*  Who  md.  Elizabeth,  Col.  Hale's  daughter? 


916  Inft  of  Jno  Allen  the  distempr  5th  165. 

917  Inft  of  Andr  Stanly. 

918  Inftof  JoLovett. 

919  Wid  of  Jno  Williams  et  82. 

Dec.  21,  1758. 

920  Steph  Presson  D  23. 

921  Inft  of  Tho  Mansfield. 

922  "    "  Josh  Ellinwood  Jan  10. 

923  "    "  Wm  Taylor. 

924  "    ••  Stephen  Presson  deed. 

925  Ab.  Taylor  aet  19. 

926  Inft  of  Jona  Conant  F.  24. 

927  Wm  Eliot  coming  fm  Lisbon  measl  113 

928  Richard  Patch  Et  81  Apr.  2d. 

929  Inft  of  Jno  Presson  May  9  measl. 

930  Inft  of  Capt  Tho  Davis  of  ye  measles 

Ma  29 

931  Inft  of  Nicho  Woodbry  of  ye  measles. 

932  Benj.  Blackfield  Statia  114 

933  Wm  Bacheller     )  lost  coming       115 

934  Ebenr  Woodbery)  from  Lisbon      116 

935  Inft  of  Jon.  Stone  Jur.  stillborn. 

936  Negro  Inft  of  Dl?  Larkum. 

937  Nathl  Ober  coming  fr  Jamaica       117 

938  Wife  of  Jon  Stone  Jr  June  15. 
1939  Inft  of  Dd?  Montgomery  stillborn. 

940  "    "    Peter  Pride 

941  "    "    Joseph  Picket  Jr  June  20. 

942  Richard  (son  of  Jon)  Woodbery  deed. 

943  a  daughter  of  ditto. 

944  Pyam  Herrick  W  Indies  118 

945  Inft  of  Benj.  Smith. 

946  a  boy.  of  Benj  Roundys. 

947  Girl  of  Theoph  Hull. 

948  a  son  of  Jon  Woodb.  2d  deed. 

949  a  child  of  Ann  Stone. 

950  "     "     "   Sam  Stone. 

951  Negro  child  of  Jno  Sallis  July  20. 

952  Wid  of  Wm  Cleaves. 

953  Inft  of  Benj  Roundy. 

954  Child  of  Edwd^~*  Giles  29  166. 


*Edmd? 


232 


955  Wife  of  Jona  Woodbury. 

956  Child  of  Jo  Rea. 

957  Wife  of  Wm  Biles  Aug  17. 

958  John  Lovett  son  of  Jno  at  eea         119 

959  Inft  of  Josiah  Morgan. 

960  -'Deborah  Mingo. 

961  Jon  Davison)  in  ye  Expedition       120 

962  Tho  Cox        )  agst  Quebec  121 

963  Infant  (twin)  of  Jonsi  Morgan. 

964  "      Andr  Boin?  Oct  2. 

965  "      Joseph  Wood  Oct  3d. 

966  Peter  son  of  Jno  Lovett  Martineco   122 

967  Zach  Morgan  (drowned  off  Woodbery's 

Point)  Oct  22d  123 

968  Inft  of  Benj  Cleeves  Jr  Oct  26  167. 

969  "     "   Nathl  Woodberry. 

970  "     "    B.  Balch  Lovet. 

971  Jno  Presson  (sonof  Jno)  atCan-^  124 

ada  y 

972  Asa  Baker  Lewisb  )  125 

973  Ens.  Josha  Herricks  daught. 

974  Negro  Inft  of  Capt  Cleaves. 

975  Mial  Giles  at  Louisb  126 

976  Inft  of  Jno  Baker. 

977  Son  of  Nicho  Woodb  Etat  15. 

Dec.   1759. 

978  Ddf  Larkum  Jr  at  N  York  1 27 

979  Infant  of  Osman  Trask  stillborn. 

980  Inft  of  Za<5h  Gage. 

981  Nath  Black  Etat  84. 

982  Inft  of  Jo  Picket  Jr  F.  18. 

983  Peter  Groves  Jr  Guadelope  128 

984  Mr  Isaac  Gray  aet  75  Mar  23. 

985  Capt  Jno  Thorndike  Etat  86  m  24. 

986  Francis  Woodbery  W  Ind  1 29 

*  "In  1 707  Robin  Mingo  a  negro  slave  the  prop- 
erty of  Thomas  Woodberry  was  md  to  Deborah 
Taylor  an  Indian  woman.  From  him  Mingo's 
beach  is  supposed  to  have  derived  its  name." 

Stone. 


tDeb? 


988  T  ft  I  ^^^"^  ^^  ^  Picket  Apl  1. 

989  John  Trask. 

990  Deacon  Israel  Wood  ye  2d  Ap  27. 

991  Stillborn  Negro  inft  of  Dd  Larkum. 

992  Ditto  of  Ca^t  Cleaves. 

993  Inft  twin  of  Benj  Ober. 

994  Jno  Groves        "1  of  ye  small  pox  in  ye  130 

995  And  EUinwood)  W.  Indies  in  March  131 

996  Wife  of  Jo  Williams. 

997  Inft  of Hovey. 

998  a  child  of  Tho  Mansfield. 

999  "     "      "  Benj  Ober. 

1000  Ebenr  Cleaves  ^tat  66. 

1001  Ebenr  son  of  Paul)  Thorndike  com-   132 

1002  Danll     "     "    Josi    j  from  oTb^raltar.    188 

1008  Jona  Foster  ")  com-  184 

1004  Wm  son  of  Kich  Woodbery  J  }?|m  135 

1005  Sam  Mors  J- North  136 

1006  Andr  sonof  Jo  Stanley  Caro-  187 

1007  Ben  son  of  Benj  Foster       J  Una    188 

1008  Inft  of  Wm  Haskcl  Jr  Sep  6. 

1009  Wife  of  Richd  Stanley  Et  1-9. 

1010  Cap  Wm  Bartlett  at  Quebec          139 

1011  Wm  Aborn  ditto  140 

1012  Wife  of  Nath  W— ?  Et  98. 

1013  Daugh  of  Henry  Blackfield. 

1014  Infant  of  Abr  Wyat. 

1016  Inft  r  ^^^^^  ^^  Joseph  Moore  Oct  14. 

1017  Inft  of  Ed  Cox. 

1018  John  Brew  W  Indies  14 1 

1019  Jona  Harris  Et  79  Nov  5 

1020  Dea  Jo  Trask  Et  67 17. 

1021  Inft  of  Anne  Picket. 

1022  Inft  negro  of  Jno  Kennedy. 
1U23  Anna  I'icket  Nov  26. 

1024  Eb  Lovett  jr  on  board  Man  War 

in  London  142 

1025  Dn  Dodges  widow  Et  76. 

1026  Inft  of  Ed  Eose  Dec  13. 

Dec  21  1760. 

1027  Inft  of  Dominicus  Savel. 


233 


1028  Jno-  Lovett  W.  Indies  143 

1029  Child  of  Kobt  AVoodberry. 

1030  Wid  of  Nath.  Roberts  Jan  30  act  82. 

1031  Bartho  Pert  drownd  W  Indies       144 

1032  Josiah  White  Feb.  7. 

1033  Jno  Malroy  W  Indies  145 

1034  Inft  of  James  Gyles  Apr  8. 

1035  James  Herricli.' 

1036  Francis  a  neutral  Fr.man  Ap.  21. 

1037  Thomas  Mansfield  at  Martinico?  146 

1038  Mary  Patch. 

1039  Inft  of  Eb.  Ellinwood. 

1040  Wife  of  Josiah  Dodge. 

1041  Nicho  Stanley  Martinico  147 

1042  Inft  Jo.  Pitman  Sept  4. 

1043  Son  of  John  Porter. 

1044  James  Hovey  W.  Indies  148 

1045  Anna  (dau)  of  Jon  Woodbcrry  2d. 

1046  Inft  of  Osman  Trask. 

1047  Child  of  Jno  Walker  Throat  D.     1 67 
1018  Son  of  Nick  Woodbury  8  yrs  old. 

1049  Inft  of  B.  Balch  Lovett. 

1050  AVife  of  Ammi  Knolton. 

1051  Inft  of  Jno  Roundy. 

1052  •'    of  Jno.  Porter. 

1053  Joseph  Presson  dr.  on  ye  banks.     149 

1054  Menass  Trask  Etat  40  Oct  11. 

1055  Nicho  Woodberry  0.  26. 

1056  Negro  Inft  of  Han  Mulcoy. 

1057  Mrs  Mary  Woodberry' s  negro  man  Cuff. 

1058  Wife  of  Jer-  Lovett  N  6. 

1059  Susan  Woodberry  26. 

1060  Inf  of  Jo  Lovett  Dec  8th. 

1061  Jno  (son  of  Grcorge  Tuck)    drowned 

com.  fr.  Phil  150 

Dec  21  1661. 

1062  AVm  Cox  Etat  60  Dec  23. 

1063  Herb  Thorndike  78  Jan  6. 


*Tho? 


(32  a) 


1064  -Mad  Eliz  Gilman  Jan  24. 

1065  Wido  John  Morgan. 

1066  Inft  of  Sam  Wood. 

1067  Daughtr  of  Palph  Tuck. 

1068  Inft  of  James  Giles  vid  SO. 

1069  Saml  Woodberry  Et  74. 

1070  Jer  (son  of  Ben  Lovett)  at  sea     151 

1071  Wife  of  Dan  Wallis. 

1072  "     "    Nathl  Wallis  Ap  22. 

1073  Wid  of  Sam  Martyn  Et  80. 

1074  W^  Cox  at  Cape  Sable  shore  152 

1075  Negro  Inft  of  Mad  Woodbcry. 

1076  Ditto. 

1077  Infant  of  B  Lovett  Jr. 

1078  Ens  Eobert  Morgan  Et  93  Jul  16. 

1079  Jacob  Poland  killed  by  Benj  Elliuw? 

Aug  1 6. 

1080  Inft  of  Jam?  Giles. 

1081  Inft  of  Nathan  Leech  scalded. 

1082  Mad  Woodberry's  Negro  David. 

1083  Inft  of    .     .     .     Trofetre? 

1084  Son  of  Wid  of  Dea  Wood. 

1085  Inft  sou  of  Pialph  Tuck  Boston     163 

1086  "     of  Eobert  Stanley. 

1087  Eosc  (Negro  woman  of  Ben  Ober)  Oct 

30. 

1088  another  son  of  wid  of  Dea  Wood  Nov  8. 

1089  Ebenr  Trask  Dec  6. 

1090  Abig  Peirce. 

Dec  21  1762. 

1091  Peter  Groves' s  Negro  Child. 

1092  Infant  of  Jeffery  Thissel. 

1093  "      "   JnoLovet  2d  F  15. 

1094  fBenj  Ives  Feb  27  Etat  13. 

1095  Child  of  Benj  Lovet  Jr  mar  23 

1096  Luke  Thorndike  Vinyaxd  154 

1097  Inft  of  Jo  Woodberry's  Jr. 

1098  "     "  Sam  Woodb  Sep  4. 

1099  "     •'  Wm  Abbot     "    21. 

1100  •'     "  Wm  Bartlctt. 

♦Col.  Hale's  "  honoured  mother." 
t  A  grandson  of  Col.  Hale. 


28^ 


1101 
1102 
1103 
1104 
1105 
1106 

1107 
1108 
1109 
1110 

nil 

1112 

1113 
1114 
1115 
1116 
1117 
1118 
1119 
1120 
1121 
1122 
1123 
1124 
1125 
1126 
1127 
1128 
1129 
1130 
1131 
1132 
1133 
1134 
1135 
1136 
1137 
1138 
1139 


Son  of  Peter  Groves  Et  16  '*'*«!- M  i- 
Child  of  Jno  Thompson  Et-S.  -.o  oDrfto 
Jno  Kennedy  at  sea  aii  ,ioJifooKl6Sii 
Inft  of  B.  Lovett  Jr.  "■' ■" 

•'    "   Brown. 

"    "    Ebenr  Pierce,    (imjoiju   »moc 
Dec  21   1763^.nY,  9ffj  Hguoiii! 
Negro  child  of  James  Sraitfolsonog  in-i 
Wid  of  Wm  Eliot  senr.  .lod 

Wid  of  Ebenr  Kimbal. 
Zach  Bacheller  at  ye  Vinyard       156 
Ens  Morgan's  Wid  Dec  31  vid  1078 

aet98. 
Jamea  Cavenaugh  drownd  at  Bos- 
ton ,.,  .  ^     ,.  ^^167 
SamlOber     ..,..'   Feb  29.  ' 
Andr  Thorndite")    foundered  boraing 
Saml  Wood         [•   from  Philad  1761 
Andr  Boin          )        makes    fi^Qi^iMii 
Inft  of  Josi  Lovett.           .^w  tefl^A 
James  Giles  Apr  14.       ^^^^^  ^^^^^^g 
Wife  of  Geo  Stanly  AprJ,^f^^^^^,^.I 
LucinaMaySaetlO.    i^.^d^in  ..i.^a 
Joseph  Bouchovare.        ^^^^j^  ,19^9^7/ 
Sar?  Montgomery  Et  18. ^j^^.  ,^^^^^ 
Inft  of  Benj  Dodge.      ^j^„^^-,  _^^.^^^^_ 
Inft  of  Geo  Stanly,    .^^j^^^^jj^g^j^.,.. 
Inft  of  Capt  Tho  Davis^^^^^^  ^^^^^^j 

"    "    Jo  Lovett  Jr.  .r,„,^^8  ,b-x£q9iI8 
Wife  of  Isaac  Hull  Et  8^ f^^a.,„,^,.,j. 
Ditto  of  Sam  Goodricl;i 
Inft  of  ditto. 
^Vid  Peter  Groves. 
Wm  Vannam  at  sea 
Joseph  Picket. 
Inft  of  Saml  Tuck. 


Dec  21  1764. 
1140  Wife  of  Capt  Rob  Haskell. 
1 1141  Israel  Bisson     '^^  "'Y  ^' 


■ajjiooD  .eqrlliif'i 

.adol  aillV/l 

H.  ojisal  ,b'XB(pii8 

.a  .cxw  Mho 

■dqaaoL  ,Jxjoxi8 

tioH  .aJacfdxT 
child  of  Jonas  Dodge  an  8,,  ^  ( 

Inft  negro  of Cole. 


asq.jid'j 


W^id  Rd  Thissel  Et  85  D  5. 

Inft  of  Sam  Woodberry. 

Child  of  Ben  Dodge.  '"\|,.y^jj.j^ 

Wid  of  Jno  Patch  Et'72. 


1142  Jno  ThorndikejcH  bi ?£<iF6tincWred' t 

1143  Eben  Williams  ;e  I?  rilw 

1144  Stephen  Haskell 

1145  Jona  Bile's* son 
1 1146  Jeffery  Thissel's  son 
!ll47  Wm  Elllnwood's  son 

1148  Nathan  Indian 


IHll 


m  ye 


1764 


1149  Inft  of  Robert  ^j;a4ft>rd^  g  io  eonsbi^a 

1150  Jacob  Woodbeny^fsTQclmun^ftiii  aaewi 

1151  child  of  Josiah  Morgan.  .rijne 

1152  "     "  Malachi  Woodberry. 

1153  Ebenr  Ashbye  Et  80^us  ni  bd^iatfl  iutf 

1154  Wife  of  Solo  Cole.  M-  Js"  '     ' 

1155  Inft    "     "      ^♦i   in 

1156  Wm  son  of  Benj  Lovett  Statia     IKksz 

1157  Matthew  Goye.  ?  aH 

1158  Jona  Thomdike  drowned  W  In-       j  mo 
nin9dJ^©ded  ,\b\i  ,Oik  doiaiA  ,v     171  • 

1159  Reuben  (Indian')"  3y*'d  (ibmiihgfrora  W" 

Indies  172 

1160  Abiel  Pittman.  •  ^'^'^>'-»i  smwoll.il  »dT 

1161  Wm  Ellinwood:  •^^'^^''•'  "''^'^-^^l  sdi  sa&Q 

1162  Wife  of  Haz  Smith  July  2SP'^^  <^  ^q 

1163  Inft  of  B.  Woodberry  JtJ^  .^hevaa 

1164  Hez  Woodberry.  aiiij  bas  ,bofb 

1165  Daughtr  of  Larkin  ThorndilBH  JiedoJI 

1166  Inft  of  Benj  Woodbery  Jr. 

1167  Anna  (daughtr)  of.  Jnp- Lovett 

1168  Sarah  Lovett  Etat. 'nyrnigax  a  dJiw  ia&w 
11169  Wife  of  Jno  Lovett.  '■'■^•yjsje  IcdJ 

1170  Nath  Bacheller.  1  ^efla  nooe 

1171  Inft  of  Nicho  Morgam  daiilw  ni  .^IfluoO 
M72  boy  of  Haz  Smith.  ■  lo  &ibaoai  SI  ni 
1163  Child  of  Benj  Smitkw  bosisa  ^lagnBiJa 
'1174  of  Malachi  Woodberyij-ooi  bxic  sdmil  aid 
ill76i;ehild  of  Jacob  Woodbky.  b  sid  llil  baa 
{1176.  ".'"  '  "  Azariah  Norton,  lomam  gnoiJa 
llifiljo-'^"-.':-  •'  Jacob  Woodbery. 'Ww  b&jflifiifp 
■1178' Grandchild  of  Josh  EllinwKxir -^    '"■■ 


285 


1179  A  son  of  Ahdr  Stone. 

1180  Wid  Jno  ElUnwood  Etat  SgaliVf  OMl 

1181  Child  of  Win  LoveMjs  bmal  tUt 

1182  Inftof  David  HarriaLibnioxIT  oa\,  2Mi 

1183  "  "     Wm  StanleV^ifnW  noda  i>iri 

1184  Dan'l  Howard.  i^-ia«H  flOffqeiS  mi 
^^^-,_    _      „.,  no3  8  olia  isnoU  Gi^II 

1185  Jno  Hilton.     ,  ,cr„„, ;,,-,,  ,^.,^j^^i  ^^ji 

Here  the  Record  abruptly  eriSsi  ;«Y  ^t^  t 
The  last  few  entries   show   unmistakable 
evidence  of  a  failing  hand ;    (for  instance  be- 
tween the  numbers  1178  and  1179  occurs  the 

entry,  -^'W  ^^  ^^^^»  -'-•'^ 

.7-n3a4ao21,  1765,    "     "     1^31  r 

but  marked  in  such  manner,  as  to  render  its 

erasure  doubtful,  and  the  same  is  true  of  some 

illegible  letters  after  the  next  name :)    and 

such  indeed  was  the  case,  for  in  a  few  months, 

he  was  seized  with  a  loss  of  his  faculties,  and 

continued  so  till  his  death,  which  took  place 

on  Friday,  March  20,  1767,  he  being  then  in 

the  65th  year  of  hisage.   :.,ni^  asiivon  'joi  i 

,     ?oif>aT 

The  following  notice  of  his  decease  is  taken 

from  the  Boston  News-lejytftyyP;fi,J|J^mr^yj,  A" 
pril  2.  176"^^  vluL  MiaS  mB  '^.o  ^rU  srOI  * 
Beverly,  Mch.  25,  1767.  On  Friday  last, 
died,  and  this  day,  was  decently  interred  here, 
Robert  Hale,  Esq.,  a  gentleman,  who  had 
served  this  Town  as  our  Representative  at  the 
General  Court  upwards  of  twenty  years.  He 
went  with  a  regiment  against  Cape  Breton  in 
that  successful  campaign  in  1745.  He  was, 
soon  after  his  return,  appointed  sheriff  of  this 
County,  in  which  oflftce  he  continued  till  with- 
in 12  months  of  his  death,  when  he  was 
strangely  seized  with  an  almost  total  loss  of 
his  limbs  and  reason,  in  which  state  he  contin- 
ued till  his  death.  He  was  a  gentleman  of 
strong  memory  and  good  judgement,  well  ac- 
quainted with  the  civil  affairs  of  this  govern- 
ment, and  was  a  leading   man  in  the  House 


of  Representatives  for  many  years.  In  his 
office  as  a  Sheriff,  he  was  just  and  faithful  to 
the  Creditor,  kind  and  compassionate  to  the 
Debtor. 


Some  unconnected  memoranda  scattered 
through  the  manuscript,  useful  only  to  the  lo- 
cal genealogist,  are  reserved  for  another  num-^ 
ber.  f'i>^  :i'U:i  ia;v    :;  in'^   ^Aji  ' 

.        DARTMOOR   PRISONERS. 

List  of  persons  who  were  prisoners  at 
Dartmoor  during  the  war  of  1812,  belonging 
to  Salem  and  vicinity,  who  -were  alive  at  the 
close  of  the  year  1853. 


COMMUNI0AT£D  BY  BBNJ.   V.  BROWNS. 

."  ■■  '  *■  '  -    /-I  '     ft  f  I  4 

IngersoU,  Nathaniel.    Preston,  John.  ■ 

Atkins,  Wm.  Hubon,  Henry. 

Sluman,  Thos.  Waters,  John. 

Putnam,  Allen.''^''  ""-^IJiowning,  Charles  M. 

Davis,  Richard.  Lawrence,  Lewis. 

Wheeler,  John.        y^^t'hippen,  Nathaniel. 

Thompson,  James.  ; ' ' 
Winn,  Joseph  R.  ^'"^^ 
Kimball,  John, '  "^     ' ' ' 
Bowie,  James. 
Weston,  Nathaniel. 


Melcher,  John. 
Skerry,  Francis. 
Wilkins,  Hezekiah 
Benson,  Samuel. 
Shepard,  Samuel. 


Browne,  Benjii.'':^;''  ^'Orush,  John^tt.'     '  '• 
Phillips,  George  I*.""Neal,  David  A! 


Willis  John. 
Shepard,  Isaac  B. 
Smith,  Wm.  B. 
Strout,  Joseph. 
Tibbets,  Henry. 
Phippen,  Israel. 


Perkins,  Jonathan  W. 
Wheeler,  Michael  S. 
Richards,  George  S. 
Gracia,  Henry. 
Upton,  Henry.      J^    ' 
Tucker,  Samuel '  *"^^ 


LYNN.  1,,  (  >i    ,  ..1/   r  ,1  1  , 

Deland,  John.'^'^^^*'"^^^^' 

■^S  ^orf^fiTTSr) 

SOUTH  DANVBBS. 

Hill,  Benjn.  D.  Hammond,  Edward. 

Price,  John. 


286 


>...:■  ^      ■  '^  DANVERP1>0RT.  Jj    ^-ifiM 

Johns,)n,  Henry.  :  I  oJj  9fnof ' 

I'j"     t:!'         •  BEVERLY.      isJj  TOSSflicO 

Brazil,  James.  Homan,  Peter.  "01  ^1 

Briant,  Benjn*  '!  -.;v,'  Morgan,  Henry.  ;i}J 

Briant,  James.  Pickett,  Joseph.  i'v.OI 

Bridges,  John.  Roberts,  Nath'l.(i-H 

Cross,  Stephen.  Robertson,  Jo3ej^.  'lo 

Elliot,  Benjn.  Smith,  George. 

Woodbury,    Dixey.  ,»,,■  ,ijul,  :, 

:    T    ijidi    UO        MARBLEIIEAD.     ••HeiH    VIbM 

Broughton,  Glover.       Tindley,  Thomas. 


Roundy,  Jeremiah. 
Roundy,  Thomas. 
Goss,  Joshua,  i'  b.-ji 
Gale,  Benjn.  B.  O-^ir 
Richardson,  Wm.  A. 
Stacy,  Wm. 
Pitman,  John,  ''  ->  •! 
Humphrey,   Wm. 
Dodd,  Samuel. 
Green,  Joseph  W. 
Girdler,  John. 
Blair,  Benjn. 
Jones,  Francis. 
Caswell,  Wm. 
Carroll,  Samuel. 
Broughton,  John. 
Calley,  Thomas. 
Standley.  Saml. 
Proctor,  John. 
l*cdrick,  Wm. 


Nicholson,  James 
Grush,  Thomas. 
Selman,  John. 
Blackler,  Samuel. 
Millet,  Joseph. 
Hunt,  Job. 
White,  Philip  H.' 
Horaan,  Nathaniel. 
Pritchard,  Ezra. 
Quiner,  Stephen. 
Mason,  Jonathan  B. 
Homan,  John. 
Glover,  John  N. 
Swett,  Francis. 
Manning,  Samuel. 
Curtis,  Fiancis. 
Vicorry,  Wm. 
Russell,  Lewis. 
Chinn,  Samuel.       '' 
Roundy,  Stephen  C. 


^„(lfn,.   CHEEVER  FAMILX,^.);.,,j 

Peter  Cheever  of  Salem,  in  1740,  bought 
of  Benjamin  Lyndo,  Esq.,  a  piece  of  land, 
which  probably  from  its  boundaries,  was  the 
lot  upon  the  corner  of  Brown  and  Winter 
Streets,  afterwards  occupied  by  l)is  son  Sam- 
uel,  as  a  tannery.  ,^,^  baooog  ibdJ  aaaoM 
He  had  ;^",pj  ,  , 

I.     Peter  who  d.  abt  1801,  then  of  Ando- 


ver,  Yeoman  and  whomd,  Isfc  Margaret  Ives, 

by  whom  he  had,  .^. 

1  Anna,'  md  1st  Samuel  Cook,  and  2dly 

William  Merriam.  

1^2  Margaret  who  md  Johfl' A^;'"^^^'^* 
I*  And   md.  2dly,'  Martha  Osgood  OF^A^^ 
jer,  widow,  by  whom  he  had 
;-'  3  Samuel,  4  John,  5  James,  6  Benjamin, 
7  Nathaniel.  -  ^'  i'»»s 

8  Martha  who  md  Samuel  Very  of  ^E?fiStJ. 

9  Abigail,  who  md  James  Perkins  of  the 
same  place.  ■^•^ Alii riAM    '3.0    GJlOL^aa 

Bentley  says  of  him  that  he  was  born  where 
he  lived  corner  of  Brown  and  Winter  Sts, 
was  married  at  32  ;  was  14  years  older  than 
his  wife ;  left  the  sea  service  27  years  ago,  and 
died  of  paralysis  aged  76.  He  md  Sally 
Ring  of  Blackpoint  (Scarborough)  Me.,  (Who 
md  2dly Plummer,)  by  whom  he  had 

1  Samuel,  who  md Osborne,  and 

had  a  son  Samuel  who  md Osborne; 

2  Sarah,  who  d.  Nov.  21,  1853,  aged  abt 
80  ;  she  md  1st  Jonathan  Beckford  by  whom 
she  had  Sarah  who  md  Moses  Stevens,  Esq:i 
of  AnJover  and  afterward  of  Nashville,  Tenn ; 
and  2dly  Penn  Townsetid.     .3''"'-^*^  -'"-^ 

.Hiw  uA  81 

III.  Daniel  who  md. .......  .and  who 

md  2dly,  Sarah  Hawthorn  by  whom  he  had 
:^  1  Nathaniel  who  d.  Nov  6,  1813,  aged.  36. 
He  md.  *  Abigail  HutchinsQi^j|^a^t-^tJ^ 
death  3  sons  and  a  daughter y  ^..yjj  gBpodJ 

IV.  Benjamin  md.  Mary  Card  nee  BaiT 
of  Salem  ;  a  daughter  of  his  md.  John  How- 
ard and  one  died  unmd.  :   ■  -  u,)K[i<8 

The  above  sketch  is  far  from  thordUgli:  i^ 
merely  shows  the  relationship  existing  betwben 
certain  families  of  the  name,  which  soiffe'  of 
the  notices  of  the  "  Common  Subscribers" 
(in  vol.  iv  of  the   "  Historical  Collections,") 


237 


prove  to  have  been  misunderstood:     No.  34, 

for  instance,  is  essentially  altered. 

vi  E.  S.  W. 


*Thomas  Hutchinson  who  d.  Aug.  28 1786, 
aged  46,  leaving  7  children,  md.  Mary  Trask 
of  Beverly,  who  d.  Jan.  18,  1819,  aged  74. 
leaving  3  children,  a  son,  a  dau.  who  md 


Putnam  and  Abigail  who  md.  Nath  Cheever; 
and  who  had  a  sister  Sarah  who  md.  Geo. 
Leech,  and  a  sister who  md. —Porter. 


»»♦•»♦■ 


RECORD  OF  MARRIAGES,  BIRTHS 
AND  DEATHS,  IN  THE  TOWN  OF 
LYNN.     Vol.  II. 


COHHUNIOATKD  by    IBA.  JU'VAVOuhu  I ii 

t  Oontiaaed  from  Vol.  6,  Page  175.    -, 

fFrancis  their  Son  was  born  the  21  day  of 
^ugust  1701. 

;,  Ester  their  Daughter  was  born  the  21  day 
o£  August  1701.     Twins. 
,^.The  above  named  Joseph  Burrill  father  to 
the  aboue  children  Departed  this  Life  Decem- 
ber ye  first  day^l|(^^.  £,,^,  ..^[^,  ^j^^^g  |,^,; 

/      ■:;    flip   l/TlilH    [:.-fr     f-V.;,    :    ■. 

The  Genealoge  of  John  Burrill  and  of  Lo- 
is his  wifF. 

John  ther  Sonn  was  bom  the  15  day  of 
October  1658.  ''<'  ^'^ -'^'""^^  i'"^'-    '. 

Sarah  there^'Daiig^i^te  ihe  16th 
day  of  Maye  1661; '^'^'^'^H  lifisi' 

thomas  there  Sonn  was  bom  the  7th  day  of 
January  1663. 

Anna  there  Daughter  was  born  ye  15th  of 
September  1666. 

Theophilus  there  Sonn  was  born  15  July 
1669.  ...         •  r       -i  r         /I  r      r 

Lois  tnere  daughter  was  Born  the  z7  of 
January  1671. 

-offoD  I»r>(  (326)      A'l  'lu  vi  .lov  m 


Mary  the  Daughter  of  John  Burrill  was 
borne  the  18  of  fFebruary  1676. 

Ebiaezer  ther  sonn  was  born  the  13  of  Jul- 
ly  1679.      '  ,n£ffloi.  -MusiX,  .{is^j-iH. 

Ruth  ther  Daughter  was  Borne  17  of  May 
1682. 

Samuell  there  Sonn  was  Born  the  20  day 
of  ApriU  1674. 

Anna  there  Daughter  Departed  tAiis  Life 
the  20th  day  of  March  1698-94. 

Mary  thear  Daughter  Departed  this  Life 
the  26th  day  of  October  1694. 

John  Burrill  Esq  son  to  John  Burrill  De- 
parted this  Life  December  ye  10th  1721. 

John  Burrill  Junior  and  Mary  Stower  was 
Maried  the  28  of  Jully  1680. 

Left  John  Burrill  Departed  this  Li&>^ 
24th  of  Aprill  1703.  ''  .vocjfe 

Mrs  Lois  Burrill  widdow  Departed  this  Life 
the  5th  of  Septemr  1720. 


The  Genealoge  of  John  Ballard  aufl.  of 
Rebecka  his  wifF.  "^  » •  -  > 

Jane  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  first  of 
December  1674. 

John  ther  Sonne  was  born  the  29  of  Janu- 
ary 1677. 

Prescilla  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  20  of 
December  1680. 

William  ther  Sonne  was  born  the  8  of  No- 
vember 1683. 

Dorrity  ther  Daughter  was  borne  the  30 
of  January  1684. 


the  Genealoge  of  Moses  Burrill  and  Dar- 
cos  his  Wife, 

Moses  thear  Sonn  Was  Born  the  17  day  of 
Decemr  1693. 

'  Moses  thear  Sonn  Departed  this  Life  ye  2 
of  January  1693.  ,r ji^jij;^. 

Moses  their  Second  Sonn  was  born  yd  20tli' 
day  of  August  1696. 


Michael  Joanes  &  Mary  Collins  was  Mar- 
ried March  18  1708-9.        ...^  . .  : 

ixxkH  de-i&S  boB  loiajjL  JieaefiS  taeilii^f 

The  (xenealoge  of  N;itli;melldl%JfeBM«I^j 
!^becka  his  wiffe.  o  lodi  iLeiBft 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  borndb!B,2  «f 
November  1675.  :,,r,.  ,-,  ;0ii3  laeiii?  /' 

Ester  ther  Daughter  was  bom  tbiaTl4  (rf 
ffewbmary  1677.       /  latrfguuG  todi  y;i£M 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  Born  .^j  J^tflf  i 
May  1681.  i-f  v.;?;  ^-ucroH  ^^n)  u/lol 

Abigail  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  20  of 
January  1683, 

William  ther  Sonne  was  Bora  the  23  of 
April  1686. 

Nathaniell  ther  Sonne  wgsBoin, tbe.i,<ith 
of  March  1688-89*   7/  otfnoK  liajb  riqssol, 

Nathaniell  Ballard  Departed  thif  }ii^sS§(R/ 
nary  ye  12  1721-2.  ,     ^r  .rfifafT 

B>ebecka  ye  wife  of  Nathaniel  Ballard  De- 
parted this  life  May  ye  16  1724. 

Nathanll  ye  son  Departed  this  life  OeieW 
ye  8,1733^  aiod  sbw  sliw  eid  fidiifiM  lo  bn 


Joshua  Lanne  Grandchild  to  Robert  Bur- 
jis  his  wifF  Died  the  29  of  fFewbruary  1691- 

92.  ni-t  3i»)  invd  m^f  vjUv^isau  -1131! j  iujco 

The  Grenealoge  of  Thomas  Baker  &,  Mary 

his  wife  as  an  addition  to  page  ye  2. 

thomas  ther  Sonn,  was  .born  the   14th,  pf 
0.-1      -.v^nwJi^^ou    luud  u-.vom  cSinmiL 
September  1697.  '        ..„,  t  .         >  ^^  00  ^ 

thomas  their  Sonn  Departed.ye^life, O^cto- 
ber.27th  1697.  .    '"  ] 

Thomas  their  Sonne  was  born  the  26  of 
May  1699.  "     ■  "    _    ^     ,  . 

Abigaili  their  l)aughter  was  born  the  1 9th 
day  of  July  1701.  '"'   ^''' 

Mary  their  Daughter  wa?  b^rp.tlje  (JOjb 
day  of  May  1706.      '      ''' ''.    ' .' " ' , : "  '■„  'v 

Jluth  their  Daughter  was  Donv  |be  12  day 


of  January  1707-8.  ;    x;-  :->;  ;}.  ' 

John  their  Son  was  born  ye  27  of  August 

{KJlfl^e  31^  mod  8.BW  ao8  lisdJ  flfidaifiM 
John  their  Son  Departed  thisHLtfeYllief^AK 

IVJareh  1710-11.  '.yiSv^.^\  -lioit  dtaJasiia 
f-"^  :     3f{j  9'tiJ 

Edward  Baker  and  Mary  M^j-gl^all,  wag^jw:- 
ied  the  7  of  ApriU  i,68|j  ^.(^  ^rJ  auii  b^«q 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  born  the  24th  <^ 
Aprill  1686.      ,    ;  .,.;,,,  s„,.  ...  ,_■,    ,,     ,  ,,r: 

lEdward  their  Son  was  borne  the  19  of  Ap-,, 
ril  1(588  and  was  Buryed  the  2l6t  of  April 
1688.  .-/ 

Sarah  their  daughter  was  Born  the  18th 
of  January  1688-89  and  departed  this  life 
the  29th  of  January  1688-89.  ,  r, 

Sarah  their  daughter  was  borne  the  13th 
of  January  1689-90.  .    'i 

Kebeckah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  first 
of  October  1692.  ..^ 

Edward  Baker  Senior  father  to  the  aboye 
sd  Edward  was  Buryed  the  17  th  of  M.archv 
16.87.,, 

Joan  Baker  wife  to  the  above  named  Ed- 
ward Baker  Senr  dyed  ye  9  th  Dayof  Aprill 

The  Genealogy  of  Edward  Bak|^  <y¥iMf 
Mary  his  wife  is  farther  Continued.;  .  xadoJoO 

Edward  their  Second  Sonn  was  bora  tfcc 
4th  of  January  1694-5  and   Departed  thifrj 
Life  ye  26  of  January  1694-5.       ,,   ■        r 

Edward  their  third  Sonn  was  bomm  j^fh^ 
of  July  1696.  ..,_  ■'"       ^ 

Kuthe  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  15t|i 
of  August  1698  and  I?pj?j^t^§,Jtjhi§J.i|e^d 
day  of  September  1698»p,;ti  i^daiaoga  I0  dlol 

Buthc  their  Daughter  was  bp^;j)(§^)^igf 
July  1699.  .    r.r.  e^iij  moa  z^» 

Elizabeth  their  Daught^i.jgafQjj^jggjfe^ 


29th  of  March  1702. 


Uu-^ 


Euthe  their  Daughter  Departe4!thiS)4^jife 
the  11th  of  May  1703.  lODl^'iodoJyO 


) 


2m 


Joseph  their  Son  was  born  the  9th  of  No- 
viember  1704.     \     . 

Marshall  their  Son  was  born  ye  5th  i  of 
March  1 707-8.  .';b  iijJ-iojfjU  m'6  nodi  mlo^s 

Elizabeth  their  Daughter  Dfe^l^fitMs' 
Life  the  7th  of  May  1709. 

Theophilus  the  Sonne  of  Samuel  Blye  De- 
parted this  Liff  the  15  of  June  1681.      _ 

Thomas  Bruer  and  Elizabeth  (craves  was 
Maried  the  4th  of  December  1682. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  born  the  10  of 
November  1684.  en 

The  Crenealoge  of  Isaac  liCwis  and  of  Han- 
nah his  wife  (Hannah  Hallett.) 

Isaac  their  Sonne  was  born  the  I  of  July 
1707. 

John  their  Sonne  was  borne  the  10  of  Jan- 
uary 1709.  ^^\  •^»^^^^" 

Hannah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  'f9th 
of  October  1710. 

William  ther  Sonne  was  born  the  31  of 
January  1712-13. 

Abijah  their  Son  was  born  the  9  of  Sep- 
tember 1717.  .  ''-""" 

Mary  ther  D^^M  ^^^^'"^  ¥k 
October  1719.  n^^  iiaiiy  siil  /7. 

Nathan  ther  Sonne  msYiOTU^hf^WlM- 
]tjgy  1721.  '    '-^i^'fOfiT,  U  di 

Joseph  ther  Sonne  was  bQrn  the  1  Tof 


uary  1723, 


iViud  efiv/  ;jao8  midi  iiqH  bi£wb!' 


M^l  vh/X 


■^lisha  Bassett  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  they 
had  a  Daughter  Borne  named  Hannah  the 
15th  of  December  1689. 

Elizabeth  the  Daughter  of  Elisha  Bassett 
was  Born  the  25  of  Aprill  1791. 

Elisha  ther  Sonne  was  born  the  21  of  Au- 
gust 1692.  .liUTI  do'(«M  to  di'} 

Danell  ther  Sonn  was'Bbni  lifie^2&w'of 
October  1694.  ''    ' 


William  Bassett  Senr  Departed  this  Life 
March  31th  1703. 

i    William  Bassett  Junior  and  Sarah  Hood 
Was  Maried  the  25  of  October  1675 

Sarah  ther  daughter  was  bom  the  Sixth  of 
December  1676.  '  ioi<l;gijjj(T  -lofiJ  iflsdissHK 

William  ther  Sonne  was  born  In' Novem- 
ber 167&. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  13  X)f ' 
June  1680.  '        ■    -.^^^  "  • 

John  ther  Sonne  was  bom  the  8th  SepteJAi^'' 
ber  mSS^)  mod  bbw  laldgosCI  larii  llB^JdA 

Hannah   their   Daughter  waS'^orne'tM" 

second  day  off  feubruary  1685. 

Kuth  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the  1 6th 
of  March  1689-90. 

Joseph  their  Sonne  was  Born  the  1 5  of 
December  1692-9a«<r''-^  ii-iBiinQ  lloHi&dsAVi 

Deliuerance  their  Daugh^f^Vyk^'foM  ffiS" 
2  of  August  1695.  ' '''  '^i  i^i^>^doji 

Mary  ^th¥' DSti^tfer  '<JI^^  Eiftvarrf^HS^e^d 
and  of  Martha  his  wife  was  boi'u  the  17th 
day  of  february  1694-5. 

Ammus  their  son,  was..boruothe.l6t^.day 
of  Aprill  1696.     '  1o  02  odi  bolG  Hw  md  ail. 

Joan  their  Daughter  was  born  the  4th  of 
March  1698-9. 


fenealoge  of  l^nomas, 


1(»  oyuolma^^  Dd'l 
wrown  J 


hbn  0' 


HH  9irw  atn 

jiimdi 
18  Life 


And  of  Mary  his  wiff. 

I  Thomas  Brown  Senr  Departed,  this' Xife,, 

ttke  28  of  August  1693.  '^  -^--V' 

Ane  and  Grace  the  Daughters  of  ITiomas 

Brown  was  born  the  4th  of  January  1674 

and  died  the  7th  of  January  1674.  ,^j.^, 

Daniell  ther  Sonn  was  bom  the  1  of  ffewb- 


ruary  1676. 


ton  ^IdT,  'lox®^ 


Nalhsin  Lewis  was  born  1721  maried  Ma- 
ry Ncwhall  daughter  of  Jobn'and  Abigail 


Ncwhall  174; 


^y.K    '■■t!j\; 


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Joseph  Browa  and  Sarah  Joans  was  Marled 
the  22  of  December  1680. 

Joseph  their  Sonne  was  born  the  12th  of 
April  1G82. 

John  ther  Sonne  was  Borne  the  31  of 
March  1084. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  Borne  the  17  th 
of  May  1688. 

Mary  their  Daughter  departed  this  life  the 
the  7th  of  July  1688. 

Thomas  their  Sonn  was  Born  the  20th  of 
December  1685. 

John  their  Sonn  was  Born  the  20  th  of  Oct- 
tober  169 1  and  died  the  23  of  Octtober  169 1. 

Thomas  Brown  Junior  and  Hannah  Collins 
was  Maried  the  8  of  January  1677. 

Samuel  ther  Sonne  was  borne  the  8th  of 
December  1678. 

Hanah  ther  Daughter  was  borne  the  5  of 
November  1680. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  borne  the  26  of 
May  1683. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  Borne  the  8th  of 
July  1686. 


Ebeuesscr  Bancraft  and  Abygall  Eaton  was 
Maried  ye  19th  of  May  1692. 

Abygall  their  Daughter  was  born  ye  9th 
of  November  1696. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  borne  the  5  th  of 
July  1698. 

Ebenezer  their  Sonn  was  born  the  5th  of 
August  1700. 

Mehitable  their  Daughter  was  born  the 
21st  of  August  1703. 

James  their  sonn  was  born  the  18th  of 
December  1705, 

Patience  their  Daughter  was  born  the  14 
of  July  1708, 

Timothy  their  Son  was  borne  the  14th  of 


December  1710. 

Lois  their  Daughter  was  born  the  17th  of 
June  1713. 

James  their  son  departed  this  Life  Decem- 
ber ye  4th  1725. 

("To  be  Continued.) 


GLEANINGS  FROM  THE  BECORDS  Of 

THE  CHURCH  AT  IPSWICH 

HAMLET. 


} 


rec'd  to  ye  commanion 
from  Ireland  Mch  1720-1. 


William  Frizel 

&  wife 

Robert  Jamison 

Anna  w,  of  Nathaniel  Dane  Mch  25  1722. 

John  Darby  &  wife  (mentioned)   1726-6. 

Andrew  Darby  Dec  10  1727. 

Elizabeth  his  wife  Feb  2  1728-9. 

Jona  Darby  Jun  Apl  7  1729. 

Kbenezer  Darby  owned  to  ye  covenant  Feb 
18  1727-8. 

Benjamin,  son  of  John  Darby  owned  to  ye 
covenant  July  14  1728. 

Caesar,  Joseph  Gilbert's  servant  owned  to 
ye  covenant  July  11  1736. 

Hannah    Ingerson   owned  to  ye  covenant 
Dec  22  1741. 

John  Whitredge  communicant")     Dec  7 

Lucy  his  wife  "  j      1794. 

Owned  ye  Covenant. 

John   Whittredge  &   wife    Elizabeth  Nov 
17,  1771. 

John  Levering  Jr  &  wife  Mary  May  24 
1772. 

.lohn  Levering  3d  &  wife  Hannah  Nov  12 
1775. 


The    Widow  Abigail    I'arkman  died  Aug 
29  1777  aet  80. 
Joseph  Killiam  d.  Sept  30 177 1  aet  abt  50. 
John  Levering  d  Dec  8  1793  aet  80. 
Widow  Killim  d  Nov  14  1822  aet   85. 


■^  ^nf!  t"- 


HISTORICAL    COLLECTIONS 


O  F      T  H  E 


ESSEX     INSTITUTE 


Vol.  V. 


December,  1863. 


nSTo.  6. 


MR.  EANTOUL'S  ESTABLISHMENT  IN 

Business — Intemperance  and  Pauperism. 

Continued  from   October  number. 


From  my  earliest  childhood,  I  had  been  a 
constant  attendant  on  Public  Worship  in  the 
East  Meeting  House  in  Salem,  and  continued 
to  attend  there  after  I  first  removed  to  Bever- 
ly, but  finding  it  to  interfere  with  my  business 
I  had  a  seat  in  Mrs.  Burke's  Pew,  and  com- 
menced attending  on  the  ministry  of  Joseph 
McKean,  and  have  continued  to  attend  with 
great  constancy  in  the  same  house  ever  since. 
I  think  that  a  habit  of  constant  attendance  on 
public  worship  affords  great  security  toyouthful 
virtue.  I  can  truly  say  that  it  has  been  my  hab- 
it to  attend  public  worship,  and  I  think  that  I 
have  derived  benefit  from  it,  and  I  commend 
it  to  the  young  that  they  early  lay  the  found- 
ation of  this  habit,  and  that  they  never  suffer 
themselves  to  be  diverted  from  its  claims  by 
the  indulgence  of  indolence,  the  allurements 
of  pleasure,  or  the  calls  of  business.     *     * 

On  the  fourth  day  of  June,  1801, 1  having 
become  somewhat  established  in  business,  and 
having  formed  the  acquaintance  of  Joanna, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Lovett,  we 
were  joined  in  marriage  by  the  Rev.  Mr,  Mc- 
(33) 


Kean.  At  that  time  I  was  about  twenty- two 
and  a  half  years  old,  and  she  was  two  years 
younger.  I  never  regretted  marrying  at  so 
early  an  age.  *  *  *  I  hired  the  wester- 
ly part  of  the  dwelling  house  of  Josiah  Batch- 
elder,  on  the  corner  of  Front  and  Davis  Sts., 
at  $40.  per  year,  and  we  set  up  housekeeping. 
*  *  *  In  May,  1805,  we  removed  into 
my  own  house  in  Washington  Street.  There 
were  then  no  houses  on  the  North  Easterly 
bide  of  the  Street  below  Dr.  Howe's  brick 
house,  and  on  the  South  Westerly  side  none 
at  all.  From  this  circumstance  we  suffered 
inconvenience  from  snow,  being  obliged  to 
make  our  own  paths  to  the  Main  (now  called 
Cabot)  Street.  Washington  Street  was  laid 
out,  Jan'y  1st,  1803,  by  the  proprietors  of 
the  lands,  and  accepted  by  the  town,  March 
14th,  1803.  *  *  For  some  fifteen  or  twen- 
ty years,  Phyllis  Cave  was  employed  to  do 
the  washing  of  my  family.  She  died  Jan'y 
20th,  1852,  aged  about  90  years.  She  was 
of  the  African  race.  Her  brother,  Jupiter 
Bunn,  lived  with  my  wife's  father.  She, 
when  a  child,  was  sold  in  Salem  to  a  Mr. 
Cave  of  Middleton,  who  paid  for  her  in  iron. 
She  remembered  being  carried  in  the  bottom 
of  his  chaise,  hidden  from  view  by  the  boot, 


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from  Salem  to  Cave's  farm  in  Middleton, 
which  is  now  the  property  of  Judge  Cum- 
mings.  She  came  to  this  town  about  the  be- 
ginning  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  has 
ever  since  maintained  herself  by  her  labor. 
She  never  entertained  a  favorable  opinion  of 
the  abolitionists,  saying  that  if  the  slaves  were 
freed,  they  would  not  know  how  to  live. 
[Freedom  seems  not  to  have  prevented  her 
discovering  "  how  to  live,"  if  her  age  has 
been  correctly  estimated.  She  resided  upon 
that  portion  of  the  old  Gloucester  road,  now 
traversed  by  the  rail-road,  between  Pride's 
Crossing  and  West's  Beach,  and  habitually, 
within  a  few  years  of  her  death,  walked  by 
star-light  from  this  point  to  the  town,  some 
four  miles  distant,  whenever  she  had  a  day's 
work  to  perform,  that  she  might  be  ready  to 
begin  her  labors  with  the  sun.     See  Beverly 

Citizen,  Jan'y  2ith,  1852.     R.  S.  R.] 

***** 

When  I  began  business  in  1796,  it  was  a 
time  of  great  commercial  prosperity  in  the 
United  States,  occasioned  by  wars  among  the 
maritime  powers  of  Europe,  while  our  coun- 
try remained  at  peace,  and  maintained  her 
neutrality.  Beverly  partook  of  this  general 
prosperity.  There  were  several  merchants, 
who  were  engaged  in  foreign  commerce,  and 
prosecuted  the  business  with  enterprise  and 
success.  The  cod  fishery  was  carried  on  with 
greater  activity  and  with  larger  profits  than  at 
any  time  before.  There  was  an  increase  of 
population  and  a  rise  in  the  value  of  land . 
This  state  of  things  continued  for  about  ten 
years  after  I  began,  and  enabled  me  to  prose- 
cute my  business  with  success.  In  1806, 
there  was  a  revulsion,  and  in  December,  1807, 
the  long  embargo  commenced,  and  prostrated 
foreign  commerce  and  the  fisheries.  I  think 
there  never  was  before,  nor  since,  so  favora- 
ble an  opportunity  for  ten  successive  years  to 


establish  a  business  in  Beverly.  The  embkt-" 
go  continued  about  a  year  and  a  quarter,  at 
the  end  of  which,  in  1809,  business  again  re- " • 
vived,  and  continued  good  until  the  com^'^* 
mencement  of  the  war  with  Great  Britain  ia '' 
1812,  excepting  as  It  was  checked  by  the  re-'* 
moval  of  Israel  Thorndike  and  other  wealthy  - 
persons  from  this  town  to  Boston.  '-""^  ^^ 
***** 

Soon  after  I  removed  into  my  house,  May, 
1805,  Samuel  Smith,  who  has  ever  since  been 
my  nighest  neighbor,  built  his  house  opposite 
mine.     One  of  the  seamen  who  was  lost  with 
my   father  on  his  last  voyage,    was  Samuel 
Smith,  the  father  of  my  neighbor.     [The  cor^ 
incidence  is  a  little  singular,  since  Mr.  SmitH  - 
came  from  Maine  to  Beverly  and  built  the  > 
next   house   erected  in  the   street  after   my 
grandfather's,  as  well  as  the  nearest.     They 
were  previously  unacquainted.     R.  S.  R.] 

:  d  .{'0*1  fffdfi  nwifi'  'idfoi  hi^iotO  adl 
In  the'  spring  of  1804/ 1  was  'dhttsea'  aif' 
overseer  of  the  Poor.  This  ofiice  had  been 
exercised  by  the  Selectmen,  but  a  work-house 
having  been  now  erected,  to  which  the  poor 
were  removed  in  April,  1804,  it  was  thought 
best  to  separate  these  offices,  and  Thomas  Da- 
vis, John  Dyson,  Eleazer  Wallis,  Joseph  Wood 
and  myself  were  chosen  overseers.  I  was  much 
younger  than  the  others,  and  was  appointed 
their    clerk. 

The  first  Board  of  Overseers  consisted  of 
four  persons,  who  had  no  experience  whatever 
in  regard  to  the  management  of  public  pau- 
pers, and  of  one,  Mr.  Wood,  who  had  long 
been  one  of  the  Selectmen,  and  for  a  consid- 
erable portion  of  the  time  their  Chairman, 
and  the  principal  manager  of  the  paupers  of 
the  town.  At  the  meeting  of  the  Overseers 
in  1804  to  establish  rules  of  diet  &c.,  the 
question  arose   respecting   the   allowance  of 


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spirituous  liquors  to  the  inmates  of  the  Work- 
house. Mr.  Wood  entertained  the  opinion, 
at  that  time  very  prevalent,  that  persons  who 
labored  hard  ought  to  be  furnished  with  spir- 
ituous drinks,  and  he  had  always  acted  in  con- 
formity with  this  opinion  in  all  his  transactions. 
He  was  then  about  sixty-five  years  of  age,  and 
had  been  connected  with  the  public  affairs  of 
the  town  for  about  thirty-five  years.  He  spoke 
strongly  and  decidedly  in  favor  of  allowing 
spirit  to  those  male  paupers  who  labored  out 
of  doors.  I  entertained  a  contrary  opinion 
in  regard  to  the  allowance  of  spirits  to  pau- 
pers. Enough  of  the  Overseers  concurred 
with  me  in  opinion,  and  the  rule  of  total  ab- 
stinence was  then  established  and  has  always 
been  maintained,  as  the  rule,  until  this  time. 
In  1807,  the  first  Board  of  Overseers  having 
withdrawn,  I  began  to  act  as  Chairman,  and 
with  the  acquiescence  of  my  associates  have 
continued  to  do  so.  I  drafted  the  reports  of 
the  Overseers  to  the  Town  from  1804.  In 
March,  1854, 1  declined  being  a  candidate  for 
re-election.  I  have  thus  served  for  fifty  yeai-s, 
and  written  fifty  Annual  Reports.  By  recur- 
rence to  the  records  of  the  Overseers  of  the 
Poor,  it  appears  that  R.  llantoul  has  attended 
almost  all  the  monthly  meetings  during  that 
period,  besides  making,  in  his  tuin,  almost 
every  weekly  visit,  and  such  extra  vists,  from 
time  to  time,  as  were  necessary. 

When  I  first  entered  upon  the  duties  of  an 
Overseer  of  the  Poor,  my  mind  was  very 
much  engrossed  with  the  subject  of  public  pro- 
vision for  the  poor.  I  very  early  adopted  cer- 
tain principles,  and  time  has  only  served  to 
strengthen  my  conviction  of  their  justness.  I 
have  always  been  of  the  opinion,  that  aid  from 
the  public  in  relief  of  the  wants  of  the  poor 
should  be  very  sparingly  administered,  inas- 
much as  it  almost  invariably  diminishes  the 
'iflwoirc  adJ  gnhoeqast  ogotfi  noiJaairj: 


self-respect,  and  impairs  the  energy,  industry 
and  economy  of  the  recipient.  This  effect  i^ 
not  confined  to  the  immediate  subjects,  but  is 
often  entailed  upon  their  posterity  for  many 
generations.  When  application  is  made  for 
relief  by  persons  of  middle  age  without  any 
special  misfortune,  it  will  most  frequently 
be  found,  on  examination,  that  one  or  more.  ^ 
of  the  parents  or  grand-parents  of  such  per- 
sons have  been  chargeable  to  the  town.  A 
striking  case  of  hereditary  pauperism  has  been 
exemplified  by  a  certain  family  in  this  town,  of 
whom  I  recollect  that  Joseph  Wood  said  that 
one  or  niorc  of  that  family  had  been  charge- 
able as  long  as  he  had  had  any  concern  in  the 
care  of  the  town's  poor.  He  had  been  a  Se- 
lectman before  1770.  My  own  observation 
coincides  with  his  from  1804  to  this  time 
(1848.)  ,!rhere  are  now  three  very  aged  , 
persons  of  that  family  in  tho  work-house. 
There  is  a  town  record  showing  that  a  mem- 
ber of  that  family  wa.s  a  pauper  in  1721. 
I  am  persuaded  that  relief,  injudiciously  be- 
stowed in  one  instance,  encourages  others  to 
apply  for  it,  who,  without  this  example,  would 
refrain  from  seeking  aid  from  the  public.  I 
have  found  it  generally  to  be  the  case  that 
new  Overseers  have  conceived  it  to  be  their 
duty  to  seek  out  persons  who  seem  to  stand 
in  need  of  relief  and  encourage  them  to  re- 
ceive it  from  the  town.  And  I  have  also 
found  that  after  a  few  years  experience  in  the 
office  they  have  become  convinced  of  the  er- 
ror of  this  course,  and  have  grown  cautious. 
In  the  dispensation  of  private  alms,  the  kind 
and  well-disposed  may, — nay,  should  seek  dil- 
igently for  the  needy,  who  will  be  comforted 
encouiaged  and  strengthened  in  their  moral 
principles  by  the  hand  of  charity.  But  I, 
think  that  it  is  not  the  duty  of  the  Overseers 
to  seek  for  objects  of  relief.     Pauperism  is  a 

'  f^  fnno\  evir  tdt  T[iJooJToqq 


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great  evil  in  society  and  it  may  be  increased 
or  diminished  in  any  town  by  the  judicious  or 
injudicious  course  pursued  by  the  Overseers 

•  *  *  *  *  .behh  i 
Upon  the  subject  of  intemperance  ray  views 
have  somewhat  changed.  I  used  wine  occa- 
sionally until  in  March,  1833,  I  adopted  the 
principle  of  total  abstinence  from  all  intoxica- 
ting drinks,  and  to  this  I  have  since  adhered. 
In  the  management  of  the  poor,  I  have  en- 
deavored to  carry  out  my  convictions  in  re- 
gard to  this  subject.  Intemperance  is  the 
most  fruitful  source  of  pauperism.  From 
careful  examination  I  have  found  that  one  half 
of  the  adult  persons  who  have  been  inmates 
of  the  work-house  since  its  establishment  in 
1804,  have  been  such  from  intemperance  di- 
rectly, and  if  to  these  we  add  the  aged  and 
infirm,  children,  and  other  persons,  whom  these 
adults  would  have  maintained,  had  they  not 
been  intemperate,  we  may  with  safety  and  con- 
fidence say  that  three  quarters  of  all  the  in- 
mates of  the  work-house  are  made  such,  eith- 
er directly  or  indirectly,  by  intemperance. 
From  1804  to  1821  the  Overseers  of  the  Poor, 
following  a  practice  which  had  been  established 
in  Salem  for  many  years  before  a  work-house 
was  erected,  used  to  commit  by  an  order  un. 
der  the  hands  of  any  two  or  more  of  them, 
and  during  their  pleasure,  common  drunkards 
and  other  disorderly  persons  to  the  work-house, 
without  trial  or  examination.  About  the  year 
1821,  this  practice  was  declared  by  the  Su- 
preme Judicial  Court,  to  be  in  violation  of  the 
Bill  of  Rights,  and  since  then  there  have 
been  no  commitments  to  the  work-house  for 
crime,  without  trial  and  conviction  before  a 
Justice  of  the  Peace  or  some  Court.  These 
trials  almost  always  have  been  had  before  me. 
My  first  commission  as  a  Justice  of  the  Peace 


was  from  Governor  James  Sullivan  and  was 
dated  July  2nd  1808.  This  commission  has 
been  renewed  from  time  to  time  until  this  day 
(July  1st  1858,)  when  my  duties  as  a  justice 
to  try  criminal  cases  terminate  by  law,  after  a 
service  of  fifty  years.  I  was  reappointed  un- 
der the  new  law  to  try  criminal  cases,  but  im- 
mediately declined  the  ofiice.  The  first  entry 
on  my  record  is  of  a  case  of  assault  and  bat- 
tery and  is  dated  Aug.  9th,  1808.  June  18th 
1350,  ]l  was  appointed  trial  Justice,  which 
confirmed  to  me  exclusively,  what  I  had  by 
general  consent  done  almost  exclusively  for 
the  last  thirty  five  years,  in  relation  to  crimi- 
nal prosecutions.  During  these  fifty  years,  I 
have  attended  to  553  cases,  and  40  of  these 
were  for  drunkenness,  and  occurred  durinsr  the 
last  thirty  five  years  of  mj  s^Yi^ix^.M  u  • 

Before  the  formation  of  the  Massachusetts 
society  for  the  suppression  of  intemperance  in 
1812  or  1813,  I  was  much  engaged  about 
the  existing  practices  and  habits  which  uni- 
versally prevailed  in  regard  to  the  use  of  dis- 
tilled spirits  as  a  beverage.  I  had  never 
learned  to  use  them  myself  and  I  had  become 
strongly  impressed  with  a  knowledge  of  the 
existing  evil  which  resulted  from  their  habit- 
ual use.  The  Massachusetts  society,  although 
existing  in  embryo  before,  was  not  fully  or- 
ganized until  February  5th,  1813;  I  joined 
it  at  the  first  public  meeting,  and  my  mem- 
bership has  continued  to  this  time.  I  have, 
during  the  same  time,  been  variously  connect- 
ed with  other  associations,  having  the  same 
object  in  view.  Beginning  with  Dr.  Benja- 
min Rush's  pamphlet,  in  which  he  proposes 
the  cure  of  inebriety  when  occasioned  by 
spirituous  liquors,  by  resorting  to  the  use  of 
fermented  liquors,  I  have  distributed  in  this 
town  and  elsewhere  a  large  number  of  publi- 


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cations  oh  tbe  "subji^e^,  ihbludihg  tHd^ first  pub- 
lication of  the  kind  by  the   American  Tract 
Society,  of  which  I  was  a  life  member  from 
its  inception.     I  corresponded  and  cooperated 
with  our  minister,  the  Rev.   Dr.  Abbot,  who 
very  soon  after  his  installation,  preached  a  se- 
ries of  sermons  on  this  subject.     I  think  they 
were  delivered  in  1803  and  1804.     I  remem- 
ber that  the  grumblers  began  to  say  that  they 
did  not  want  to  hear  about  rum  all  the  time. 
I  have  endeavored  in  various  ways  for  near- 
ly half  a  century  to  operate  upon  the  opinions, 
practices  and  habits  of  society,  in  regard  to 
the  use  of  intoxicating  drinks.     T  have  al- 
ways refrained  from  the  use  of  spirits  as  a 
beverage,  from  a  conviction  of  their  inutility, 
and  a  fear  of  the  lamentable  consequences  of 
their  habitual  use.     I  have  so  far  as  was  pru- 
dent, argued  against   their  use,  before  any 
public  action  in  relation  to  reform  began.     My 
abstinence  from  their  use  was  so  singular  at 
the  time  that  it  was  a  subject  of  remark  and 
frequently  of  unpleasant  jeering,  ridicule  and 
sarcasm.     In  1813,  the  public  movement  by 
association,  began,  and  I  joined  in  it  heartily, 
though  this  public  movement  was  for  a  time  in- 
volved in  a  cloud  of  odium,  and  the  power  of 
ridicule  was  exerted  to  suppress  it.     My  ex- 
ample has  been  almost  but  not  quite  inflexi- 
ble for  about  70  years  in  regard  to  the  drink- 
ing of  spirits,  and  altogether  and  entirely  in- 
flexible in  regard  to  the  use  of  any  intoxica- 
ting liquors  as  a  beverage  since  March  1833, 
when  I  last  drank  some  wine  at  a  party  given 
in  Boston  by  Lieutenant  Governor,  Samuel  F. 
Armstrong,   the  last  year  that  I  was  a  repre- 
sentative to  the  Greneral  Court.     July  4th, 
1833,  I  attended  a  public  dinner  at  Glouces- 
ter, and  began  to  act  in  public  upon  my  res- 
olution of  total  abstinence.     Rev. ,  a  lec- 
turer upon  Temperance,  sat  next  me,  but  be- 1 


^fSf^^flie  toasts 'begaii  to  be  druiik,  he  left;  the 
table,  and  I  alone  filled  my  glass  with  water. 
I  did  the  same  thing  again  July  4th,  1835, 
at  a  public  dinner  in  Beverly,  at  which  I  pre- 
sided. 

[At  this  celebration,  as  it  appears  from 
Stone's  History  of  Beverly,  p.  102,  Edward 
Everett  delivered  an  oration  on  the  early  life 
of  Washington,  before  the  French  war. 
Twelve  Revolutionary  Veterans  were  J^res- 
ent"; '- R '  S  Ril  ^'^'*   io  inam&gBnam  arii  u3 

I  had  also  done  so  at  the  ordination  of 
Andrew  P.  Peabody,  at  Portsmouth  in  1833, 
and,  in  this  instance,  was  supported  by  the 
Rev.  John  Ball,  and  by  him  only. 

I  was  the  very  first  person  who  declined 
supplyinor  spirituous  liquors  at  funerals.  This 
was  in  1816.  I  was  among  the  first,  if  not 
the  very  first,  who  refused  to  furnish  spiritu- 
ous liquors  to  persons  who  worked  for  me  by 
the  day.  It  had  been  an  universal  custom  in 
this  town,  that  when  a  mechanic  or  laborer 
was  hired  by  the  day,  he  should  be  supplied 
with  not  less  than  half  a  pint  of  rum  daily  if 
he  chose  to  drink  so  much.  Previously  to 
their  beginning  work,  I  gave  them  to  under- 
stand that  I  should  not  provide  any  spirit,  so 
that  they  might  take  the  circumstance  into 
consideration,  in  fixing  a  price  for  their  labor. 
This  course  was  attended  with  much  unpop- 
ularity for  sonie  time,  but  it  soon  became  man- 
ifest to  the  more  considerate  that  it  was  bene- 
ficial both  to  the  employer  and  the  employed, 
and  it  has  now  become  the  general,  or  I  may 
say  the  universal  custom  in  this  town  for  the 
employed  to  find  his  own  drink.  In  the  case 
of  funerals,  intoxicating  liquors  are  now  al- 
most entirely  dispensed  with.  In  these  two 
cases,  I  claim  much  for  my  persevering  exam- 
ple. In  another  case  I  think  my  absti- 
nence from  spirituous  liquors  has  proved  ex- 


246f^ 


tensively  ugeful.  While  I  was  Commissioner 
of  Higliways,  I  visited  almost  every  town  in 
the  county  under  circumstances  which  brought 
out  the  decanter  at  almost  every  resting  place, 
when  wo  were  viewing  routes  for  roads  peti- 
tioned for.  r  f^omefimes  exposed  myself  to 
ridicule,  when  I  refused  to  drink  as  others  did, 
l)ut  I  persevered,  and  now  my  then  singular 
practice  has  become  the  prevailing  custom. 
While  T  derive  much  satisfaction  from  reflect- 
ing upon  the  share  I  have  thus  contributed 
to  the  promotion  of  tlie  temperance  reform, 
yet  it  is  a  subject  of  deep  regret  that  I  was 
once  licensed  as  a  retailer  of  wines  and  spir- 
its and  that  I  continued  in  the  business  for 
several  years.  I  think  that  I  left  off  selling 
spirits  in  1813  or  1814,  about  ten  years  be- 
fore I  gave  up  business. 

*         *         ♦         *         « 

On  the  9th  of  September,  1813,  the  day 
of  the  National  Fast  appointed  by  the  Presi- 
dent, on  account  of  the  war  with  Great  Brit- 
ain, the  Rev.  Dr.  Abiel  Abbot,  minister  of 
the  first  parish  in  this  town,  preached  a  ser- 
mon, which  is  now  before  me.  In  it  he  des- 
cribes intemperance  as  emphatically  our  na- 
tional sin.  He  has  recourse  to  the  statistics, 
whicli  about  that  time  were  frequently  pub- 
lished, to  show  the  immense  consumption  of 
ardent  spirits  in  our  country,  amounting  to 
33,000,000  of  gallons  annually  and  averaging 
7^  gallons  to  each  individual,  excluding  slaves 
and  children.  He  dwells  much  upon  state 
and  other  associations  to  check  intemperance 
and  insinuate  reform  by  displacing  the  dan- 
gerous use  of  spirits  by  a  salutary  substitute. 
By  this  substitute  were  understood  to  be  meant 
beer,  wine,  cider  and  other  fermented  liquors. 
Total  abstinence  from  their  use  was  little 
thought  of  at  that  time.  Associations  had 
then  just  commenced  in  Massachusetts  and 


Connecticut  for  diminishing  drunkenness,  but.-> 
they  were  relied  upon  by  only  a  small  portion:, 
of  the  community,   add  %  required  an  efifort 
of  moral  courage  thus  to  encourage  them  from 
the  pulpit.     Dr.  Abbot  was  among  the  first 
who  engaged  heartily  in  this  mode  of  refomKy'': 
I  have  also  before  me  a  sermon    preached  by 
him  in  Haverhill  in  1799  and  1801,  and  re- 
peated here  in  1804,  1811  and  1821,  where-^d 
in  he  depicts  the  horrid  features  of  drunkiBD-":; 
ness  with  his  usual  plainness  and  fidelity.   But] 
he  points  to  no  particular  mode  of  staying  the 
evil  other  than  what  had  been  practised   by 
Christian  ministers  from  the  time  of  the  Apos- 
tle Paul  reasoning  before  F«lix  of  righteous^  1 
ness,    temperance  and  a  judgement   to  aomeib 
down  through  eighteen  centuries  to  our  own 
•times.       •    -''iJ  •':>  u^;.T'!i..ir!j)v.  rn\io  dp:   ^tJ-P^ 

The  first  ordination  which  I  attended  as  a 
delegate,  where  there  was  no  intoxicating  liq- 
uor offered,  was  at  Lynn,  Oct.  11th,  1843, 
when  John  Pierpont,  Jr. ,  was  ordained.  The 
Rev.  John  Peirce  said  that  he  had  lately,  for 
the  first  time,  attended  a  similar  occasion  in 
Boston,  where  there  was  no  intoxicating  liquor 
offered.  On  Wednesday,  September  4th, 
1850,  I  attended  Commencement  at  Bow- 
doin  College,  Maine,  and  dined  with  the  gov- 
ernment. There  was  no  intoxicating^  liquor 
on  the  table.  The  commencement  dinner  at 
Harvard  College,  July  1850,  was  without  in- 
toxicating liquors.  In  May,  1850,  at  a  meet- 
ing of  the  delegates  of  the  medical  profession 
from  all  the  States  of  the  Union,  more  than 
four  hundred  were  present.  Dr.  Reuben 
Mussey  presided  at  their  public  dinner  and  no 
intoxicating  liquor  was  admitted.  The  board 
of  Examiners  of  West  Point  Military  Acad- 
emy,at  their  annual  visitation  in  1849,  passed 
a  resolution  that  intoxicating  liquors  be  exclu- 


24Tr4' 


ed  from  their  room  while  in  session.  The 
resolution  was  introduced  by  Horace  Mann, 
and  unanimously  adopted;:,   ,Yjinummot-^ 

At  the  public  dinners  at  Ooncorclv  on  the 
19th  of  April,  1850,  and  at  Charlestown  on 
the  17th  of  June,  1850,  this  being  the  75th 
anniversary  of  the  fights  at  those  places,  no  in- 
toxicating liquors  were  used.  Grovernor  Geo. 
N.  Briggs'  example  has  a  controlling  influence 
at  all  the  pubhc  entertainments,  wherp  he  is 
invited  and  expected  to  speak,   ima  Hid  tU'm  ?.?.- 

I  copy  the  following  bill  to  show  how  great 
is  the  change  in  the  customs  of  the  people. 

1785.  May  11th  and  12th^:-Dr.  the 
First  Parish  of  Beverly  to -Isarkiff-Thorn- 
dike  :  '•■■''.  ■"■  -■'-    '>''ni;i"-;':.:' 

To  entertaining  the  Council  and  Dele- 
gates and  other  Gentlemen  at  the  ordina- 
tion of  Mr.  Joseph  McKean  viz  : 

30  Bowles  of  Punch  before  the  £.  s.  d. 
people  went  to  meeting  a  2s  3.^^0,»^;Q: 

80  people  Eating  in  the  morn-be-itrRo  t 
ii^gal-6  :  Jk,€-„9h 

10  bottles  of  Wine  befor§,,.they  .,,f,  t    „ 

went  to  meeting  a  ^\i,^^^  ^,'^- 10,  0 

68  Dinners  a  3s  .10.4.0 

■  .       .  'I  y.'y;:v/  . 

44  Bowles  of  punch  whil^  at;. 

dinner  and  after  a  2s     /  "  4.  8.  0 

18  bottles  of  Wine  a'^Ss^^.'*^- "^^^  2. 14.  0 
6  people  drank  tea  a  1-0       ^  "'^6;  9.  0 

Ta    U  on  --,877    OlodT    o.Jrt      r. 

40  Horses  ^  3.  0.  0 

4  Hbrsestwo  dsiys  and  Jiignts  0.16.0 
8  Bowles  of  Brarjiiy ■'.  '  ^"' '  :6.'i-2.' 0' 
Cherry  Rum"  '".'''  ^'^  .' ?  JP^CT 
3  of  the  Gentlemen' s's^'rvanis^  ^^^  ^^' ' 
2  ifiieals  each  and  drink  the  day      0.  'l2.  0 


-"    ■         '  34.6.0 

As  it  appears  by  the  bill  of  fare  ''5  y,o«<i'-'^ 
that  Col.  Larkin  Thorndike  is  a  iiu'lfioixoj 
loser  by  the   entertainment  the  '««"i5x.'T 
committee  agree  to  allow  2.  0.  0 


36.6.  0 


Of  this  bill  more  than  one  third  part  was 
for  strong  drink,  which,  I  suppose,  was  not 
an  unusual  proportion  of  the  expenses  on 
such  occasions.  Ordinations  were  scenes  of 
conviviality  to  the  people  generally,  who  as- 
sembled from  all  the  towns  in  the  neighbor- 
hood. Fiddling,  dancing,-R|i4  ya^ipue  other 
sports  were  common.  ?  f,„jj  .j^jcfov*- 
j  j  -iiJOjgiiO   vniKTo  be  Contiuue<i^-jr»j   p,.,, 

;    '    -■t-;tlftrfT     iTtrvT*  ,  -? • • .;,:,,     _.   .if.,! 


SOME  NOTES  UPON  MR.  RANTOUL'S 
REMINISCENCES. 

Printed  in  the   Oetoher  number  of  the  His- 
torical Collections  of  the  Essex  Institute. 


;         >.  *i_l    -:i^^    B'EJjj.    p.    BROWNE. 

Wm.  Silsbee  was  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Sa*  i 
rah  (Beckett)  Silsbee,  and  brother  of  the  late 
Hon.  Nath'l  Silsbee.  His  father  was  a  ship- 
master, aAd  died  June  25th,  1790,  on  ship 
board,  while  entering  the  harbor  of  New  York. 
Aft^r  leaving  Dr.  Stearns,  he  went  to  sea  and 
became  a  ship-master  and  subsequently  a  mer- 
chant. He  wavS  likewise  a  brother  of  the  ven- 
erable Zachariah  Silsbee,  now  living.  His 
wife  was  Mary,  daughter  of  Capt.  Benj.  and 
Hannah  (King)  Hodges,  and  his  sons,  now 
living,  are  Rev.  Wm.,  John  Henry  and  Benj. 
Hodges  Silsbee.  He  resided  in  the  house, 
now  numbered  81,  on  Essex.  Street,  opcupied 
by  Stephen  Webb.  "sraflBaaoIL8H"^o  000, 0<»(j.- 

Dr.  Wm.  Stearns  was  a  native  of  Cam- 
bridge, Mass;  graduated  at  Harvard  in  177G ; 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Joshua  Brackett, 
of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  Commenced  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine  in  Salem,  and  after  a  short 
time  removed  to  Marblehead.  He  returned 
to  Salem  and  commenced  the  Druggist  and 
Apothecary  business  and  was  very  successful 
in  it.  He  was  an  honest,  honorable,  kind- 
hearted   and  public    spirited   man.     He  was 


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one  of  the  promoters  of  the  Salem  and  Bos- 
ton turnpike  road,  and  tlie  success  of  the  en- 
terprise, (then  a  very  important  one,)  was  due 
very  much  to  his  energy  and  perseverance. 

The  old  Stearns  house  on  the  corner  of  Es- 
sex and  Beckford  Streets,  (well  known  to  many 
of  the  present  generation,)  was,  for  many 
years,  his  residence.  It  was  then  an  elegant 
mansion,  and  had  previously  been  the  habi- 
tation of  Edward  Kitchen,  a  prominent  and 
wealthy  citizen  of  Salem,  in  the  colonial  times. 
Mr.  Kitchen  died  17th  August,  1766,  and 
the  house  was  then  occupied  by  John  Turner 

and   afterwards  by Sargent,    before   it 

came  into  possession  of  Dr.  Stearns.  Mr. 
Kitchen's  garden,  in  the  rear,  was  an  exten- 
sive one,  and  in  this  garden,  under  an  apple- 
tree,  Rev.  Dudley  Leavitt  was  ordained  in 
1745,  in  consequence  of  opposition  to  his 
settlement  and  the  denial  of  the  use  of  the 
meeting-house  for  his  ordination. 

Dr.  Stearns'  example  of  order,  punctuality, 
diligence  and  economy  was  not  wasted  on 
some  of  his  apprentices.  Mr.  Rantoul  was 
himself  an  eminent  exemplar  of  these  quali- 
ties, and  another  of  his  apprentices,  the  late 
Edward  S.  Lang,  was  remarkable  for  them. 
It  is  a  noticeable  fact,  that  the  business  de- 
scent of  every  apothecary  now  in  Salem  can 
be  traced  to  Dr.  Stearns.  He  married  Sa- 
rah White,  daughter  of  Major  Joseph  Sprague, 
and  after  the  Major's  death,  he  removed  to 
the  Sprague  house,  which  his  son  and  daugh- 
ter now  inhabit,  384  Essex  Street.  The 
Stearns  house  was  afterwards  occupied  as  a 
tavern  by  John  Grant,  John  Perly  and  others, 
and  subsequently  by  many  families,  and  after 
the  Dr's.  death,  but  little  attention  was  paid 
to  its  repairs  and  it  gradually  became  dilapi- 
dated, and  was  finally  demolished  a  few  years 
since,  and  the  site  remains  vacant.    Dr.  Stearns 


died  in  April,  1819,  and  his  wife  June  29th, 
1844.  He  left  sons,  Joseph,  (afterwards 
Hon,  Joseph  E  Sprague,)  James  White,  re- 
cently deceased,  William  and  Joshua  Brack- 
ett,  now  living,  and  Richard,  deceased,  and 
four  daughters.  A  very  full  genealogy  of 
the  Stearns  family  may  be  found  in  Bond's 
History  of  Watertown. 

The  land,  on  which  the  Stearns  building 
stands,  was,  100  years  ago,  the  site  of  a  no- 
ted tavern,  kept  by  a  Mr.  Pratt.  Mr.  Felt 
says  "  the  building  resembled  the  Bradstreet 
house,  a  picture  of  which  he  gives  in  the  2nd 
edition  of  his  Annals,  Vol.  1,  page  412. 
Ruth  Jeffry,  widow  of  James,  and  who  was 
daughter  of  Jonathan  Pratt,  (born  Deer.  25, 
1704,)  sold  the  land  on  the  10th  of  May, 
1792,  to  Wm.  Stearns,  Jonathan  Waldo,  and 
Benj.  Pickraan,  in  the  following  proportions, 
viz  :  to  Pickman,  one  half,  to  Steams,  eleven 
thirty  sixth  parts,  and  seven  thirty  sixth  parts 
to  Waldo.  The  price  paid  was  780  pounds, 
lawful  money,  and  the  same  year,  they  erect- 
ed the  building,  which  now  belongs  to  the 
heirs  of  Pickman  and  Stearns.  Ruth  did  not 
live  to  see  the  new  building  occupied,  having 
died  in  September  of  that  year.  Her  dwell- 
ing house  was  next  east  of  it,  standing  end  to 
Essex  Street  and  projecting  about  10  feet 
farther  into  said  street,  than  the  building  that 
now  occupies  its  site;  and  when  the  estate 
was  sold  in  1810,  by  the  administrator  of 
James  Jeffry  and  his  sister  Anna,  children 
of  Ruth,  it  was  removed  to  the  head  of  Rust's 
Wharf  with  its  broad  side  on  the  (now)  Bridge 
Street,  where  it  at  present  stands.  Previous 
to  occupying  the  new  building,  Dr.  Stearns 
kept  shop  in  a  wooden  building  that  stood 
about  where  Mrs.  Bates'  brick  building  now  is 
numbered  244  on  Essex  Street. 

The  Stearns  building  was  considered  an  el- 


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egant  one  at  the  time,  and  with  some  repairs 
would  be  a  sightly  one  now.  Stearns  and 
Waldo,  at  first,  used  the  whole  lower  story  for 
the  sale  of  drugs,  groceries  and  varieties,  and 
subsequently  another  shop,  in  the  northern 
end,  was  set  off  and  occupied  by  Michael 
Webb,  for  the  sale  of  groceries,  wines  and 
liquors.  It  was  for  many  years  a  leading  es- 
tablishment. That  part  of  Washington  Street 
north  of  Essex  Street  was  then  called  Court 
Street,  and  the  Court  house  stood  in  the  cen- 
tre of  it,  nearly  opposite  the  front  of  the 
Tabernacle  Church.  It  had  previously  been 
called  School  Street,  from  the  principal  town 
School-house,  which  had  stood  in  its  centre 
opposite  Mr.  Robert  Brookhouse's  dwelling. 
The  Gazette  was  printed  in  one  of  the  front 
chambers  of  the  new  building,  as  the  Regis 
ter,  Observer,  and  several  defunct  papers  have 
been  since.  Washington  Hall  was  very  gen 
erally  used  for  Exhibitions,  political  caucuses' 
and  public  entertainments.  There  was  a  din- 
ner there  commemorating  the  birth  of  Wash- 
ington, Feb.  22,  1793.  Rev.  Mr.  Bentley 
delivered  an  oration,  and  toasts  were  given 
complimentary  to  Lafayette  and  the  French 
revolution.  This  may  have  been  the  dinner 
alluded  to  by  Mr.  Rantoul.  The  account  of 
the  trial  of  the  King,  but  not  of  his  condem- 
nation and  execution,  had  then  been  received. 
The  Hall  was  used  as  a  Theatre  in  1801,  by 
a  company  from  the  Federal  Street  Theatre 
of  Boston,  under  the  management  of  Mr. 
Bates.  Among  the  performers  were  Jones, 
Braithwaite,  Moore,  Dykes,  Mrs.  Jones,  Mrs. 
Graupner,  Miss  Bates,  afterwards  Mrs. 
Barnes,  Mrs.  Douglass  &c.  In  1803,  the 
names  of  Mr.  Wilmot,  Mr.  Harper,  Mr. 
Bates,  Mr.  Darley,  Mr.  Perkins,  Mr.  Coles, 
Mr.  Buckingham,  afterwards  the  well  known 
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publisher  of  the  Boston  Galaxy  and  Boston 
Courier,  Mr.  Hayman,  Mrs.  Harper,  Mrs. 
Darley  and  Miss  Bates  appear.  Companies 
from  Boston  occasionally  visited  Salem  and 
performed  in  the  hall.  Twenty  years  af- 
ter this,  I  remember  that  Mr.  Frederick 
Brown,  Mr.  Williams,  Mr.  Charnock,  Mr. 
Bruzer,  Mrs.  Brown  and  Mrs.  Williams  per- 
formed there.  It  is  now  used  as  a  furniture 
wareroom 

Major  Waldo  did  not  continue  his  connex- 
ion with  Dr.  Stearns  long,  but  in  1803,  had 
a  commission  store  in  the  eastern  part  of 
the  Market  House,  (as  the  Concert  hall  build- 
ing was  then  called)  and  some  years  after 
had  an  apothecary's  shop  in  old  paved  Street, 
pearly  opposite  the  Lawrence  estate, — now 
Currier  and  Millets — and  subsequently  in 
the  shop  of  the  Harraden  house,  now  Timo- 
thy O'Connel's.  For  further  notice  of  Ma- 
jor Waldo,  see  Institute  Collections,  vol  4, 
Page  131,  and  of  Michael  Webb,  ih.  P.  87. 

Court  and  Washington  Streets  were,  then, 
the  market  places  of  Salem.  When  the  old 
Concert  Hall  building  was  erected,  in  mar- 
ket, now  Central  Street,  (destroyed  by  fire  in 
1844.)  it  was  intended  that  the  lower  story 
should  be  used  as  a  market  house,  and  stalls 
were  erected,  and  some  of  them  occupied  for 
a  short  time,  but  theexperiraeni  was  not  suc- 
cessful, and  was  soon  abandoned,  and  sever- 
al shops  were  made  in  the  places  of  the  stalls. 
The  inhabitants  had  been  too  long  accus- 
tomed to  their  old  market  places,  and  the 
idea  was  general,  that  the  market  house 
would  enhance  prices  and  encourage  fore- 
stalling. The  present  Market-house  was 
built  in  the  Autumn  and  Winter  of  1817. 
The  land  was  given  to  the  Town  on  condition 
that  a  building  should  be  erected  to  be  used 
always  as  a  Market  house.     The  donors  were 


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Benjn.  Pickman,  Jr.  and  John  Derby.  One 
of  the  most  elegant  houses  ever  built  in  thie 
country,  at  that  time  was  demolished,  erect- 
ed by  that  eminent  merchant,  E.  *  HaSket 
Derby,  as  it  was  too  valuable  an  estate  for 
any  of  Mr.  Derby's  descendants  to  keep  as  a 
residence.  It  had  previously  been  the  site 
of  a  stately  residence,  belonging  to  the  fam- 
ily of  the  Brownes,  who  for  a  long  series  of 
years,  were  considered  the  wealthiest  people 
of  the  Town.  The  last  possessor  of  the 
name  of  Browne,  was  Wm  ,  grandson  of  Gov- 
ernor Burnet;  graduate  of  Harvard,  1755; 
Representative  to  Gen'l  Court,  1768;  Colon- 
el of  the  Essex  Regiment ;  Counsellor  and 
Judge  of  Supreme  Court;  a  loyalist,  and 
banished  in  1778,  and  his  large  estates  con- 
fiscated. He  went  to  England ;  was  appoint- 
ed Governor  of  Bermuda ;  returned  to  Eng- 
land, and  died  there,  February  13,  1802,  in 
the  65th  year  of  his  age/ ■"^'^"^  ='^''  S"^.m 

When  the  Stearns  building  ^^ik%T<dcfkd, 
and  till  the  time  of  the  present  Market  house, 
the  country  people  from  a  distance  of  20  or 
30  miles,  visited  Salem  as  a  market  for  their 
produce.  Large  quantities  were  brought  in 
for  sale,  and  Court  and  Washington  Streets 
were  the  common  Market  place.  In  Winter, 
when  the  sleighing  was  good,  people  from 
New  Hampshire,  Vermont,  Maine,  and  from 
the  interior  generally,  came  in,  bringing 
their  produce  and  wares  on  sleds.  It  would 
surprise  some  of  the  present  day,  to  see  what 
I  have  witnessed,  the  market  vehicles  ar 
ranged  on  both  sides  of  these  streets,  and  ex- 
tending some  distance  east  and  west  into  Es- 
sex Street,  and  yet  Salem  contained,  in  1 800, 
Only  9457  inhabitants,  and  the  whole  Coun- 
ty of  Essex  but  61,196.  There  were  oflScers 
called  Clerks  of  the  Market,  appointed  to 
keep  order,  to  assign  each  team  its  proper 


place  and  to  prevent  interference,  and  they 
had  sometimes  a  difficult  and  thankless  duty 
to  perform. 

■■'  That  portion  of  Essex  Street,  from  Wash- 
ington to  Newbui^  Streets,  was  paved  the 
same  year  that  the  Steams  building  was 
erected,  and  the  portion  from  Washington  to 
North  Streets,  was  for  a  long  time  after,  and 
is  sometimes  now,  designated  as  "  The  Old 
Paved  Street."  :  b^^    • 

Wm.  Bigelow,  who  lifttd  his  school  over 
Michael  Webb's  store,  in  the  Stearns  build- 
ing, was  born  at  Weston,  Mass.,  Sept.  22d, 
1773;  graduated  at  Harvard,  1794,  the  sec- 
ond scholar  in  his  class ;  studied  theology 
with  Rev.  Nathaniel  Thayer  of  Lancaster. 
While  pursuing  his  studies,  he  edited  a  pa- 
per called  the  "Village  Messenger,"  and 
subsequently  wrote  for  the  Massachusetts 
Magazine,  published  in  Boston.  He  was  fre- 
quently called  upon  to  preach  in  the  Church 
in  Brattle  Square,  and  at  one  time,  previous  to 
the  settlement  of  Rev.  Horace  Holley,  he 
supplied  the  pulpit  in  the  Hollis  Street  meet- 
ing house,  both  in  Boston.  He  was  a  schol- 
ar and  a  ripe  and  good  one.  He  compiled 
several  school-books,  and  his  Latin  Reader 
was  adopted  by  many  of  the  classical  schools. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  humor,  and  of  a  kind 
and  genial  disposition,  and  was  the  author  of 
many  humorous  poetical  effusions,  among 
which  was  "  The  Will  of  Charles  Chatterbox 
Esq.,  being  the  last  words  of  a  worthy  and 
lamented  member  of  the  Laughing  Club  of 
Cambridge,  who  departed  College  life,  June 
24th,  1794."  After  he  left  Salem,  he  had 
charge  of  the  Public  Latin  School  in  Boston 
several  years,  and  the  latter  part  of  his  life 
was  spent  principally  at  Cambridge,  where 
he  was  employed  as  a  proof  reader,  at  the 
University  printing  office.     He  died  in  Bos. 


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ton  from  apoplexy,  Jan'y  12th,  1844.  He 
married,  in  Salem,  a  daughter  of  Peter  Lan- 
der, Esq.  His  school,  in  Salem,  became  so 
numerous,  that  he  removed  from  the  Stearns 
building,  to  a  building  on  Odell's  hill,  near 
the  First  Baptist  Meeting-house,  which  was 
erected  by  the  North  Society  for  a  vestry 
room.  He  early  introduced  military  exercis- 
es among  his  male  scholars,  numbering 
about  eighty,  and  formed  them  into  two 
companies,  one  of  Infantry  and  the  other  of 
Artillery.  The  Infantry  Company  was  com- 
manded by  Benjamin  Binney  Osgood,  and 
the  Artillery,  by  the  late  David  A.  Neal, 
Esq.  They  had  frequent  public  parades  and 
attracted  much  attention  and  admiration. 
A  newspaper  account  says,  1801,  June  25th, 
"The  Trojan  Band  paraded  in  uniform,  and 
were  presented  with  an  elegant  standard  at 
the  Court-House,  by  the  young  ladies  of  the 
school,  with  an  appropriate  address,  to  which 
the  Ensign  made  a  suitable  reply.  The  stand- 
ard was  received  by  the  Trojans  with  due 
honors,  after  which  they  performed  a  varie- 
ty of  exercises  and  manoeuvres,  with  a  pro- 
priety and  exactness,  which  excited  pleasure 
and  surprise  in  the  spectators." 

Ship  building,  almost  from  the  early  set- 
tlement of  the  town,  had  been  a  prominent 
business  in  Salem.  In  my  boyhood,  James 
and  Eetire  Beckett  had  ship  yards  near  Phil- 
lips (then  Crowninshield's)  wharf,  and  many 
vessels  were  built  by  them.  One  of  these 
Beckets  (I  think  Eetire)  built  the  famous 
privateer  ship,  America.  She  was  owned  by 
the  Crowninshields,  and  her  speed  was  re- 
markable, and  she  was  never  beaten  in  speed 
by  any  vessel  of  that  period.  The  same  firm 
had,  previously,  owned  a  ship,  America, 
which  I  think  was  foreign  built.  She  was 
sold  to  the  French,  and  became  the  famous 


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privateer.  Blonde,  which  in  1803,  took  the 
British  privateer,  Young  Nicholas.  Some- 
what later  the  brothers  Magoun,  from  Ply- 
mouth County,  established  a  ship  yard  on 
the  neck,  and  with  Thomas  Barker  built 
many  vessels.  The  yard  was  between  the 
gate  and  Col.  Hathome's  farm.  Benjn 
Hawkes  and  John  Babbidge,  who  had  been 
famous  boat  builders,  set  up  a  ship  yard 
nearly  opposite  the  Custom  House,  and  were 
successful  builders.  Among  my  earliest 
recollections,  is  the  ship  yard  of  Garland  and 
Briggs  (Elijah)  near  Erye's  Mills,  and  sur- 
prising as  it  may  seem  now,  when  the  river 
there  is  so  shoal  and  narrow,  large  vessels 
were  built  there.  Knockers  Hole,  near  Mill 
Street,  is  said  by  tradition  to  have  been  a 
place  for  building  vessels,  and  the  same  tra- 
dition says  that  its  name  was  derived  from 
the  noise  made  by  the  workers  on  the  vessels. 
Among  the  earliest  ship  builders,  we  find 
the  names  of  Hollinsworth,  Moulton,  Pick- 
ering, and  later,  Gerrish,  Bacon,  Ashby  and 
Hardy.  Joseph  Hardy  was  a  very  success- 
ful builder  about  1700  and  onward.  He 
lived  on  the  west  side  of  Hardy  Street,  near 
the  water.  The  house  was  demolished  in 
1825,  He  left  no  sons,  but  had  six  married 
daughters,  and  his  name  is  perpetuated  in 
their  descendants  of  the  families  of  Phippen, 
Price,  Millett,  Hopes,  Henfield,  Towne  &c 
Enos  Briggs,  named  by  Mr.  Rantoul,  came 
from  Plymouth  County  in  1790,  and  after 
building  the  two  vessels,  named  by  Mr.  E., 
established  a  ship  yard  at  Stage  Point,  South 
Salem,-  nearly  opposite  the  end  of  Union 
Wharf  He  built,  in  1799,  the  Frigate  Es- 
sex, on  Winter  Island.  She  was  860  tons 
burthen.  She  was  successfully  launched  the 
30th  of  September  of  that  year.  Being  then 
a  little  over  6  years  of  age,  I  was  taken  to 


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see  the  launching,  and  have  a  very  vivid  rec- 
ollection of  it.  He  was  a  very  successful 
builder,  and  while  in  Salem,  he  built  (includ- 
ing the  Essex)  fifty  one  vessels.  Ho  died 
in  1819,  aged  73.  His  wife  was  Sarah 
Thomas  from  Plymouth  County,  who  sur- 
vived him  several  years.  He  left  a  son, 
Samuel  who  married  1st,  Susan  Whittemore, 
and  2nd,  Mary  Bowles.  Samuel  died  a  few 
years  since.  He  left  also,  daughters.  Sally 
married  Ist,  David  Smith,  2nd,  John  Pott; 
Judith,  married  George  Dean;  Mary,  mar- 
ried Nathan  Cook  and  Rachel,  married  John 
Burley. 

I  recollect  but  one  hospital  in  the  great 
pasture,  and  it  was  disused  for  the  small-pox, 
before  my  remembrance,  and  was  closed,  but 
the  beds,  bedding  and  furniture  remained  in 
it.  It  was  on  the  southern  bound  of  the  pas- 
ture, near  where  the  Eastern  Itail-Road  pass- 
es. When  I  last  visited  the  spot,  many  years 
ago,  the  foundation  of  the  house  could  be 
easily  traced,  but  the  house  was  gone  and 
many  of  the  grave  stones  remained.  October 
25th,  1805,  the  store  of  Jabez  Baldwin  of 
Salem,  was  robbed  of  about  jg|8000  worth  of 
watches  and  jewelry.  About  4  months  af- 
terwards, a  considerable  portion  of  it  was 
found,  secreted  in  the  garret  of  this  hospital. 
In  the  Spring  of  1807,  four  boys  discovered 
most  of  the  remainder,  secreted  in  a  hollow 
tree  in  North  Salem.-  -'^^'•'   ----'i'    •    ■ 

The  hospital  on  the  ncfck,  alluded"  by  Mr. 
R.,  was  called  the  Pest-house,  and  stood  on 
part  of  the  site  of  the  present  alms-house. 
When  I  knew  it,  it  was  occupied,  rent  free, 
by  some  poor  families,  among  the  most  prom- 
inent of  which,  was  that  of  Bundee  Sep  tee, 
an  East  Indian,  and  who  was  familiarly 
called  Brandy.  Bundee  had  married  a  white 
woman,  and  here  came  up — they  were  not 


brought  up — his  milk  and  molasses  colored 
progeny.  In  those  days  party  spirit  ran 
high,  and  the  papers  were  not  very  scrupu- 
lous as  to  what  they  alleged  in  disparage- 
ment of  their  opponents.  A  very  worthy 
man  was  the  Republican  surveyor  of  the 
highways,  and  when  a  new  election  was  ap- 
proaching, the  opposition  paper  gravely  as- 
serted that  the  surveyor  had  used  and  charged 
the  town  ^1  per  day  for  Brandy,  when  the 
charge  was  really  for  the  day  labor  of  the 
poor  Hindostanee.  One  of  the  rocky  promi- 
nences, near  the  road  to  the  farm  house  on 
the  neck,  was  a  favorite  resort  of  Mr.  Bent- 
ley,  and  was  called  Bentley's  rock.  There 
was  a  wooden  monument  on  it,  which  was 
wantonly  destroyed  in  1814.  During  the 
long  embargo,  a  wag  of  a  boy  perpetrated 
the  following  doggrel  rhymes  on  the  base  of 
the  monument: 

"  A  pleasant  prospect;  see  surrounding  rocks, 
Embargo'd  vessels  rotting  in  the  docks ; 
See  Salem  in  a  quagmire  sunk, 
And  Brandy  reeling  to  the  Pest-House  drunk." 

The  treatment  described  by  Mr.  Rantoul, 
would  I  think  be  considered  rather  heroic, 
but  since  I  began  to  dispense  medicine,  the 
treatment  of  all  diseases  has  undergone  a 
great  improvement.  There  is  far  less  drug- 
ging, and  more  reliance  placed  on  the  recup- 
erative powers  of  nature,  and  on  nursing  and 
regimen.  Vaccination  was  introduced  into 
Salem  in  1 800,  and  after  that,  the  small  pox 
hospitals  were  discontinued.  The  first  vac- 
cination was  performed  by  Dr.  Thomas  Pick- 
man,  the  5  th  of  October  of  that  year,  and 
the  patient,  Garland  Chamberlain,  a  boy  of 
13  years,  passed  through  the  disease  with 
only  a  slight  headache  and  a  little  soreness 
of  the  arm.  About  that  time  the  present 
writer  was  vaccinated  by  Dr.  E.  A.  Holyoke. 
Some  14  years  after,  he  was  much  exposed 


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to  the  contagion  of  small  pox,  but  escaped  it, 
and  has  been  again  successfully  vaccinated. 
Although  Cow  Pox  has  not  fully  realized  the 
fond  anticipations  of  Dr.  Jenner  and  his 
early  followers,  it  fully  merits  the  encomiums 
bestowed  on  it  by  Mr.  Eantoul.       -^bv*    u/j; 

Joseph  Gardner  was  the  son  of  Simon  Sta- 
cey  and  Kebecca  (Knapp)  Gardner,  and  was 
the  5th  in  descent  from  Thomas  G.,  who  was 
an  inhabitant  of  Salem,  1637,  and  perhaps 
earlier.  He  had  a  brother  Simon,  who  mar- 
ried Mary  Collins,  and  who  was  the  father 
of  Simon,  well  known  and  highly  respected 
in  his  day,  as  the  publisher  of  the  Boston 
Gazette,  and  who  died  in  Boston,  April  IT), 
1824,  aged  34.  He  had  also  a  brother  Jon- 
athan who  married  Rachel  Brown.  Jonathan 
was  grandfather  of  Capt.  Geo.  W.  Gardner  of 
the  24th  Eegt.  of  Massachusetts  Volunteers. 
His  widow  is  still  living.  There  was 
another  brother,  Samuel,  who  was,  in  early 
life,  a  mariner,  and  afterwards  a  well  known 
shipping  master  in  Derby  Street,  who  mar- 
ried Mary  Marsh.  My  earliest  recollection 
of  Joseph  is,  that  he  carried  on  his  business 
in  a  house  then  recently  erected,  on  the 
south  side  of  Bridge  street,  between  the  cor- 
ners of  AVinter  and  Pleasant  streets.  March 
street  was  soon  after  opened  and  he  built  the 
house  on  that  street,  which  be  occupied  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  A  Mr.  Woodbridge 
located  a  tannery  in  March  street,  and  built 
the  brick  house  on  the  corner  of  this  and 
Bridge  streets.  Most  of  the  tanneries  in  Sa- 
lem were  then  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  Com- 
mon. There  was  one  at  the  foot  of  Turner  st. 
and  one  or  two  in  Boston  street,  and  I  re- 
membei-  six,  near  the  common.  It  is  doubt- 
ful if  their  whole  number  of  vats  equalled 
what  may  be  found  in  one  yard  at  the  pres- 
ent day.     Slaughter  hides  were  the  only  ones 


used,  and  they  were  procured  from  the  inte- 
rior of  Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire,  Ver- 
mont, and  the  District  of  Maine.  The  time 
consumed  to  make  the  leather  was  from  12 
to  1 8  months.  In  these  days  of  warm  liquors 
and  chemicals,  it  is  turned  out  much  quick- 
er, but  perhaps  the  leather  has  not  been  im- 
proved in  quality,  since  "Auld  Thomas  Ea- 
borne"  was  presented  in  1642  for  insufficient 
tanning,  or  since  the  time  of  Simon  of  Joppa, 
When  Joseph  located  in  March  street,  which 
was  named  for  the  owner  of  the  land,  Thomas 
March  Woodbridge,  he  was  one  of  the  pioneer 
settlers  in  that  neighborhood.  None  of  the 
streets  leading  from  Bridge  street  to  the  North 
river,  or  to  Collins'  Cove,  were  then  opened 
through  the  fields.  There  was  a  cartway  lead- 
ing to  the  Old  Skerry  farm  house,  which  is 
now  widened  and  called  Conant  street.  There 
were  a  few  old  houses  at  each  extremity  of 
Bridge  street,  which  are  now  demolished. 
Three  of  them  were  on  the  south  side  of  the 
street  near  the  bridge.  The  one  where  the 
well  remains,  was  that  of  John  Symonds, 
who  lived  more  than  100  years,  and  at 
whose  funeral  Mr.  Bentley  was  said  to  have 
commenced  the  prayer  thus;  Oh  God!  the 
man  who  with  his  own  hands,  felled  the 
trees,  and  hewed  the  timbers  and  erected 
the  house  in  which  we  are  now  assembled, 
was  the  ancestor  of  him,  whose  remains  we 
are  about  to  inter;  the  next  one  had  been  the 
dwelling  of  John  Massey,  the  son  of  the  old 
planter  Jeffer}'  Massey;  it  then  belonged  to 
the  Waters  family,  and  the  third  belonged  to 
a  family  of  Smiths.  None  of  the  streets 
leading  from  Pleasant  street  to  the  Cove, 
were  then  opened,  and  there  was  no  house  in 
that  street,  north  of  that  lately  occupied  by 
Wm.  B.  Vincent,  which  was  built  in  1799. 
Andrew  street  was  built  in  1802. 


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Joseph  was  an  active,  energetic,  and  indus- 
trious man,  of  a  genial  temper,  not  easily 
ruffled,  and  a  great  favorite  of  the  boys  on 
"  Lection  and  Training"  days.  He  dealt  in 
many  commodities  beside  bread,  and  opened 
his  house  for  public  entertainment  ojq  all  the 
holidays. 

He  was  the  proprietor  of  the  famous  wood- 
horses  which  were  the  delight  and  admira- 
tion of  the  boys  of  my  day.  They  were 
about  a  dozen  wooden  effigies,  saddled  and 
bridled,  each  one  attached  to  the  outer  end 
of  a  shaft,  the  other  end  of  which,  was  at- 
tached to  an  upright  revolving  post,  which 
was  turned  either  by  a  horse,  or  by  boys 
within  the  ring.  Each  rider  was  furnished 
with  a  pointed  rod,  with  which  he  endeavor- 
ed to  gain  a  ring,  which  was  protruded  from 
a  post  in  the  course.  If  he  gained  a  suffi- 
cient number  of  rings,  the  ride  was  a  free 
one,  if  not  a  few  cents  were  paid  for  it.  Af- 
ted  being  used  in  this  way,  for  about  30 
years,  they  were  sold  and  one  of  them  served 
for  many  years  as  a  sign  for  his  son  Samu- 
el's stable.  Joseph  married  Dec.  10th,  1789, 
Elizabeth  Bell.  He  had  sons,  Joseph,  John' 
and  Samuel,  who  are  dead,  and  Daniel  B. 
Simon,  and  Henry,  who  survive ;  also  seve- 
ral daughters.  He  died  Nov.  lOth,,  1830, 
aged  63. 

Samuel  G.  Mackey  '^wjis  tjhie  s()t  <)f  Capt. 
Daniel,  and  Esther  ((Gardner)  Mackey.  His 
grandfather  Samuel  Gardner,  was  a  very 
v»;ealthy  merchant  of  Salem.  Mackey's  estate 
was  administered  on  in  1805,  by  his  widow 
Elizabeth,  in  which  he  is  described  as  late  of 
Beverly,  manner,  deceased.  ,  , 

Dr.  Joseph  Osgood,  commenced  practice  in 
Danvers,  but  removed  to  Salem  and  lived  in 
the  house  now  numbered  83  Federal  street, 
occupied  by  George  Chase.   His  apotheoary's 


shop  was  in  a  small  building  near  the  house; 
his  wife  Lucretia  was  the  youngest  daughter 
of  Miles  and  Hannah  Ward,  and  sister  of 
Nath.  Ward,  Librarian  of  Harvard  College, 
of  whom  a  memorial  may  be  found  in  these 
Collections,  vol.  2nd,  page  206.  He  died 
26th  of  June  1812.  One  of  his  daughters, 
Lucy,  married  Gen'l  Samuel  G.  Derby,  and 
another,  Margarett,  Joseph  Sprague,  Jr. — 
His  son  Benjamin  Biuney  Osgood  was  a  grad- 
uate of  Harvard  College  1806,  and  died  1818; 
he  may  have  been  the  younger  brother  allu- 
ded to  by  Mr.  Eantoul.  Joseph  Osgood  Jr. 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Beck, 
ford  Esq.,  and  was  father  of  Dr.  Joseph  Os- 
good of  South  Danvers,  of  Nath.  W.  Osgood 
of  Salem,  and  of  Beckford  Osgood,  who  sev- 
eral years  ago,  removed  to  one  of  the  West- 
ern states.  He  had  an  auction  room  in  Sa- 
lem in  1804,  and  I  remember  him  at  one 
time  in  the  Drug  business  in  the  Concert 
Hall  building,  in  connexion  with  ,Wm.  Nor- 
wood (afterwards  of  Exeter  N.  H.)  imder 
the  firm  of  Osgood  &  Norwood. 

Elisha  Whitney  learned  the  Apothecary's 
business  with  Edward  S.  Lang,  in  a  wooden 
building  that  stood  where  Henry  J.  Pratt's 
brick  building  is,  on  the  comer  of  Essex  and 
Liberty  streets.  The  present  building  was 
erected  in  1 803  by  Dr.  Lang,  who  occupied 
it  till  his  death,  1833. 

Where  these  statements  do  not  come  with- 
in my  own  recollections,  I  have  consulted  the 
newspapers  of  the  day,  and  Mr.  Felt's  annals 
of  Salem;  a  work  which  is  indispensable  to 
every  student  of  our  local  history. 


I  boB  bttelai 


io:j 


HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  THE  FORTS 

ON  SALEM  NECK. 
An  address  delivered  before  the  Essex  Institute,  Thurs- 
day, Aug.  20,  1863.  ^i.  ,bliiV/ 

BY  JOSEOPH  B  FBLT.-iT.  ^.  ;uo  i 

Among  the  divisions  of  Salem,  the  Neck 
and  Winter  island  deserve,  and  call  for,  va- 
rious notices  of  its  History. 

The  reason  why  this  subject  was  selected, 
was  that  the  place  of  our  meeting  was  ap- 
pointed to  be  held  on  part  of  the  premises, 
contained  in  one  of  the  Names  mentioned. 
We  pursue  our  subject,  though  the  greater 
proportion  of  its  facts  are  far  less  important 
and  interesting,  than  many  other  matters 
appertaining  to  the  City. 

1029,  July  24,  Rev.  Francis  Higginson 
gives  an  account  of  five  ships,  sent  by  the 
Company  of  New  England.  Of  them  was 
the  Talbot  of  300  tons,  19  guns  and  30  men. 
She  brought  about  "  100  planters,  6  goates, 
o  great  pieces  of  ordinance,  with  raeale, 
oatemeale,  pease,  and  all  manner  of  munition 
of  provision  for  the  plantation  for  a  twelve 
monthe."  The  cannon,  on  freight  for  a  fort 
here,  and  to  be  under  the  care  of  Samuel 
Sharpe,  as  engineer,  appears  to  have  be- 
longed to  the  Darby  Fort,  erected  this  year 
on  Marblehead  side,  though  long  incorrectly 
supposed  to  have  been  situated  on  Beverly 
Side.  Papers  of  the  Lynde  Family,  mention 
a  fort  as  having  been  in  "Arbor  Lot,"  on 
or  about  the  premises  of  the  Methodist  meet- 
ing-house, and  built  nearly  as  far  back  as 
1633,  and  called  the  first  fort  of  Salem. 
But,  from  the  fact  that  heavy  cannon  were 
transported  hither  in  1629,  and  it  had  been 
the  expressed  desire  of  the  Company  in  Eng- 
land to  have  the  plantation  well  defended 
against  enemies,  both  inland  and  foreign, 
we  have  reason  to  believe   that  the  fort  on 


Marblehead  side  had  been  built.  Wood's 
New  England  Prospect  seems  to  have  some- 
thing to  do  with  the  question.  He  sailed  for 
England,  Aug.  15,  1633.  Before  this  he 
wrote  for  his  Book,  that  the  Winter  harbor 
of  Salem  "lyeth  within  Derbies  Fort." 
Thus  he  mentioned  this  place  of  defence,  not 
as  a  thing  of  the  passing  year,  but  well 
known  as  of  longer  continuance.     ',    / 

From  the  cause  which  the  Colonists  had 
to  fear  the  Tarren tines,  as  well  as  other  In- 
dians, and  from  the  Lynde  Papers,  it  is  to  be 
rationally  supposed,  that  IMr.  Conant  and  his 
followers  built  an  inland  fortification  on  their 
first  occupation  of  Naumkeag,  and  that  it 
was  continued  by  Mr.  Endicott.  If  so,  such 
a  place  of  defence  may  have  been,  from  its 
favorable  location  there,  the  identical  one  on 
Arbor  Lot,  and  that  instead  of  its  erection 
being  set  at  1633,  it  should  have  been  about 

1626.       '""1:^'^^'"^,  ^ 

While  the  Cotrimoriers  and  the  inhabitants 
were  carrying  on  a  fearful  controversy,  as  to 
the  use  and  bestowment  of  public  lands,  the 
former  of  these  two  bodies,  on  Nov.  22, 
1714,  voted,  that  the  town  should  retain  the 
Neck  for  pasturage,  and  Winter  Island  for 
fishery.  These  two  divisions  have  undergone 
more  than  usual  alteration  in  the  uses  to 
which  they  have  been  applied.  The  neck  was 
occupied  by  some  of  our  earliest  Townsmen 
at  a  place,  called  Watertown,  on  the  point  of 
rocks,  and  at  another,  on  Abbot's  Cove. 
Their  chief  business  was  to  carry  on  the  fish- 
ery. Ornamented  with  a  natural  growth  of 
trees,  the  Neck  was  employed  for  grazing. 
An  ancient  record  of  1635,  says,  "  Its  agreed 
that  the  Towne's  neck  of  land  shalbe  pre- 
served to  feed  the  cattle  on  the  Lorde's  dayes 
and  therefore  particular  men  shall  not  feed 
theire  goates  at  other  times  there,  but  bring 


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them  to  the  (hill)  that  grass  may  grow 
against  the  Lorde's  dayes."  Here  lots  were 
granted  to  individuals  in  1637,  for  building 
and  the  fishing  trade.  To  prevent  the  depre- 
dation of  animals,  it  was  voted,  in  1644, 
"that  the  doggs,  at  Winter  Neck,  shall  be 
tyed  up  in  the  day  tyme,  and  if  any  doggs 
there  spoil  the  fish,  that  they  shall  either  be 
sent  away  or  killed,"  1644,  July  7.  "It 
is  agreed  that  John  Barber  and  Francis  Per- 
rie  shall  forthwith  make  all  carriadges  for  the 
great  ordnance,  and  the  town  is  to  pay  them 
some  corn  in  hand,  viz :  20  bushels  of  Indean 
And  their  whole  payment  to  be  in  corn,  one 
third  part  in  Indean,  and  two  thirds  in  Eng- 
lish graine,  wheate,  or  rye  or  barley  or  pease." 
The  Neck  appears  to  have  had  a  water  course 
made  through  it  for  expeditious  communica- 
tion with  Winter  Island.  In  1667,  "voated 
that  the  passage,  that  was  cut  vppon  the  neck 
to  goe  over  to  Winter  Island,  is  to  be  stopped 
and  a  sufficient  way  to  be  made  over  to  the 
Island."  Before  the  year  last  named, Winter 
Island  had  supplied  the  people  with  Clay, 
when  only  the  hither  part  of  it  was  ordered  to 
be  such  accommodation.  A  vote  passed  in 
1690,  that  the  lower  portion  of  it,  "below 
Ram's  horn  cove,  may  be  planted  by  some 
poor  persons."  In  the  same  year,  the  land 
formerly  belonging  to  Richard  Holingworth 
was  ordered  to  be  laid  out.  As  he  was  a  no- 
ted ship  carpenter,  it  is  likely,  that  he  built 
and  launched  vessels  from  the  spot  of  land, 
long  in  possession  of  the  Hathorne  family,  but 
now  owned  by  Mr.  Rowell.  It  was  voted, 
1702,  "that  no  sheep  shall  go  or  be  kept  on 
ye  town's  neck  of  land,  beyond  or  to  ye  east- 
ward of  ye  block  housen,  on  ye  penalty  of 
6d.  per  sheep,  to  him  yt  takes  them  up  and 
impounds  them  for  each  time."  1706,  a  re- 
port of  Salem  says,  "We  are  at  considerable 


charge  for  building  a  line  of  about  200ft  long 
and  two  block  houses,  in  which  are  several 
guns,  and  we  keep  a  constant  watch  there  ev- 
ery night,  being  more  than  a  mile  from  the 
fort,  nigh  the  end  .^f  the  Town.  We  design 
to  set  up  150  or  200  feet  of  stockades  near 
the  two  block  houses." 

In  1728,  the  Neck  contained  102  acres,  ex- 
clusive of  Col.  John  Higginson's  pasture  of 
over  23  acres,  besides  about  20  acres  of  oth- 
er land.  It  then  allowed  2  1-2  acres  for  a 
cow,  and  4  acres  for  a  horse.  The  former  of 
these  animals  was  charged  20s.  and  the  lat- 
ter, 32s.,  a  season.  For  that  year,  30  cows 
and  12  horses  were  fed  there,  and  in  Higgin- 
son's, or,  as  previously  called,  Abbot's  pasture. 
Benjamin  Ives,  having  recently  bought  the 
latter  property,  proposed  in  1730,  to  hire  two 
acres  towards  Watch  house  point.  His  re- 
quest was  allowed  the  next  year,  to  continue 
a  century.  He  offered,  in  1739,  to  exchange 
Pignal's  or  Roache's  Point  for  an  equivalent 
at  the  Point,  before  named.  The  town  agreed 
to  allow  him,  on  such  an  offer,  two  acres  for 
three.  On  Roache's  Point,  a  Pest  House 
was  ordered,  in  1747,  to  be  erected.  As  to 
its  martial  applications,  the  Neck,  in  1758, 
had  long  been  guarded  by  two  block  houses 
at  the  gate,  and  by  another  at  Watch  house 
Point.  Besides  these  defences,  it  had  a  fort 
on  its  heights,  called  new,  to  distinguish  it 
from  the  old  one  on  Winter  Island,  and  recon- 
structed in  our  last  war  with  England.  In 
1765,  the  Town  Treasurer  was  instructed  to 
let  Winter  Island  and  the  Neck  together,  as 
they  had  been,  for  milch  cows  at  10-8  each, 
but  if  he  had  not  so  many  of  these  applied 
for,  as  he  could  accommodate,  he  might  admit 
riding  horses  at  21-4  a  piece.  A  lease  was 
granted,  in  1799,  for  a  Rope  Walk  on  the 
upper  part  of  the  Neck.     Like  a  patient  beast 


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of  burden,  subject  to  varieties  of  carriage, 
this  portion  of  our  public  soil  was  ordered, 
in  1805,  to  have  no  more  bricks  made  within 
its  limits.  The  same  year,  an  ineffectual  at- 
tempt was  made,  on  the  petition  of  John  Baker 
and  others,  to  sell  a  portion  of  its  Western 
part  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  houses. 
Among  its  numerous  accommodations,  it  sup- 
plied the  population  with  large  quantities  of 
rock  for  building  and  so  continued  till  en- 
closed for  agriculture.  In  the  last  contest 
with  Great  Britain,  commencing  in  1812,  a 
lot  on  the  hither  end  was  appropriated  for  an 
artillery  deposit  of  the  United  States  and  so 
long  continued.  On  the  premises  of  the  old 
Pest  house,  where  lie  the  eilent  remains  of 
many  a  respectable  tenant,  swept  away  by 
contagious  disease,  an  Almshouse  was  erect- 
ed in  1815,  and  connected  with  itself  the 
larger  portion  of  the  Neck  for  agricultural 
purposes.  The  Pest  house  had  been  discon- 
tinued, except  for  the  residence  of  indigent 
families,  and  another  prepared  in  1799,  on 
the  North  East  Point.  A  small  portion  of 
the  Neck  is  still  employed,  in  conformity  with 
its  ancient  use,  for  the  pasturage  of  cattle. 
Thus  we  have  looked  at  some  details  of  dona- 
tion from  the  Commoners,  which  may  serve  to 
aid  the  mind,  as  it  roves  back  and  compares 
the  present  with  the  past  aspect  of  our  sub- 
urbs. 

From  the  Neck,  we  pass  to  Winter 
Island.  The  caption  of  a  request,  presented 
a  century  and  nearly  a  half  since,  ran  thus. 
"Whereas  Winter  Island  hath  been  improved 
for  ye  making  of  fish  ever  since  ye  first  set- 
"  tlement  of  this  towne."  This  shows  us  again, 
the  purpose,  as  well  as  the  occupancy  of  the 
place.  Another  use  of  it,  as  tradition  relates, 
was  ship  building.  In  1636,  and  the  succeed- 
ing year,  lots  were  granted  there  for  the  fish- 
(35) 


ery.  An  order  pa.«ised,  1640,  for  its  enehv 
sure,  "vnless  such  as  have  goats  doe  fence  in 
the  flakes."  In  1644,  Capt.  Thomas  Bread- 
cake  was  permitted  by  the  General  Court,  to 
take  two  f-mall  guns  from  "  Winter  Island  by 
Salem, "  for  his  cruise  against  Turkish  Pirates. 
This  barbarous  and  much  feared  cause  was  not 
unfrequently  a  source  of  trial  to  our  colonists. 
In  1645,  a  way  to  Winter  Island  w.as  ordered 
to  be  made.  Its  income  was  applied,  in  1(>55, 
to  support  the  Fojt  there.  Permission  was 
given,  1669,  to  have  it  secured  "  from  all  cat- 
tall,  except  sheep  and  weanling  calfes,  which 
shall  have  liberty  to  go  ther  at  any  tyme." 
So  many  were  the  people  here  in  1679,  that 
John  Clifford  was  licensed  to  keep  a  victual- 
ling house  for  their  convenience.  This  may 
have  been  the  origin  of  the  "  Old  Blue  An- 
chor Tavern "  famed  in  traditionary  story. 
In  1684,  several  merchants  had  leave  to  build 
wharves  on  its  flats.  The  ensuing  year,  it  was 
recorded,  "The  Selectmen  to  decide  any  dif- 
ference, that  may  arise  between  any  persons 
concerned  at  Winter  Island  in  pitching  of 
flackes,  setting  of  presses,  houses  etc.,  by 
which  means  they  obstruct  each  other  in  their 
fishing  concernsthere."  In  1698-9,  the  Island 
had  not  merely  its  paths,  but  even  a  highway, 
as  the  description  of  a  wharf  implied,  "adjoin- 
ing to  ye  place  known  by  ye  name  Fish  Street." 
The  following  order  was  made  in  1701,  "that 
the  .shoremen  shall  have  liberty  to  fence  in 
Winter  Island,  keeping  a  sufficient  gate  for 
passing  of  men  and  carts  and  keep  out  all 
creatures  yt  may  damnific  ye  flackes  and  fish." 
Conditions  of  its  being  granted  by  the  Common- 
ers, in  1714,  were,  that  each  shoreman  who  be- 
longed to  the  town  and  did  his  business  here, 
should  pay  Ss.  a  year  for  room  to  accommodate 
his  vessels  and  flakes,  and  every  person,  not  an 
inhabitant,  similarly  employed  there,  should 


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be  charged  20s  for  the  same  privilege.  From 
a  contract  made  in  1731,  the  Island  had  then 
convenient  places  for  forty  vessels  and  their 
fares  of  fish.  As  the  business,  previously 
transacted  there,  had  been  removed,  it  was 
let,  1739,  with  the  Neck,  for  the  pasturage  of 
horses  and  cows,  the  former  at  40s.  each,  and 
the  latter  at  25s.  A  part  of  it,  called  Obear 
or  Palmer's  Head,  was  leased  in  1755,  to 
Richard  Derby  for  1000  years,  at  Is.  a  year. 
One  object,  as  his  application  for  this  relates, 
was  not  merely  to  benefit  himself,  but  also  to 
improve  the  Commerce  of  the  town.  While 
our  relations  with  France  were  threatened  with 
a  rupture,  a  vote  passed,  1794,  that  the  Se- 
lectmen cede  to  the  United  States  the  land 
where  the  Old  Fort  stood,  and  as  much  more 
on  the  Neck  and  Island  as  might  be  needed 
for  fortifications.  In  1799,  the  ship  Essex  of 
32  guns,  built  by  order  of  Congress,  was 
launched  from  this  place  and  then  first  floated 
on  the  element,  where  she  was  destined  to  win 
naval  renown.  The  lease  to  Mr.  Derby  has 
curiously  terminated.  Where  his  wharf  and 
warehouse  long  stood,  there  appears  an  estab- 
lishment for  the  storing  of  Powder.  This 
was  bought  by  Mr.  Oliver  M.  Whipple,  who 
occupied  it  with  the  proceeds  of  the  Chelms- 
ford Powder  Factory.  Having  purchased  of 
the  Derby  family,  their  right  in  the  premises, 
for  several  hundred  dollars  a  few  years  before, 
he,  in  1839,  paid  Salem  $152.83,  being  an 
annual  rent  of  Is  for  the  period  remaining 
of  the  1000  years.  With  regard  to  other  ap- 
plications of  Winter  Island  and  the  Neck,  we 
have  the  subsequent  statements.  1643,  July 
26,  Mr.  Endicott  in  a  letter  to  Mr.  Winthrop 
mentions  that  work  was  to  be  done  on  "our 
fort."  This  indicates  that  such  a  fortification 
had  been  commenced  on  Winter  Island,  and 
was  made  to  supply  the  place  of  Darby  Fort, 


on  Naugus's  Head,    Marblehead  side,  built 
there  in  1629. 

1647,  Oct.  27.  "For ye  most  easy  and 
speedy  transporting  of  great  artillery,  when 
and  where  also,  sometimes,  cattell,  carriages, 
cannon  and  field  pieces  cannot  pass,  as  also 
upon  some  suddain  designe  to  mount  for  ad- 
vantage in  an  enemies  works.  This  Corte 
doth  order  yt  yr  be  by  direction  of  the  Maior 
Generall,  3  or  4  leather  guns  of  several  sizes 
sent  for  to  England,  by  ye  first  oportunity 
at  ye  charge  of  ye  country,  which,  if  found 
good  and  profitable,  may  give  light  and  in- 
couragement  for  ye  procuring  or  making  of 
more."  The  same  sort  of  guns  were  recom- 
mended in  1675  for  use  against  Indians,  and 
a  description  of  them  given. 

1652.  A  barrel  of  powder  is  allowed  by 
the  Colony  to  Salem  for  saluting  ships  on  nec- 
essary occasions.  1655,  May  17.  Winter 
Island  is  appropriated  for  the  use  of  the  fort. 
As  this  was  not  finished,  every  man  refusing 
to  work  there,  was  to  be  fined  3s  a  day. 
1666,  a  like  service  is  required  of  males 
above  16,  each  in  his  turn. 

1667,  Ordered  that  the  great  guns  be  carried 
to  the  fort  with  speed.  1673,  Aug.  4,  Our 
Fort  is  to  be  refitted,  "the  great  artillery" 
prepared  and  all  else  be  done  as  "  this  junc- 
ture of  time  requires."  The  cause  of  this 
alarm  were  Dutch  hostilities.  1675,  James 
Powland  is  appointed  gunner.  1689,  April  1 1 , 
John  Marston  petitions  President  Andros  that 
he  may  be  paid  for  making  carriages  to  guns 
at  Salem  and  Marblehead.  1690,  May  14, 
Winter  Island  Fort  was  repaired  and  a  breast 
work  thrown  up  in  another  place.  This  place 
was  the  Heights  of  the  Neck.  1699,  Our 
Fort  was  called  Fort  William  in  honor  of  the 
King.  In  1704,  It  was  called  Ann  in  honor 
of  the  Queen.     Thus  our  Colonists  were  in 


m 


the  habit  of  naming  their  forts  out  of  respect 
for  their  reigning  Sovereigns.  The  same  year 
the  Castle,  in  Boston,  took  the  H9,me  of  Wil- 
liam, which  had  been  given  to  our  Fort. 
1706,  an  occasion  of  protracted  disagreement 
between  the  House  and  the  Governor  with  his 
Council,  was  payment  of  men  in  our  fort  by 
the  latter,  without  the  consent  of  the  former. 
These  claimed  the  right  of  partly  regulating 
the  public  purse  strings.  1710,  several  can- 
non belonging  to  our  Port,  are  lent  to  the 
crown  for  an  expedition  against  Port  Royal. 
In  1714,  in  a  petition  about  manning  their  fort 
of  20  guns,  our  people  observe,  that  they  have 
had  "considerable  Lott  and  Scott  towards 
necessary  charges  of  government  many  years. ' ' 
New  Fort,  1742,  Aug.  16,  The  Town  accept 
the  grant  of  the  General  Court  for  the  erec- 
tion of  breast  works  and  a  platform  for  16 
guns.  These  were:--  <)n  the  heights  of  the 
Neck,  which  were  the  location  fortified  in 
1690.  1751,  May  20,  John  Crowninshield, 
being  "  concerned  in  the  fishery,  which  is  well 
known  to  be  a  business  very  beneficial  to  this 
government,"  petitions  the  town  that  the 
block  house  and  contiguous  land  may  be 
leased  to  him.  1758,  "Old  block  house" 
on  the  East  side  of  the  Neck,  East  northward- 
ly, from  these  heights.  1775,  Jan.  15,  Salem 
lend  three  cannon  to  the  Provincial  Congress. 
A  statement  of  Holmes'  annals  based  on 
a  report  from  the  Secretary  of  war,  that  the 
British  Colonies  of  North  America  possessed 
only  four  cannon  at  the  commencement  of  the 
war  for  independence,  is  incorrect.  There 
were  probably  hundreds  of  such  ordnance  in 
the  sea-ports  of  Massachusetts  alone.  We 
have  a  record  of  March  3,  1775,  appertain- 
ing to  Salem.  "At  night,  27  pieces  of  cannon 
were  removed  out  of  this  town,  to  be  out  of 
the  ^ay  of  robbers."^  .Ir,  American   annals. 


Volume  2,  page  369,  1775,  April 
17;  at  this  date,  the  subsequent  extract  is 
found  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine.  "  By  a 
ship  just  arrived  at  Bristol  from  America,  it 
is  reported  that  the  Americans  have  hoisted 
their  standard  of  liberty  at  Salem."  This 
must  have  been  done  about  the  middle  of 
March.  The  notice  seems  to  indicate  that 
Salem  was  the  first  place  of  the  United  States 
known  in  England,  to  have  hoisted  the  flag  of 
Independence.  Flag  of  Independence  adopt- 
ed by  Gen'l  Court,  April  11,  1776.  "An 
appeal  to  Heaven,  on  one  side,"  and  on  the 
other  side  "  Qui  transtulit,  sustinet."  The  flag 
was  white  with  a  green  pine  tree  in  the  mid- 
dle. 

1776,  April  22,  Barracks  had  been  pre- 
pared at  Juniper  Point.  1782,  June  6,  No- 
tice is  given,  that  guards  are  at  the  forts;  that 
Stephen  Webb  has  the  command  there,  and 
that  captains  of  vessels  give  proper  answers 
when  hailed,  if  they  would  not  be  fired  upon. 
In  1787,  the  names  of  the  forts  were  William, 
Lee  and  Juniper.  1794,  Fort  William  is 
ceded  to  the  United  States.  1794,  May  25, 
A  report  is  made  by  Bechet  Rochefontaine, 
a  Frenchman,  Engineer  to  superintend  the 
fortifications  of  New  England.  (Salem  Reg- 
ister, Sept.  3,  1863.)  It  says  that  "the  gar- 
rison of  Salem  is  to  be,  in  time  of  peace,  23 
men.  On  account  of  Juniper's  battery, 
it  ought  to  be  in  time  of  war,  60  men.  In 
case  of  an  attack,  the  militia  will  occupy  the 
above  fort,  Juniper's  Battery,  and  the  old  Fort 
Lee,  securing  the  passage  to  the  Neck.  In 
that  case,  12  or  15  hundred  men  may  fight 
with  great  certainty  of  success."  ..: 

1798,  The  Forts  to  be  put  in  a  state  of  dor 
fence  and  the  one  on  Winter  Island  to  be 
manned.  The  occasion  of  this,  were  various 
aggressions  on  our  commerce  by  the  English 


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and  French.  1799,  Oct.  30,  Under  a  dis- 
charge of  Artillery  commanded  by  Captain 
Gould,  Proclamation  is  made  by  order  of 
Secretary  of  War,  that  Fort  William  be  called 
Fort  Pickering.  This  name  still  continues. 
1809,  January  6,  The  U.  S.  Secretary  of 
War  reports,  that  the  fortifications  of  Salem 
had  "been  repaired  and  a  new  barrack  erect- 
ed." Fort  Pickering  thus  put  in  order,  was 
occupied  by  a  company  of  U.  S.  Infantry, 
commanded  by  Captain  Stephen  Ranney,  a 
distinguished  officer.  Our  Forts  are  much 
out  of  order  and  of  course  need  great  repairs. 
At  first,  when  the  question  came  up  for  hav- 
ing them  put  in  order,  to  meet  a  proper  state 
of  defence  for  the  necessities  of  our  coast. 
Fort  Juniper  was  named  in  common  with 
Forts  Lee  and  Pickering.  But  a  result  of 
discussing  the  question  of  repairing  all  three, 
was  the  selection  of  the  last  two,  here  named, 
BO  that  the  great  stir,  now  daily  manifested  in 
a  suburb  of  our  city,  is  applied  to  the  Forts, 
Lee  and  Pickering.  With  regard  to  the  gen- 
ius, exhibited  in  the  plan  and  execution  of 
these  two  fortifications,  Col.  Alexander  recent- 
ly remarked  to  some  of  our  city  authorities, 
that  there  are  none  in  all  our  Country,  which 
exceed  those  of  our  forts,  Lee  and  Pickering. 
While  Pickering  particularly  commands  the 
Marblehead  side  of  our  harbor,  it  assists  in 
the  defence  of  our  whole  Port,  and  Lee  takes 
the  lead  in  affording  these  assistances  and 
commands  the  operations  of  Pickering  and 
Juniper.  The  work  to  be  done,  on  these  two 
forts,  is  principally  earth  works.  They  are 
expected  to  be  done  not  before  Winter.  The 
area  of  the  works  at  Pickering  are  expected 
to  be  made  three  times  larger  than  they  are  at 
present.  The  proportion  of  works  on  Lee, 
are  not  expected  to  be  as  large,  as  those  intend- 
ed for  Pickering.     The  United  States  gov- 


ernment hold  themselves  responsible  for  the 
expenses  of  the  enterprise.  They  are  willing 
to  pay  $1.25  a  day  for  laborers.  As  these 
could  not  be  obtained  short  of  $1.50,  the 
Salem  government  Have  agreed  to  pay  $5,000 
to  make  up  the  lacking  25  cents  a  day,  on 
condition,  that  such  advance  shall  be  made 
up  to  them  from  the  United  States.  May 
the  work  progress  with  all  due  diligence  and 
success.  May  it  prove  sufficient  for  all  our 
necessities  of  defence  and  help  contribute  its 
due  proportion  of  security  to  the  best  inter- 
ests of  our  beloved  Republic. 


A  COPY  OF  THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF 
BURIALLS,  AND  DEATHS  OF  THE 
TOWN  OF  ROWLEY,  WITH  NOTES. 


COMMUNICATED    BY    M.    A.    STICKNEY. 


Continued  from  vol.  t,  page  207. 


Mary  Luntt  the  daughter  of  John  Luntt 
and  Ruth  dyed  December  17  day  1717. 

John  Boynton  dyed  October  the  eight  day 
1718. 

Docter  Daniel  Bennitt  dyed  the  4  day  of 
February  in  the  year  1718-19. 

Susanna  Scott  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Scott 
dyed  August  the  19  1719. 

Deacon  Samuel  Palmer  dyed  June  21 1719. 

John  Boynton  the  son  of  John  and  Bethiah 
dyed  Aprill  18  1719. 

Ednah  Stickney  dyed  Febereway  7  1722. 

Abraham  Jewitt  dyed  November  2  1722. 

Deacen  Ezekiel  Jewitt  dyed  September  the 
2  1723. 

Elizebeth  Jewitt  the  wife  of  John  Jewitt 
dyed  October  the  seventeenth  day  1723. 

Aaron  Pengry  deceesed  September  the  18 
1724  aged  63  years.  • 


261 


Jonathan  Lambert  dyed  January  ye  5 
1724-5. 

Mr.  Richard  Syles  dyed  Febuary  the  22 
day  1721-2. 

Mr.  Samuel  Platts  dyed  March  ye  24  1726. 

Jonathan  Bayley  the  son  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  dyed  August  the  twenty  first  day 
1724. 

Elizebeth  Bayley  the  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizebeth  dyed  September  the  eight  day  1725. 

Benjamin  Scott  dyed  Feberwary  the  seventh 
day  1724. 

Jacob  Barker  dyed  January  the  twenty 
seventh  day  1725. 

Margret  Barker  the  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
Margret  his  wife  dyed  January  the  ninth  day 
1725. 

.    Susanah  Benet  ye  wife  of  John  Benet  dyed 
December  ye  twenty  fifth  day  1725. 

Mr  Samuel  Plats  deceased  March  ye  twen- 
ty fourth  day  1725-6. 

Mrs  Mary  Plats  widow  to  the  above  said 
Samuel  deceased  June  the  third  day  1726. 

Mrs  Abigail  Perley  wife  of  Samuel  Perley 
dyed  January  the  second  day  1725-6. 

Nathanael  Ellsworth  son  of  Jeremiah  and 
Hannah  his  wife  died  October  ye  tenth  day 
Anno  Dom  1728. 

Margret  Elsworth  daughter  of  Jeremiah 
and  Hannah  his  wife  dyed  October  the  thir- 
teth  day  Anno  Dom  1728. 

Rebecah  Jewett  wife  of  Mr  Joseph  Jewett 
deceased  December  the  twenty  sixth  day  1729. 

Nathan  Burpee  deceased  January  the  twen- 
ty second  day  Anno  Dom  1728-9. 

Ednah  Lambert  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Sarah  his  wife  deceased  March  the  thirteenth 
day  Anno  Dom  1728-9. 

Samuel  Hobson  son  of  Humphrey  and  Me- 
hitable  bis  wife  deceased  November  the  first 
day  1728  aged  12  days. 


Ensign  Andrew  Stickney  deceased  April! 
the  twenty  ninth  day  Anno  Dom  1727. 

Gibbian  Jewitt  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
his  wife  deceased  March  the  fifth  day  Anno 
Dom  1729-30. 

Ruth  Chapman  the  wife  of  Edward  de- 
ceesed  July  the  second  day  Anno  Dom  1730. 

Sarah  Chapman  the  daughter  of  Edward 
deceesed  July  the  twenty  fifth  day  Anno 
1730. 

Mrs  Elizabeth  Pickard  wife  of  Capt.  Sam- 
uel Pickard  deceased  June  the  29th  day  An- 
no Dom  1730. 

John  Chapman  the  son  of  Edward  deceased 
October  the  twenty  eighth  day  Anno  Dora 
1730. 

Elizabeth  Jewett  the  wife  of  John  Jewett 
deceased  May  the  eighteenth  Anno  Dora  1730. 

Nathan  Frazer  son  of  Nathan  and  Jane 
his  wife  deceased  Septeraber  the  fifth  day  An- 
no Dom  1731. 

Elizabeth  Perley  daughter  of  David  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  deceased  January  the  elev- 
enth day  Anno  Dom  1731-2. 

Mrs  Mary  Jewitt  the  wife  of  Mr  Joseph 
Jewitt  Junior  deceased  June  the  twenty  sixth 
day  Anno  Dom  1732. 

The  Reverend  Mr  Edward  Payson  deceased 
August  the  twenty  second  day  one  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  thirty  two  1732. 

Mr  Joseph  Jewett  deceased  October  the 
twenty  ninth  day  Annoque  Domini  1729. 

Anne  Jewitt  wife  of  Aquila  Jewett  de- 
ceased March  the  sixth  day  1723 

Rebeckah  Jewett  daughter  of  Aquilla  and 
Martha  his  wife  deceased  June  the  twenty 
sixth  1736. 

Luci  Lambert  daughter  of  Thoraas  Lara- 
bert  and  Sarah  his  wife  deceased  May  the 
fifth  day  1736. 

Sarah  Wood  daughter  of  Thoraas  Wood 


262 


and  Sarah  his  wife  deceased  May  the  thirteenth 
day  1736. 

Jeremiah  Nellson  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Ma- 
ry his  wife  deceased  November  the  twenty 
second  day  1736. 

Abraham  Jewitt  son  of  Widow  Sarah  Jew- 
itt  deceased  December  the  tenth  day  1736. 

Job  Pengry  son  of  Job  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife  deceased  August  ye  fourteenth  day  1736. 

Aaron  Pengry  son  of  Job  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife  deceased  August  the  twenty  sixth 
day  1736. 

Jane  Pengry  daughter  of  Job  and  Eliza- 
beth his  wife  deceased  September  the  third 
day  1736. 

Thomas  Sanders  son  of  Edward  and  Eliza- 
beth his  wife  deceased  August  the  sixteenth 
day  1719. 

Lidia  Sanders  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Elizabeth  bis  wife  deceased  Jeneruary  the 
third  day  1731. 

Thomas  Sanders  son  of  Edward  and  Eliza- 
beth his  wife  deceased  July  the  third  day 
1736. 

Lidia  Sanders  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  deceased  July  the  twenty 
third  day  1736. 

Mehitable  Hobson  daughter  of  Humphrey 
and  Mehitable  his  wife  deceased  May  ye 
thirteenth  1729  aged  seven  years  and  about 
four  months. 

Mrs  Elizabeth  Gage  deceased  July  the 
fourteenth  day  Anno  Dora  1737. 

Deacon  Humphrey  Hobson  deceased  June 
ye  23d  day  1742. 

Moses  Dickinson  son  of  Thomas  and  Elize- 
beth  his  wife  deceased  December  the  tenth  day 
1735. 

Hannah  Dickinson  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife  deceased  December 
the  twenty  first  1735.  '      '  ^     '  •     I 


Jeremiah  Nellson  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Ma- 
ry his  wife  deceased  November  the  twenty 
second  day  1736.  .•*( 

Benjamin  Tenney  son  of  William  and  Me- 
hitable his  wife  ;iecease4  jQctq^^^.^h^  J]^; 
teenth  day  1736.         [   dBnne.fot  wobiW 

Capt.  Joseph  Boynton  deceased  December 
ye  sixteenth  day  1730. 

Mr  Nathaniel  Harris  deceased  Aprill  1732' 

Elizebeth  Boynton  daughter  of  Deacon  Jo- 
seph Boynton  deceased  June  the  eleventh  day 
1736. 

Joseph  Boynton  son  of  Dec.  Joseph  Boyn- 
ton deceased  December  the  twenty  fifth  day 
1738. 

Mrs  Anne  Pengry  deceased  Febuary  the 
third  day  173940. 

Mr  Thomas  Dickinson  deceased  September 
the  eighth  day  1737.    '      '"'^ 

Francis  Palmer  son  of  Francis  Palmer  de- 
ceased August  the  twenty  second  day  1736. 

Sarah  and  Ruth  Palmer  daughters  of  Fran- 
cis Palmer  both  deceased  September  the  third 
day  1736. 

Pashance  Palmer  daughter  of  Francis  Pal- 
mer deceased  August  ye  sixth  day  1739. 

Mary  Elsworth  wife  of  Jeremiah  Elsworth 
Junior  deceased  December  ye  tenth  day  1742. 

Hannah  Elsworth  daughter  of  Jeremiah 
and  Hannah  his  wife  deceased  December  ye 
twenty  fourth  day  1742. 

Hannah  Thurstian  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Mehetable  his  wife  deceased  November  the 
ninth  day  1739. 

Jonathan  Thurstian  son  of  Richard  and 
Mehetable  his  wife  deceased  December  the 
twenty  third  day  1739. 

Elizabeth  Pengree  daughter  of  Job  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  deceased  January  the  six- 
teenth day  1747. 

Elizabeth  Pengrey  wife  of  Job  Pengree  de- 
ceased February  the  eleventh  day  1747. 


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Ezekiell  Merrill  son  of  Thomas  and  Abi 
gaill  his  wife  deceased  Aprill  the  fifteenth  day 
1748. 

Jane  Martain  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Re- 
beckah  his  wife  deceased  the  26  day  1746. 

Widow  Johannah  Dresser  deceased  Octo- 
ber the  fourteenth  day  1747. 

Doct.  Ammos  Dresser  deceased  September 
the  twenty  second  day  1741. 

Hannah  Chaplin  daughter  of  John  deceased 
October  the  second  day  1749. 

Capt.  Ezekiell  Northend  deceased  Decem- 
ber the  twenty  third  day  in  the  66  year  of  his 
age  1732. 

Elizabeth  Jewett  wife  of  Jacob  Jewett  de- 
ceased September  ye  seventeenth  day  in  the 
31  year  of  her  age  1741. 

Samuel  Northend  son  of  John  Northend 
deceased  June  ye  fifteenth  day  in  ye  23  year 
of  his  age  1749. 


End  of  the  Record  of  Burials  and  Deaths. 

There  appears  to  have  been  for  some  un- 
known reason  an  omission  in  the  Record  of 
Deaths  from  1719  to  1722. 


COPY  PROM     ORIGINAL  BOOK   OF 
GRANTS   OF  SALEM. 


OOHUUmOATSD  BY  FBRLKT  DERBY,  WITH  ITOTES  BY 
B.  F.  BBOWKB. 


Continued  from  toI.  y,  page  227- 


At  a  meeeting  of  the  7  men  the  12th  6th  mo 
1650. 
Granted  to  ffrances  Skerrie  a  litle  spott  of 
ground  at  the  end  of  his  10  acre  lot  lying 
at  the  greate  Cove  betweene  his  lott  and  John 
Small  his  marsh. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  selectman  the  22th  &th  mo 
1650:  non  liqtiett. 


At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  9th  9th  mo 
1650. 

psent. 

Capt  Hathorne  mr  Browne 

mr  Gardner  rar  Connant 

henerie  Bartholmew 

vpon  request  of  Robert  Hiberd  for  a  parcell 

of  land  at  the  vper  end  of  william  dodg  and 

Rodger  Haskals  ground  next  to  the  Swamp. 

it  is  ordered  that  mr   Connant  and  williara 

dodg  doe  view  the  said  land  and  make  retorne 

to  the  selectmen  at  there  next  meeting. 

By  information  of  mr  Connant  there  being 
noe  exception  twentie  acres  is  granted  to  Rob- 
ert Hiberd  for  Comonage  and  wood  in  the 
place  he  requested. 

At  a  genaU  towne  meeting  the  Wth  9ih  mo 
1650. 
There  was  deliued  to  Richard  Greaves  and 
Zacheus  Cortes  to  each  of  them  a  Corslett 
of  the  townes  the  wch  twoo  Corslets  are  de- 
liued vnto  them  in  good  repayre  and  they  are 
for  to  mentaine  them  and  to  retorne  them 
in  like  good  repaire  vnto  the  town  againe  vpon 
demand. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  12ih  9th 
mo  1650  being  psent. 
Captn  hathorne  mr  Browne 

mr  Connant  mr  Gardner 

mr  Bartholomew  John  Porter 

Graunted  to  mr  william  Browne  25  J  Acre 

of  vpland  and  25  acres  of  medow  to  be  laid 

out  neare  Ipswich  Riuer  in  the  most  Conuen 

lent  place. 

At  a  meting  of  the  selectmen  2\th  lOmo 
1650. 
Graunted   to  Lawrance    Sothwick  a  litle 
spott  of  medow  of  about  a  quarter  of  an  acre 
Joyning  to  his  4  acres. 


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At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  28<A  lOth 
mo  1650  psent. 

Capt  hathorne  mr  Browne 

mr  Gardiner  mr  Connant 

hen  :  Bartholmew  Sergt  Porter 

Jacob  Barney  made  request  for  a  pcell  of 
land  at  long  hill  that  Joyneth  to  the  fFarme 
that  was  mr  Alfords. 

Graunted  to  Jacob  Barney  50  acres  of  land 
to  be  laid  out  of  that  land  next  adioyning  vn- 
to  that  wch  was  mr  Alfords  fFarme  or  in  any 
other  Conuienient  place  at  the  discression  of 
the  layers  out. 

Thomas  Robins  maketh  request  for  3  acres 
of  medow  in  the  greate  medow  beyond  wen- 
ham  of  that  medow  that  was  suposed  to  be 
mr  Paynes 

Graunted  to  Thomas  Robins  his  request 
pvided  there  be  see  much  recouered  from  Ips- 
wich of  that  medow. 

Graunted  to  Job  Swinerton  40  Acres  of 
land  neare  Richard  Hvchisson  in  Hew  of  20 
acres  formerlie  graunted  to  him  if  it  Can  be 
found  there  and  not  piudiciall  to  any  former 
grant. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  Sth  l^th 

mo  1650  psent. 

mr  william  Browne    mr  Gardiner 

mr  Connant  Sergent  Porter 

Henerie  Bartholmew. 

John  Batcheller  making  request  for  liber- 
tie  to  fence  in  a  little  neck  of  land  to  haue  a 
pcell  of  marsh  of  his  on  Rialls  neck  his  re- 
quest is  graunted  pvided  he  leave  bars  in  the 
widest  of  it  for  any  to  Cart  downe  to  the  wa- 
ter and  resigne  againe  the  land  to  the  towne 
when  they  shall  demand  it. 
At  a  generaU  towne  meeting  the  24<^  firsth 
mo  1650-51. 

Capt  Hathorne  and  JefFerie  massey  are 
apoynted  to  run  the  lyne  and  pfect  it  betweene 
Ipswich  and  salem  and  haue  libertie  to  choose 


such  as  the  Judgmeet  to  assist  them  in  it  and 
the  towne  to  beare  the  Charge. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  21th  2rf 
mo  1651  psent. 
Capt  hathorne  mr  Browne 

mr  Connant  JefFerie  massey 

mr  Price  Henerie  Bartholmew 

Ordered  that  the  50  and  30  acres  of  land 
shalbe  laid  out  in  some  conuenient  place  neare 
Bvrchen  plaine  at  the  discression  of  the  lay- 
ers out  or  any  'twoo  of  them  and  mr  Connant 
&  JefFerie  massey  are  apoynted  to  lay  it  out. 
Graunted  to  Thomas  Oliver  jun.  to  Cutt 
the  grass  growing  on  the  high  way  betweene 
his  fathers  lott  and  the  lott  of  Thomas  watson 
sometyme  the  lot  of  Thomas  Gouldsraith. 

Graunted  to  Edmund  Grover  that  spott  of 
ground  on  the  highway  syde  lying  betweene 
his  owne  ten  acre  lott  he  liueth  on  and  hener- 
ie herickes  lott  being  about  3-4  of  an  acre  in 
recompence  of  some  land  taken  from  him  for 
highe  wayes  through  his  lott. 

Ordered  that  40  acres  of  land  and  4  acres 
of  medow  formerlie  graunted  to  Thomas  Spoon- 
er  and  nott  recorded  being  long  since  laid  out 
to  him  that  the  said  land  is  by  this  record  con- 
firmed vnto  him. 

The  Sd  Bd  mo  1651  psent. 
mr  downing  mr  Corwin 

rar  Price  JefFerie  massey 

henerie  Bartholmew 
Graunted  to  nathaneel  Pvtnam  5  acres  of 
medow  neare  Ipswich  Riuer. 

Att  a  generaU  towne  meeting  \Qth  Aih  mo 
1651. 
vpon  a  petition  of  nicholas  Howard  John 
Batcheller  and  others  that  they  might  have 
libertie  of  Comon  in  that  land  lying  neare 
there  houses  and  that  it  might  not  be  impro- 
priated to  any. 


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f 


It  is  ordered  by  the  towne  that  all  that  land 
that  lieth  wthin  Ipswich  way  from  the  new 
bridg  vnto  the  head  of  frost  fish  brooke  un- 
disposed of  shalbe  reserued  for  Comon  and 
non  of  it  granted  in  propriede  to  any. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  IQth  Ath  mo 
1651. 
Granted  to  Riehd  Edwards  20  acres  of 
land  lying  neare  adioyning  to  Richard  dodg 
his  land  in  consideration  of  20  acres  of  land 
he  doth  resigne  to  the  towne  lying  below  mak- 
erill  "Cove  towards  the  Cricke  that  he  bought 
of  mr  Thornedick  wch  was  formerlie  granted 
to  Richard  Lambert. 

Att  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  10th  9th 
9flH^-)  mo  1651 


Capt  hathornc 


I 


psent. 

mr  Corwin 
Jefferie  raassey 
''      Henerie  Bartholmew       waiter  Price 

vpon  Complaint  by  Edward  wharton  of  a 
strip  of  ground  betweene  his  house  and  that 
wch  was  latelie  mr  kenistons  nor  in  the  pos- 
session of  Simon  Groce  that  it  was  a  greate 
anoyance  to  him  :  the  selectmen  doe  vpon  his 
request  grant  the  said  strip  of  land  vnto  Ed- 
ward wharton. 

william  Baylie  is  graunted  to  cvtt  what 
grass  he  Can  find  at  the  greate  pound  on  this 
syde  mr  Blackleech  his  fanne  that  is  not  in 
any  mans  proprietie  vntill  the  towne  take  fur- 
ther order. 

At  a  generall  towne  meeting  \bth  9th  mo 
1651. 
Beniamin  ffelton  chosen  to  take  care    of 
the  meeting  house  in  Bircharas  Roome  and  to 
haue  the  same  wages  Bircham  had  and  to  gyue 
warning  of  meetings  &  burials  by  the  bell. 
At  a   meeting  of  7  men   the    Ibth   9th  mo. 
1651  psent. 
Capt  Hathorne  mr  Connant 

Jefferie  massey  mr  Price 


mr  downing 
(36) 


Granted  vnto  Jefferie  massey  4  acres  of 
medow  formerlie  granted  pt  to  be  the  pond 
beyond  the  greate  riuer  the  rest  to  He  by  the 
riuer  syde.  It  is  granted  that  Jefferie  mas" 
sey  haueing  made  choyce  of  this  quantitie  of 
medowe  aboue  expressed  that  he  shall  mow 
the  same  this  sumer  not  being  able  to  lay  it 
out  vntill  after  the  hay  should  be  taken  of 
prouided  he  exceed  not  the  quantitie  nor  take 
any  formilie  granted  to  other  men. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  7  men  the  IQth  10th  mo 
1651. 

Granted  to  Mr  Brett  60  acres  of  land  in 
the  place  he  desyreth  if  it  be  there  and  not 
piudiciall  to  former  graunts.  and  if  when  for- 
mer grants  be  made  good  there  be  any  land 
reraayning  mr  Brett  is  praised  to  be  ffurther 
considered  to  haue  some  more  added. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  7  men  the  6th  11th   mo 
1651  psent. 

Capt  hathorne  mr  downing  ^ 

mr  Corwin  Jefferie  massey 

mr  Connant  mr  Price 

Henerie  Bartholmew 

The  4  barrells  of  powder  and  a  halfe  bar- 
rel of  powder  wch  is  mentioned  before  to  be 
in  the  hands  of  seuall  men  and  is  the  Coun- 
tries store  powder  Counted  to  the  town  is  now 
in  the  hands  of  Captayne  Hathorne  whoe  is  to 
be  acountable  for  it  vpon  all  demands  further 
there  is  1  barll  of  powder  of  the  Countrie 
store  wth  wch  the  towne  standeth  charged  in 
the  hands  of  maior  Sedgwicke  the  wch  the 
towne  neur  receiued. 

There  is  deliued  to  Captaine  Hathorne  for 
the  Company  as  there  store  of  amvinition 
acording  to  lawe  3  barrels  of  powder  500  of 
leade  3  quarters  of  a  hundred  of  match  for 
all  wch  he  is  to  be  accountable  for  vpon  all 
demands. 


\nB  01  h&i&'nq  !  eaoodo  o}  ©Ihsdii 


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At  a  meeting  of  the  7  men  the  7th  11th  mo 
1651. 
Grannted  to  Osmond  Traske  in  considera- 
tion of  a  hie  way  layed  out  Through  his  ten 
acre  lott  tbirtie  acres  of  land  to  be  laid  out 
neare  Richard  dodg  his  ffarme. 

Graunted  to  Nicholas  woodberrie  40  acres 
of  land  20  acres  of  it  to  be  that  wch  was  late 
in  the  possession  of  rar  Thorndicke  and  the 
other  20  acres  to  be  laid  out  where  it  may  be 
found  most  Conueinient. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  7  men  the  ISth  l^th  mo 
1651. 
Capt  hathorne  mr  downing 

mr  Corwin  JefFerie  massey 

Henerie  Bartholmew       mr  Price 
Granted  to  John  Swasey  40  acres  of  land 
to  be  laid  out  neare  Henerie  Bartholmew  his 
ffarme. 

Robert  Goodell  haueing  40  acres  of  land 
granted  long  since  by  the  towne  and  he  haue- 
ing bought  land  of  Seuall  others  that  had 
land  granted  to  thera  viz  Joseph  Grafton  30 
acres  John  Sanders  40  acres  henerie  herick 
40  acres  william  Bovnd  40  ackres  Robert 
Pease  and  his  brother  30  acres  Robert  Cotta 
30  acres  william  walcott  30  aeres  I]dmund 
Marshall  20  acres  Thomas  Antrvm  20  acres 
michall  Shaflin  20  acres  mr  venor  40  acres 
John  Barber  tbirtie  acres  Philemon  dickenson 
20  acres  mr  Goose  50  acres  in  the  whole  480 
it  is  ordered  that  the  said  Robert  Goodell  shall 
enioy  the  said  480  acres  of  land  being  part 
of  the  eleven  hundred  acres  after  discharging 
the  towne  of  the  aboue  said  grant  and  he  is 
allowed  to  said  480  acres  of  vpland  24  acres 
of  medow  prouided  that  the  medow  laid  out 
within  his  vplynd  be  a  pt  of  it. 

The  5th  2d  mo  1652 
: ,  ,  ,  psent. 

Capt  Hathorne         John  Porter 
Jefferie  massey         henerie  Bartholmew 


Granted  to  Jacob  Barney  Jun.  30  acres  of 
land  to  be  laid  out  wth  50  acres  forraerlie 
granted  to  his  father  to  be  laid  out  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  layers  out  of  land. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  first  3rf 
mo  i^52  psent. 
Capt  hathorne  mr  Connant 

Sergeant  Porter  JefFerie  massey 

henery  Bartholomew 
Granted  to  Samuell  Corney  that  land  that 
was  left  for  a  hie  way  at  the  end  of  his  10  acre 
lott  next  the  riuer  on  Cape  An  syde  wch  is 
for  soe  much  land  as  is  taken  out  of  his  lott  by 
the  Countrie  way  the  wch  he  doth  accept  of 
for  satisfaction  for  the  said  hie  way. 

Granted  to  James  Standish  the  little  sprvce 
swamp  lying  neare  his  bouse  puided  it  shalbe 
free  for  any  Inhabitant  to  make  use  of  any 
of  the  wood  or  trees  in  it  while  any  doe  re- 
mayne  growing  there. 

Granted  to  Joseph  Houghton  30  acres  of 
land  to  be  layd  out  where  it  Can  be  found 
most  conuenient  for  him  prouided  all  former 
graunts  be  first  made  good. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  Vjth  3«? 
mo  1652. 
Capt  hathorne  rar  Browne 

mr  Corwin  John  Porter 

JefFerie  Massey  hene  Bartholmew 

Graunted  to  John  Rock  libertie  to  inclose 
the  hie  way  betweenc  mr  Emerie  &  his  land 
vntill  the  end  of  the  7th  month  pvided  he 
leaue  barrs  to  be  drawne  at  each  end  for  any 
that  may  haue  ocation  to  make  vse  of  the 
way  in  the  mean  tyme. 

There  being  formerlie  graunted  vnto  Josha 
Rootes  a  little  stripp  of  land  and  Contayn- 
ing  about  2  acres  liing  next  his  ten  acre  lott 
on  Cape  Ane  syde  on  the  northeast  syde  and 
it  being  not  found  entred  in  the  towne  booke 
we  do  by  theise  pseuts  Confirme  the  said 
grant  vnto  him. 


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There  being  formerlie  graunted  vuto  John 
Pvtnam  some  50  acres  of  land  and  Complaint 
being  made  that  the  said  land  laid  out  to  him 
is  not  soe  much  it  is  Ordered  that  the  layers 
out  of  land  shall  make  vp  what  the  said  land 
shall  want  of  his  grant  in  land  lying  be- 
tweene  his  sonne  Nathanaells  land  and  Kich- 
ard  Hvchisson. 

Ordered  that  Ensigne  dixey  shall  make  a 
gate  and  alsoe  barrs  to  be  taken  downe  as 
ocatiou  is  in  the  generall  fence  on  Cape  An 
syde  at  the  further  syde  of  the  field  on  the 
way  laid  out  to  manchester  and  what  his 
Charg  shalbe  there  by  more  then  is  his  ppor- 
tion  to  fence  shalbe  alowed  him  by  the  ppri- 
etors  of  that  field  and  he  hath  14  dayes 
alowed  him  to  do  it. 

Granted  to  hugh  woodberie  marke  Ijathrop 
and  Thomas  Picton  a  spott  of  medoe  lying 
betweene  Beniamin  fFellows  medoe  and  the 
great  swamp  neare  wenham  to  be  diuided 
equallie  betweene  them. 
At  a  generall  towne  meeting  the  11  th  9  th 
mo  1652   Highway. 

At  the  desyre  of  Ensigne  dixey  it  is  or- 
dered that  the  Countrie  way  shalbe  Contin- 
ued that  goeth  by  the  fi"errie  to  Ipswich  be- 
fore Ensigne  dixey  his  house  pvided  he  keep 
it  in  sufficient  repayre  for  horses  and  Carts 
the  wch  he  doth  prom'ise  to  doe. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  21th  12th 
mo   1652. 

Sould  vnto  Samuell  Ebron  about  4  acres 
of  land  more  or  less  being  all  the  land  be- 
longing to  the  towne  that  he  hath  inclosed 
wthin  his  fifence  wth  his  owne  land  lying  to 
his  owne  house  ffor  wch  [land]  he  is  to  pay 
betweene  this  and  the  end  of  the  7  th  month 
next  three  pounds  for  the  vse  of  the  [land.] 

There  being  formerlie  a  grant  of  10  acres 
of  medow  to  sergeant  John  Porter  there  is 


now  granted  vuto  him  50  acres  of  vpland 
ground  in  Hew  of  the  said  10  acres  of  med- 
ow to  be  laid  out  at  the  discression  of  the 
layers  out  of  land  and  the  former  graunt  to 
be  voyd. 

the  2d  first  53. 

Granted  to  the  inhabitants  on  cape  an  syde 
halfe  an  akre  more  or  less  laying  on  the  hill 
abutting  vpon  Rober  morgan  &  Tho  Roots 
his  lot  on  cape  an  syde  pvided  it  be  nott 
granted  before  to  any  other. 

Graunted  vnto  John  Remont  50  ackres  of 
land  lying  next  that  ffarme  that  was  mr  Al- 
fords  pvided  that  whereas  the  said  land  was 
fformerlie  granted  vnto  Jacob  Barney  if  the 
said  Jacob  Barney  doe  quietlie  possess  and 
enioy  that  50  acres  laid  out  to  him  in  Hew  of 
it  otherwise  ho  the  said  Jacob  Barney  is  to 
enioy  the  aboue  said  land. 
At  a  generall  towne  meeting  SOth  of  April 
1653. 

6  th  4  mo  53  ffrances  Skerie  made  request 
for  the  Comon  land  lying  before  his  10  acre 
lot  next  Thomas  watsons  and  it  is  ordered 
that  if  the  land  be  gyuen  to  '-'  '•'  it  shalbe 
giuen  to  ffrances  skerie  but  at  psent  the 
towne  doth  reserve  it  in  theire  owne  hands.'*  ^ 

Its  ordered  that  Richard  Stackhouse  for 
the  reliefe  of  his  ffamillie  shall  haue  the  ben- 
ifit  of  the  keeping  of  the  fferrie  towards  Ips- 
wich he  pviding  a  sufficient  boate  and  men 
to  attend  it  and  to  enter  on  it  the  last  of  June. 
At  a  meeting  of  t/ie  7  men  20th  4th  mo 
1653. 

Jefferie  massey  Lievtenant  Lathrop  and 
sergeant  Porter  Chosen  to  meett  wth  Ipswich 
men  for  the  pfecting  of  our  bounds  betweene 
them  and  vs  towards  topsfield  vpon  the  next 
^  day  of  the  weeke. 

Job  Swinerton  hath  granted  him  ten  acres 
of  land  at  the  east  end  of  his  40  acres  for- 


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merlie  laid  out  in  liew  of  his  2  acres  wanting 
in  his  10  acre  lott  in  the  north  field. 
Atji  meeting  of  the  toivne  the  5th  1th  mo 
1653. 

mo  53  ted  to  Thomas  er  libertie  ^  6  acres 
medow  in  any  ="'  he  can  find  prouided  it  come 
wthin  any  former  •'  aunt. 

Ordered  that  any  pson  that  shall  at  any 
tyme  be  imployed  to  worke  for  the  repayring 
of  the  hie  wayes  in  any  pt  of  the   towne 
shalbe  paid  what  shall  be  found  due  out  of 
the  next  towne  rate  they  bringing  a  note  vn- 
der  the  surveyers  hand. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  10th  Xlth 
mo  1653  psent. 
William  Hathorne   Koger  Connant 
John  Porter  Walter  Price 

Jacob  Barney  mr  Corwin 

Granted  to  John  Pvtman  junr  20  or  30 
acres  of  land  if  it  be  adioyning  to  Capt  hath- 
omes  ffarme  in  consideracon  of  12s  due  for 
bridg  worke  and  in  regard  he  had  none  for- 
merlie  granted. 

Granted  to  Humfrey  woodberrie  a  pcell  of 
swamp  lying  betweene  his  owne  land  on  both 
sydes  not  exceeding  ten  acres  and  the  wood 
is  reserucd  to  the  inhabitants  to  fell  as  they 
please  at  all  seasons  the  land  on  the  one  syde 
was  Guide  Bayleyes. 

Graunted  to  Henerie  Skerrie  a  litle  hill 

incompased  about  by  his  owne  marsh  neare 

mr  ffrends  mill  if  it  be  not  formerlie  granted. 

At  a  generall  tomne  meeting  the  ^th  of  the 

first  mo  1653-54. 

Granted  to  John  Browne  all  that  land  in- 
closed as  well  medow  as  vpland  wch  was 
latelie  in  the  possession  of  mr  Garford  to  all 
intents  and  porposses  to  giue  and  his  heyres 
for  euer. 

Granted  to  mr  Georg  Emerie  the  herliidge 
of  that  pcell  of  land  wch  was  John  wood- 


beries  in  the  ould  planters  marsh  and  all 
rights  of  Coraonage  the  town  might  haue 
Claymed  to  giue  and  his  heyres  for  ever. 

Granted  to  John  kitchen  soe  much  land 
as  will  nessessarilie  make  a  seller  neare  vnto 
goodman  Truslers  flFarme  ouer  against  the 
house  of  the  said  John  kitchen. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  21th  of 

tJw  second  mo  1654  being  psent. 

John  Porter  Mr.  Connant 

waiter  Price  Edmond  Batter 

wheras  the  24th  of  this  Instant  mo  there 

is  by  apointment   some  of  Ipswich  men  and 

some  of  Salem  men  to  atend  the  pfecting  of 

the  lyne  betwixt  them  and  vs  we  desyre  that 

Lievetenant  Lathrop  John  Porter  and  Jefferie 

massey  to  meete  Ipswich  men  at  the  tyme 

apoynted  &  we  giue  them  power  to  act  & 

ffinish  the  worke  together  with  Ipswich  men. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  21th  2d 
mo  1654  psent. 
mr  Corwin  Capt  Hathorue 

mr  Connant  John  Porter 

JeflPerie  massey  mr  Price 
Edmond  Batter 
Mr  Gardner  request  for  himselfe  and  those 
that  now  doe  or  hereafter  shall  Hue  at  those 
ten  acre  lots  ends  or  syde  that  they  may 
haue  the  Comon  land  granted  to  them  that 
lyes  at  the  flFoote  of  mr  Beads  hill  to  lye  as 
Comon  for  theire  Joynt  vse  this  request  is 
graunted. 

Mr  Georg  Gardner  his  grant  of  vpland. 
vpon  the  request  of  Sergeant  Georg  Gard- 
ner for  a  small  playne  of  vpland  Contayning 
about  six  acres  lying  and  scituate  neare  to 
Eobert  moultons  Junr  his  medow  &  to  the 
round  hill  neaae  mr  Ilvmfres  flParme  and  soe 
to  that  land  that  is  graunted  to  flFrances  Per- 
ries Accordinglie  it  is  graunted. 


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Granted  to  John  Symons  libertie  to  flFence 
his  ground  wch  was  formerlie  william  Com- 
ins  in  the  towne  of  salem  round  home  to  the 
Banke  provided  that  he  make  twoo  sufficient 
styles  for  a  foote  way  through  the  said  ground. 

Granted  to  Kichard  Bishop  foure  acres  of 
medow  ground  lying  and  scituate  at  the  fur- 
ther end  of  salem  bounds  next  to  mr  Richard 
Salstingtall  flfarme  puided  it  He  wthin  salem 
bounds  otherwise  the  said  bishop  to  loose  it 
being  a  fformur  grant. 

Granted  to  Henerie  Skcrie  twoo  ackres  of 
medow  ground  in  the  same  place  vpon  the 
same  Condition  of  Richard  Bishops  being  a 
fforraer  grant. 

Granted  to  Richard  Brakenberie  three  acres 
of  medow  in  the  aame  place  and  vpon  the 
same  Condition  of  Richard  Bishops  being  a 
fFormer  grant. 

Granted  to  Henerie  Skerrie  all  that  vpland 
lying  wthin  the  fence  of  John  Batchellor  that 
doth  fence  in  his  salt  marsh  on  Ryalls  syde 
pvided  it  must  lye  in  Comon  when  the  Cropp 
is  taken  of  ffrom  it. 

At  a  meeting  of  tJie  selectmen  the  8th  of  Sd 

mo  1654. 

mr  Corwin  Sergeant  Porter 

mr  Connant  Jeflferie  massey 

mr  Price  Edmond  Batter 

Granted  to  Thomas  Picden  three  acres  of 
medow  ground  in  the  sain  place  and  vpon  the 
same  condicon  of  the  graunt  of  Richard  Bish- 
opp  wch  was  a  former  graunt. 

Granted  to  John  Batchellor  twoo  ackres 
of  medow  land  in  the  same  place  and  vpon 
the  same  terms  of  the  graunt  of  Richard 
Bishop  wch  was  a  former  graunt. 

Whereas  there  was  a  spott  of  medow  ly- 
ing neare  mr  downings  flfarme  on  the  north- 
west an  on  the  west  to  a  farme  that  was 
granted  to  Phillipp  verin  at  the  head  of  the 


Cow  house  riuer  in  the  year  1648  graunted 
to  Raphe  Tompkins  it  is  now  againe  Con- 
firmed to  him  puided  it  was  nott  wthin  any 
mans  bounds  before  the  said  graunt. 

Granted  to  John  Pickett  twoo  acres  of 
medow  land  in  the  same  place  and  vpon  the 
same  tearms  of  the  grant  of  Richard  Bishop 
wch  was  a  former  grant. 

vpon  s  diflference  arising  betweene  Hum- 
flFrey  woodberrie  and  the  inhabitants  of  Cape 
An  syde  about  a  swamp  la  telle  graunted  to 
the  said  hvmfrey  &  the  said  inhabitants  as 
much  of  other  of  his  land  neare  adioyning 
there  vnto  to  the  full  value  to  be  laid  out 
by  foure  indiflFeren'  men  equallic  Chosen  viz: 
Captaine  Hathorne  mr  Batter  Sergeant  Bor- 
er and  william  dodg. 

Granted  to  Charles  Gott  three  acres  of 
medow  ground  in  the  same  place  and  vpon  the 
same  termes  of  the  graunt  of  Richard  Bish- 
opp. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  15th  Sd 

mo  1654  psent. 

mr  Corwin  Sergeant  Porter 

Jefferie  massey       waiter  Price 

Edmond  Batter. 

Granted  to  Thomas  watson  three  acres  of 
medow  ground  in  the  place  of  the  graunt  of 
Richard  Bishop  his  medow  and  vpon  the  same 
termes  being  an  antient  graunt. 

Graunted  to  flfranoes  Skerrie  a  small  spott 
of  vpland  lying  neare  to  his  ten  acre  lot  vp- 
pon  the  north  neck  by  the  water  syde  wch  is 
free  from  Georg  williams  his  salt  marsh. 

Lievtenant  Lathrop  and  sergeant  Porter 
vpon  the  24th  day  of  the  3d  mo  to  pfect  the 
lyne  betweene  Ipswich  and  salem  are  de- 
syred  to  meete  Ipswich  men  aoordinglie  the 
mett  wth  them  the  day  aforesaid. 

Lievtenant  Lathrop  his  former  grant  of 
eight  acres  of  medow  land  to  be  laid  out  in 


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the  same  place  as  the  grant  of  Richard  Bish- 
op his  grant  of  medow  and  vpon  the  same 
termes  and  twoo  acres  more  if  it  be  there  to 
be  had. 

At  the  generall  tmvne  meting  the  21th  3<Z 
mo  1654. 

pd  by  them  Georg  williams  and  Benjamin 

ffelton  bound  to  pay  the  (1 00b)  out  of  the 

Countrie  rate  or  the  remayner  towards  our 

ffortiffacan  witness  their  hands       iii 

Georg  Williams 

Beniamin  ffelton 

Mr  Connant  Sergeant  Porter  and  Lievten- 
nant  Lathrop  are  apoynted  to  measure  out 
the  medow  land  that  lieth  wthin  our  bounds 
next  adioyning  to  mr  Saltonshall  farme. 

Mr  Thomas  Rvcke  [senir]  haueing  for- 
merlie  a  grant  of  one  hundred  acres  of  vp- 
land  and  we  not  finding  of  it  entered  acord- 
ing  to  the  grant  doe  now  enter  it  that  he 
hath  it  granted  in  the  same  place  that  it  was 
formerlie  measured  out  to  him  by  Captaine 
Traske  JeflFerie  massey  and  Peter  Palfrey. 

a  fine  for  not  coming  to  towne  meetings. 

It  is  ordered  that  all  those  psons  that  shall 
not  seasonablie  atend  towne  meetings  cather 
by  there  psons  or  pxeyes  for  every  such  of- 
fence or  delinquencie  after  due  warning  ac- 
cording to  order  shall  eighteene  pence  to  be 
levied  by  the  Constables  il'rom  tyme  to  tyme 
and  they  to  haue  twoo  thirds  of  it  for  theire 
paynes  and  the  other  third  to  the  towne  of 
salem  pvided  it  shall  be  first  demanded  and 
if  any  that  can  or  shall  .jinake  any  excuse  for 
his  none  attendance  he  may  repayre  to  the 
select  men  and  ai*release  flfrom  the  maior  pt 
of  them  wthin  a  weeke  after  the  demand  of 
those  ffines  the  ptie  or  pties  shall  be  fireed 
from  those  ffine  or  ffines. 


H! 


At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  2d  of 
October  1654  j^sent. 
Capt  hathome         Serg.  Porter 
mr  Connant  Jefierie  Massey 

mr  Price,  ..^^  , ,      Edmund  Bater,  ■ ,    -, 
Granted  to  JonaSian  Porter  in  Considera- 
oon  of  a  hie  way  1 0  acres  of  vpland  on  Cape 
An  syde  to  be  laid  out  by  mr  Connant. 
Al  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen  the  26lJ7^  of 
the  12th  mo  1654-55  psent. 
mr  Corwin  mr  Connant 

John  Porter  mr  Gedney 

Richard  Prince  Jefierie  massey 
Granted  to  John  Putnam  Jur.  30  acres  of 
vpland  neare  adioyning  to  the  iFarme  of  Cap- 
taine hathome  John  Rvcke  and  william  nic- 
ols,  being  in  exchang  of  the  30  acres  he 
should  haue  had  at  the  end  of  Captaine  hath- 
ome his  ffiarme  and  further  soe  doe  apoint 
that  the  surplus  of  the  land  Contayned  wth- 
in the  aforesaid  bounds  shall  apertaine  and 
belong  to  Richard  Greaves  in  Consideration 
of  40  acres  formerlie  granted  vnto  him  the 
said  Greaves. 

Ordered  that  whereas  there  is  a  small  por- 
tion of  rockie  land  adioyning  vnto  the  ffarme 
latelie  in  the  possession  of  Captaine  hathome 
but  now  possest  by  John  Pvtman  senr  Rich- 
ard huchisson  daniell  Ray  and  John  hathome 
vpon  the  request  of  the  said  pties  the  said 
Rockie  land  is  graunted  vnto  them  vpon  Con- 
sideration of  the  sume  of  twentie  shillings 
to  be  paid  to  the  selectmen  for  the  vse  of  the 
tewne  of  Salem  and  to  be  kept  in  stock  to 
answere  some  man  for  some  small  lott  for- 
merlie granted. 

Ordered  that  for  as  much  as  Jefierie  mas- 
sey hath  transcribed  the  towne  booke  or  soe 
much  as  remayned  vnpfected  by  mr  down- 
ing that  the  said  Jefierie  massey  shall  haue 
ffburtie  acres  of  vpland  in  some  Conuenient 
place  for  his  paynes. 


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The  4th  llth  mo  54:ps€nt. 
mr  Corwin  JeflFerie  massey 

mr  Gedney  Edmo:  Batter 

Thomas  Rix  being  indebted  to  the  towne 
of  salem  the  sume  of  seven  pounds  and  foure 
shillings  for  paymt  whereof  he  the  said  Rix 
hath  sould  his  shopp  and  house  neare  the 
meeting  house  for  a  Eleven  pounds  and  the 
remainder  of  the  said  £7  4s  is  to  be  paid 
him  out  of  the  towne  rate  wch  is  £3  IGs  for 
wch  he  hath  a  bill  given  him  to  the  Consta- 
ble. 

Thomas  Rix. 
Att  a  meetinge  of  the  Selectmen  Sth  12th: 
1657. 
;  mr  Corwine  Serg  Jno  Porter 

mr  Price  Jeffery  Massey 

Jacob  Barney  Rich  Prince 
Will  Browne 
The  20  ackres  of  land  formerlie  granted 
to  Rodger  haskell  together  wth  2  acres  of 
medow  adioyning  to  the  great  pond  neare  wen- 
ham  the  record  not  being  found  it  is  hereby 
ordered  to  be  confirmd  vnto  the  said  Rodger 
haskell. 

March  25  1659. 
Wee  whose  names  are  vnder  written  bee- 
ing  chosen  and  Impowred  by  ye  Inhabitants 
of  Salem  and  Topsfield  to  Run  the  sixe  mile 
extent  and  also  ye  deuisionall  line  betweene 
the  two  townes  haue  thus  agreed  and  deter- 
mined namly  that  wee  haue  Run  ye  sixe 
mile  extent  vpon  the  N  west  and  by  North 
which  ends  in  the  edge  of  a  swampe  of  Jno 
Putnams  called  The  great  [ashen]  swampe 
next  vnto  a  Hill  Comonly  called  by  the  name 
of  walnut  tree  hill  neervnto  Perye  Wiggwam 
and  from  thence  haue  thus  farr  agreed  vpon 
the  diuissional  line  which  Runs  S  West 
Westerly  to  the  Raid-side  Comonly  called  by 
the  name  of  Ipswich  Riuer  where  wee  marked 


trees  by  a  Rocke  towards  the  East  and  a 
Necke  of  land  Comonly  called  Crumwells 
Necke :  Westwardly  of  the  said  trees  marked 
And  from  thence  S  West  one  mile  and  a 
quarter  and  soe  one  accordinge  to  ye  Rule 
that  mr  Joseph  Gardn  [er]  Rune  the  afore 
said  deuisionall  line,  and  from  the  sixe  mile 
extent  towards  the  N  East  Easterly  as  it  is 
bounded  and  marked  one  mile  and  a  quarter 
endingc  at  a  swampe  by  a  hill  Called  Smith 
Hill  and  from  thence  towards  the  E  North 
East  ending  vppon  a  Hill  neare  Wenham 
Causeway  and  soe  towards  the  East  and  by 
N  one  hundred  Rods  endinge  at  Wenham 
meadow  side, 

Thomas  Putnam        Joseph  Huchenson 
Nath:  Putnam  Abra  Redington 

Jno  Redington  Jno  Wilde 

Will  Pi  vans 

Att  a    Generall  Towne  Meeting  March  9 
1659-60. 

Its  ordered  that  Mr  Jno  Higginson  shall 
haue  alowed  him  yearly  for  his  maintenance 
one  hundred  and  sixty  pounds  soe  longe  as 
he  shall  Continue  to  cary  one  the  whole  worke 
of  the  mistry  and  so  longe  as  the  towne  shall 
be  able  so  to  doe- 

Rich  Rayments  farme  of  100  Acres. 

Graunted  vnto  Rich  Rayment  one  hundred 
Acres  of  vpland  and  ten  Acres  of  Meadow 
ground  which  land  is  layd  out  in  Wenham 
bounde  buttinge  vpnon  Pleasant  pond  and 
the  great  swampe  and  the  ten  acres  of  mead- 
ow in  the  great  Meadow,  this  was  a  former 
graunt  omited  to  be  entered. 

Rich  Huchenson  graunt  of  20  Acres 

Richard  Huchenson  hauinge  a  graunt  of  a  „ 
pccll  of  land  not  formrly  entered  Scituate 
and  lyinge  betweene  Mr  Jno-  Thorndicke  and 
Mr  Elias  Stileman  farmes,  its  Confirmed  to^ 
him  not  exceedinge  twenty  Acres  of  vpland 


272 


Hich  Prince  Georg  Norton  Sf  Jno   White  of 

each  4  acres  meadow  laid  out  SOth 

llmo  1643. 

Accordinge  to  former  graunts  to  Rich- 
ard Prince  Sarah  the  now  wife  of  Dan- 
iell  Kumbull  in  the  Eight  of  Georg  Nor- 
ton and  John  White  is  layd  out  twelve 
Acres  of  meadow  land  in  the  great  Mea- 
dow at  wenham  to  each  of  them  foui'C 
Acres  which  Meadow  then  was  in  the  pos- 
session of  Mr  William  Payne  lyinge  between 
the  vpland  and  Mr  Dudlys  meadow  being 
parted  by  a  Creek  from  mr  Dudlys  Meadow. 
,^       GoUonell  Reads  farm  bounds  selled. 

Colonell  Thomas  Read  his  farrae  of  three 
hundred  Acres  by  a  Hill  brooke  adioyninge 
thus  bounded  by  the  agreraent  of  the  Partys 
vndernamed  twenty  eight  of  twelve  moneth 
1661.  >rts/5    3?.o[lw  99W      |fc 

1  flBrst  a  white  Oake'  by  the  great  meadow 
side  neare  the  Country  high  way  on  the  south 
and  soe  vpward  the  hill  vnto  another  white 
Oake  in  the  range  of  the  head  line  marked 
with  eight  marks  which  runeth  vppon  a 
streight  line  by  ye  hill  vnto  a  stumpe  neare 
ye  brooke  and  soe  to  ye  brooke,  and  to  take 
in  all  the  land  to  the  Bridge  togeather  with 
all  the  land  that  lyeth  next  the  farme  graunt- 
ed  to  Robert  Cole  and  soe  Northward  vnto  a 
great  duble  white  Oake  at  Northwest  Corner 
and  from  thence  in  the  North  head  line  vnto 
a  greate  white  Oake  neare  the  Comon  high- 
way in  the  North  range  and  from  thence  to 
the  salt  marsh  neare  ffrancis  Lawes  Lott  in 
Northfield,  Togeather  with  all  the  meadow 
that  lyeth  from  an  old  headge  that  now 
standeth  that  crosseth  ouer  the  meadow  to  a 
small  black  Oake  and  two  Roods  further  tow- 
ards the  Northfield  fence  on  the  south  And 
from  thence  Northward  vpon  a  streight  line 
vnto  a  great  stumpe  which  is  at  the  west 
MttitiiO  ufiji  U>  ciLii  .ill;  ,^d  i-.i  j 


Corner  of  Richard  Leech  his  ten  Acre  Lott 
and  soe  streight  as  the  fence  now  standtth 
vppon  the  said  farme  and  soe  on  to  ffrancis 
Lawes  lott  leauinge  ther  abou,ts  only  a  lane 
of  two  Rods  broad  and  soe  to  Ibe  a  highway 
of  the  same  breadth  through  the  farme  vn- 
till  yu  come  to  the  Comon  at  the  head  of 
the  Riuer;  and  ye  farme  to  puide  alwayes  a 
paire  of  barres  or  gate  for  ye  adiacent  Nei- 
boui-s  to  vse  for  Carts  or  otherwise  as  they 
need  to  goe  &  Come  and  if  the  owners  of  the 
farme  will  haue  the,  highway  to  be  fenced 
that  then  the  farme  to  make  one  halfe  and 
the  neibours  the  other  halfe  puided  it  be  layd 
out. 

2  That  the  Country  highway  to  be  layd 
out  where  it  now  lyeth  or  near  therabeuts 
Contayning  fowre  Rods  in  breadth  from  End 
to  End        Ht/TOOM  cajs  ,i'j£ri2jud  ^ii  miai 

3  The  Hilt  and  nbfooke  adToyning'^o^e 
said  farme  the  Bounds  to  begine  at  the  white 
Oake  in  the  head  line  marked  with  e%bt 
markes  on  the  south  range  and  soe  to  a^^tae 
Oake  and  from  thence  to  a  stumpe  which  wee 
thinke  to  be  Jno  Southwickes  Bounds  to  the 
south  or  elce  to  a  body  of  a  tree  neare  the 
Rocke  and  soe  to  take  in  all  the  Hill  round 
togeather  with  the  brooke. 

Subscribed  by  vs  Impowred  by  the  towne 
of  Salem.'  'f^  ^'^  bajFj^nodJ  90C  lilsnom  isid 

William  Hauthorne        O^eorg  Corwiine' 
Edmond  Batter  Walter  Price 

-i^JfiHj.f.    jj^^^^  Bartholmew 

^Bscribed  by  vs  in  behalfe  of  Colonell 
Thomas  Read  as  his  agents. 

Samuel  Symonds  Daniell  Epps 

Mr  Jno  Higginson  House  setled  on  him-Sf^ 

his. 

Whereas  in  the  yeare  1659  in  ye  moneth 

of  September  Mr:  Jno  Higginson  or  pastor 

was  preuailed  with  by  vs  to  come  and  stay 

(tS) 


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with  vs  for  one  yeare  and  afterward  that  win- 
ter ther  was  a  Consultaccon  further  made 
and  to  encourage  him  to  setle  amonge  vs  in 
the  work  of  the  ministry  there  was  a  vote  of 
the  towne  passed  for  building  a  house  for  the 
Ministry  but  Consideringe  his  present  lowe 
Condicon  and  great  family  it  was  thought 
meet  rather  to  goe  by  way  of  voluntary  Con- 
tribucon  for  the  buildinge  of  a  dwellinge 
house  for  him  to  be  giuen  to  him  and  his 
for  euer. 

Mr  Walter  Price  Mr  Joseph  Grafton  Mr 
Jno  Gardiner  did  at  seuall  tymes  take  Con- 
tribucon  of  those  that  were  free  in  it  and 
sett  downe  from  their  owne  mouths  what 
they  voluntaryly  gave  for  that  end.  Mr  Wil- 
liam Browne  Mr  Georg  Corwine  did  vnder- 
take  the  busines,  and  accordingly  they  did 
pcure  the  house  lott  lyinge  betweene  Jno  Wil- 
liams on  the  East  &  Samll  Williams  land  one 
the  west,  soe  that  we  whose  names  are  sub- 
scribed doe  witness  that  the  dwelling  house 
wherein  Mr  Jno  Higginson  or  Pastor  now 
dwelleth  and  the  land  Contayninge  about  an 
Acre  belonginge  and  Apurtenances  is  his 
owne  for  himselue  his  wife  and  children  for- 
eaver  as  any  other  mans  house  in  the  towne 
is  his  as  witness,  this  twenty  foure  day  of 
first  moneth  one  thousand  six  hundred  sixty 
two  sixty  three. 

Witness 

William  Hathorne  Edmond  Batter 

George  Corwin  Walter  Price 

The  1th  of  3  mo:  1667. 
Andover  Highway. 
Wee  whose  names  are  vnder  written  be- 
inge  Chosen  and  Impowered  to  lay  out  and 
setlethe  highway  betweene  Salem  and  Ando- 
ver doe  agree  as  folio weth  viz:  from  the  playne 
wh  was  the  worshipl  Jno  Endicott  Esqr  soe 
alonge  by  James  Haddocks  land  and  soe  in- 
(37) 


to  the  highway  that  doth  Run  vp  into  Na- 
thaniell  Ingersons  land  &  then  the  vpland 
of  Joseph  Huchensons  and  so  alonge  to  the 
Riuer  or  ford  known  by  the  Name  of  Ipswich 
Eiuer  wer  the  logges  are  &  soe  from  the  Riu- 
er  to  the  head  of  the  spruce  swampe  in  the 
vsuall  highway  that  leadeth  vp  to  wills  Hill 
&  so  from  thence  alonge  by  Marked  Trees 
till  yu  come  to  poute  pond  meadow  &  so  thro 
that  Meadow  to  marked  Trees  on  the  other 
side  till  yu  come  to  Beaching  Meadow  to 
Marked  Trees  ther  &  from  thence  to  take 
the  Andover  Roade  till  yu :  come  to  Andover 
towne. 

Jno  Osgood  Thomas  Chandler 

Richard  Leech  William  Flinte 
Edmond  Batter 
Wee  whose  Names  are  vnderneath  sub- 
scribed who  were  chosen  and  deputed  on  pte 
by  the  Towne  of  salem  And  th'  other  pt  by 
the  towne  of  Lyne  To  Run  the  Line  and  to 
setle  Bounds  betweene  ye  said  Townes  be- 
tweene ye  bounds  forraly  agreed  on  By  both 
the  said  Towns  &  confirmed  by  the  Genall 
(  ourt  haue  in  psuance  therof  Mett  togeather 
on  the  29th  2  mo  1669  &  did  then  Run  the 
Line  and  haue  by  mutuall  Agreement  setled 
the  bounds  soe  farr  as  wee  haue  gone  as  fFol- 
loweth : 

1  Beging  at  ye  Bounde  Tree  at  ye  West 
end  of  the  great  pond  soe  called  Lyinge  on 
the  North  side  of  the  Country  Roade  or  high- 
way the  bound  Tree  there  Agreed  on  and  set- 
tled is  a  Red  Oake  hauinge  a  small  Tree 
growinge  out  of  the  Roote  of  it  To  ye  east- 
ward side  the  said  Bound  tree  beinge  Marked 
and  hauinge  a  heape  of  stones  aboute  the  roote 
of  it. 

2  And  from  the  abouesaid  Bound  Tree  The 
diuission  Line  to  Run  to  a  Noted  springe  that 
is  by  the  side  of  and  runeth  into  a  great  pond 


274 


called  ye  springe  pond,  wh  sd  springe  is  an- 
other standinge  Bound  And  ye  line  to  run  be- 
tweene  ye  sd  springe  &  ye  aforsd  Red  Oake 
Tree  as  there  are  Trees  Marked  or  stakes  sett 
with  heapes  of  stones  laid  about  yra  beinge  in 
distance  each  from  other  about  twenty  Rods 
soe  farr  as  to  the  pond. 

3  And  from  ye  said  springe  ye  line  to  Run 
as  there  are  trees  marked  with  heapes  of  stones 
about  yra :  or  heapes  of  stones  layd  being 
about  Twenty  Rods  distant  each  of  them  from 
the  other  To  a  popler  Tree  marked  with  the 
letter  S:  on  ye  in  side  &  ye  letter  L  on  the 
other  side  hauinge  a  heape  of  stones  laide  at 
the  Rootes  of  itt  standinge  by  a  way  through 
a  swarape  or  bridge  called  the  Chip  bridge. 

4  And  from  wh  popler  Tree  the  line  to  Run 
as  there  ar  Trees  marked,  with  heapes  of  Stone 
about  ym  :  or  heapes  of  stone  laid  to  ye  midst 
of  a  house  wherein  at  present  George  darlinge 
dweleth  it  being  the  house  of  Daniell  Kinge 
sen  of  Lyne. 

5  fFrora  ye  midst  of  wh  said  house  it  being 
Mutually  agreed  upon  to  be  ye  standinge 
bounds  ye  Line  is  to  Run  straight  vnto  the 
bounds  by  the  sea  side  where  is  a  stake  with 
a  heape  of  stone  about  it  all  which  aforesaid 
bounds  being  Mutually  agreed  vpon  and  set- 
led  to  be  the  standinge  bounds  betweene  the 
Towns  aforesaid  by  vs  who  haue  hear  unto 
subscribed. 

ffor  Salem 
Willm  Flinte  Samuel  Gardner 

Jno  Pickeringe 
ffor  Line 
Allen  Bread  Andrew  Mansfield 

Geo  ffuller  Will  Basset 

18—8—1669  Thehighe  way  laid  out  at 
the  heade  of  Cow-house  Riur: 
To  be  Continaed. 


GLEANINGS— ESSEX  CO.  PROBATE 
FILES. 

Boston  ) 

J  Decembr.  6th  1703.  > 

Mbs.  Mary  Allen 

I  have  desired  Mr  William 
Gedney  to  receive  of  you  the  balance  due  to 
me  being  £15..  16.. 4  the  which  please  to  pay 
him,  and  take  his  receit  for  the  same,  And  as 
soon  as  he  sends  me  the  money  I  will  send 
you  the  bills  of  Lading  with  my  receit  on  them 
In  full  of  all  Acco'ts  betwixt  us.  When  you 
sent  me  the  bill  on  my  father  for  £14. .16. .2 
you  said  you  would  have  then  paid  me  all, 
but  desired  I  would  stay  'till  a  vessel  arrived 
from  oPo :  Since  That  one  Skinner  has  been 
arrived  from  thence  Some  time,  so  hope  you 
have  nothing  further  to  say  to  keep  me  out  of 
my  money  any  Longer  Indeed  Its  high  time 
It  were  paid,  for  the  3d  year  is  now  coming 
on  Since  I  have  been  out  of  my  money  &  the 
next  week  I  shall  be  going  hence  with  the 
Mast  Ships  for  Engl'd  &  am  desirous  to  have 
this  troublesome  business  issued  before  I  go. 
If  you  have  any  Service  for  Engl'd  I  will 
serve  you  in  anything  I  can.  I  am  with 
Tend'r  of  my  best  Respects  Mad'm 

Y'r  Very  Humble  Serv'tt 

JONATH'N  BELCHER. 

On  the  back  of  the  letter  is  the  following  : 

Boston  28  May  1705.  Then  receiv'd  of 
Mr  Wm.  Gedney  Adm'r  to  the  Estate  of 
Benj'a  Allen  Late  of  Salem  deceas'd  fifteen 
pounds  Sixteen  shillings  4d  being  in  full  of 
all  demands  &  acco'tts  from  the  sd  Allen's 
Estate  to  Jona  Belcher.  I  say  receiv'd  as 
Attorney  to  sd  Belcher  pr.  Andr.  Belcher. 


275 


HALE  MEMORANDA. 


Continued  from  Vol.  5,  page  235. 


Over  the  latter  pages  of  Col.  Hale's  Rec- 
ord are  scattered  miscellaneous  memoranda, 
which  with  few  exceptions  are  useful  only  in 
determining  the  existence  or  residence  of  cer- 
tain persons  in  the  town  at  the  dates  men- 
tioned. Such  facts  are  sometimes  of  value  to 
the  genealogist  or  statistician,  and  for  that  rea- 
son these  are  here  preserved. 
Widows  of: — 

Dea.  Trask,  Eb.  Lovett,  Jr.  Dec.  21,  1760- 
98.  Tho.  Lovett,  Barth'oPert,  Josiah  White, 
Tho.  Malcoy. 

*  Persons  now  living  in  the  Parish  who 

have  had  the  Small  Pox  Feh  19 
1752. 
Biles  Elizabeth 
Bradford  Simon  moved 
Butman  Math  moved 
Cleaves  Lieut  Jno's  Wife 
Cole  Saml 
his  wife 

"  child 
Cox  Ebenr  moved 

"    Edw 

"    Thos 
Clark  Jon  a 
?  Wid  Hannah 
and  one 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 


her  3  children 


Davis  Capt  Tho 
Dodge  Do.  Jos 
EUinwood  Ebenr 
"         Joshua 


*  Many  of  these  are  marked  by  a  line  drawn 
across  them,  probably  at  a  later  period,  to  imply 
decease  or  removal. 


22  Ellis  Wid  Sara 

23  •'     Richd 

24  Groves's  Peter  Widow 

25  Hale* Mr. 

26  Harts  Capt  Jona 

27  Herrick  Andr 

28  Hull  Isaac's  wife 

29  Kerry  Tho 

30  Lovett  Wm's  widow 

31  "      Grace  Ashbye 

32  "      Israel 

33  Martin  Wid  Mary 

34  Ober  Wid  Anna 

35  Picket  Anna 

36  Patch  Wid  of  Tho 

37  her  child 

38  Roundy  Benj  Jr 

39  Stanley  Timo 

40  "       Bethiah 

41  Stephens  John 

42  Sallowes  Robt 

43  Trask  Benj 

44  "     Osman 

45  "     Wid  of  Edwd 

46  "     Jane 

47  '•     Freeborn 

48  "       ?       ?   Wife 

49  "     Deacon's  Son 

50  Tuck  Wm's  Wife 

51  ?      Nath's    " 

52  Williams  Dan  Jr 

53  his  son 

54  Woodberry  Capt  Andr 

55  "  Nicholas 

56  Jno  Kennedy 

57  Rose 

58  Adam 

59  Jupiter 

60  Maria 


*Mr8? 


276 


Nath  Howard  ^ 

Eliot y  "West  Indies 

Benj ) 

Wid  Herrick 
"    Andr  EUinwd  Jr 
,  Nathan  Leecli's  wife  &  her  sisters 
"  Wm  Bartlett 

Jno  Harman 

?  Groves 

Englishmen  remaining  1739 — 5. 

1  Geo  Trow 

2  John  Martin 

3  Benj  Rutland 

4  John  Stephens  1745-1 

5  Geo  Hull 

6  Jona  Mckenny  1745-65 

7  Henry  Herring  1743-6 

8  Jno  Mullen 


Men  in  this  Parish  older  yn  R.  H. 
Aug  1  1739 
Ashby  Ebenezer 
Biles  Richard 
"     William 
Bisson  Joshua 
"     Jr 
"      John 
Black  Nathl 
Blashfield  Henry 
Bradford  John 
Balch  Deacon  Benj 
10  Butman  Saml 
"       Jeremy 
"       Edward  moved 
Balch  Caleb  App:  ye  Par : 
Bond  Edward  moved 
James  Chapman 
Clark  Saml  moved 
"     Nath 
"     Caleb 
'•    Joshua  moved 
20  Cleaves  John 
"      Willm 


Ebenr 
•'       Benjn 
Cole  Jona 

"    Joseph     )  moved 
Connant  Jona  )    retd 
Cox  Richard 
Dodge  Willm  Deacon 
' '      Joseph 
30      "      Noah  movd 
Eliot  Andrew 

"     Jno 
EUinwood  Ralph 
"         David 
Ellis  Thomas 
36  Foster  Joseph 
Gage  Moses 
Giles  Eleazr 
Gray  Isaac 
40  Grover  Wm 
Groves  Peter 
Groves  John 
Harris  Jona 
"     Saml 
Hathan  Hezek 
Herrick  Henry 

"     Jr 
"       Joshua 
Hewit 
50      "        George 
Hill  Zebulon 
Hull  George 


Haskoll  Capt. 
Kemball  Ebenr.  movd. 
Larkum  Cornelius 

"         Daniel 

'•         Joseph 
David 
60  Lovett  Simon 

"     Ebenr. 

*'     John 

"     Benj 


277 


"     William 

Thorndike  Capt  John 

"     Benj  Jr. 

"        Paul  Feb  3  1756  51 

Martin  John 

"       Herbert  Dec  3  1757  50 

"     Jr 

"       John  Jr  Apl  20  1760.  40 

Mckenny  Jona 

Taylor  James            ''  15,  1765  34 

Morgan  Robt. 

Tuck  John 

Mullen  Jno 

"     William 

Morgan  Joseph 

110"     George     Geo  Jr 

70     "     John 

Trow  Geo.  and  Wni. 

Ober  John 

Trask  Benjn 

"    Hezekiah 

"     Saml. 

"    Samuel  movd 

"     Joseph  Deacon 

Pierce  Gr«orge 

Wood  Israel 

Picket  Jo. 

Wood  Anthony 

Pitman   Abiel  movd 

Williams  John 

retd  again 

Nath 

Preston  Nehem. 

Nath  Roberts 

Pride  Peter 

Danl. 

Prince  Jno 

John  Mors 

80  Preston  Randall 

120       "        Jona  movd 

Patch  William 

Mingo 

"     Thomas 

Samll  133 

"     James  Aug.  1  1739  133 

Wallis  Nath 

"     Richard 

"      Danl 

Rutland  lienjn  "     1743  118.5? 

Woodberry  Robt  Capfc 

Roundy     "       "     1745.    102 

"     Jr 

Sallowes  Thos 

"         Richard 

"       Robt     "  1740  103 

'*         William  movd 

Standly  John  Feb  27  1746  97 

"         Andrew  Capt 

90    "     Joseph  D.  10  1747  91 

"         Jonathan 

"     William— 1748.  87 

130        "         Isaac 

Stephens  John 

Widowers   8f  Widows  in  ye  \st  Parish 

Stone  Nath  come  into  town 

of  Beverly. 

"     Josiah     Henry  Herring 

August  1  1734  11 

"     Saml. 

"      1  1735  10 

"     Robert 

Nov  15  1735  8 

"     Nehem. 

Aug  1  1736  10 

Smith  Samuel     Slue  Leonard 

••      "  1737  16 

100  "    Nehem  June  7  1750.  78 

1  Joshua  Bisson  born  Feb  1654 

"    Jonathan  Feb.  15  1752  69 

2  Ralph  Ellinwood 

Thistle  Richard  July  25  1754.  59 

3  John  Lovett 

278 


4  Simon  Lovett 

5  Thomas  Sallowos  Mch  28  1747 

6  John  Standley  Feb  1758 

7  James  Meecham 
8*R.  H.  Dec.  21,  1737 

9  Isaac  Gray  Apr  13  1738 

10  Wm  Dodge  Jun 

11  Hezekiah  Hatlian 

12  Richard  Coye 

13  Josiah  Woodberry  3d 

14  Andrew  Eliot 

15  Herbert  Thorndike 

16  Jno  Martin 

Decembr  10  1737  16 


Leonard  Slue  Aug  1  1738  13 

Tho  Hardee 

Natha  Stone  May  10  1738  15 

Josi  Woodberry  3d 

Jno  Bradford 

Capt  Herrick 

Aug  1  1739  14 
Geo  Hull 

James  Chapman  marryd 
Benj  Standley 

Nath  Blacke  Jr  Ap  10  1740 
Henry  Blashfield  Nov  14 
Josha  Bisson  Jr 
Benj  Rutland 
Ezra  Chapman 
Neh  Presson 
Ens.  John  Balch  Nov  26  1743  16 

Dec  10  1743  14 
Wm  Pert  movd 

aP?.:b}Novl0.m4  12 

Lt  Andr  Balch  Nov  4  1745  12 
Rd  Biles 


Joseph  Corning  mard  n.  1746 
10  Dec  10  1746 


*Col.  Hale  md  2dly  Elizabeth,  dan.  of  Hon.  John 
Clarke  of  Boston,  Dec  21,  1737.  Memoir  of  Col. 
Hale  in  Stone's  History  of  Beverly. 


Peter  Grove 
Moses  Gage 
Capt  Herrick 
Benj  Roundey 
Andr  Eliot 

10  D  1747  12 


Jno  Morgan  Jr  marryd 

Robt  Roundy  md 

Rd  Hood 

Danl  Bacheller  md 

Wm  Grover  D  10  1749  10 


Robt  Roundy  marryd 

Osman  Traske      " 

Jno  Thornd  Jr     " 

David  Larkum      " 

Danl  Williams      " 

Cornels  Woodberry  marryd 

Benj  Roundy  " 

Eben  Cox  movd 

Jno  Mullen  Dec  10  1750  14 


Eb  Ashbye  mar. 
Benj  Stanley 
Robt  Sallowes 
Peter  Pride  mard 
Jona  Harris 

Dec  10,  1751—10 


Wm  Stanley  M 

James  Patch  Jr 

Tho  Kerry  M 

Tho  Mors  May  25  1753  10  M 

Benj  Roundy  M  10  July  25  1754 

Wm  Taylor  mar 

Capt  Isaac  Woodberry 

Danl  Dodge  M  Dec  21  1755  9 

Benja  Smith  mar 

Joseph  Stone  " 


279 


Jo  Larkum 

Saml  Foster  md  Dec  4  1757  8 

Andr  Boin  mar 

Jno  Lovett  2d  mar 

Andr  Lovett  mard  Dec  21  1758.  6. 

Jon  Stone  (jr?) 

Jona  Woodberry 

Wm  Biles 

Sam  Woodberry  (— — ^y' 

Ed  Stanley 

Joseph  Williams 

Nath 

Jonah  Dodge 

Dan  Wallis 

Nath     " 

Sara  Goodrich 

Isaac  Hull 


Juiiid 


^11     .)U      jL.     I 

":!  01  (I  i9vo; 


Widows  in  Beverly. 
Augl  1734  50  .  .r,--,j  , 

"  "  1735  60 
Nov  15  "  35 
Aug  1  1736  51 

"    "  1737  51 


■t/;of[  tfr- 


Widow  of        Ywfii. / 

1  Ashbye  Edmd 

2  "       James 

3  Balch  Deacon 

4  Biles  John 

5  "     Nicho  I 

6  Clark  Wm 

7  Corning  John 

8  "        Samll  movd     ■■,   :  ./ 

9  Dodge  Ebenr  W  yri- 

10  Dike  Benja 

11  Ellinwood  Benjamin  movd 

12  "        John 

13  Ellitharp  John  mard 

14  Elliot  Wm. 

15  Hale  Henry  mard 

16  Haskoll  Wm  .uiii  ti^; 


17  Larkum  Thos 

18  Leach  Wm 

19  Lovett  Thomas  marryd 

20  Lucas  Nicho  " 

21  Lynch  Eugene   TI"  IS    . 

22  Morgan  Luke         "  &  * 

23  "       Zebulon    " 

24  Ober  Israel  " 

25  Richd  Senr 

26  "      Samuel       " 

27  Patch  Benja 

28  "     John 

29  "     Robert 

30  Picket  Elias 

31  Preston  Wm 

82  Eayment  Capt.  Wm 

33  Eoundey  Eobert  aet  83 

34  Eayment  Barnabas  mard 

35  Sallowes  Thos  Jr 

36  Smith  Hazadiah 

37  Stone  John 

38  "      Jonathan         •  S"^ 

39  Thistle  Ebenr  mard 

40  Trow  Eichd 

41  Taylor  James  -Nov  28  1748  . 

42  West  Capt  Thomas 

43  "     John  mard. 

44  Willard  Jacob 

4.5  Williams  John  Sen. 

46  Woodberry  Benja  movd 

47  "         Ebenr 

48  '•        Deacon  Peter 

49  "         Pilott  Wm 

50  "         William  at  ye  Stopgate 

Decembr  10  1737  50 


Widow  of 
Benj  Maxwell 
Tho  Cole 

Bartho  Brown's  mother 
Dan!  Clark 
Bartho  Allen  of  Manchr 


280 


Edw  Trask 

May  10  1738  53  Aug  1  1738  52 

Tho  Cox  movd 

Lieut  Balch 

59  Israel  Lovett 

60  William  Stone 

61  Paul  Thorndike  Jr  mar 

62  Hez  Ober  Jr 

Josiah  Foster  "Ap  15  1740 
Jno  Leech  movd 
Jo  Leech  mard 
Dd  Standley  57  Aug  1  1739 
Hez  Ober 
Josh  a  Guppy  movd 
Eleazr  Giles  -Jan  25  1748 
Pienja  Lovett  mard 
Zeb  Hill  movd 
Moses  Presson  mard 
Jo  Morgan  mard 
Benj?  Rutland? 
Paul  Thorndike 
Wm  Patch  mard 
Capt  Ellis 
77  Brack  Patch  Nov  26  1743-44 


•?  Jr  moved 


Benja  Browns  Mother  Dec  10  1743 


Andr  Eliot  Jr  47 
Randal  Preston 
Saml  Smith 
Jno  Ober  at  Methuen 
John  Groves 
John  Presson? 
Jo  Sallowes 
Peter  Pride 
Jno  Coye 
87  Isa?  Eliot  Nov  10  1744-50 
Ezech  Hayward  marrd 
Deac  Raymond 
Jno  West 


Sam  Stone  «  Oct  1  1745 
Jona  Harris  Jr  50 
93  Geo  Gray  Oct  4  1748 
Benj  Harvey 
James  PatcK  Jr 
Jona  El  well  Dec  10  1745 

Wm  Trow 

Jno  Presson 

Rd  Butman 

Eleazr  Giles  Jr  mard 

Geo  Pierce 

Jno.  Grover  mard 

Danl?  Trask  " 

Hezk  Thornd  Jr  mard 

Benj  Brown 

Danll  Herrick 

Josiah  Woodberry 

William  Wales  marryd 

Capt  Robert  Woodberry 

Nath  Williams  Jr  mard 

Abner  Chapman  movd 


Abr  Johnson 
Ezra  Woodberry 
Rev  Mr  Blowers 

Edwd  Ashbye 
60  Dec  10  1746 


Et88 
died  at  Boston 
Jan  10  1758 


William  Eliot  Jr 
Samll  Martin 

62  Dec  10  1746 

m  Bonj  Haskell 

63  Dec  10  1746 

Deacon  Dodge 

Cornelius  Larknm 

Tho  Patch  Jr 

Robt  Stone 

Wid  Eliza^ 

Jona  McKenny  mard 

63  D  10  1747 
*  Sears  ?    Soams  ? 


281 


Feb  12  1747-8  this  day  there  are  7  wid- 
ows to  one  Widower  in  this  Parish 
63  JT!  9   Widowers. 
Widow  of 
Mingo 

Jer  Butman  Jr  mard 
Jona  Herrick        " 
Sam  Thorndike     " 
Benja  Clark         " 
Geo  Trow 
Jona  Conant 
Jno  Prince 
Dea  Balch 


brreax  ^o^otO  on  I 

Danl  Larkura  r.,.,  ,t  ^rn^s^^  -i.s'  >' 
Rob  Woodberry  nv-.-  i  ■  '^■ 

Jan  10  1750.  62       '  ^.^,; 

Jo  Foster  ^ ...... «^..  ■    ...is 

Jo  Morgan  mar    ^"s  e&kY'  sacillVf- 

Jona  Thorndike  mar 

Paul 

Wm  Tuck  Jr 


Dec  10  1750,  63 


0  79mi/ 


J  Rea  *  Sep  6  1751 

Samll  Trask. 

Elisha  Woodb.  ,.    ,„ 

Jno  Bradford  ^^YI  Ql  oM  OH 

Richd  Woodberry 

Jno  Eliot  il  ioH?r  otfli'nW 

Nath  Roberts  jr  ^-j,^,^  jj^^j, 

Jona  omith 


Neh. 


<r  £*r» 


Danl  Bacheller  n   t    -r,  •    « 

Tho  Woodberry  "-'»'^«''^  <f^  « 

Sam  Butman         "^  ^'8 

Nicho  Patch  mard 

Titus  (Stanley)?  i-^U^fj  n'r.g?^ 

James  Taylor 

Dec  10  1751.  63 


Wid  of  Timo  Patch  of  Wenhara  .  .   ^ 
David  Corning  "' 

collnel  John  Grilman  ivt'»,-   ■»!  ^n-' 

James  Trask  mard 

Feb.  29  1752  66 

(38a) 


Zeb  Allen 
Ebenr  Kemball 


Mch  1  1752  71  Widows  &  Widowers 


Widow  of 
Wm  Haskel 
Rd  Thistle 
Tho  Symonds 
Edw  Trask  Jr 
Jno  Morgan 
Benj?  Roundey  mard 
Benj  Trask 

69.  May  27  1753 
Josi  Woodberry  2d 
Lieut  Jno  Cleaves 
Jamee  Smith 
Obed  Woodberry 
Jno  Williams 

Jno.  (torn) 
Danl  Herrick 

71  July  (torn) 
Ralph  Ellinwood 
Jno  Stone  mard 
Ambr  Cleaves 
Geo  Gallop 
Peter  Groves 
Jo  Foster  jr 
Nicho  Biles  jr 
Benj  Harris 
Corn  Larkum  mard 
Tho  Butman 
Wm  Eliot  jr 

Jno^s  Son  f 
Cap  Herrick 
Wm  Cleaves 

73  Feb.  9  1756 
Joseph  Dodge 
Michel  Woodberry 
Wm  Lovet 
Matthew  French  mar 
Dan  Dodge  movd 
Timo  Stanley  81  Aug  7  1756. 
Benj  Eliot 
Saml  Woodberry 
Rob  Matthews 
Andr  Woodberry  2d 
Capt  Andr  " 

James  Gordon  77  Dec  1757 
Benj  Ives  movd 


282 


Sam  Harris 
Danl  Williams 

Thorndike  Dec  1758.  76 

Day? 

Eliot  3d  movd 

Blashfield 

Batcheller  movd 

Woodberry 

Nath  Ober 

Soames  of  Gloor 

Josi  Davison  movd 
Tho  Cox 
Zacba  Morgan 
Jno  Presson 

Dec  21  1759  84 
Natb  Black 

Jno  Mansfield 
Peter  Groves  Jr 

Wm  Vannen 
Isaac  Gray 

Capt  John  Thorndike 
? ? 

Jno  Trask 
D  Larkum  Jr 
Dea  Jos  Wood 
capt  Wra  Bartlett 

Andr  Ellinw. 
Jno  Groves 
Andr  EUinwood  Jr 
Eb.  Cleaves 
Jona  Foster 
Andr  8tanly 
Sara  Mors 

Jo  Edwards  of  wenham 
Wm  Aborn? 
Jno  Bread? 
Dea  Trask 
Eb  Lovett 
Jno  Lovett 


Josi?  White 
Thorn.  Malcoy. 

The  above  manuscript  ha.s  been  marked  and 
re-marked  with  dates,  lines  and  crosses  or  stars, 
evidently  at  subsequent  periods,  to  which  there 
is  no  known  clue.  Whether  the  cros.ses  (of 
which  a  few  are  inserted  above)  denoted  death, 
may  be  perhaps  ascertained  by  comparison 
with  the  known  dates  of  deaths. 


ERRATA. 

In  the  materials  for  a  Genealogy  of  the  Ward  Fam- 
ily in  Salem,  published  in  the  last  No.,  in  the  sixteenth 
line,  for  Alice  read  Alee.  And  on  page  210,  Samuel 
Curwen  Ward  (58)  dier.j817,  not  1816. 

And  on  page  213,  Ann  Elizabeth  Ward  ,,136)  married 
1851,  not  1815. 

Vol.  5.  page  203, 1st  column,  last  line  but  one,  Also 
should  be  Alse,  i.  e.  Alice. 

Vol.  5,  page  203, 2d  column,  line  18  from  bottom,  for 
1788,  read  1688. 

Vol.  5.  page  204,  2nd  column,  lines  8  to  13,  repeated 
from  preceding  column. 

Vol.  6,  page  206,  2nd  column,  line  2,  for  1767  read 
1707. 

Vol.  5,  page  220, 1st  column,  line  3,  should  not  fearmes 
read  tearmee?  and  at  line  26,  should  not  Hereon  read 
ffersou ' 

Vol.  5,  page  222,  1st  column,  line  14  from  bottom, 
"  &  "  should  be  before  Lawrence  instead  of  after. 

Vol.  5,  page  226,  2nd  column,  line  20  from  bottom, 
left  should  be  lost. 

Vol.  5,  page  227, 1st  column,  line  9,  Joiha  should  be 
Josia. 

Vol.  6,  page  173,  2nd  column,  line  10,  Mr  Lewis  fur- 
nishes Isaac  born  15th  April  1644,  when  the  church  rec- 
ords prove  that  he  was  baptized  on  14th  of  that  month, 
which  was  Sunday,  the  proper  time. 

Vol.  5,  page  155, 2d  column,  Uth  line  from  the  top 
for  1736  read  1739. 

Vol.  5,  page  156, 2d  column,  5th  line  from  the  top 
for  sixth,  read  twenty  sixth. 

Vol.  5,  page  162,  2d  column,  16th  line  from  the  top, 
for  Jeritt,  read  Jenitt. 

Vol.  5,  page  163, 2d  column,  19th  line  from  the  top, 
for  Lurne  read  Lume. 

Vol.  5,  page  165.  2d  column,  5th  line  from  the  top, 
suppl}'  Lambert  after  Thomas. 

Vol.  5,  page  203, 1st  column,  2d  line  from  bottom, 
for  Also,  read  Alse- 

Vol.  5,  page  205, 1st  column,  3d  line  from  bottom, 
for  1684,  read  1694. 

Vol.  5,  page  205, 2d  column,  12th  line  from  bottom, 
for  Flizabeth  read  Elizabeth 

Vol.  5,  page  205, 1st  column,  1st  line  from  top,  for 
Flizabeth,  read  Elizabeth. 

Vol.  5,  page  174,  let  column,  line  22,  the  death  of  Sar- 
ah widow  of  Joseph  Breed,  2nd  April,  1762,  and  age 
accouted  88  yrs  ten  mos.  17  days ;  but  as  she  was  born 
15th  June,  1664.  it  should  be  nine  mos.,  i.  e.,  16th  Mar. 
before  the  death  completed  the  9  mos.,  not  10  mos., 
without  regard  to  the  change  from  Old  style  to  New 
style,  which  began  in  Sept.  1762. 

J.  8. 

Page  209,  2d  column,  line  23  from  top,  for  1781  read 
1801. 

Page  209,  2d  column,  line  25,  from  top  for  1816  read 
1810.* 

*  "  Dec.  29,  1810.  died  Mary,  w.  of  Capt.  Benjamin 
Ward  of  fever,  aged  61.  Age  at  marriage  26.  In  mar- 
riage with  1st  husband  19  years;  with  2nd,  9;  no  chil- 
dren left.  Dau.  of  Paul  Farmer,  of  Boston,  Keeper 
of  the  Town  Alms  house,  married  Capt.  W.  Carlton 
1776  &  Capt.  B.  Ward  1801,  second  wife  to  both.  She 
was  a  worthy  woman  &  most  intimate  in  our  family. 
Her  only  brother  Thomas  in  New  York.  Essex  St. 
opp.  Daniel  St."  —  Bentley.  E.  8.  w. 


283 


INDEX     OF    N^MES. 


Abbot,  94,  130,  181,  233,  245, 

246,  255,  256. 
Abbott,  215. 
Abby,  172,  220. 
Aborn,  228,  229,  231,  232. 
Abott,  162. 
Abys,  220. 
Acce,  165. 
Acey,  43. 
Achers,  142, 
Adams,  9,  11,  12,  13,  14,  55, 

85,  86,  102,  168,  198,  210. 
Addams,  87,  88,  89,  91,  134, 

137. 
Addington,  45. 
Agur,  45. 
Alden,  1,3,4,7. 
Alexander,  260. 
Alford,  220,  264,  267. 
Aline,  164. 
Allar,  1. 
Allen,  24, 43.  59,  94, 102,  214, 

231,  274,  279,  281. 
Alley,  173,  178. 
Allin,  47,  92,  172. 
Ailing,  163. 
Ally,  172, 173. 
Ames,  169. 
Andr?,  282. 
Andre,  109,  112. 
Andrew,  28,  38,  130. 
Andrews,  80,  131.  202. 
Andros,  258. 
Annable,  129. 
Antrum,  226. 
Antrvm,  266. 
Apelton,  173. 
Apleton,  173. 
Appleton,93,  141,211. 
Applton,  164. 
Archard,  222,  223. 
Archbold.  54,  59. 
Archer,  11,12, 28,  29, 38, 146, 

197. 209,  222. 
Archimedes,  48. 
Argal,  186. 
Armitage,  172. 
Armstrong,  5,  245. 
Amaudin,  17. 
Arnold,  100,  103,  Ul9. 
Ashby,  21.  234.251,276,    . 
Ashbye.  22,  23,  95,  96,  278, 

279,280. 
Ashley,  129. 
Ash  ton,  130. 
Aslebey,  44. 
Aspinwall,  41. 
Atherton,  216. 
Atkins,  40,235. 
Atkinson,  213. 
Atwater,  34. 
Atwell,  215. 
Augur,  45. 
Austin,  130. 


Blaney,  47. 
Avcrill,  43. 
Ayer,  43.  ■ 
Aynesworth,  35. 
Ayre,  94. 
Bab,  48. 
Babb,  48. 
Babbage,  192. 


Bassett,  4,  113, 142,  239,  274 
Batchelder,  196,241. 
Batcheldr,  19,  24,  45. 
Batcheller,  94,  95,  168,  264 

282. 
Batchellor,  269. 
Bater,  270. 
Bates,  248,  249, 


Babbldge,  149, 198.  209,  21 1,  Batter,  25,  28,  169,  208,  219, 

251.  222,  223,  225,  226,  227,  268, 

Babcock,  41,120.  269,271,272,273. 

Babson,  35.  Baxter,  221. 

Bacheller,  95,  222,  231,  234,  Bayley,  90.  91, 136, 139,  153, 

278,281.  154,204,261. 

Bach  ellor,  168.  Bayleyes,  268. 

Bacon,  50,  54,  131,  183,  226  Baylie,  265. 

227,251.  Baylies,  226. 

Bagley,  50,  94.  Baylly,  173. 

BaUey,  3,  5,  6.  Bayly,  167,  221. 

Baker,  17,  18,  19,  20,  64,  92,  Beadle,  47. 

96,  129,  157,  173,189,  232,  Beale,  46, 47, 173. 

238, 257.  Bean,  23. 

Balch,  21,  23,  94,  166,  169,  Beaumont,  169. 

170,  175,  276,  278,  279,  280,  Bebb,  114. 

281.  Becket,  18,  26,  198. 

Balche,  1 8, 21 .  Beckett,  247, 251 . 

Baldwin,  63,  64,  66,  67.  198,  Beekford,  236,  254. 

202,  252.  Belcher,  274. 
Balee,  166.  Belknap,  175. 
Baley,  10,  11, 16, 85, 133, 161,  Bell,  102,  195,  215,  254. 

203,  206.  Bemus,  1-29. 
Balie,  162.  Benit,  165,  261. 

Ball,  127, 129,  245.  Bennett,  12,  46,  47,  85. 

Ballard.  48,  94, 174,  237, 238.  Bennitt,  14, 15,  260. 

Bailey,  15.  Benson,  1.  235. 

Bailie,  165.  Bentley,  148,  150,   151,  195, 

Bally,  164,  165.  197.  198,  236,  249,  252,  253. 

Bancraft,  240.  Beny,  115. 

Bancroft,  129,  150,  178,  183,Bukeiey,  189. 

184.  200,  228,  229, 230.  Bernard,  33,  51 . 

Banister,  3.  Beuy,  173. 

Banks,  118.  Besse,  189. 

Bant,  120.  Beuchamp,  172. 

Barber,  256,  266.  Bigelow.  99. 107, 122, 126, 128, 

Barker,  11,12,13, 29,  86,  152,      129 ,  202,  2,'SO. 

153,  l.W,  161,  164,  165,  203,  Biles,  17, 19, 20, 22,  23,94, 143, 

204,  205,  206,  213,  218,  251,      144,  232.  234.  275,  276,  278, 
261.  279,281. 

Barlow,  189.  Bill,  129. 

Barnard,  42.  Bingham,  42. 

Barnes,  126,  249.  Bircham,  265. 

Barney,  169,  223,  227,  264,  Bishop,  53, 168,  171,  221,222, 

266,  267,  268,  271 .  223,  227,  269,  270. 

Barr,  130,  212,  213,  216,  236.  Bishope,  189. 
Barrett,  40.  Bisson.  19, 20, 21,  95, 143, 234 , 

Barrit,  138.  276. 277,  278. 

Barrowe,  180.  Black.  20,  21,  232,  276,  282. 

Bartholomew,  168,  171,  192,  Blackfield,  18,  231,  232. 

220,  221,  223,  225,  226,  227,  Blackleech,  219,  227,  265. 

263,  264,  265, 266,  272.  Blackler,  54,  236. 

Bartlett,  25,  43,  46,  47,  64,  Blackman,  34. 

96,  232,  233,  276,  282.  Blair, 236. 

Barton.  224.  Blake,  42,  278. 

Base,  208.  Blanohard,  3, 40. 


Blano,  173. 

Blasdall,  156. 

Blasdel,  128, 136. 
,  Blashfield,  21,  23,  276,  278. 

Blaskfield,  282. 

Bligh,  173. 

Blowers,  24,  280. 

Blunt,  94. 

Bly,  173. 
,  Blyall,  143. 

Blye,  239. 

Blyth,  130. 

Boardman.  37. 

Boden,  131. 

Bodwell,  216, 

Bogardus,  100. 

Bold,  231. 

Boin,  232.  234,  279, 

Bointon,  203,  204. 

Bond,  17.  59,  225,  248,  276. 

Bonfield,  46. 

Bonighton,  187,188. 

Boonne,  172. 

Booth,  189. 

Bott,  130,211,252. 

Bouchovare,  234. 
Boutwell,  228. 
Bornd,  266. 
Bowden,  47. 

Bowdiske,  172. 

Bowie,  235. 
Bowles,  129,252. 
Bowman,  129, 211. 
Boyce,  130. 

Boynton,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14, 
16.  84,  87,  90,  91,  132,  133, 
135,  136,  137,  138, 141,  142, 
155,  156,  162,  163,  164,  205, 
206,  260,  262. 
Boys,  221. 

Brackenbury,  169,  222. 
Brackett,  247,  248. 
Bradbridge,  178. 
Bradford,  21,  24,  74,  78,  95, 
120,  234,275.  276,  278,281. 
Bradley,  43, 64,  129. 
Bradstreet.  42,  93,  94, 133. 
Brapstreett,  10. 
Braithwaite,  249. 
Brakenberie,  269. 
Bray.  54. 
Brazil,  236. 

Bread,  173,  174,  274,  282. 
Breadcake,  257. 
Breed,  48,  174. 
Brett,  265. 
Brew,  232. 
Brewer,  3, 114. 
Briant,  236. 
Brickett,  113. 
Bridges,  9,  11,   13,    14,  86, 

113,  114,236. 
Bridgman,  225. 
Bridges,  90. 


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Briggs,  194,  210,  247,251.      Campbell,  211, 
Bright,  78.  Cannon,  44, 

Brimmer,  120.  Canterbury,  46. 

Broadstreets,  42,  45  Card,  236. 

Brockelbanke,    10.    14,   15,  Carey,  120. 

87,  88,  164.  Carleton,  209. 

Brocklbank.  163,  164.  Carlton.  26.  213,  282. 

Brocklebank,    89,  90,    133,  Carpenter,  29,  87. 

155.  Carr,  91,92. 

Broodstreet,  12.  Carroll  236. 

Brookhouse.  '249.  Carver,  73,  74,  78. 

Brooks,    112,  113,   115,   131,  Carwick,  212. 

192.  Cary,    125. 

Brougbton,  54,  55,  58,  131,  Cash,  25. 

236.  Caswell,  236. 

Brown,  12,  14,  21,  23,  43,  59,  Gate,  213. 

85,89,   121,   129,    133,  145 ,  Cave,  241,    242. 

148,  154,  203,  234,  239,  240,  Cavenaugh,  234. 

249.  253,  279,280.  Cecil,  182. 

Browne,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  Chadbourne,  215. 

43,  77,  78,  84,93,  143,  166,  Chadwell,  140,  141. 

169,  197, 198,  202,  203,  204,  Cliamberlain,  130,  252. 

205,  209,  219,  235,  247,  250,  Chambeis,  228. 

263.  264,  266,  268,  271,  273.  Cliampney,  16,  17,  18,  41. 
Browning,  119,  168.  Chandler,  211,  213,  214,273 

Bruer,  239.  Channing,  40,  41. 

Bruzer,  249.  Chapin,  22,  129. 

Bryan,  169.  Chapleman,  22. 

Bryant,  94.  Chaplin,    154,   161,  162,  163. 

Bubier,  54.  59.  206,  263. 

Buchan,  213.  Chapline,  163. 

Buchanan,  213.  Chapman,  21,   22,  133.134, 

Buckingham,  249.  138,  165,  261,  276,  278,  280. 

BuUard,  2.  Charles  I  (King)    81,    186. 

Bui  finch,  172.  188. 

BuUinger,  179.  Charles,  V.  (King)  31. 

Bullock,  172.  Charnock,  249. 

Bundel,  252.  Chase,  30,  199,  230,  2.54. 

Bunker,  217.  Chastellux  (Maniuis)   109. 

Bunn,  241.  Chatfield,  34. 

Burbank.  58,  163,  205.  Cheever,    28,46,    130,212, 

Burbee,  206.  236,  237. 

Burbey,  206.  Cheney,  45. 143 

Burehmore,  130,  131,214.      Chickering,  169. 
Burdett,  190.  Chickeryngs,  168. 

Burgoyne,   53,  97,  98,   100,  Childs,  4. 

101,  102,  103.  104,  105,  106,  Chinn.  236. 

112,126.  Chipuian,  30,    130,  159,212, 

Burkbee,  162, 163.  209. 

Burke,  86,  146,  196,  241.         Church,  114. 
Burleigh,  182,  183.  Chute,  14,  86,  87,  89,  141. 

Burley,252.  Clapp,  3,  5. 

Burnet,  250.  Ulark,  16,  17,  19.  20,  21.  24, 

Burnham,  1,  3,7,  131.  29,  43,  54,  .59,  94,  125, 132, 

Burpe,  85,   86.  87,    88,   89,      143,  151,  158,  203,  205.  222, 

154,261.  275,  276,279,281. 

Burpee,  90,91,  133,  134,  135,  Clarke,  10,  14,  15.  37,40,87, 

136,  154,  156.  130,  141,  162,  163,  219,225, 

Burr,  119.  226,  278. 

Burrill,  174,208,210.215,237.  Cleaves,  16, 17, 18,  19,  20,  23, 
Burt,  16.  24,   94,'  96,   143,    144,   231, 

Buswell,  92.  275,  276,  281,282- 

Butler,  7,  8.  Cleeves,  188. 

Butman,   16,   19,20,  22,  23,  Clement,  7,  16, 18,21. 

24,  94,    95,    143,  275,  276,  Clerk,  22. 

280,  281.  Cleveland,  40,  41. 

Butterfield,  94.  Clifford,  257. 

Buttolph,  47,  96,  209,212.     Clinton,  9,  53,  61,  97,  117. 
Buttons,  221.  Clough.  4,  143. 

Buxton,  4,  170.  Cloutman,  130. 

Buyis,  238.  Coates,  141,  142. 

Buffum,  225.  Cobwin,   102. 

Bullock,  225.  Cochran,  40. 

Codman,  222. 
Cabot,  29,  31,  36,  37,  38,  39,  Coffin,  43. 

40,  42,  130.  Cogswell,  129. 

Caldwsll.  141.  Coker,  141. 

Oalley,  236.  Colbeck,  55. 


Colburn,  48, 157.  Cummings,  242. 

Colby,  142.  Currier,  93,  94,  249. 

Cole,  21,  94,  95, 129, 143,  226,  Curtis,  222,  236. 

234,272,275,276.279.  Curwen,  207,  208,210,  212, 

Coles,  249.  213,  216. 

Collins,  43,  44,  46,  172,  207,  Cushiug,  41, 129,  210,  213. 

216,  238,  240,  253.  Cutler,  28,  197,  211. 

Collyer,  54.  '       Cutter,  45. 

Colman,  37, 121.  Cvrtis,  226. 

Colton,  114. 

Comins,  269.  Dabney,  198. 

Conant,  16,  18,  20,  48,  78,  Daggit,  46,  125. 

83,  84,  94,  95, 166, 167, 168,  Dalaud,  130. 

169,  170,  222,  227,231,  255,  Daliber,  169. 

281.  Dana,  128. 

Concklyn,  167.  Dane,  240. 

Conclyn,   168,  170,  219,  224.  Danferd,  154. 
Coney,  27.  Danielson,  114. 

Connant,  263,  264,  265,  266,  Darby,  240. 

268,  269,  270,  276.  Darley,  249. 

Connaught,  169.  Darlin,  229. 

Convers,  169, 170,  219.  Darline,  230. 

Cook,  48, 130,  236.  252.  Darlinge,  274. 

Cooke,  168,  219,  227.  D'Aulauy,  186. 

Coombs,  45.  Daunport,  170, 172. 

■  Cooper.    40,   134,    136,   140,  Davenishe,  167. 

154, 156.  164,  204.  Davenport,  48, 171. 

Corey,  226.  Davidson.  3,  213. 

Cornell,  121, 125.  Davies.  185. 

Corney,  220.  266.  Davis,  17,  20,  29,  95,115, 129, 

Coruhill,  170.  141,143,157,168,178,  231, 

Corning,  16,  17,  18.  20.  21,     234,  235,  242,  274. 

22,  23,  24,  95,  96,  278,  279,  Davison,  282. 

281.  Day,  47,  231,  282. 

Cornwallis,  68, 148.  Dean,  211,  214,  262. 

Corwin,  29,  36,  222,  225,  226,  Deane,  128. 

227,  264,  266,  266,  268,  269,  Decker.  206. 

270,  271,  273.  Deland,  235. 

Corwine,  271,  272,  273.  De  La  Tour.  186. 

Corwyn,  223,  224.  Delaware,  189. 

Corsey,  47.  Dennis,  24, 130. 

Corsy,  47.  Derby,  26,  47, 166,  194,  198, 

Cortes,  263.  219,  250,  254.  258,  263. 

Cose,  282.  Derwerkin,  100. 

Cotta,  35.  222,  266.  Deute,  91. 

Gotten,  92,  93.  Devenishe,  171. 

Cotton,  51,  52.  93,  155.  Devereaux,  54. 

Courtis,  54,  59,  66.  Dewing,  130. 

Courtlandt,  100.  Dicconson,  169. 

Covell,129.  Dickenson,  224,  266. 

Cowel),  132.  Dickerson,  167. 

Cowen,  214.  Dickinson.  9, 89.  90, 132, 134, 

Cox,  19,  20,  21,  23,  95,  96,      140,  142, 152, 153.  156,  157, 

144, 181,  232,  233,  275,  276,     162, 163.  204,  205,  206,  262. 

278,  280.  Dike,  24, 167,  279. 

Coye,  17, 19,  20,  22,  234,  278,  Dill,  167. 

280.  Dilworth,  151. 

Cradock,  77.78,79,80,81,83.  Dimon,  16, 148, 197,  202. 
Cradocke,  83.  Dixey,  226,  267. 

Oralis,  120.  Dixie,  221,  222. 

Grain,  120.  Dobbs,  117. 

Crane,  121, 122, 124, 125.         Dodd,  236. 
Granmer,  184.  Dodg,  -227,  263,  266,  266,  269. 

Crediford.  211.  Dodge,  23,  35,  39,  95,  96. 130, 

Creecy,  91, 132, 138, 139, 140.     144, 169, 170,  222,  227,  232, 
Creesey,  207.  233,  234,  275,  276,  278,  279, 

Crocker,  159. 160.  280,  281. 

CroflB,  182,  184.  Dole,  14,  43,  84,  89, 138. 

Crombie,  211.  Dolliver,  35. 

CromweU,  26,  34,  180,  186,  Donald,  110. 

226.  Doolittle,  114. 

Grosbe,  164.  Dorr,  218. 

Crosbee,  163, 165,  203,  205.     Douglass,  249. 
Crosby,  96.  Dount«n,  45,  47, 48. 

Cross,  40,  236,  Dow,  129. 

Grossman,  129.  Downing.  139, 172,  225,  227, 

Crowell,  199.  235,  264,  265,  266,  270. 

Growninshield,  26,  149,  150,  Drake,  32. 
197,  199,  251,  259.  Draper,  171. 


285 


Dresser,  9,  10,  11,  13,  138, 
139,154,  155,166,157,158, 
162,165,166,204,206,  263. 

Drew,  129. 

Dudlys,  272. 

Dunell,  12. 

Dunlap,  199. 

Darkee,  68,  64. 

Durwener,  43. 

Dutey,  86, 87. 

Dye,  187. 

Dyer,  119, 121. 

Dykes,  249. 

Dyson,  242. 

Eaborne,  253. 

Eastman,  43, 143, 

Eaton,  130,  211,  214, 228, 229, 
230,  240. 

Ebron,  267. 

Edes,  32. 

Edgcomb,  188. 

Edson,  171,  220. 

Edward,  (King)  181, 184. 

Edwards,  219,  265,  282. 

Egleston,  129. 

Ellenwood,  17, 19,  24,  94. 

Elderkln, ,  118. 

Elerse,  43. 

Eliot,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  22, 
23,  24,  32,  94,  9.",,  96,  143, 
144,  231,  234,  278,  281.  282. 

Elithorpe,  142,  206. 

Elizabeth  (Queen,)  181,  186. 

Elkins,  92, 148,  197,  210,  213. 

Ellice,  22, 

Ellinw..  233,  276.  282. 

Ellinwood.  16,  17, 19,  20,22, 
23,  94,  95,  143.  144,  231, 232, 
2.33,  234,  235.  275,  276,  277, 
279,281,282. 

EIliot,44,  236,276,  279,  280, 
281. 

Ellis,  19,  22,  94.  95,  275,  276, 
280. 

EUithrap,  20,279. 

Ellithrop,  204. 

Ellitrap,  19. 

Ellsworth,  13,  89,  133,  261, 
262. 

Elson,  167. 

Elsworth,  12,  14,  15,  86,  89, 
133,203.261. 

Elsye,  222. 

Elwell,  23,  24,  43,  47,  144, 
280. 

Emerie,  226,  266,  268. 

Em3ry,  129,  142,  170,172. 

Emison.  135. 

Emmerton.  209. 

Endicott,  51. 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 
78,  79,  80,  81,82,  83,  84, 147, 
166,167,  168,  169,170,  171, 
172,216,  219,220,  221,224, 
255,  258, 273. 

Engles,  3. 

English,  6,  192. 

Epes,  37. 

Epps,  92,  93,  272. 

Esty,  169. 

Eustace,  29. 

Evans,  122,  123,271. 

Evelyn,  31.      ' 

Everett,  245. 

Fabens,  30. 

Farless,  215. 

Former,  209. 

Farnold,  5. 

Farrington,  212. 

Farrow,  119. 


Febegree,  7,  8. 

Fellows,  114. 

Felt,    15,  29,  34,  35,'  51,  73, 

82,  83,  129. 1130,  159,   167, 

169,  248,  254,  255. 
Felton,  48. 
Fenno,   122. 
Ferguson,  44. 
Ffairfteld,  168. 
Ffarrington,  174. 
Ffleld,   171. 
Ffellows,  267. 
Ffelton,  169,  224,  265,  270, 
Ffiske,  166,  168, 170. 
Flogs,  170,  220,  222. 
Ffreinds,  220. 
Ffuller,  221,  274. 
Field,  129. 
Finley,  1,  129. 
Finson,  158. 
Fish,  129. 

Fiske,  26,  45,  129,  130. 
Fitch,  148, 197. 
Flagg,  107,  124,  129,  130. 
Flint,  28,  192,  207,236,  273, 

274. 
Flowers.  118. 119 
FoUen,  40. 
Poison,  113. 
Foot,  42. 
Foote,  207. 
Fopester,  130. 
Fosdick,  59,  6<1,  70,  107,  122, 

128,  131. 
Foster,  3,  11,  18,  21,  32,39, 

44,  .59,   95,   102,   130,  141, 

143,  144,206,207,211,213, 

232,  276,  279,  280,  281,  282. 
Fowle,  51,  128. 
Fowler,  1. 137, 141. 
Fox,  19,  113,  114,  191. 
Foxcroft,  80. 
Francis,  5,  2.33. 
Franklin,  48. 
Frazer,  127,  135,   139,     152, 

156,  261. 
Freame,  142. 
Freeman,  129. 
French,  4,144,281. 
Frizel,  240. 
Frost,  37. 
Fry,  130. 

Frye,  113,114,  169,251. 
Fulton.  48. 
Furnace,  46, 
Gage,  10,  14,  21,  23.  24,  45, 

53,   84,   134,  143,  144,  147, 

232,  262.  276. 
Gale,  50,  131,236,  278. 
Galileo,  48. 
Gallison,  52. 
Gallop,  95,  96,  143,  281. 
Garford,  224,  268. 
Gardiner,  166,  171, 172.220, 

221,  224,  264,  273. 
Garland,  251. 
Gardner,  28,  36,  38,  40, 114, 

130,  166. 172,  192,  195.  212, 

219,  221,  225,  227. 2.53,  2.54, 

263.  268,271,274. 
Gaskells,  220. 
Gaskil,  192. 
Gatchells.  47,  59. 
Gates,    100.   102,    103,  104, 

105, 108.  128. 
Gedney,  192.  219,  225,  226, 

270,271,274. 
Geere,  169. 


George,  153. 

George  II.  (King)  157. 

Gerald,  130. 

Gerrish,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29, 
30.  31,35,36,  47,  114,115, 
142,  192,208,  211,251. 

Gerry,  51,  52,  54.  64,  101, 
112. 

Gibbon,  9. 

Gibbs,  37,54,  112,   113  114, 
199. 

Gibson,  190, 

Giddings,  24. 

Gidney,25. 

Giggles,  224. 

Gilbert,  129,  141,180,240. 

Giles,  16,  17,  19,  20,  21,  22, 
23,  24,  96,  144,  167,  219, 
231,  232,  233.  234,  276,  280. 

Gills  32,  143. 

Oilman,  158,  233,  281. 

Gilmore,  157,  158, 

Girdler,  23,  47,  236. 

Glanfteld,  207. 

Glover,  49,  50,  51,  52,  53,  54, 
55,  56.  57,  58,  59,  60,  61 ,  62, 
63,  64,  65,  66,  67,  68  69,  70, 
71,  72,  97,98,  99,100,  101, 
102,  103, 104,  105,  106,  107, 
108,  109,  110,  HI,  112.  113, 
117,  123,  125,  126,  128,  130, 
131,  159,  160,  168,210,236. 

Gloyde  228,  229. 

Gobrecht,  48. 

Goldsmith,  220. 

Goodell,  28,  208,  218,266. 

Goodels,  225. 

Goodhue,  130,  141,   215. 

Goodrich,  234,  279. 

Goodridge,  43. 

Goold,  228. 

Goose,  266. 

Gordon,  33,  51,  60,  61,  72, 
104,  144,  282. 

Gorge,",  78,  187, 188, 190,  191. 

Gorton,  191. 

Gosnold.  175.  176. 

Goss,  236. 

Gott,  172,  221,  269. 

Gould,  130,  229,  230,  260. 

Gouldsmith,  264. 

Gove,  44. 

Govian,  125. 

Gowing,  228,  229,  230. 

Grace,  129. 

Gracia,  2.35. 

Grafton,  38,  166,  224,  266, 
273. 

Grant,  47,  5-1,  59,  130,  131, 
205,  248. 

Graupner,  249. 

Graves,  54, 59,  78,  220,  239. 

Gray,  18,  19,  23,  29,  32,  83. 
147,  149,1.59,  202,21.5,  232, 
276,  278,  280,  282. 

Grayson,  60. 

Greaton,  118,119. 

Greaves,  226,  263,  270. 

Green,  27,64,  116,  1-20,  121, 
124,  1-25,  236. 

Greene,  114,  129. 

Greenlief,  128. 

Greenough,  10. 

Greenwood.  130,  180. 

Gridley,  11.5. 

Griffin,  208. 

Grindal,  181, 183, 184 
Groce,  265. 


Grover,  94.95,  157,  158,  219, 
224,  !?27.  264,  276,  278,280. 

Groves,  17,  21,  22,  23,  143. 
232,  233,  234,  275,  276,  278, 
280,281,282. 

Grunnill,  174. 

Grush,  53,  235,  236. 

Gupppie.  223. 

Guppy,  21, 130, 199,280. 

Gutch,  221. 

Gwinn,  30. 

Gyles,  226,  233. 

Hacker,  28,  202. 

Hadrian,  30,  31. 

Haddock,  273. 

Hagget,  171. 

Haines,  46. 

Hale,15, 16. 17, 18,  19,20.87, 
89,  94,  135,  143,  150,  209, 
216, 231,  233,  23.5,  274,  275, 
278,  279. 

Hall,  13.5. 

Hal  let,  2-39. 

Halloway,  28,  29. 

Hammond,  132, 133, 206,235. 

Hancock,  32,  .33,  54, 119, 120, 
122,  129,  159,  160. 

Handy,  120. 

Handyside,  41. 

Hanilord,  141. 

Hanniford,  44. 

Haraden,  130,  217. 

Hardee,  18,  20,  220. 222, 224, 
278. 

Harding,  211. 

Hardy,  38,  112,113,115,143, 
155,251. 

Hardye,  222. 

Ilarman,  276. 

Harper,  249. 

Harraden,  249. 

Harriman.  13.  142,  204. 

Harrison,  58,  59. 

Harris,  17,  22, 23,  24,  54,  95, 
96,  141,  157.  165,205,  231, 
2.35,  262,  276,  278,  280,  281, 
282. 

Harriss.  158. 

Hart,  174,228,229,275. 

Harthorne,  118. 

Hartt.  173. 

Harvey,  23.280. 

Harwood.  45,  80,221. 

Haryman,  165. 

Hascoll.  16,  20. 

Haseltine,  162. 

Haskall,  20,  95,  202,22tJ. 

Haskals,  263. 

Haskel,  22,  96, 144,  231 ,  281 . 

Haskell.  4,  6,  17,  18,  24,  44, 
120,  141,  218,234,271,280. 

Haskoll,  276,  279. 

Ilassen,  161,204. 

Hastey,  4. 

Hasty,  2. 

Hathan,  19,  22,  276,  278. 

Hathorn,  117. 

Hathorne,  25,  35,  44,  1.30, 
149. 166,  167,  168,  169,  170, 
171,172,192,208,  209,221, 
•222,  223,  2aj.  226,  227  251, 
256,263,  264,  265,  266,  268, 
269,  270,  273. 

Hatton,  182. 

Hauthorne.  272. 

Haven,  142. 

Hawerd,  239. 
Bawes,  122. 


(38J) 


286 


Uawkes,  59,208,251. 
Hawthorn,  236. 
Uayman,  249. 
Haynes,  46. 
llayward,  143,  280. 
Hazen,  132,   138,   154,   166, 

204. 
Head,  40 
Heath,  70,  72,  102, 105,  109, 

110,115,  160. 
Hedden,  137,  139,  140,  154, 

156. 
Hemans,  180. 
Henderson,  130. 131,  209. 
Hendly,  65. 
Henfleld,  38,  209,  251. 
Henry,  228,  229. 
Henry,  Vlll.  (King)  184. 
Herbert,  225. 
Hereman,  88. 
Herick,  266. 
Herickes,  264 
Heriman,  91,  133,  135,  136, 

140,  156,157,203,206, 
Herimon,  136. 
Herrlok,   18,  19,  20.  21,  22, 

23,  24,  39,  94,  95,  96,  143, 

144,  147,231,233,275,276, 

278,  280,  281. 
Herring,  276. 
Heseltine,  12,  143. 
Hay  ward,  167,  172. 
Hibbertt,  9,  11,89. 
Hiberd,  15,  263. 
Ulbert,  13. 

Hichborn.  107, 120,  124. 
Hidden,  9,  88,  165. 
Hiden,  II,  K),  15,206. 
iligginson,  26, 27,  28,  33,  34, 

35,36,37,38,39,  40,41,42, 

78,  130,  2 J8,  255,  256,  271, 

272   273 
Hill,'l,  16,  18.  19.21,46,47, 

119,  227,  235,  273,  276,  280. 
Hiller,  124.  130. 
Hilton,  95,  96, 144,  235, 
Hillsborough,  33. 
Hint,  192. 
Hirst,  44. 
Hitchcock,  114 
Hoar,  37. 
Hobart,215. 
Hobbs,  141. 
Hobs.  141. 
Hobson,  11,   15,  88,  90,  133, 

134,  135,  137,  138,  140,  154 

162.  202,  203,  205, 261 .  262. 
Hodges, 38, 209, 21 1,214,  247. 
Hodgkins,  129,  138, 155, 158. 
Hodaman,  228,  229,  230. 
Holbrook,  129. 
Holden,  120. 
Holgrave,  168. 
Holingworth,  256. 
Holley,  250. 
HoUinsworth, -251. 
Hollister,  129. 
Holman,  47,  54,216. 
Holme,  166. 
Holmes,  162,  168,  171,  219, 

259. 
Holms,  154,  157. 
Holt,  94,  159. 
Holyoke,  51,  196,  211.  -252. 
Homan,  53,  236. 
Homes  203. 
Hood,  24,  95,  172,  174,  239. 

278. 


Hooper,  49,  53,  132,  181. 
Hopkins,  117,  118.  181. 
Hopkinson,  10,  11,   14,85, 

88,  143,161,  164,165. 
Horne,  143. 
Hornne,  92. 
Horrok,  163. 
Hotton,  141. 
Hondin,  129. 
Houghton,  266. 
Hovey,   129,  138,   139,   15-5, 

232,  233. 
How.  159,  211. 
Howard,  182,  222,  235,  236, 

264.  276. 
Howe,  53,  61,62,  71,  72,  77, 

97,99.  109,  110,241. 
Hewlett,  48. 
Hubbard,  92. 
Hubon,  235. 
Huchenson,  27 1 .  273. 
Hull,   3,  4,  7,   21,   22.  231. 

234,  275.  276,  278,  ic79. 
Humfry,  83. 
Humphrey,  181,236. 
Humphryes,  170,  223. 
Hunt,  118,  1-29,236. 
Hunter,  161, 162. 
Huntington,  110,  120. 
Huse,  42. 
Hu8on,220. 
Hutchinson,  31,  52,  81,  82, 

167,  230,  236,  237. 
Hutton,  46- 

Hvchisson,  264,  267,270. 
Hvmtres,  268. 
Hvmfreyes,  226. 
Uyleger,  28, 
Ingafls,  216. 
Ingersoll,  48,  168,  171,  207, 

225,  235. 
Ingerson,240,  273. 
Inery,  173. 

Ives,  208,  231,  233,  236, 282. 
Jackson,  2,  3,  5,  39,  65, 107, 

124, 125, 126,  134, 138, 140, 

155, 156, 162, 165,  203,  205, 

221,224. 
Jacob,  96,  122. 
Jacson,  203, 
James,  46,  47,  226. 
James,  (King)  178, 183, 186. 
Jamison,  240. 
Jarrat,  161, 163. 
Jefferds,  21. 
Jeffrey,  96. 
Jeffry,  248. 
Jenitt.  282. 
Jenkins,  213. 
Jenner,  263. 
Jeritt,  162,  282. 
Jewel,  184. 
Jewet,  9,10,11,161. 
Jewett,  12,  13,  15,    42,  84, 

86,  87,  88,  90,  91, 133. 134, 

136, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 

153,  154,  155, 156,  204,  261, 

263. 
Jewit,    141,  163,    164,  165, 

203,  204. 
Jewitt,    141,  205,  206,  260, 

261,  262. 
Jillings,  131. 
Joanes.  238. 
Joans,  240. 
Jocelyn,  188, 197. 
Johnson.  9,  13,  19,  21,  82, 

135, 139, 155, 164,  208,  219, 

220,  225, 286,  280. 


Johonnot,   64,66,102,  118, 

114. 
Jones,  3,  44,  56,  59, 236,  249. 
Jordan,  188, 190. 
Josselyn,  82, 191. 
Keep,  129. 
Keith,  40. 

Kemball,  143,  276,  281.., 
Kenastons,  220. 
Kenistons,  265. 
Kennedy,  129,  234,  275. 
Kenny,  17,  94. 
Kenrick,  140. 
Kent,  142. 
Kertlaud,  174. 
Kerry,  96. 144,  275,  278. 
Keys'ar,  44. 
Kezer,  154. 
Kilborne.  205. 
Kilburn,  11, 14,  84,  86, 157, 

165,  206. 
Kilburne,  45,  84,  85. 
Killam,  169. 
Killlam,240. 
Killim.  240. 
Kimba],233. 
Kimball,  19,  221. 
Kimbel,  163. 
Kindrick,  140. 
King,  28,  38.  107,  122,  126, 

171,  225,  247. 
Kingesen,  274. 
Kingsbery,  92. 
Kingsley,"  34. 
Kirkbv,  80. 
Kirkla'nd,42. 
Kitchen,  42,  159,  220,226, 

248.  268. 
Kitcherill.  166, 
Kitchtu.  172. 
Knapp,  129,  253. 
Knight,  159, 168,  212. 
Knollys,  190. 
Knolton,2o3. 
Kuo\vlton.94,  141. 
Knox,  69, 181. 
Kennedy,  232. 
Kosaisko,  4. 
Kosciuzko,    103,  107,    117, 

118. 
Ladd,  43,  213. 
Lafayette,  107, 120, 123, 125, 

127,  249. 
Lambert.   10, 11,  iH.  15,  26. 

85.86.   130.  138,  189,147, 

148,  1.55, 161, 162.  163, 164, 

105. 169,  197,  203,205  ,  261, 

265,  282. 
Lambeth,  181. 
Lancaster,  9. 156. 
Lanckster.  153. 
Lander,  209,  261. 
Lane,  37,  171. 
Lang,    130.    150,    151,  200, 

201,  209.  248,  254. 
Langdon,  122, 213. 
Langlev,  164, 165, 166. 
Lanne,  238. 
Lark  ham,  190. 
Larkum,  21,  22,  23,  94.  95, 

143, 144,  231,  232,  276,  278, 

279,  280,  281,  282. 
Larnard,  3, 4,  6,  6. 
Lamed,  100, 122,  129, 160. 
Laskins,  219.  220,  222. 
Latherbee,  228,  229. 
Lathrop,  171,  223,  227,  267, 

268,  269,  270. 
Laud,  186. 


Lauriat,  201. 

La  Vallois,  215. 

Law,  15, 16, 161, 163, 164. 

Lawes,  272. 

Lawrence,  128, 124,  215, 222, 

235. 
Leach,  16, 17,  21. 
Learuard,  3. 
Learned,  114. 
Leaver,  168,  203. 
Leavitt,  248. 
Lee,  39,  40,  41,  46,  64,56, 6», 

62,  63,  66,  66,  67,  68, 114, 

123,  131, 191. 
Leech,  17,  20,  21,  95,  166, 

167, 168, 169, 170, 171,  222, 

238,  237,  272, 273,  276,  279, 

280. 
Lemon,  228. 
Lesco,  118. 
Leslie,  51. 07,  68. 
Lesslee,  23*^. 
Lewis,  87,  48,  129, 132, 172, 

173,  187,202,239.. 
Lighten,  12,  18,  15,  84,  85, 

157, 164, 166,  205,  206,  207. 
Ligngrass,  64. 
Lincoln,   100,  101,110,114. 
Lindal,  26,36. 
Lindal),  208. 
Lindsey,  149. 
Little,  116, 148. 
Littlefleld,  5. 
Livingston,  100,  120,  124. 
Locke,  75. 
Long,  92,  99, 121. 
Longhorne,  161, 163, 164. 
Lord,  166, 171,  172,  220,  221, 

222. 
Lorde,  222. 
Loring,  50. 
Lossing,  54,  59,  104. 
Lothrop,  222. 
Louis,  XVI,  (King)  198. 
Lovell,  119,  121,    122,  124, 

125. 
Loveriiig,  240. 
Lovet,  144,  233,281. 
Lovett,  16, 17.  19,  20,  21,  22, 

94.  95,  96,  147,  167.  169, 

221,  227,  281,  233,  234,  235, 
241,  275,  276,  277,  278,  279, 
280,  282. 

Lowell,  41. 

Lucas,  279. 

Lufkin,  209. 

Lull,  15,  85,  89,  135, 189. 

Lume,282. 

Lunt,  42,  205. 

Luntt,  260. 

Luquv,  158. 

Lurne,  163,  282. 

Lurue,  157. 

Lurvev,  157. 

Lymaii,  120. 127, 129,  147. 

Lynch,  19,  21,  279. 

Lynde,  26,  286,  255. 

Mackclaflin,  45. 

.Alackercst,  43. 

Mackey,  40,   128,   195,  196, 

2.54. 
Marble,  120. 
Marciuand,  40. 
Marsh,  39,  45,  2.53. 
Marshall.  238,  266. 
Marshfield,  6. 
Marston,    42,   48,   159,   192, 

222,  22.5,  256. 


287 


Mar  tain,  263 

Martin,  24,44,  16,  129,  275, 

276,  277.  278,  280. 
Martyn,  233. 
Mary,  (Queen)  31,  181,  182. 

186. 
Magee,  HI4, 207. 
Magoun,  2-51. 
Makepeace,  129. 
Malcoln,  118,  119. 
Malcoy,— 275,  282. 
Malmadee,  119. 
Malvoy,  233. 
Mandeville,  139. 
Manlys,  5.">. 
Mann,  247. 

Manning,  27,  128,  159, 236. 
Mansfield,  111,114, 130,209, 

229,  231,  232,  233,  274,  282. 
Mascoll,  26. 
Mason,    38,  187,    198,  225, 

236. 
Massey,  38,    172,  207,  225, 

226,  227,  253.  264,  265, 266, 

267,  268,269,270,271. 
Massy,  166, 168,  169, 170, 171, 

172,  220,221,223. 
Masury,  26,  208. 
Mather,  29,31. 
xMatthews,  144,281. 
Maule,  29. 
Maverick,  44 
Maxwel.  144,  279. 
May,  234. 
Maynard,  41. 
Mc  Clenachan,  157,  1.58. 
McKean,  241,247. 
Mc  Kenny,  24,  276, 277,  280. 
Mc  Lallin,  45. 
M'Culler.  126. 
M'Dougal,  60,61,  67. 
Meecham,  278. 
Meiggs,  7. 
Melcher,235. 
Meller,  3. 
Mercer,  63,  64,  92. 
Merriam,  236. 
Merrill,  143.263. 
Merritt,  53,  54. 
Meservy,  131. 
Middleton,  184. 
Mighel,  203. 
Mighill,   11.  13,  14,  85,88, 

90,  152,  161,  162,  16.5,  205. 
Mlhols,  214. 
Milk,  45. 
Millar,  145. 

Miller,  6,  120,  128. 1-29,  214, 
Millett,  19,  47,  236,249,  251. 
Mills,  54,  1-29. 
Mingo,  24,  232,  277,  281. 
Minot,37, 
Mitchell,  36. 
Mitchelson,  36. 
Molton,  227. 
Montgomery, -231,  234. 
Moody,  4.5, 141. 
Moore,    129,  168,  220,  221, 

232,  249. 
Morel],  142 
Morgan,  16,  17,  19,  20,  21, 

22,  24,  96,    110,   118,  227, 

231,  233,  234,  236, 237, 277, 

278,  279,  280,  281,  282. 
Morris,  64,  120,127. 
Mors,  18,28,  36,  94,96,144, 

232,277,278,282. 
Morso,  22,  207. 


Morss,  41. 

Mor^ion,  82,  84,  122. 

iMos,  %. 

Moses,  130. 

Mould,  44. 

Moulton,    168, 171,  224,  225, 

•251,  268. 
Mdwser,  168. 
Moylan,  54,  56,  57. 
Mugford,  55,  56. 
Muggleton,  191. 
Mutcoy,  233. 
Mullen,  95,276,  277,278. 
Mullin,  143. 
Munjoy,  187. 
Muuson,  59. 
Murphey,  8. 
Murray,  62,  211. 
Mussey,246. 
Muzzey,  4. 
Nason,  129. 
Nazro,  127. 
Neal,  44,  46,  47.  92,  180, 181, 

192,210,235,251. 

Neale, ,  187. 

Needham,  130, 131. 
Nellson,  87,  132.  140,   153, 

164,  203,  204,  262. 
Nelson,  9.  11,  12,  13,14,  1.5. 

45,  86,  143,  165,  206,  207. 

230. 
Newbury,  29. 

Newhall,  173,  199,  -230,  239. 
Newman,  27. 
Newmarsh,  44. 
Newmash,  44. 
Newton.  29.  40, 48. 
Nichols,  3,  25,  40,  202,  214. 
NicholU,  158. 
Nicholson,  47, 144,  236. 
Nicks,  168. 
Nicols,  270. 
Niles,  121,122. 
Nimblitt,  54,  59. 
Nixon,  99,  100, 103,  104,  114. 

115,  118,160,  167. 
Noonan,  212. 
Norden,  44,45,  46. 
Norrice,  46. 
Norman.  170,  221. 
Norris,  1.30, 169. 
Northend,  9, 86,  90, 136,  138, 

141.142,205,206,263. 
Northey,46,  130,150. 
Norton,  234,  272. 
Norwood,  254. 
Nowell,  48. 
Noyes,43, 119,  120,  121,  122, 

142. 
Nurse,  229. 
Nurss,  228. 
Nutting,  28. 
Oakes,  47. 
Ober,  16,  17,  20,21,  22,  23, 

24,94,95, 144,231,232.233, 

234,  275,  277,  279,  280,  282 
0'Connel,249. 
Odell,202,  251. 
Oldham,  83,  187. 
Oliver,  27,  51,19  ,-264. 
Olney,  125. 
Osborn,  155,210,282. 
Osborne,  219, 236. 
Osgood,26, 1 14,  147, 195, 196, 

209,  214,  228,  236,  251, 254. 
Orne,  36, 37, 38, 39  40, 51,  52, 

54,59,72, 101, 102, 103,  106, 

111,130,147,197,273. 


Orr.  1-29. 

Orris,  47. 

Orsborn,  156. 

Overbury,  178. 

Paey,  169. 

Packer,  115. 

Page,  1.3,  7,  1-28,  130,  143. 

Paget,  189. 

Paine,  199. 

Paison,  11,204,206. 

Palfrey,  42,46,  58,  171,  172, 

220,  221.  226,  270. 
I'allmer.  14, 85, 203. 204,205. 
Palmer,  10,  11,  12.14, 15  85, 
90,91.101,133,135,154.157, 
161.  164,  166,  203,207,  260, 
262. 

Parker,  43,  181,  199,200,202 
Parkman,  40,  240. 
Parks,  120. 
Parmenter  167. 
Parmynster,  169. 
Parrat,  163. 

Parsons,  108,  109,  114,  228. 
Pason,  203. 
Patch,  16,  17,  18,  19,20,  21. 

22,23, 42,91,'94,  95,  96, 140, 

144,  167,  172,  192,227,231, 

•233,  234,  237,  275,  277.  278, 

279.280,281. 
Patche,  18,  22. 
Patten,  3,  4,  6, 118. 
Patterson,  3.  4,5,100,  110, 

114.  115,  160,215. 
Pattin,  172. 
Payne,  28,  169,272. 
Paynes,  264. 
Payson,  42,  87,  88.  133,  134, 

137,  138,206,261. 
Peabody,  147,  245. 
Pearce,  54, 141. 
Pearson,  141,  154,  157,  162. 

164,204,205. 
Pease, -266. 
Peck,  41. 
Pedrick,  236. 
Peole,  25.  31 .  130. 
Peirce,  20,  22,  23,  26,  28,  73, 

95,  127,  129,  130,  132,  142, 

233,  234, 246. 
Peirson,  11,  12,  15,  84,  206. 
Pengre,  10,  12, 14,  84,85,  87, 

88,90,96,  133. 
Pengree,  153,  262. 
Pengrey,  132,  139,  1,V2,  262. 
Pengrv,  84, 260,  262. 
Pennel,  199. 
Penry,  180. 
Pepperell,  37. 
Percy,  51 
Perkins,  41,  156,    198,  228, 

235,  236, 249. 
Porle,203. 

Perley,  134,  136,  261. 
Perly,  248. 
Permott,  189. 
Perrie,  225,  256,  268. 
Pcrrson,  85,88,90,  91,  133, 

134,  137,  153. 
Perry,  150, 175, 177,  178, 179, 

180,  185,222,223. 
Person,  85,  228,  229,  230. 
Pert,  233,  275, 278. 
Peters,  3,  5,  130,  167,  222. 
Pottingall,  171. 
Phelan,  128. 
Pheliis,  18,  29. 
Philip,  I  King,]  31. 


Phillips,  106,  132,   163,  164, 

169,20.5,235. 
Phinny,  114. 
Hliippen,  45,   46,  130,   208, 

235,251. 
Pliipps,  143. 
Phips,  16. 
Picden,  269. 
Piekard,   10,  11,   I4,;.84, 86, 

87       ,90,132,133,134,136, 

13, ,  139,  155,  156,  157,  165, 

166,  202,  203,  204,  205,  206, 

261. 
Picherin,  226. 
Pickering,  26,  38,r40,  48,  54, 

99,  1.50,  166,  171,  197,  251. 
Pickeringe,  274. 
Picket,  -23,24,  46,  96,  231, 

232,  234,  275,  277,  279. 
Pickett,  236,  269. 
Pickman,  44, 208,  248,  250, 

252. 
Pickton,  167. 
Pickworth,  168. 
Picton,  267. 
Pierce,  277,  280. 
Plerpont-  246. 
Pifbary,  87. 
Piilden,  2-25. 
Pigkett,  223. 
Pike,  43,  44,  46. 
Pilkington,  184. 
Pillsbery,  12,  14,  136. 
Pilsbary,88. 
Pilsbury,  10,  128. 
Pingree,  27,  136. 
Pitman,    44,   167,  207,  233, 

236,  277. 
Pittman,  234. 
Plaisted,  26. 
Plantin,  211. 
Plats,   16,  85,   137,  140,  141, 

1.5.5,  162,  165,205,261. 
Platts,  11,13,  15,42,  94,  141, 

143,  156,  206,  261, 
Plumer,  9, 12,  85,  86,  155. 
Plummer,  14,  43,  86,  87,  88, 

89, 90,  133, 135, 139, 206, 236. 
Poland,  231,  233. 
Pomeroy,  198. 
Pool,  157,  158,  208. 
Poole,  230. 
Poor,  99,  100,  113,  114,  135, 

137,  138,  160. 
Pope,  122,  129,  224. 
I'opliam,  175,  176,  177,  178, 

179,  180,  185,  186,  192. 
Porter,  36,  40,  128,  129,  130, 

222,  223,  224,  225,  226,  227, 

233,  237,  263,  264,  266,  267, 
268,269,270,271. 

Portmont,  189. 

Posey,  9. 

Powell,  104. 

Powland,  258. 

Pownall,  51. 

Prance,  45. 

Pratt.  129,248,  25-J. 

Prentice,  54. 

Prescott,  37,  112,  113,  114, 

115. 
Preson,  205. 
Presson,  16,  21,  22,23,  96, 

144,  147,231,232,233,278, 
280,282. 

Preston,  19,  21,  22,  23,  95, 
147,  148,  235,  277,  279,  280. 


288 


Price,  25,  27,  133,  134,  192, 

224,  235,  251,  264,  265,  266, 
268,  269,  270,  271,272,  273. 

Pride,  22,  95,  231,  277,  278, 

280. 
Prime,  9,  10,11,    13,  15,  85, 

94,  152,  161,  203. 
Prince,  16,  45,  82,  168,  219, 

220,  226,  270,  271,  272,  277, 

281. 
Pritchard,  236. 
Proctor,  37,  212,231,236. 
Pryme,  165. 
Prytherck,  47. 
Pumary,  46. 
Pamery,  46. 
Punchard,  212. 
Purchis,  173. 
Putnam,  29,  37,  46,  62,  70, 

72,   92,    113,  114,  115,  118, 

119,  130,  158,  159,  170,  192, 

209,  235,  237,  264, 270,  271. 
Pvlinam,  226,  227,  267,  268. 
Quarles,  20. 
Qulncey,  148. 
Quiner,  236. 
Rahl,  67. 

Rainer,  163,  165,  205. 
Raleigh,  ISO 
Ranney,  260. 
Rantoul,  145,  146,  147,  152, 

193,  197,  198,199,201,241, 

243,  247,  248,  249,  251,  252, 

253,  254. 
Rawden,  65. 
Rawson,  129. 
Ray,  129,171,223,270. 
Raye,  18. 
Rayes,  223. 
Rayment,  271.279. 
Raymond,  24, 280. 
Raynal,  186. 

Rea,  18,21,23,95,159,23-2,281. 
Read,  19,24,  114,  169,   172, 

2n2,  220,  221, 222,  225,  268, 

272. 
Reading,  47. 
Reave,  80. 
Redford,  192, 
Redington,  48,  271 . 
Reed,  51,  57,58,59,  66,67. 
Reeding,  47. 
Reeves,  219,  224. 
Reith,  45. 
Remick,  32. 
Remington,  161,  162. 
Remont,  267, 
Rentoul,  146. 
Revell,  80 
Revere,  32,  53. 
Reyner,  166. 
Reynolds,  171, 172,  178. 
Rhea,  40.  41. 
Richards,  35,  235. 
Richardson,  39, 236. 
Richmond,  124. 
Rigby,  188. 
Ring,  236. 
Rintoul,  145, 146 
Rix.  271. 
Roberts,  95,   112,  129,  233, 

236,277,281. 
Robertson,  4,  236. 
Robie,  39. 
Robins,  264. 
Robinson,  140, 210, 216,  221, 

225,  227. 
Roby,92. 
Roohefontaine,  259. 


Rock,  266. 

Rodderford,  157. 

Roetier,  30. 

Roff,  7. 

Rogers,  46. 124, 142, 161, 163, 

165,  173. 
Rondell,  192. 
Rootes,  266. 
Roots,  221,  227,  267. 
Ropes.  46,  47,  129,  130,  207, 

210,251. 
Rose,  232. 
Rosewell,  83. 
Ross,  24. 
Rouendy,  18. 
Rouille,  (Baron,)  40, 
Roundy,  19,  21,  24,  94,  95, 

96,  144.  231,233,  236,275. 

277,  278. 
Roundey,  19,  278,  279,  251. 
Row,  157,  158. 
Rowell,  93,  214,  256. 
Ruck,  28,  36,  167,  168. 
Rudderford,  158. 
RumbuU,  272. 
Rusell,  91 . 
Rush,  244. 
Russel,  83. 
Russell,  44,  54, 125,  134,  216, 

2-23. 
Rust,  248. 
Rutland,  18,  19,  22,24,  176, 

277,  278, 280. 
Rvche,  270. 
Ryalls,  269. 
Ryley,  206: 
Sabine,  52,  55,  56,  69. 
Sadeler,  14, 15. 
Sadler,  85. 
Salisbury,  40. 
Sallis,24.23l. 
Sallowes,  17,  20,  95, 144,  172, 

275,  277,  278,  279,  280. 
Sallows,  17,  19,  220. 
Salstingtall,  269. 
Saltonshall,  270. 
Sampson,  181. 
Sanborn,  26,  29,  215. 
Sanders,  14, 15, 85,  87, 90, 91, 

134,133,  153,155,  170,262, 

266. 
Sargent,  42,  109,   115,    157, 

158,  248. 
Savage,  27,  35, 73,    5, 76, 77, 

82,  130,  159,207. 
Savel,  232. 

Sawer,  11,  13,  15,161,  165. 
Sawier,  165. 
Sawyer,  11,  12,  85,90,  136. 

139,  155,  172,  205,  206. 
Scagel,  212. 
Scails,  166. 
Scales,  166,  203. 
Scamman,  1 14, 1 15. 
Schuyler,  70, 97, 99, 100, 103. 
Scot,  162, 163, 165. 
Scote,  164. 
Scott,  10,  12.  13,  15,  31,  85, 

89,  154,  157.  158,  201,  26), 

261. 
Scrugg,  225 
Scudder,  171,  172,222,  224, 

227. 
Searl,  141, 192. 
Searle,  10,  41, 143. 
Sears,  96,  280. 
Sedgwick,  186. 
Sedgwicke,  265. 
Seers,  124. 


Selman,  54,  55,  58,  111,  236. 

Series,  204. 

Sewall,  36,  39,40,45,  93, 107, 
122,  126. 

Sewell,  162. 

Seymour,  176,  177,  178. 

Shafflyn,  221. 

Shaflin,  266. 

Sharp,  78,83,  167.  .i 

Sharpe,  255. 

Shattuck,  47. 

Sheepso,  144. 

Shepard,  122,  129,  164,  235. 

Shepherd,  66.  67,  126. 

Sherburne.  120, 121, 124, 1'25. 

Sheriff,  98. 

Shettuck,  95. 

Shores,  208. 

Shortt,  42. 

Shillito,  203. 

Shipley,  168. 

Shipping,  45. 

Siblee,  46. 

Sibley,  46. 

Siblye,  46. 

Silliman,  93. 

Sillsby,  167. 

Silsbee,  193,  195,  247. 

Silver,  141. 

Sinclair,  214. 

Skarlett,  169. 

Skelling,  219. 

Skeiton,  78, 170. 

Skerie,  269. 

Skerrie,  225,  226,  263,267, 
268. 

Skerry,  171,  212,  235,  253. 

Skillings,  132,215. 

Skinner,  130,  274. 

Slack,  122. 

Slayman,  129. 

Sleuman,  197,  235. 

Slue,  17,  20,  23,  278. 

Small,  44,  46, 172,  263. 

Smart,  1-28. 

Smith,  10,  12,  13,  15,  16, 17, 
18,20,21,22,23,24,41,45, 
47,51,54,84,88,  91,95,%, 
127,  1-28,  129,  130,  141, 144, 
145,  161,162,  163,  170,  186, 
204,  212, 216,  217,  225,  231,- 
234,  235,  236,  242,  252,  253, 
277,  278,  279,280,  281. 

Smyth,  166,  167. 

Snelling,  151. 

Snow,  129. 

Soamsi,  280,  282. 

Somerby,  43. 

Soper,  3. 

Sothwick,  263. 

Southwick,  150, 151, 152, 166, 
196,  200,  201,  218,  224,  272. 

Sowthwick,  168. 

Spafford,  86,  88,  90,  136,  137. 

Spalden,  94. 

Sparhawk,  147, 210, 228, 229, 
230. 

Sparks,  54,  107. 

Speakman.  59. 

Spence,  217. 

Spencer,  114,  214. 

Spofford.  14,  136,  163. 

Spoford,  9,  11,  14,  165,204, 
205. 

Spooner,  264. 

Sprague,  248,254. 

Spring,  129. 

Sprout,  120, 124,  126,  129. 

Stade,  6. 


Stacey,  54,  59,  253. 

Stackhouse,  267. 

Stacy,  48,  93,  169,  210,  220, 

236. 
Stanchfield,  157. 
Standish,  168,226,266. 
Standley,  21,  22,  236,  278, 

280. 
Standly,  22,  277. 
Stanley,  17,  19,  95, 144,  231, 

232,  233,  235,  275,  278,  279, 

281. 
Stanly,  18, 234,  282. 
Stanton,  40, 161. 
Stark,  100,  114. 
Starlin,  43. 
Stearns,  147,  193,  194,  195, 

196,  247,  243.  219,  250. 
Stell,  135. 
Stenchfleld,  158. 
Stephens,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20, 

275,  276,  277. 
Sterling.  (Lord,)  110. 
Sternhold,  181. 
Sterns,  131. 
Stetson,  1,  3. 
Stevens,  42,  47,  236. 
Steward,  204. 
Stewart,  8,  10,  89,  133,  136, 

137. 
S+ickne,  10,  14,  15,  205. 
Sticknee,  87,  133,  134, 137. 
Stickney,  9, 30,  84, 86,87,  90. 

132,  138,  146,  152,  153,  161, 

162,  163,  164,  165,  202,  260, 

261. 
Stileman,  170,  225,  226,  227, 

271. 
Stirling,  97. 
Stoddard,  129. 
Stone,  16,  17,  19,  20,21,  22, 

23,  24,  44,  47,  94,  95,  129, 

143,  144,  151,  168,  231,  232, 

235,  245,  277,  278,  279,  280, 

281. 
Storm,  117. 
Storrow,  40. 
Story,  2,  64,  81, 101,  105. 
Stow,  126. 
Stowers,  129. 
Strachey,  176,  178. 
Stratton,  220. 
Strout,  235. 
Stuarts,  186. 
Sullivan,  59,  68,  71,  97, 107, 

114,  119,120,  121,125,  127, 

244. 
Sumner,  141,  142. 
Swan,  162,  165, 169, 203. 
Swasey,  59,  266. 
Swett,  236. 
Swift,  70. 

Swinerton,  227,  264,  267. 
Syles,  261. 
Symmes,  35,  213. 
Symonds,45,54,  94,129,220, 

•253,272,281. 
Symons,  269. 
Tarbel,  228,  229. 
Tarr,  143,  157,  158. 
Tawley,  42. 
Tayler,  231. 
Taylor,  3, 6,  7,  17,18,20,21, 

23,  24,  39,  95.  96,  98,  101, 

143,  157,  215,  231, 277, 278. 

279,281. 
Temple,  221. 
Teney,  162,  163. 


289 


Tenne,  86,  89. 133,  136,  137, 

205. 
Tennee,  135,  136. 
Tenney,  85,  142, 154.  262. 
Tenny,  10, 13,  85,  142. 
Teny,  161, 164. 
Thatcher,  8. 
Thayer  250. 
Thirstan,  14,  84. 
Thirston,  138. 
Thissel,  233,  234. 
Thistain,  87,  89,  91. 
Thistle,  20,  21, 22,  23.  24,  94, 

95,277,279,  281. 
Thomas,  27,59, 102, 114,  225, 

252,  268. 
Thompson,  96,  234,  235. 
Thomson,  54,  93. 
Thornd,  20,23,  94,95,  144, 

231,234,278,280. 
Thorndick,  64,  226,  271. 
Thorndike,  16, 17, 18,  20,  21, 

22,  23,  24,  94,  95,  96.  172, 

196,  231,  232,  233,  234,  242. 

247,  277,  278,  280,  281,  282. 
Thome,  93,  213 
Thornedick,  265,  266. 
Thornton,  84,  175,176,  177. 

178,  190 
Thurstain.  134, 136, 139, 152, 

157,  262. 
Thurston,  155,  169. 
Tibbets,  235. 
Tidd,  213. 
Tift,  127. 
Tileston,  32. 
Tillotson,  124. 
Tillton,93. 
Tindley,  236. 
Tinson,  157. 

Titcomb,  42,  122,  123,  125. 
Titus,  216. 

Tod,  10,  12,  14,  162,  204. 
Todd,  19,  89,  134, 164. 
Tompkins,  172,  224,  269. 
Tompson,  167, 169. 
Topham,  120. 
Toppan,  42. 
Torrey,  3,  5. 
Towne,  159.  170,202,251. 
Townsend,  211, 228, 229,  230, 

236. 
Tracy,  107,  122. 
Trask,  17, 18,  20,  22,  23,  24, 

44,94,95.96,  144,210,226, 

232,  233,  237,  275,  277, 280, 

281,282. 
Traake,  1 69, 1 70, 1 7 1 , 1 92, 220, 

222,  225,  266,  270,  278. 
Treadwell,  110. 
Trefry,  65. 
Trelawney,  188. 
Trenton,  129. 


Trevett,  208. 

Trevy,  16. 

Trew,  226. 

Trofetre,  233. 

Trofton,  115. 

Trow,  24,  95,  276,  277,  279, 

280,281. 
Trumble,  162, 164. 
Trumbull,  125. 
Truslers,  268. 
Tuck,.  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,21, 

22,  24.  95,  96,  221,  222,  233, 

234,  275,  277.  281. 
Tucke,  172,  220. 
Tucker,  .55,    130,   143,  227, 

235. 
Tufts  212 
Turner,  28,  29,  192,  197,  220, 

248. 
Tuttle,  118. 

Tyler,  26,  114,  121,  125. 
Tyng,  40.  41. 
Uggs,  207. 
Underbill,  218. 
Upham,  49,  51,  97, 159. 
Upton,  235. 
Usher,  184. 
Vannam,  234. 
Vannen,  282. 
Varnum,  107,  114, 120, 121, 

124, 125,  128. 
Veitch,  145. 
Venor,  266. 
Veren,  36. 

Verin,  170,225,227,269. 
VerriD,  169,  222,  224. 
Verryn,  224. 
Very,  236. 
Vial,  211. 
Vicorrv,  236, 
Vincent,  253. 
Vines,  187, 191. 
Vose,  129. 
Wade,  92.  204. 
Wadsworth,  123, 124. 
Waite,  141. 
Waitt,  130. 
Walcott,  46,  266. 
Waldo,  130,  248,  249. 
Waidron,  27. 
Wales,  23,  280. 
Walker,  114,  129,  130,  210, 

233 
Walley,  96. 
Wallis,  17, 18, 19.  20,  21, 25, 

42,  43,  59,  190,  233,  242, 

277,  279. 
Walpole,  31. 
WaJsingbam,  182. 
Walton,  230. 
Ward,  26,  27, 28,  30.  38,  49, 

54.  56,  114,  115,  124,  130, 

169,    170.    196,    198,    207, 

209,  210,  211,  213,  254,  282. 


Warde,  207. 

Warden,  189. 

Ware,  26. 

Warin,  227. 

Warner,  204. 

Warren,    70,  98,    100,  129, 

130. 
Washburn,  129. 
Washington,  3,  7,  8,  9,  54, 

55,  56,  57,  68,  60,  61,  62, 

63,  64,  68,  69,  70,  71,72, 

81,  97,  98,  103,  104,  105, 

106, 107, 108, 109,  111,  113, 

150,  151, 160,  249. 
Wass,  142. 
Waterman,  171. 
Waters,  46,  212,  235, 253. 
Watson,  28,  38,  69, 149, 150, 

199,  202,  226,  264,  267,  269. 
Watter,  224. 
Watts,  48. 
Wayne,  7,  8,  9. 
Webb,  27.128,  38,  80,  129, 

130,  202.  208,  209,  247,  249, 

250,  259. 
Webster,  199,  208. 
Weed,  42. 
Weekes,  172. 
Weld,  36. 
Wellman,  26,  130,  228,  229, 

230. 
Wells,  129,  207. 
Wentworth,  142. 
Weskett,  220. 
West,  17.  18,  19,  21.  23,  46, 

119, 147, 169, 172,  220,  279, 

280. 
Weston,  198,  214,  236. 
Wharton,  35, 265. 
Wheaden,  221. 
Wheatland,  33.  147. 
Wheeler,  10,  84,  88, 118, 119, 

135,  142.  223,  235. 
Wheelwright.  189, 190,  215. 
Wheler,  88.  Ii36,  137, 153. 
Whiple,  203. 
Whipple,  118, 119.  121,  124, 

125,  258. 
Whitcomb,  114. 
White,  27, 167,  220.  233,  236, 

248,  272,  275,  282. 
Whitfield,  34. 
Whitford,  228. 
Whitgift,  184. 
Whitney,  123,  196,  254. 
Whitredge,  17,  20,  142,  240, 
Whittemore,  252. 
Wbittingham,  173. 
Whittington,  44. 
Whitwefl,  63, 101. 
Whitworth,  210.    ' 
Wicks,  159. 
Wicom,  141,  204,  206. 
Wicome,  16, 163, 165. 


Wigglesworth,  70, 127, 128. 

Wilde,  271. 

Wilds,  48. 

Wilkins,  235. 

Wilkinson,  68. 

Willard,  22,  44,  47,  96,  279. 

William,  (King)  186. 

Williams,  18,  19,  22,  23,  24, 
27,  30,  47,  59,  95,  96,  97, 
98,  129,  130,  179,  226,  228, 
229,  231,  232,  234,  249,  269, 
270,  273  275,  277,  278,  279, 
280,  281,  282. 

Willis,  235. 

Wilmot,  249. 

Wilson,  43, 122. 

Wincob,  73. 

Winn,  197,  235. 

Winslow.  3,  4,  40,  186. 

Winter,  188. 

Winthrop,  73,  74,  76,  78,  79, 
80,  81,^2,83,  84,167,258. 

Witham,  157,  158. 

Witten,  13, 15. 

Wolcott,  39. 

Wood,  10, 11, 12.  15, 19,  21, 
22,  24,  85,  88,  95,  113, 114, 
122, 133, 143,  203,  204,  205, 
206,  232,  233,  234,  242,  243, 
255,  261.  277,  282. 

Woodb.,  95,  231, 233,  281. 

Woodbary,  88. 

Woodberries,  268. 

Woodberrie,  266,  267,  268, 
269, 

Woodberry,  16—24,  95,  96, 
144,  232,  233,  234,  276,  277, 
278,  279,  280,  281,  282. 

Woodbery,  13, 144, 166, 167, 
168, 169,  228,  232,  238,  234. 

Woodbr.,  144. 

Woodbridge,  114,  128,  263. 

Woodbrj,  20,  24,  231,  234, 

Woodbury,  21,  22, 44, 87,  90, 
147, 169, 170, 171,  220,  222, 
232,  233,  236. 

Woodby,  22,  24. 

Woodman,  44,  206. 

Woodmansye,  92. 

Woodward,  208. 

Woodwell,  48. 

Wormsted,  69. 

Wright,  4,  55,  129,  219. 

Wyat,  143.  232. 

Wyclifie,  181. 

Wycom,  11, 165. 

Yeoman  s,  129. 

Yong,  169. 

Yonges,  220. 

Young,  1,  42,  130, 198, 

Zimmerman,  216. 


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Memoir  of  Daniel  A.  White,  by  Gt.  W.  Briggs    .      1  Extracts  from  the  Records  of  two  Aqueduct  Cor- 

Mr.  Rantoul's  connexion  with  Military  and  Leg-  porations  in  Salem  and  Danvers,  communica- 

islatiye  matters, 55  ted  by  H.  Wheatland, 43 

A  Copy  of  the  First  Book  of  Marriages   of  the  ^^,16  Memoranda,  copied  by  E.  S.  W.               .       46 

town  of  Rowley  with  notes  communicated  by  Gleanings  from  the  Town  Records  of  Wenham,       47 

'       M.  A.  Stickney 37    Boston  Numismatic  Society, 48 

Account  of  the  formation  of  the  Essex  Historical 

Society,  by  G.  A.  Ward,        ....        41 

]ntjm:jbeii     t"WO. 

Memoir  of  Daniel  A.  White,  by  Geo.  W.  Briggs,  President  Munroe  in  Salem,  by  B  F.  Browne       .     76 

(concluded.) 49  Record  of  Births  and  Deaths,  in  the  Town  of 

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Town  of  Rowley,  with  notes,  communicated  by  (continued.) 77 

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]ntjm:beii  three. 

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Frost  Family, 113  Materials  for  a  history  of  Ship  Building  in  Salem, 

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HISTORICAL    COLLECTIOITS 

O  P      T  H  E 

ESSEX     INSTITUTE. 

Vol.   VI.  February,  1864..  No.  1. 

MEMOm  OF  DANIEL  A.  WHITE. 

BT    GEORGE    W.    BRIGGS. 
Read  at  a  Meeting  of  the  Essex  Institute,  Monday  evening,  January  4,  1864. 


BOYHOOD  AND  YOUTH. 
Daniel  Appleton  "White  was  born  in  that  part  of  the  old  town  of  Methu- 
en  which  is  now  included  in  the  City  of  Lawrence,  June  7th,  1776.  His  an- 
cestor, William  White,  came  to  this  country  from  Haverhill,  Norfolk  Co.,  Eng- 
land, in  1635,  in  company  with  Rev.  Mr.  Ward,  the  first  minister  of  Haverhill, 
Mass.  Mr.  White  first  went  to  Ipswich,  thence  to  Newbury ;  but  finally  set- 
tled at  Haverhill.  The  place  on  which  he  built  his  house  is  still  occupied  by 
a  lineal  descendant,  who  bears  the  name  of  White,  and  has  been  in  the  pos- 
session of  the  family  since  the  settlement  of  the  town  in  1640.  William 
White  died  Sept.  28th,  1690,  when  about  eighty  years  of  age.  John  White, 
his  descendant  in  the  fifth  generation,  the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  memoir, 
was  born  Feb.  7th,  1719-20.  He  removed  to  Methuen  about  the  year  1772, 
and  died  July  11th,  1800.  He  was  twice  married;  first  to  Mrs.  Miriam  Ha- 
zen,  in  1753,  by  whom  he  had  six  children;  and  again  to  Elizabeth  Haynes,the 
mother  of  Daniel,  Feb.  18th,  1767.  She  had  eleven  children,  of  whom  Daniel 
was  the  fifth.t  Thirteen  of  this  family  of  seventeen,  had  families  of  their 
own. 

*  The  writer  desires  to  refer  to  the  admirable  memoir  of  Judge  White,  by  Rev.  Dr.  Walker,  pub- 
lished in  the  proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  which  contains  many  things  of 
which  he  would  have  been  glad  to  avail  iiimself  in  this  brief  sketch,  if  they  had  not  been  already 
used  by  a  far  more  skilful  hand. 

t  The  genealogy  is  as  follows :  John  White,  the  only  son  of  William  and  Mary  White,  married 
Hannah  French,  at  Salem,  Nov.  25th,  1662,  and  died  Jan.  1st,  1668,  at  the  age  of  29  years.  His 
only  son,  Capt.  John  White,  was  born  March  8th,  1663-4.  He  married  Lydia  Gilman,  of  Exeter, 
Oct.  24th,  1687,  and  died  Nov.  20th,  1727.  He  had  a  large  family  of  fourteen  children,  one  of  whom, 
Timothy  White,  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1720.  His  fourth  child.  Deacon  William  White, 
the  grandfather  of  Daniel,  was  born  Jan.  18th,  1693-4,  and  died  Dec.  11th,  1737.  He  was  married  in 
Boston,  June  12th,  1716,  to  Sarah  Phillips,  sister  of  Rev.  Samuel  Phillips,  of  Andover 


Daniel's  childhood  and  youth  were  passed  upon  his  father's  farm  until  he 
went  to  Atkinson  Academy,  in  June  1792,  when  he  was  just  sixteen  years  old. 
In  a  charming  autobiographical  sketch  written  for  his  children,  during  a  long 
illness,  in  the  winter  of  1836-7,  and  which  he  says  he  ^ight  never  have  found 
"time  and  opportunity  to  write  in  a  state  of  health,"  he  has  drawn  a  delight- 
ful picture  of  his  early  life.  It  unveils  the  beauty  of  a  genuine  New  England 
home.  Everything  conspired  to  make  his  boyhood  and  youth  bright  and  hap- 
py. His  father's  farm  was  charmingly  situated,  stretching  from  the  Spicket 
to  the  Merrimac,  when  both  of  those  streams  flowed  on  through  level  mead- 
ows, or  rushed  over  falls  and  rocks,  in  their  native  grace  and  wildness.  In 
the  Salem  Gazette  of  June  17th,  1796,  Rev.  Dr.  Bentley  gave  a  very  enthusi- 
astic account  of  a  visit  which  he  had  then  lately  made  to  this  part  of  Methu- 
en,  and  of  the  beauty  of  the  cascades  and  falls  upon  the  rivers.  The  farm  it- 
self abounded  in  wood,  as  well  as  in  finely  cultivated  fields ;  thus  presenting 
a  variety  of  beautiful  scenery,  with  picturesque  and  delightful  prospects.  Birds 
flocked  among  the  trees,  and  berries  abounded  in  the  pastures.  A  combination 
of  circumstances  was  presented,  so  far  as  external  nature  was  concerned,  of 
which  the  subject  of  our  memoir  always  spoke  with  delight  and  gratitude. 

Other  influences  seemed  equally  propitious.  These  bright  surroundings 
were  a  fit  symbol  of  the  home  itself.  His  father's  house  was  filled  with  young 
and  loving  hearts,  and  graced  by  the  frequent  presence  of  the  most  cultivated 
people  in  the  neighborhood,  of  many  of  whom  he  gives  attractive  sketches, 
and  of  relatives  from  other  places,  and  visitors  to  the  town,  who  were  wel- 
comed with  an  abounding  hospitality.  It  was  presided  over  with  a  happy 
blending  of  wisdom  and  aflfeetion.  He  gives  a  picture  of  his  parents  in  the 
following  words : 

"My  father  was  a  tall,  erect  and  finely  formed  man;  and  with  his  hand- 
some suit  of  snuff-colored  cloth,  which  my  mother  caused  to  be  annually  man- 
ufactured for  him,  and  his  beaver  hat,  he  always  appeared  in  the  character 
of  a  gentleman  farmer.  Well  skilled  in  overlooking  and  directing  the  manage- 
ment of  his  farm,  he  did  little  more  himself  than  sow  the  grain,  which  he  could 
do  better  than  any  one  else,  and  occasionally  to  follow  the  plough,  and  in  Sum- 
mer to  stir  up  the  hay.  I  speak  of  the  time  when  I  was  a  boy  at  home,  and 
he  was  from  sixty  to  seventy  years  of  age.  My  mother,  burdened  with  the  care 
of  a  numerous  and  increasing  family,  manifested  a  devotion  to  her  duties  in  the 
relation  of  wife  and  mother,  above  all  praise.  Though  so  much  younger  than 
my  father,  she  seemed  to  me  to  be  exactly  suited  to  him  in  all  respects,  and  he 
to  her.  I  have  no  recollection  of  an  unkind  look  or  word  that  ever  passed  be- 
tween them,  though  my  father  was  not  unfrequently  roused  to  an  indignant  and 
somewhat  harsh  expression  of  his  feelings  in  respect  to  others." 


The  features  of  his  father's  character,  and  its  excellence,  are  still  more  dis- 
tinctly stated  in  an  Obituary  Notice  in  the  Mass.  Mercury,  in  Boston,  July  1 8th, 
1800.     After  speaking  of  his  peculiar  fondness  for  rural  occupations  and  do- 
mestic life,  the  writer  says: — 

"Born  in  aflEluence,  he  lived  easy.  Economy  and  industry  were  inherent 
virtues;  but  possessing  a  generous  heart,  he  added  not  to  his.  possessions. 
Riches  were  not  his  God,  and  money  he  esteemed  only  for  its  necessary  uses. 
He  possessed  a  strong  mind,  and  a  firm  understanding.  Cheerfulness  was  his 
constant  companion.  His  heart  overflowed  at  the  reception  of  a  friend.  The 
poor  have  called  him  blessed.  Courteous  in  his  deportment ;  resolute  in  enter- 
prise ;  just  and  quick  in  apprehension,  but  compassionate  in  temper ;  open  and 
explicit  in  all  his  views,  he  lived  respected  and  died  happy." 

With  such  parents,  the  spirit  of  the  household  must  have  been  one  of  wis- 
dom as  well  as  love.  There  was  a  perfect  toleration  of  all  innocent  youthful 
sports.  The  parents  were  strictly  religious,  connected  with  the  Baptist  de- 
nomination. But  they  were  very  careful  to  make  no  requisition  upon  the  Sab- 
bath, which  would  give  their  children  gloomy  associations  with  that  day.  The 
family  were  required  to  attend  meeting,  and  read  some  chapters  in  the  Bible. 
Still,  both  before  and  after  Public  Worship,  they  were  permitted  to  walk  over 
the  farm  and  enjoy  the  influences  of  nature,  and  the  loving  intercourse  of  inno- 
cent and  youthful  hearts.  The  liberty  of  the  household  is  thus  described : 
"  Our  freedom  in  all  respects  was  greater  and  more  delightful,  than  that  of  any 
boys  I  ever  knew,  situated  as  we  were."  But  there  was  a  quiet  authority,  an 
omnipresent  influence  which  drew  those  young  hearts  towards  generous  affections 
and  Christian  purposes.  It  was  a  power  all  the  more  effective,  perhaps,  be- 
cause so  seldom  exerted  in  any  direct,  outward  pressure.  The  theory  of  ear- 
ly education  which  the  son  states  as  his  own  ideal  in  later  years,  grew  out  of 
the  life  of  that  Methuen  home.  It  was  a  theory  which  recognized  the  fact,  that 
"the  spontaneous  life,  in  its  own  time  and  place,  is  as  sacred  as  the  reflective 
and  moral  life;"  a  theory  that  aimed  to  avoid  "the  excess  of  regulation  and 
discipline,  as  much  as  the  opposite  extreme  of  indulgence,"  and  which,  while  it 
insisted  upon  "implicit  obedience  as  the  indispensable  foundation  of  character, 
endeavoured  to  allow  nature  free  scope  in  unfolding  and  maturing  all  her  gen- 
erous feelings  and  principles."  It  was  the  power  of  character,  the  beauty  of 
holiness,  rather  than  direct  authority,  which  moulded  the  lives  in  his  early  home. 
These  spiritual  forces  certainly  did  their  work  upon  himself  In  his  case,  "the 
boy  was  father  of  the  man."  The  features  of  his  manhood  distinctly  unfold 
themselves  in  the  picture  which  he  draws  of  his  youth ;  and  we  feel  that  he  not 
only  speaks  the  simplest  truth  when  he  says,  "Innocence  and  simplicity  had  not 


deserted  me,  certainly,  when,  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  I  left  home  for  the  Academy 
and  the  College,"  but  that  these  graces  became  so  inwrought  into  his  character 
amid  the  benign  influences  of  his  early  home  that  they  never  deserted  him,  and 
accompanied  him  as  angels  on  either  hand  till  he  passed  on  to  a  new  and  still 
higher  youth. 

Only  two  troubles  clouded  his  youthful  days.  The  first  and  greatest  of 
these  came  from  his  questionings  upon  the  subject  of  religion.  Those  ques- 
tionings began  at  a  very  early  date.  From  his  childhood  he  had  been  accus- 
tomed to  read  the  Bible ;  and  he  had  read  it  through  before  he  was  eight  years 
old.  Many  of  its  narratives  made  a  deep  impression  upon  his  imagination. 
He  associated  the  characters  in  the  Bible  with  persons  of  the  same  name  whom 
he  knew.  Joseph  was  the  image  of  his  own  brother  Joseph.  "Stephen,  the 
first  martyr,  looked  like  Stephen  Sargent,  the  older  son  of  a  neighbor."  The 
father  of  the  Prodigal  Son  bore  the  image  of  his  own  father,  and  the  elder 
brother  that  of  his  brother  John.  "And  so,"  he  says,  "  they  have  since  appeared." 
He  gave  "  a  local  habitation,"  also,  to  the  scenes  of  sacred  history,  by  fixing  up- 
on some  spot  upon  the  farm,  which  seemed  suited  to  the  transaction  represent- 
ed. Thus  both  his  mind  and  his  imagination  were  early  filled  with  religious 
thoughts  and  associations.  Though  eminently  social  and  cheerful  in  tempera- 
ment, both  in  early  and  later  life,  he  possessed  a  thoughtful  nature,  and  had  a 
peculiar  interest  in  religious  exercises,  even  in  his  boyhood.  The  following  ex- 
tract from  his  Journal  gives  a  striking  proof  of  this : 

"I  remember  that  the  day  I  was  eleven  years  old,  June  T,  1787,  there  was 
the  raising  of  a  parsonage  house,  for  Mr.  Williams,  a  great  occasion  for  boys, 
and  the  funeral  of  a  Mrs.  Frye,  three  or  four  miles  off,  and  that  while  others 
went  to  the  raising,  I  walked  to  the  funeral  in  preference,  and  back  to  the 
graveyard,  nearly  as  far." 

He  mentions  also  the  funeral  of  a  young  married  friend  not  long  after 
wards, — a  great  favorite  of  his  on  account  of  her  beauty,  and  kindness  to  him, 
which  affected  him  deeply.  With  characteristic  candor,  he  says,  "  The  excite- 
ment and  sympathy  felt  on  these  solemn  occasions  afforded  me,  I  suppose,  some- 
thing of  the  sort  of  pleasure  derived  from  witnessing  the  pathetic  scenes  of  a 
tragedy ;  and  this  may  in  part  account  for  my  desire  to  attend  them."  But  he 
truly  adds,  "It  was  doubtless  owing  in  part  to  their  being  in  accordance  with 
my  religious  feelings." 

A  nature  so  predisposed  to  thoughtfulness,  to  which  the  scenes  and  char- 
acters of  Sacred  History  became  real  by  constant  reading  of  the  Bible ;  a  na- 
ture unfolded  in  the  atmosphere  of  a  religious  home,  where  he  heard  the  con- 


versation  of  the  ministers  who  were  such  frequent  guests  at  his  father's  house, 
must  have  been  open  to  intense  religious  impressions.  But  they  came  in  a 
form  that  profoundly  tried  him.  His  parents  belonged  to  the  "New  Lights," 
as  they  were  then  termed,  and  fully  sympathized  with  the  doctrines  of  White- 
field  :  and  the  idea  became  impressed  upon  the  boy's  mind  that  the  true  reli- 
gion could  only  be  gained  by  a  miraculous  change  of  heart,  without  which  the 
soul  must  be  forever  lost.     He  says : 

"Everything  conspired  to  deepen  these  awful  impressions,  and  to  produce 
in  my  mind  a  full  conviction  that  such,  and  such  only,  were  the  true  doctrines 
of  Christianity.  I  well  remember  that  it  seemed  astonishing  that  we  should 
be  unable  to  do  anything  to  save  our  souls  from  perdition,  when  we  were  so 
constantly  commanded  in  the  Bible  to  exert  ourselves  for  the  purpose ;  to  strive 
to  enter  in  at  the  strait  gate,  and  were  promised  a  reward  for  our  endeavors. 
But  these  expressions  were  explained  away  in  a  manner  which  I  did  not  think 
of  questioning.  We  could  not  strive,  o'r  knock,  or  even  ask  aright,  without  the 
suggestions  and  aid  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  Hence,  at  about  the  age  of  twelve  or 
fifteen,  I  was  reduced  to  a  state  of  most  distressing  perplexity,  almost  despair, 
as  to  my  future  condition." 

Many  persons  trained  in  these  New  England  homes  have  known  an  expe- 
rience similar  to  his.  Happily  the  profound  impressions  already  made  upon 
his  heart  became  an  anchor  amid  the  agitations  of  his  thought,  and  held  him 
in  true  loyalty  to  religion  itself,  in  the  struggles  of  his  youth  and  early  man- 
hood, until  after  a  number  of  years  he  dared  fully  to  trust  the  convictions 
which  had  then  begun  to  form  themselves  in  his  mind.  At  one  time  he  says, 
that  "he  does  not  know  what  might  have  been  the  fate  of  his  christian  faith,  if 
he  had  not  found  some  satisfactory  substitute  for  these  first  convictions.  Per. 
haps  it  might  have  been  wholly  wrecked."  But  a  mind  like  his  was  sure  to 
find  a  satisfactory  substitute.  When  the  heart  is  penetrated  by  a  reverence 
and  awe  for  religious  truth,  faith  cannot  suffer  wreck.  If  Priestly's  writings, 
which  he  read  with  so  much  interest  when  an  under  graduate,  or  the  writings 
of  other  men,  had  not  helped  to  a  solution  of  his  difficulties,  the  workings  of 
truth,  the  teachings  of  experience,  and  the  leadings  of  the  divine  spirit,  must 
have  brought  him  to  a  settled  faith.  In  religious  things,  indeed,  as  in  other 
respects,  his  manhood  was  the  natural  development  of  his  early  character. 
He  says,  "  It  is  remarkable  how  little  have  changed  my  impressions  as  then  re- 
ceived of  Jesus,  and  his  disciples,  by  subsequent  reading  and  reflection.  The 
divine  superiority  of  Jesus  to  his  disciples,  and  all  other  men,  was  then  clear 
to  me,  as  it  has  been  ever  since."  His  character  and  training  pre-determined 
the  faith  in  which  he  finally  rested ;  the  faith  "  which  permitted,  and  taught 


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him  to  behold  in  his  Creator  a  kind  and  beneficent  father ;  in  his  Savior,  an  in- 
fallible guide,  teacher  and  friend ;  and  in  the  Holy  Spirit  a  sure  and  never  fail- 
ing reward  for  every  sincere  endeavor  to  do  the  will  of  God,  to  improve  his 
gifts,  and  fulfil  the  law  of  love  to  his  creatures."  God  graciously  led  him  out 
of  all  his  doubts  to  a  religion  whose  final  expression  was,  "  My  reliance  is  up- 
on the  mercy  of  God  in  Jesus  Christ,  and  my  own  repentance  for  sin,  which  I 
know  I  have  felt  for  years ;  and  therefore  I  have  perfect  trust  and  peace." 

The  only  other  trouble  of  his  youthful  days  grew  out  of  his  great  desire 
to  obtain  a  public  education.  This  seemed  very  doubtful  for  a  long  time.  Al- 
though his  father  was  in  easy  circumstances,  with  his  family  of  seventeen 
children,  it  was  difl&cult  to  meet  the  expense  of  sending  one  of  his  sons  to  the 
University.  But  this  difficulty  was  happily  solved.  In  his  earlier  school-days 
Daniel  was  behind  the  other  boys ;  and  he  describes  the  mortification  which  he 
felt  upon  one  occasion,  on  that  account.  But  he  soon  outstripped  them  by  dil- 
igent application,  and  therefore  became  a  favorite  with  his  various  instructors. 
One  of  them,  a  somewhat  eccentric  man,  when  he  had  taken  the  foot  of  the 
spelling-class  in  consequence  of  detention  at  home  by  sickness,  but  was  so  for- 
tunate as  to  regain  his  usual  place  at  the  head  on  the  first  evening,  ordered  a 
general  clapping  of  hands  of  the  whole  school.  It  was  a  compliment  which 
seems  to  have  been  repeatedly  awarded  him.  His  first  severe  illness  was  occa- 
sioned by  his  devotion  to  study.  After  having  been  hard  at  work  with  the  men 
in  the  woods  in  Winter,  he  came  home  and  got  into  the  bedroom  window  to 
perform  sums  in  Arithmetic,  which,  as  he  expresses  it,  was  then  his  hobby.  He 
thus  became,  unconsciously,  so  thoroughly  chilled,  that  the  consequence  was  a 
dangerous  fever.  But  such  diligence  had  its  reward,  and  on  the  11th  of  June, 
1792,  he  was  sent  to  Atkinson  Academy,  then  under  the  charge  of  Mr.  Silas 
Dinsmoor,  a  graduate  of  the  previous  year,  and  an  excellent  instructor.  He 
had  a  permit  to  enter  from  Rev.  Stephen  Peabody,  one  of  the  Trustees,  whose 
eminent  character  and  services  were  both  so  gratefully,  and  so  gracefully  de- 
picted by  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Gilman  in  the  Christian  Examiner  for  May,  1 847, 
and  whose  constant  friendship  he  always  enjoyed.  Here,  too,  he  secured  the 
marked  favor  of  his  teachers.  His  efforts  were  unwearied,  and  his  progress 
very  rapid.  When  he  studied  fourteen,  fifteen,  and  sometimes  sixteen  hours  a 
day,  we  scarcely  wonder  that  he  could  recite  four  hundred  lines  in  the  Georgics, 
and  sometimes'  seven  hundred  at  a  lesson,  or,  on  a  review,  one  thousand  to 
thirteen  hundred  in  the  -^neid.  By  this  diligence  he  read  the  whole  Greek 
Testament  in  five  and  a  half  weeks,  and  prepared  for  College  in  seven  and  a 
half  months.     On  account  of  such  conscientious  devotion,  his  teachers  allowed 


him  to  study  in  his  own  room,  and  to  recite  with  others,  or  by  himself,  as  might 
be  best  for  his  progress. 

Such  severe  application  was  beyond  his  strength.  But  his  mind  and  char- 
acter developed  rapidly  amidst  the  excitements  of  the  Academy,  and  the  influ- 
ences of  the  society  of  Atkinson.  He  was  naturally  very  diffident,  and  he  en- 
tirely broke  down  in  his  first  attempt  at  declamation.  But  this  failure,  of 
which  he  gives  an  amusing  description,  roused  him  to  such  resolute  efforts, 
that  three  or  four  months  later,  at  the  public  exhibition,  he  was  able  to  speak 
in  a  crowded  Church,  with  complete  self-possession.  That  resolute  struggle 
was  a  true  type  of  his  character.  The  same  diffidence  was  conquered  in  so- 
ciety, in  his  intercourse  with  young  ladies,  both  in  and  out  of  the  school,  vrith 
whom  he  formed  some  friendships  that  ended  only  with  life.  When  speaking 
of  this  year  in  Atkinson,  forty  years  afterwards,  he  says,  "Never,  I  believe, 
have  I  been  able  to  look  back  upon  a  year  with  a  more  grateful  and  satisfied 
feeling."  He  left  Atkinson  with  many  regrets,  taking  an  affectionate  leave  of 
the  many  friends  from  whom  he  had  received  such  marked  and  uniform  kind- 
ness, and  entered  Cambridge  after  an  honorable  examination,  with  "a  heart 
full  of  gratitude  to  his  parents  for  their  efforts  and  sacrifices  "  to  gratify  his 
darling  wish,  and  with  a  determination  "  to  exert  every  power  to  prevent  any 
waste  of  money  upon  his  education ;  and  to  secure  to  them  an  ultimate  reward 
and  satisfaction."  His  father  sent  him  away  with  his  benediction,  and  with 
his  earnest  instructions  to  avoid  all  bad  company;  closing  his  advice  with  these 
words  of  wisdom,  words  then  and  always  faithfully  heeded,  and  beautifully 
verified :  "  Keep  none  but  good  company,  and  you  will  always  have  good  com- 
pany to  keep." 

COLLEGE  LIFE. 
He  entered  College  in  July,  1793.  His  autobiographical  sketch  gives  a  mi- 
nute account  of  his  four  years  at  Cambridge,  often  presenting  details  of  his 
daily  studies  and  occupations,  together  with  incidental  descriptions  of  the  state 
of  society,  the  manners  and  morals  of  the  time,  both  in  the  University  and  the 
community.  Li  some  respects  life  in  College  was  then  especially  perilous.  He 
tells  us  there  was  literally  no  society  for  the  students  in  the  town  of  Cambridge, 
and  that  he  has  no  recollection  of  having  entered  a  single  house  as  a  visitor, 
while  an  under  graduate,  and  but  very  few  when  a  tutor,  excepting  those  of 
the  College  Officers.  Neither  the  people  of  the  town,  nor  the  instructors,  who 
had  families,  encouraged  any  social  intercourse  with  the  students,  excepting  in 
cases  of  family  connection,  or  particular  acquaintance.  There  was  nothing  to 
refine  the  tastes  and  manners,  and  thus  indirectly,  yet  powerfully,  to  improve 


the  moral  tone  of  the  students.  Meanwhile,  positively  unfavorable  influences 
were  not  wanting.  The  power  of  the  licentious  principles  of  the  period  of 
the  French  Revolution  was  at  its  height.  Those  principles  had  a  great  and  in- 
siduous  attraction  for  the  minds  of  ardent  young  men.  The  custom  of  using 
ardent  spirits,  also,  was  fearfully  prevalent.  The  punch  bowl  was  held  to  be 
indispensable  in  the  social  circle,  especially  among  young  men.  Under  such 
circumstances  it  was  natural  that  disorderly  actions,  and  disgraceful  tumults, 
should  frequently  occur  among  the  students.  Neither  is  it  strange,  though  so 
sad,  that,  as  he  states  in  his  Journal,  nearly  one  fourth  of  every  class  should 
have  "become  sots,"  "lost  to  themselves  and  to  the  world,  in  consequence  of 
indulging  in  the  use  of  intoxicating  drinks  early  in  life,  and  principally  in  the 
College  itself," — "a  terrible  sacrifice,"  to  use  his  own  striking  words,  "of  the 
intellect,  the  genius,  the  literature,  the  moral  and  religious  principle  and  feel- 
ing of  the  country." 

In  all  respects  he  bore  the  ordeal  nobly.  Though  his  religious  opinions 
remained  for  a  long  time  unsettled,  his  religious  convictions  seem  to  have  be- 
come clear  and  fixed  during  his  college  days.  He  clung  to  the  Chi'istian  faith ; 
and  already,  though  perhaps  unconsciously,  a  vow  of  fidelity  and  consecration 
had  been  recorded  in  his  heart.  His  political  views,  too,  became  distinct  and 
settled.  He  was  always  loyal  to  the  idea  of  liberty ;  but  the  tendencies  and 
character  of  his  mind  were  such,  that  he  was  utterly  disgusted  by  the  excesses 
and  madness  of  the  French  people.  His  whole  nature  fitted  him  to  be  pro- 
foundly influenced  by  the  character  of  Washington ;  to  appreciate  his  calm  wis- 
dom ;  to  recognize  the  great  qualities  that  made  him  the  model  of  public  and 
private  virtue ;  and  it  is  scarcely  too  much  to  say,  that  he  himself  became  an 
embodiment  of  the  spirit  of  that  great  administration  of  liberty  combined 
with  order,  of  genuine  patriotism  and  public  virtue,  amidst  all  the  political 
changes  which  occurred  durmg  his  long  life.  His  moral  integrity  was  un- 
touched. He  took  no  part  in  the  carousals  in  which  the  students  frequently 
indulged.     In  respect  to  one  in  which  his  class  was  engaged,  he  modestly  says : 

"I  recollect  feeling  glad  that  I  was  excusable  in  the  opinion  of  all  for 
not  joining  in  the  scene,"(on  account  of  the  death  of  a  near  relative  not  long 
before,)  "for  otherwise  it  might  have  required  more  of  the  spirit  of  indepen- 
dence than  the  occasion  would  have  called  forth  in  me  to  refuse  joining,  how- 
ever I  might  have  wished  to  refuse." 

That  spirit  of  independence  was  not  wanting  when  it  was  demanded.  Up- 
on one  occasion,  when  the  class  were  inclined  to  adopt  some  high  handed  mea- 
sures in  respect  to  an  Examination,  he  sturdily  opposed  them,  although  he 


incurred  hisses  and  insults  for  his  independence ;  and  finally  succeeded  in  de- 
feating their  mad  and  foolish  scheme.  He  was  desirous  of  the  approbation  of 
those  around  him ;  but  if  his  action  involved  a  principle,  his  resolution  was  in- 
vincible, and  it  was  impossible  to  make  him  consciously  untrue. 

His  whole  course  in  College  was  highly  honorable.  He  was  thoroughly 
conscientious  in  his  devotion  to  study.  He  seems  to  have  excelled  in  compo- 
sition.    We  take  the  following  extract  from  his  diary ; 

"  Carried  up  new  themes,  and  received  corrected  those  on  "Multa  petenti- 
buS;  multa  desunt,"  or  Avarice,  which  brought  us  sixteen  double  marks.  A 
double  mark,  by  the  way,  was  two  strokes  of  the  pen,  under  the  name  of  the 
writer  of  the  theme,  indicative  of  excellence.  One  line  was  always  drawn  un- 
der the  name,  and  sometimes  no  one  in  the  class  had  more  than  one.  It  so 
happened  that  whenever  there  was  a  double  mark  on  any  theme,  mine  did  not 
escape  it.     It  was  a  small  affair,  but  of  some  interest  to  me  at  the  time." 

It  was  this  persistent  fidelity  alike  in  little  and  greater  duties,  which  gave 
him  such  a  distinguished  rank  in  his  class.  The  requisitions  of  College  stud- 
ies did  not  content  him.  He  read  extensively  in  History,  and  in  general  Lit- 
erature, during  the  regular  terms.  Vacations  also,  although  partly  devoted  to 
social  visiting,  which  he  greatly  enjoyed,  gave  constant  proof  of  his  love  of 
reading,  and  his  desire  for  knowledge.  We  give  a  memorandum  of  the  gener- 
al reading  of  one  term,  and  a  part  of  one  vacation : 

"  Putnam's  Life ;  Franklin's  Life  and  Essays ;  Haley's  Poetical  Essay  on  His- 
tory ;  Longinus  on  the  Sublime ;  Minot's  History  of  the  Insurrection ;  Philosoph- 
ical Survey  of  the  Animal  Creation  ,•  Priestley's  Lectures  on  History  and  Gene- 
ral Policy ;  several  of  Lady  Montagu's  Letters ;  Fitz  Osborne's  Letters ;  Mon- 
tesquieu's Persian  Letters,  and  Pope's  Essay  on  Man." 

Locke,  Shakespeare,  Robertson's  Histories,  the  Spectator,  together  with 
other  books  of  the  highest  order,  are  frequently  named  in  his  notes  of  his  va- 
cation readings. 

The  only  thing  to  be  regretted  in  his  College  Course,  was  his  excessive 
application.  Both  at  Atkinson  and  at  Cambridge,  he  neglected  necessary  ex- 
ercise in  the  open  air,  in  his  devotion  to  books.  This  was  his  besetting  sin. 
At  one  time,  a  classmate,  Hon.  James  Richardson  of  Dedham,  sent  him  a  poet- 
ical epistle  to  dissuade  him  from  such  excessive  study, — a  few  lines  of  which 
are  given  in  his  diary.  The  vigor  of  his  constitution  enabled  him  to  bear  this 
severe  trial  of  its  strength  without  entirely  breaking  down;  and  he  went 
through  the  University  with  only  two  or  three  brief  periods  of  sickness,  in 
one  of  which  Channing  watched  with  him,  and  of  whom  he  speaks  as  showing 
all  the  softness  and  delicacy  of  manners  that  would  become  a  woman  in  at- 

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tending  upon  the  sick.  But  his  health  became  impaired  for  years,  and  was  al- 
most sacrifioed ;  and  it  is  very  interesting  to  see  how  careful  he  always  was  in 
letters  to  his  son  in  later  years,  and  in  his  advice  to  others,  both  young  and 
old,  to  warn  them  against  a  similiar  mistake.  cJ 

But  a  life  so  nobly  faithful  in  all  other  respects,  could  not  fail  to  be  de- 
lightful. Passages  in  his  Journal,  written  at  the  close  of  a  term,  or  the  be- 
ginning of  a  new  College  year,  give  ample  proof  of  his  thorough  enjoyment  of 
the  University.  His  relations  with  his  classmates  were  intimate  and  cordial. 
They  repeatedly  honored  him  by  selecting  him  as  their  Orator  on  various  occa- 
sions. He  was  chosen  to  give  a  eulogy  on  his  classmate,  Wellington,  who  was 
drowned  in  Fresh  Pond,  in  the  early  part  of  the  Senior  year.  It  was  given^ 
he  says,  "in  the  College  Chapel,  early  in  December,  before  the  government  and 
students,  and  with  more  heart-feeling  than  any  other  College  exercise  I  was 
ever  called  to  perform."  He  gave  the  Valedictory  of  his  class  to  the  Speak- 
ing Club  —  an  association  for  mutual  improvement,  in  which  he  took  a  great 
interest.  At  the  close  of  his  Junior  year,  he  was  appointed  to  give  an  oration 
on  the  Birth-day  of  Washington,  Feb.  22nd,  1796,  at  the  first  celebration  of 
the  Hasty  Pudding  Club,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  founders,  but  was  pre- 
vented from  giving  it,  in  consequence  of  his  being  at  Andover  at  that  time, 
engaged  in  teaching  school.  He  was  therefore  reappointed  to  give  an  Anni- 
versary oration  before  the  Club,  in  the  following  September.  He  was  the  first 
of  his  class  elected  a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society.  He  was  also 
chosen  to  prepare  an  English  oration  for  the  Class  Day.  Previously  to  that  time, 
the  usual  performances  had  been  a  Latin  Oration  and  a  Poem.  He  declined 
this  honor,  partly,  perhaps,  because  it  was  an  innovation ;  and  as  the  class  were 
unable  to  unite  upon  any  one  else,  that  part  was  omitted.  In  speaking  of  his 
College  life,  and  his  relations  with  his  classmates,  he  says,  "  The  various  associ- 
ations formed  among  ourselves  added  to  the  interest  of  our  individual  pur- 
suits." And  again,  about  the  time  of  the  formation  of  the  Hasty  Pudding 
Club,  he  says,  "  The  still  increasing  intimacy  with  favorite  and  beloved  class- 
mates, and  the  new  associations  formed  with  them,  aflforded  me  the  truest  en- 
joyment." 

He  graduated  in  1797,  with  the  highest  honors  of  his  class.  The  assign- 
ment of  the  parts  for  Commencement  called  forth  feelings  which  were  as  hon- 
orable to  him  as  his  fidelity  to  College  duties.  The  Class  had  long  awarded 
the  two  English  Orations  to  Horace  Binney  and  himself.  He  believed  that 
Binney  had  the  highest  claims ;    and  when  the  first  part  was  assigned  to  him, 


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he  did  not  for  some  time  enjoy  the  honor,  because  he  felt  that  it  belonged  to 
another.  He  bears  the  most  generous  testimony  respecting  his  rival  and 
friend. 

"Binney,"  he  says,  "could  not  but  have  thought  himself  entitled  to  the 
first  honors  of  the  Class,  yet  he  conducted  with  perfect  magnanimity  on  the 
occasion,  and  with  great  delicacy  as  respected  me,  and  thereby,  in  no  small 
measure,  enhanced  my  esteem  and  affection  for  him.  If  he  felt  that  injustice 
had  been  done  to  his  claims,  he  di^  not  impute  the  fault  in  any  degree  to  me ; 
for  he  well  knew  what  my  feelings  and  expectations  were,  both  in  respect  to 
him  and  myself,  before  the  assignment  of  the  parts." 

The  same  generous  feeling  pervaded  all  the  correspondence  of  these  dis- 
tinguished men  in  later  years.  After  Judge  White's  death,  Mr.  Binney  gave 
this  striking  tribute  to  his  beloved  classmate.  "  He  never  seemed  to  desire  to 
excel  others,  like  so  many  young  men  in  College,  but  only  to  keep  himself  up 
to  his  own  high  standard.  He  had  no  rivalry.  He  envied  no  one,  for  such  a 
feeling  would  have  marred  his  victory."  Beautiful  magnanimity,  where  each 
strives  to  show  the  other  to  be  worthier  than  himself,  and  both  alike  uncon- 
sciously reveal  their  own  nobility. 

Mr.  Binney's  Oration  was  upon  "Enthusiam,"  and  his  own  upon  "The 
Reign  of  Prejudice."  Exhausted  in  health,  he  was  scarcely  equal  to  the  exer- 
tions of  Commencement  Day ;  but  the  excitement  of  the  occasion  enabled  him 
to  perform  his  part  with  his  usual  felicity  and  success. 

PROM    HIS    GRADUATION    TO    HIS    ADMISSION    TO 

THE    BAR. 

The  decision  in  respect  to  his  future  profession  was  difficult.  Many- 
things  attracted  him  towards  the  study  of  Theology ;  the  prevailing  serious- 
ness of  his  mind,  all  his  tastes,  and  his  deep  religious  convictions.  He  seems 
to  have  anxiously  weighed  the  question ;  but  he  was  too  conscientious  to  adopt 
that  profession  while  his  views  of  religious  doctrines  remained  unsettled. 
Then,  too,  many  things  repelled  him  from  the  study  of  the  Law.  The  drudg- 
ery of  that  profession  was  positively  revolting  to  him.  The  same  delicacy  of 
conscience  which  made  him  scrupulous  in  respect  to  Theology,  on  account  of 
the  unsettled  state  of  his  opinions,  made  him  fearful  lest  the  duties  of  the  ad- 
vocate might  be  sometimes  inconsistent  with  his  ideal  of  integrity,  and  the 
chicaneries  of  practice  sully  his  high  sense  of  honor.  The  question  of  right 
and  character  held  the  highest  place  in  all  his  views  of  life.  But  though  sev- 
eral years  passed  before  he  devoted  himself  to  the  study  of  Law,  except  at  in- 
tervals, in  the  midst  of  other  duties,  the  actual  choice  seems  to  have  been  early 
made. 


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The  first  two  years  after  leaving  College  were  spent  in  Medford,  where 
he  took  charge  of  the  Grammar  School,  partly  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining 
means  to  discharge  his  obligations  for  a  portion  of  the  expenses  of  his  educa- 
tion. Glimpses  of  his  inner  life,  and  the  tendencies  of  his  feeling  and  thought 
at  this  period,  are  given  in  letters  to  his  classmates,  and  in  incidental  accounts 
of  his  daily  occupations.  On  one  occasion,  at  least,  his  independence  was  test- 
ed, when  he  repelled,  with  the  utmost  decision,  an  attempt  to  interfere  with 
the  management  of  the  school,  and  with  his  own  efforts  to  secure  obedience. 
He  declared  himself  ready  to  leave  at  a  moment's  notice ;  but  while  he  remained 
the  instructor  of  the  school,  he  claimed  the  unrestricted  right  to  judge  of  its  dis- 
cipline. His  Medford  life  was  very  happy.  His  strong  love  for  society  was 
gratified  by  constant  intercourse  with  intelligent  and  appreciating  friends. 
Here,  too,  he  formed  a  friendship  with  Rev.  Dr.  Osgood,  which  then,  and  ever 
afterward,  gave  him  great  delight ;  a  friendship  which  continued  with  his  family, 
to  the  latest  hour  of  his  own  life.  But  these  were  also  very  busy  years.  He 
was  the  same  faithful  scholar  at  Medford  as  at  Cambridge.  His  name  had  al- 
ready been  entered  as  a  student  of  Law,  and  he  devoted  many  hours  to  direct 
preparation  for  that  profession.  In  a  letter  to  his  chum  and  class-mate,  Kim. 
ball,  he  gives  a  picture  of  his  life.     The  date  is  Feb.  12th,  1799. 

"  At  five,  this  morning,  your  humble  servant  rose.  After  devouring  about 
thirty  pages  of  Snaith's  Wealth  of  Nations,  he  took  breakfast.  Then  he  wait- 
ed upon  his  charming  geographical  pupil,  and  also  attended  to  three  classes  in 
English  Grammar.  Then  he  betook  himself  to  his  despotic  drudgery  over 
fifty  or  sixty  trembling  pupils.  At  noon  he  travelled  over  ten  or  twelve  pa- 
ges of  Tully,  with  a  future  son  of  Harvard ;  half  as  many  in  that  entertaining 
work,  the  Greek  Grammar ;  and  attended  to  another  class  in  parsing  English. 
Since  the  afternoon  school,  he  has  passed  the  evening  with  a  number  of  ladies, 
with  the  exception  of  one  hour  devoted  to  a  French  gentleman  resident  here, 
and  desirous  of  my  aid  in  getting  a  little  hold  of  our  language.  From  this 
one  day's  history,  you  may  form  an  idea  of  his  daily  work.  Seldom  does  it 
now  materially  differ  from  this  course." 

In  August,  1799,  he  returned  to  Cambridge  for  the  purpose  of  studying 
his  profession.  But  he  soon  after  accepted  the  office  of  Latin  tutor  in  the 
University,  and  continued  in  that  position  for  almost  four  years.  The  duties 
of  this  office  were  most  congenial  to  his  tastes.  He  loved  the  Classics,  espe- 
cially the  Latin  writers.  In  early  and  later  letters,  he  often  speaks  with  enthu- 
siasm, and  critical  discrimination,  of  the  peculiar  characteristics  of  different 
Latin  authors.  He  says  of  Livy,  that  "  the  more  he  studied,  the  more  he  ad- 
mired him."     In  another  place  he  writes  as  follows : 


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"I  have  sometimes  thought  Cicero  and  Virgil  superior  to  all  others,  in 
the  grace,  the  elegance,  the  beautiful  simplicity,  as  well  as  grandeur  of  their 
style  and  language,  and  also  in  the  variety,  dignity,  and  excellence  of  their 
sentiments.  But  Horace  and  Sallust,  too,  have  their  peculiar  attractions,  and 
attractions  which  never  cloy." 

This  acquaintance  with,  and  love  for  Classical  Literature,  prompted  him, 
soon  after  he  left  Cambridge,  to  join  with  Mr.  John  Pickering,  in  preparing  a 
new  edition  of  Sallust,  with  notes.  The  work  was  performed  with  the  utmost 
care,  and  the  highest  scholarship,  and  the  book  was  published  by  Cushing  and 
Appleton,  of  Salem,  in  1805.  Unfortunately,  almost  the  whole  of  the  first  edi- 
tion was  destroyed  by  fire,  and  a  second  was  never  published.  This  love  for 
Classical  Literature  continued  to  the  end  of  Judge  White's  life,  and  his  li- 
brary contained  a  valuable  collection  of  both  Greek  and  Latin  authors. 

During  his  connection  with  the  College,  his  best  powers  were  constantly 
exerted  for  the  reformation  of  abuses  in  its  general  management  and  instruc- 
tion. His  high  rank  as  a  scholar,  the  purity  and  force  of  his  character,  his 
continuance  in  office  during  a  longer  period  than  was  customary  for  the  tutors 
at  that  time,  which  enabled  him  to  act  more  efficiently  as  a  member  of  the 
Government,  together  with  his  hearty  affection  for  the  University,  and  his  un- 
tiring interest  in  its  welfare,  all  combined  to  make  his  influence  equally  strong 
and  beneficent. 

Lideed,  his  attachment  to  the  College  was  so  sincere,  that  he  was  reluc- 
tant to  leave  Cambridge,  and  did  not  resign  his  tutorship  until  he  had  been 
strongly  solicited  to  do  so  on  the  part  of  his  friends.  On  the  26th  of  Aug., 
1803,  he  met  the  Freshmen,  his  own  "particular  class,  for  the  last  time,  after 
passing  a  year  of  uninterrupted  harmony  and  affection  with  them."  On  Sept. 
13th,  he  took  "a  final  farewell  of  Cambridge,  and  went  in  the  stage  to  Salem," 
where  he  immediately  entered  the  Law  Office  of  Samuel  Putnam,  afterwards 
Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Massachusetts.  Mr.  Putnam  at  once  opened 
his  house  and  his  heart  to  his  new  pupil.  Nothing  could  exceed  the  affection- 
ate hospitality  and  the  abounding  kindness  which  he  always  received  from  the 
family  of  his  honored  instructor,  as  well  as  from  himself;  and  it  was  his  delight 
to  recall  their  unwearied  attentions  in  after  years.  He  was  a  fellow  student 
with  John  Pickering.  These  two  young  men  immediately  found  themselves  con- 
genial spirits,  not  only  in  their  love  of  study,  in  scholarly  attainments  and 
tastes,  but  in  their  general  opinions  upon  questions  out  of  the  realm  of  lit- 
erature. The  result  was  a  mutual  respect,  and  an  ardent  friendship,  which 
bound  them  very  closely  to  each  other  during  the  remainder  of  their  lives. 


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His  residence  in  Salem  was  very  agreeable.  He  was  welcomed  into  the  best 
society  of  the  town  as  an  additional  ornament  to  circles  already  so  intelli- 
gent and  attractive.  He  mentions,  in  letters  to  his  classmates,  the  names  of 
many  whom  he  especially  enjoyed,  and  with  whom  he  formed  lasting  friendships. 
Amidst  such  pleasant  auspices  he  remained  until  the  completion  of  his  profes- 
sional studies,  in  1804. 

These  seven  years  of  preparation  since  he  graduated  from  College,  had 
been  industrious  and  happy  years.  His  reading  was  extensive.  His  study  of 
the  Law  had  been  thorough.  In  addition  to  old  College  friendships,  which  he 
still  kept  warm  and  fresh,  he  formed  many  new  ones  which  were  valuable  and 
true.     In  describing  his  happiness,  he  says : 

"In  the  constitution  of  our  minds,  our  hearts,  our  bodies,  what  inlet  to 
pleasure  is  denied  us !  How  pure  is  the  satisfaction  which  attends  the  pursuit 
of  truth,  and  the  acquisition  of  knowledge  and  science !  How  sweet  is  the 
intercourse  with  those  who  have  long  been  dear  to  us !  How  pleasant  and 
valuable  are  those  large  associations  in  which  we  feel  a  common  interest,  and 
by  which  we  are  mutually  affected,  and  mutually  benefitted  1" 

Again,  in  1 803,  when  speaking  of  the  pleasant  circumstances  around  him, 
he  says,  "I  have  always  found  it  easy  to  obey  the  Apostolic  injunction,  and  in 
whatsoever  state  I  am,  to  be  content,  and  generally  to  be  satisfied  and  happy." 

We  find  abundant  indications  at  this  period,  both  of  his  own  high  princi- 
ples of  action,  and  of  the  confidence  which  his  character  had  then  inspired. 
Nothing  can  more  conclusively  show  the  impression  which  he  made  upon  those 
who  knew  him,  than  the  unconscious  tributes  which  they  paid  to  his  integrity 
in  the  most  confidential  correspondence.  No  man  suggested  an  unworthy  aim, 
or  seemed  to  suppose  him  capable  of  being  actuated  by  any  other  than  the 
highest  motives.  One  classmate  speaks  of  "  the  honorable  and  lofty  success," 
which  he  predicted  for  him,  and  which  he  was  sure  would  alone  "  satisfy  him  or 
his  friends,"  and  says,  "You  are  not  materially  altered  since  you  left  College. 
You  still  do  what  you  do  with  the  zeal  of  passion,  and  look  as  loftily  as  any 
around  you.  You  despise  the  first  fruits  of  the  Law,  which  are  the  only  fruits 
that  are  within  the  reach  of  the  grovelling  barrister.  You  are  stretching 
yourself  to  gather  the  fruit  that  hangs  on  the  topmost  bough,  and  fou  will 
gather  it,  unless  I  have  mistaken  you."  This  life-long  friend  did  not  mistake 
him.  His  cardinal  principle  was  thus  expressed  by  himself,  at  this  very  peri- 
od. "Better  to  fail  in  a  good  cause,  than  to  succeed  in  bad  one" — a  princi- 
ple which  he  applied  to  private  and  public  action,  to  the  affairs  of  individuals 
and  nations,  with  unwavering  loyalty ;  and  which,  though  it  may  sometimes  lead 
to  apparent  failure,  will  always  secure  the  grandest  success. 


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FROM    HIS     ADMISSION    TO    THE     BAR,   TO     HIS 
APPOINTMENT    AS    JUDGE. 

He  was  admitted  an  Attorney  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  in  Salem, 
June  26th,  1804.  He  only  remained  in  Salem  a  few  days  to  enjoy  the  cele- 
bration of  the  4th  of  July,  at  which  his  friend  John  Pickering  gave  an  oration, 
and  to  make  immediate  preparation  for  his  removal  to  Newburyport.  July  16th, 
he  opened  a  Law  office  in  that  place.  On  the  5th  of  August,  we  find  him  an 
attendant  upon  Mr.  Popkins'  preaching  at  the  old  church  in  Newbury,  which 
he  characterizes  as  excellent,  and  under  whose  ministry  he  continued  with 
constant  satisfaction  and  delight.  He  was  now  twenty  eight  years  old,  with 
a  high  reputation  as  a  man  of  unusual  talents  and  attainments,  as  well  as  a 
man  of  established  character.  His  success  at  the  Bar  was  very  decided,  and 
the  receipts  of  his  second  year  of  practice  amounted  to  what  would  then  have 
been  considered  an  ample  income.  On  the  24th  of  May,  1807,  he  was  married 
at  Concord,  to  Mrs.  Mary  Van  Schalkwyck,  daughter  of  Dr.  Josiah  "Wilder,  of 
Lancaster,  Mass.  She  was  a  lady  of  remarkable  attractions  and  excellence,  and 
his  correspondence  at  that  period  gives  ample  proof  of  the  happiness  which 
he  found  in  the  home  which  she  adorned  for  a  little  more  than  four  years. 
But  her  health  soon  failed;  and  she  died  on  the  29th  of  June,  1811,  leaving 
two  daughters  to  be  his  care,  and  his  consolation,  amid  his  heavy  grief 

Mr.  White  was  not  only  early  successful  as  a  lawyer,  but  he  at  once  at- 
tracted the  notice  and  commanded  the  confidence  of  the  people  of  the  town 
in  other  respects.  The  next  year  after  he  went  to  Newburyport,  he  gave  an 
address  before  the  Merrimack  Humane  Society,  which  was  published,  and 
passed  through  several  editions.  Its  favorable  reception  was  not  strange.  It 
was  an  earnest  plea  for  a  life  of  Christian  philanthropy,  which  struck  the  key 
note  of  his  own  life,  and  was  written  and  spoken  out  of  a  full  heart.  He  was 
engaged  in  every  humane  and  benevolent  enterprise.  He  helped  to  form  the 
Merrimack  Bible  Society.  He  was  a  trustee  of  the  Dummer  Academy.  He 
served  as  a  member  of  the  School  Committee.  Nothing  which  promised  ei- 
ther to  promote  the  health,  to  advance  the  education,  or  to  improve  the  morals 
of  the  town,  failed  to  secure  his  influence  and  cooperation.  He  was  careful, 
meanwhile,  not  to  forego  his  studious  habits.  Nov.  1, 1804,  we  fin4  the  follow- 
ing entry  in  his  diary:  "Entered  on  a  more  extended  course  of  study  than  of 
late ;  Greek  after  Breakfast ;  Latin  after  dinner ;  some  of  the  Scriptures  every 
day."  In  one  respect,  certainly,  it  was  not  an  unfitting  description  of  his 
course  of  study  in  all  periods  of  his  life :  for  however  wide  its  range  might  be 


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ia  the  domains  of  Literature,  the  Scriptures  claimed  and  received  their  daily 
homage ;  and  in  all  his  love  for  Greece  or  Rome,  he  turned  with  deeper  rever- 
ence to  Palestine  and  the  words  that  consecrated  it  forever. 

In  1810,  he  was  elected  to  the  Senate  of  the  Statr,  and  continued  a  mem- 
ber till  1815.  His  earnest  and  fearless  devotion  to  the  principles  of  the  Fed- 
eralists, his  dignity  and  ability  as  a  debater,  his  attainments  as  a  lawyer,  and  his 
high  character  as  a  man,  made  liim  very  prominent  in  the  Senate.  He  command- 
ed the  confidence  of  his  own  party  to  such  a  degree,  that  he  was  selected  as 
their  candidate  for  Congress,  at  the  election  in  Nov.  1814,  and  was  chosen  by 
an  almost  unanimous  vote  of  the  people  of  his  District.  But  before  he  took 
his  seat,  the  office  of  Judge  of  Probate  for  the  County  of  Essex  was  tendered 
to  him ;  and  having  finally  decided  to  accept  it,  he  resigned  his  commission  as 
Representative  in  the  Spring  of  1815. 

This  was  the  turning  point  in  his  life.  It  was  singular,  certainly,  that  a 
man  at  the  age  of  thirty-nine,  who  had  already  attained  marked  professional 
and  political  distinction,  and  stood  so  high  in  the  public  favor  and  confidence, 
should  retire  both  from  the  Bar,  and  from  public  life,  when  so  wide  a  sphere 
of  service  and  influence  was  open  to  him.  He  was  known  beyond  the  limits 
of  his  own  State,  and  was  appointed  chairman  of  a  Commission  to  investigate 
the  difficulties  which  had  arisen  in  the  administration  of  the  afiairs  of  Dart- 
mouth College,  by  the  Legislature  of  New  Hampshire,  in  June,  1815.  The 
"fruit  upon  the  topmost  bough"  seemed  within  his  gi-asp.  Many  of  his  friends, 
then,  and  in  later  years,  greatly  regretted  the  loss  of  the  eminent  public  ser- 
vices which  he  was  so  admirably  qualified  to  render,  and  which  would  have 
brought  so  much  honor  to  himself,  and  advantage  to  the  State.  His  decision 
was  doubtless  a  mistake  in  the  opinion  of  men  of  the  world  j  but  it  was  pre- 
determined by  his  character  and  previous  life.  He  was  not  a  man  of  the 
world.  He  recognized  the  duty  of  laboring  for  its  highest  welfare,  and  cher- 
ished an  undying-  interest  in  everything  which  promised  to  improve  or  bless  it. 
But  he  was  singularly  free  from  its  self-seeking  and  ambition.  In  later  life,  as 
in  College,  "he  never  seemed  to  desire  to  excel  others,  but  only  to  be  true  to 
his  own  high  standard."  Then,  too,  the  practice  of  the  Law  had  never  been  agree- 
able to  him ;  and  a  political  career  must  have  been  still  more  unattractive.  All 
his  tendencies  and  tastes  combined,  with  his  love  of  literature  and  of  study, 
to  lead  him  to  choose  a  more  retired  life. 

Events  had  occurred  during  his  residence  in  Newburyport,  which  must 
have  had  a  great,  though  perhaps  unconscious  influence  upon  his  decision.  The 
first  was  the  death  of  his  classmate  and  chum,  Jabez  Kimball,  in  1805.     His 


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friendships  were  always  true  and  deep,  and  his  relations  with  Kimball  were 
singularly  cordial  and  aflfectionate.  By  frequent  interchange  of  letters,  they 
kept  up  the  same  free  and  unreserved  communication  of  each  other's  plans, 
wishes,  hopes,  which  they  had  enjoyed  when  they  shared  the  same  room  at  Col- 
lege. They  clung  to  each  other  in  mutual  respect,  and  trust,  and  love ;  and  Kim- 
ball, who  had  begun  the  practice  of  law  in  New  Hampshire,  earlier  than  Mr. 
White,  was  extremely  desirous  to  have  his  friend  located  in  his  own  immediate 
neighborhood,  that  they  might  be  together  in  the  work  of  life,  as  they  had 
been  in  their  preparation  for  it.  Very  soon  after  Mr.  White  went  to  New- 
buryport,  the  disease  which  had  long  threatened  his  friend  developed  itself  in 
a  fatal  form,  and  he  returned  to  Haverhill,  his  former  home,  to  die  among  his 
friends  and  kindred.  Nothing  could  exceed  Mr.  White's  devotion  to  him  dur- 
ing the  last  few  months  of  his  life.  Though  it  must  have  been  a  great  detri- 
ment to  his  own  prospects  so  greatly  to  neglect  the  oflfice  which  he  had  just 
opened,  he  divided  his  time  between  Haverhill  and  Newburyport,  and  watched 
over  his  friend  till  the  last  beat  of  his  pulse,  with  an  affection  as  tender  as  the 
love  of  woman.  His  letters  show  how  deeply  he  was  affected  by  this  parting 
scene,  and  how  sincerely  he  mourned  his  friend's  too  early  loss.  Life  assumed 
a  new  seriousness  and  sacredness  to  his  mind ;  and  religion  not  only  seemed  to 
give  the  solution  of  its  mystery,  but  to  present  new  claims  upon  his  personal 
reverence  and  love.  And  the  following  brief  entry  in  his  Journal,  under  the 
date  of  April  5th,  1807,  gains  a  new  and  more  beautiful  significance  in  this 
connection:  "Full  dedication  of  myself  to  Grod.  May  He  preserve  my  heart 
in  his  law  and  love  !" 

But  the  event  which  touched  him  still  more  deeply,  was  the  early  death 
of  his  wife.  If  the  loss  of  a  classmate  so  greatly  affected  him,  we  can  only 
imagine,  rather  than  describe,  the  profound  impression  made  upon  him  by  the 
death  of  a  companion  whom  he  seems  to  have  cherished  with  an  equal  respect 
and  love,  and  the  breaking  up  of  that  domestic  felicity  which  he  was  so  emi- 
nently fitted  to  heighten  and  to  enjoy.  Though  he  always  spoke  of  her  loss 
with  the  truest  resignation,  he  could  only  name  it  with  the  deepest  grief.  Chast- 
ened by  such  deep  experiences,  so  devoted  to  the  children  left  to  his  care,  it  was 
not  strange,  with  such  natural  tastes  as  he  possessed,  that,  after  a  brief  service 
in  public  life,  he  should  have  turned  away  from  it  entirely ;  and  so  far  as  we 
can  learn  from  letters  or  diaries,  he  never  had  a  moment  of  questioning  or 
regret  in  respect  to  his  decision. 

But  if  public  life  had  no  charm,  on  the  other  hand  the  position  which  had 

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been  offered  him  possessed  positive  attractions.  While  it  gave  him  leisure  for 
literary  pursuits,  it  opened  a  sphere  of  practical  usefulness  whose  importance 
is  very  seldom  appreciated. 

At  that  time  there  was  a  peculiar  opportunity  fc?  a  man  of  eminent  abil- 
ity, and  of  ample  legal  attainments,  to  render  a  service  which  was  not  only  very 
valuable,  but  indispensable  in  respect  to  the  modes  of  conducting  Probate  bus- 
iness. Loose  methods  of  procedure  had  crept  into  the  Probate  Courts,  first 
adopted,  doubtless,  for  the  purpose  of  facilitating  business,  but  open  to  serious 
objections,  and  liable  to  great  abuse.  Judges  would  sometimes  confer  with 
parties  out  of  Court  in  respect  to  matters  that  were  to  be  brought  before 
them  for  decision,  or,  when  it  seemed  unimportant,  fail  to  order  due  notice  to 
persons  adversely  interested,  in  respect  to  the  proceedings  of  the  Court.  In 
pure  hands,  such  irregularities  might  lead  to  no  actual  injustice ;  but  they  were 
entirely  incompatible  with  the  views  of  a  man  like  Mr.  White,  and  he  accepted 
the  office  of  Judge  with  the  positive  understanding  that  he  should  undertake 
their  reformation. 

PROBATE      SERVICES. 

The  reformation  of  abuses,  even  when  generally  acknowledged,  is  seldom 
effected  without  discontent  and  censure.  As  was  to  have  been  expected,  the 
new  proceedings  produced  a  temporary  dissatisfaction,  which  neither  his  emi- 
nent ability  as  a  lawyer,  nor  his  unquestioned  character  as  a  man,  could  imme- 
diately silence.  They  involved  occasional  expenses  and  delays,  which  were 
magnified  into  grave  causes  of  complaint.  Fortunately  for  Judge  White  him- 
self, and  for  the  future  character  of  the  Probate  Courts  of  the  Commonwealth^ 
these  complaints  finaUy  took  a  specific  form  in  a  memorial  presented  to  the 
Legislature  at  its  Summer  Session  in  1821,  when  a  special  committee  was-ap- 
pointed  to  institute  an  inquiry,  and  present  a  report. 

Judge  White  bore  himself  with  characteristic  dignity  during  these  vexa- 
tious proceedings.  They  were  supposed  to  have  been  instituted  partly  on  ac- 
count of  former  political  enmities ;  but  they  were  made  doubly  a^ravating  be- 
cause they  were  undertaken  immediately  after  a  severe  domestic  affliction. 
But  he  was  perfectly  assured  of  the  entire  propriety  of  his  course.  In  a  let- 
ter to  his  brother-in-law,  Samuel  Orne,  Esq.,  of  Springfield,  dated  June  6th, 
1824,  he  says: 

"You  must  have  seen  in  the  papers  notice  of  a  complaint  as  to  the  Pro- 
bate affairs  of  this  County.  I  hope  it  did  not  alarm  you.  Mr.  Merrill  pro- 
cm*ed  me  a  copy  of  the  complaint,  of  which  I  had  previously  no  intimation.     On 


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the  face  of  the  complaint,  there  is  not  a  shadow  of  reason  for  the  solemn  pro- 
ceedings of  the  House." 

The  Committee  discharged  the  duty  assigned  them,  but  after  examining 
only  such  witnesses  as  were  presented  by  the  complainants  themselves,  they 
reported  that  all  farther  proceedings  should  be  suspended ;  and  this  triumphant 
vindication  of  his  course  was  made  complete  by  the  unanimous  adoption  of 
their  report  by  the  Legislature.  After  the  close  of  the  proceedings,  he  writes 
to  Mr.  Orne  in  the  following  terms : 

"  The  Committee  on  my  Probate  affairs  have  at  length  reported ;  and  con- 
sidering that  the  inquiry  was  wholly  ex  parte,  and  the  County  ransacked  for 
those  who  thought  themselves  aggrieved  to  pour  out  their  complaints,  the  re- 
port is  as  favorable  as  could  be  expected.  This  method  of  investigating  the 
official  conduct  of  a  man,  by  examining  witnesses  not  only  prejudiced  against 
him,  but  incapable  of  understanding  the  grounds  and  motives  of  his  proceed- 
ing, and  all  behind  his  back,  and  making  up  judgment  without  affording  him 
opportunity  even  to  explain,  is  as  arbitrary  as  anything  of  the  old  English 
Star  Chamber  proceedings.  To  subject  one  to  this  ordeal  without  justifiable 
cause,  and  to  torture  the  feelings  of  his  distant  friends  who  cannot  have  his 
consciousness  of  innocence  about  them,  is  unjust  and  cruel.  I  was  urged  to 
go  to  Boston,  and  see  the  Committee ;  but  I  could  not  bring  my  mind  down  to 
it.  I  saw  no  one  of  the  Legislature  on  the  subject,  and  resolved  to  leave  the 
thing  to  its  own  course.  Now  it  is  over,  I  do  not  regret  the  investigation. 
The  sanction  of  the  Committee  to  the  utility  of  the  change  I  adopted  in  the 
mode  of  doing  Probate  business,  will  close  the  mouths  of  murmurers." 

We  have  said  that  the  formal  complaint  was  fortunate  for  the  future  char- 
acter of  the  Probate  Courts,  as  well  as  for  Judge  White  himself.  He  was 
never  content  to  leave  anything  partially  accomplished.  In  another  letter  to 
Mr.  Orne,  dated  July  5th,  1821,  he  says :  "As  to  my  Judgeship,  if  I  had  never 
meddled  with  it  I  might  rejoice ;  but  I  feel  like  seeing  it  well  through  now. 
When  everything  becomes  as  it  should  be,  I  shall  have  no  objection  to  quitting 
it."  In  accordance  with  this  purpose  he  immediately  began  a  little  work  en- 
titled "A  view  of  the  Jurisdiction  and  Proceedings  of  the  Courts  of  Probate 
in  Massachusetts,  with  Particular  Reference  to  the  County  of  Essex."  As  he 
intended  that  this  book  should  contain  not  only  a  history  of  former  pro- 
bate proceedings,  with  a  vindication  of  the  reforms  which  he  had  introduced, 
but  also  be  an  authoritative  treatise  in  respect  to  Probate  Courts,  he  be- 
stowed great  care  upon  its  preparation,  and  consulted  with  his  friend,  Hon. 
John  Pickering,  at  every  step  of  his  progress.  It  was  printed  in  a  pamphlet 
of  one  hundred  and  forty  eight  pages,  in  the  early  part  of  the  year  1822. 
Writing  to  Mr.  Orne  at  the  time  of  its  publication,  he  speaks  of  it  as  a  work 


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which  he  "  thought  necessary,"  and  adds,  "  If  any  one  will  read  it,  and  not 
acknowledge  the  course  I  pursued  was  a  proper  one,  I  shall  at  least  be  indiflfer- 
ent  to  his  opinion  upon  the  subject.  Next  time  I  am  to  be  author,  I  hope  to 
have  a  more  agreeable  theme."  The  public  soon  ackrowledged  the  propriety 
of  his  course  without  a  dissenting  voice.  His  book  at  once  took  its  place  as 
an  authority ;  and  the  reforms  introduced  into  the  County  of  Essex  by  Judge 
White  and  Mr.  Lord,  the  faithful  Register  of  Probate,  were  extensively  adopt- 
ed in  other  parts  of  the  Commonwealth. 

Fortunately  also  for  the  Court  and  County,  Judge  White  did  not  relin- 
quish his  office  after  everything  had  "  become  as  it  should  be,"  but  continued  to 
adorn  it  until  July,  1853,  when  he  resigned,  after  having  held  it  thirty  eight 
years.     We  take  the  following  passage  from  his  diary  for  April  25,  1853  : 

"  This  afternoon,  I  sent  my  letter  of  resignation  of  the  office  of  Judge  of 
Probate,  to  take  effect  on  the  first  of  July.  I  sent  it  sooner  than  I  intended, 
because  I  saw  mention  made  of  a  movement  to  get  recommendations  to  the  of- 
fice, and  I  wished  that  those  who  might  feel  some  delicacy  about  doing  so  be- 
fore I  had  actually  resigned,  might  be  on  an  equal  footing  with  others.  I  be- 
lieve that  no  predecessor  has  held  the  office  longer  than  I  have.  My  kinsman, 
John  Appleton,  held  it  thirty  seven  years.  Many  things  I  might  now  do  bet- 
ter, but  I  have  always  aimed  to  do  right  at  the  time,  without  fear,  favor,  or  pri- 
vate interest." 

His  modest  claim  did  no  justice  to  the  feeling  of  the  public,  and  of  the 
profession.  It  may  be  justly  said  that  he  not  only  commanded  confidence,  but 
admiration  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties.  He  had  an  incorruptible  in- 
tegrity ;  and  he  possessed  a  sterling  good  sense,  a  practical  wisdom,  an  admira- 
ble balance  of  mind,  together  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of  his  own  depart- 
ment of  Law,  so  that  his  decisions  seemed  to  be  stamped  in  the  mint  of  Justice. 
In  his  long  term  of  service,  he  must  have  been  called  to  adjudicate  upon  almost 
every  estate  in  the  County ;  and  a  great  number  of  orphans  and  widows  felt 
"the  paternal  influence  of  his  judicial  course."  Equally  dignified  in  the  fulfil- 
ment of,  and  his  retirement  from  his  official  functions,  he  closed  his  career  as 
a  Judge  with  a  degree  of  approbation  for  his  labors,  and  veneration  for  his 
character,  which  it  is  the  fortune  of  only  the  very  few  to  receive. 

REMOVAL     TO     SALEM.         DOMESTIC     LIFE. 
We  resume  the  order  of  our  narrative.     Jan.  3d,  1817,  he  removed  from 
Newburyport  to  Salem,  a  little  less  than  two  years  after  his  appointment  as 


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Judge.  Perhaps  he  was  drawn  to  this  place  by  its  social  attractions.  He 
had  felt  their  charms  when  he  was  a  student  at  law  in  the  ofl&ce  of  Judge  Put- 
nam, and  spoke  enthusiastically  respecting  them  in  letters  to  friends  and  class- 
mates. At  the  time  of  his  removal  from  Newburyport,  and  for  many  years  after- 
wards, the  society  of  this  town  comprised  a  very  large  number  of  persons  who 
were  eminent,  for  high  culture  and  accomplishments ;  and  in  his  later  diaries  he 
makes  allusion  to  the  peculiar  richness  of  Salem  in  great  men,  of  some  of  whom, 
he  says,  any  country  might  be  proud.  Delighting  in  society,  as  truly  as  in  his 
books,  able  to  make  such  large  contributions  himself  to  the  pleasure  of  social 
intercourse,  he  was  welcomed  by  all  persons  of  genius  and  learning  in  the 
town. 

In  1819,  on  the  first  of  August,  he  was  married  a  second  time  to  Mrs. 
Eliza  Wetmore,  only  daughter  of  William  Orne,  Esq.,  of  Salem,  and  removed 
to  the  house  in  Court,  now  Washington  St.,  formerly  occupied  by  Mr.  Orne, 
and  in  which  he  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Possessed  now  of 
ample  means,  blessed  with  the  companionship  of  a  wife  whose  uncommon  in- 
telligence and  loveliness  of  character  commanded  universal  respect,  with  leisure 
for  the  gratification  of  literary  tastes  in  society  and  among  his  books,  every- 
thing seemed  to  contribute  to  enhance  his  happiness.  We  have  a  glimpse  of 
his  home  life  at  that  time,  in  a  letter  to  Mr.  Orne,  a  brother  of  his  wife. 

"We  three," — referring  also  to  an  Aunt  of  Mrs.  White,  whom  he  calls 
"  a  great  comforter,"  whose  "  presence  alone  gives  a  deeper  consciousness  of 
a  protecting  Providence," — "we  three  enjoy  much  of  true  domestic  comfort,  of 
genuine  fireside  enjoyment.  The  pleasures  of  reading  fill  up  most  of  the  eve- 
ning, the  day  being  generally  broken  up  by  calls  of  one  sort  or  another.  In 
the  way  of  reading,  we  have  gone  back  to  Goldsmith,  and  been  delighted  with 
his  novels  and  plays,  and  are  now  with  the  Citizen  of  the  World.  We  have 
also  taken  up  Hall's  Loo  Choo  Islands — a  late  work  and  very  interesting." 

It  was  an  intelligent,  cultivatied,  and  Christian  home,  which  presented  many 
such  bright  pictures  of  fii-eside  joy ;  a  home  which,  though  often  graced  by  the 
honored  guests  who  were  welcomed  to  it  with  most  generous  hospitality,  still 
derived  its  peculiar  charm  from  the  loving  presence  which  gave  it  constant 
attraction,  and  filled  it  with  delight. 

But  Judge  White's  domestic  life  was  destined  to  be  again  quickly  shroud- 
ed. His  wife's  health,  which  had  never  been  strong,  soon  failed  j  and  she  died 
March  2Tth,  1821,  soon  after  the  birth  of  a  son.     Her  early  death,  at  the  age 


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of  thirty  six,  in  the  language  of  one  of  the  notices  of  her  character,  "  called 
forth  such  general  and  spontaneous  expressions  of  respect  and  condolence,  as 
are  rarely  produced  by  the  death  of  any  individual  in  the  private  walks  of 
life ;"  and  the  many  tributes  oflFered  to  her  memory,  gi^e  ample  proof  that  she 
had  indeed  endeared  herself  to  many,  "  as  a  faithful  friend,  a  judicious  adviser^ 
and  affectionate  counsellor,  retired  and  unobtrusive,  yet  unwearied  in  render- 
ing the  kindest  offices  of  friendship,  and  in  performing  the  holiest  deeds  of 
charity."  Tims  only  one  year  and  eight  months  after  his  marriage,  he  was  left 
a  second  time,  stricken  with  the  deepest  grief,  with  the  care  of  an  infant  child. 
This  became  his  chief  solace  under  his  heavy  sorrow,  and  he  often  speaks  in 
his  letters  of  the  joy  of  his  constant  watchfulness  over  this  beloved  boy  and 
his  other  children,  and  of  witnessing  the  promise  of  their  health  and  life. 

For  nearly  three  years  after  his  wife's  death,  a  favorite  niece  presided  over 
his  house,  who  was  afterwards  married  to  Rev.  Dr.  Peabody  of  Springfield. 
On  the  22nd  of  January,  1824,  he  was  again  married  to  Mrs.  Ruth  Rogers,  a 
daughter  of  Joseph  Hurd,  Esq.,  of  Charlestown.  By  this  union,  which  contin- 
ued more  than  thirty  seven  years,  and  was  only  broken  by  his  own  death,  he 
had  three  sons.  Two  of  them  died  in  infancy ;  and  one,  the  eldest,  Henry  Orne 
White,  a  graduate  of  Harvard,  in  the  class  of  1 843,  is  now  established  as  a  phy- 
sician at  Fort  Atkinson,  Wisconsin.  In  his  new  domestic  relations,  so  ad- 
mirably fitted  to  secure  his  happiness,  the  time  which  was  not  absorbed  by  his 
Probate  duties  was  chiefly  given  to  reading  and  study,  and  to  attempts  in 
various  ways  to  promote  the  intelligence  and  welfare  of  the  community.  He 
began  to  accumulate  books  at  a  very  early  period.  Two  of  the  classes  to 
whom  he  had  been  tutor  in  College,  gave  him  very  valuable  works.  Soon 
after  he  went  to  Newburyport,  he  mentions  repeated  purchases  which  he  had 
made  at  book  auctions  there.  He  continued  to  collect  not  only  the  old  stand- 
ard works  in  every  department  of  Literature,  but  also  new  books  of  merit,  as 
they  came  from  the  Press,  until  at  length,  although  he  had  given  many 
thousands  of  volumes  to  individuals  and  associations,  his  library  became  very 
large.  It  was  rich  in  various  departments.  His  fondness  for  the  Clas- 
sics led  him  to  collect  the  best  editions  of  the  Greek  and  Latin  authors.  Val- 
uable works  of  History,  of  Poetry,  of  Theology,  found  their  place  upon  his 
shelves.  He  was  seldom  absent  from  home,  except  for  brief  journeys,  in  one 
of  which  he  had  the  good  fortune  to  pass  two  or  three  days  with  his  friend 
Rev.  Dr.  Channing,  at  Niagara  Falls.     While  there  he  visited  the  battle-field 


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of  Lundy's  Lane,  in  company  with  him  and  Gen.  Scott,  and  had  all  the  interest- 
ing localities  pointed  out  by  one  who  took  so  distinguished  a  part  in  the  bril- 
liant military  operations  in  that  immediate  neighborhood.  "With  ample  lei- 
sure to  gratify  his  literary  tastes,  he  was  able  to  keep  himself,  in  a  remarkable 
degree,  abreast  of  the  world's  intellectual  life.  He  had  his  favorite  branches 
of  study.  He  was  a  lover  of  History.  He  was  especially  interested  in  Eccle- 
siastical afiairs.  Theology  had  great  attractions  for  him  as  a  Science.  He 
was  not  only  a  faithful  reader,  but  a  careful  student  of  the  Scriptures.  A  trans- 
lation of  the  Epistle  to  the  Romans  was  found  among  his  papers.  His  jour- 
nal, in  which  he  makes  constant  mention  of  the  books  which  he  was  reading 
from  time  to  time,  and  gives  brief  commendations  or  criticisms  respecting 
them,  aflfords  abundant  proof  of  the  purity  of  his  tastes,  and  of  the  wide  range 
and  great  fidelity  of  his  studies  and  inquiries. 

Of  other  aspects  of  Judge  White's  domestic  life,  it  is  difficult  to  speak  in 
fitting  terms.  No  man  could  have  held  more  sacred  the  relations  to  his  home 
and  children,  or  more  faithfully  endeavored  to  fulfil  them.  Perhaps  the  fact 
that  he  had  been  twice  left  with  the  care  of  children  in  their  infancy,  and  thus 
felt  himself  called  by  Providence  itself  to  undertake  a  mother's  as  well  as  a 
father's  office,  made  him  unusually  thoughtful  and  careful  respecting  their 
training  and  education.  Still  this  was  in  his  nature,  and  would  have  manifest- 
ed itself  under  any  circumstances.  But  his  theories  upon  the  subject  were  most 
judicious.  He  believed  in  obedience ;  but  though  this  was  indispensable,  he 
aimed  to  secure  it  by  gaining  the  implicit  confidence,  and  the  affections  of  his 
children,  rather  than  by  positive  constraint.  He  was  careful  not  to  interfere 
with  nature.  He  desired  to  be  to  them  as  an  invigorating  atmosphere,  or  as 
the  life-giving  light,  to  call  fort"h  every  nobler  and  generous  trait  of  character, 
while  unworthy  traits  and  feelings  were  silently,  but  persistently  repressed 
and  eradicated,  rather  than  to  attempt  to  mould  their  lives  by  an  excess  of 
discipline ;  so  that  they  might  become  what  God  intended  to  make  them,  in- 
stead of  what  he  might  try  to  make  them  himself  according  to  his  sincere,  but 
possibly  mistaken  fancy.  Then,  too,  the  deepest  thing  in  his  nature  was  his 
affection ;  and  though  none  of  those  who  loved  him  most,  knew,  or  could  imag- 
ine the  depth  of  his  love,  still  it  made  itself  continually  felt  in  the  nearer  rela- 
tionships of  his  life,  and  was  refreshing  as  the  dews  in  his  intercourse  with 
his  children. 

His  letters  to  his  eldest  son,  Rev.  William  0.  White,  of  Keene,  beginning 
with  his  first  absence  from  home,  and  continued  to  his  own  latest  days,  num- 


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beringmore  than  six  hundred,  are  most  charming  specimens  of  the  correspondence 
of  a  father  with  a  child.  During  his  son's  College  days  and  preparation  for 
professional  life,  they  are  filled  with  admirable  hints  respecting  the  true  meth- 
ods of  study,  and  the  true  aims  of  life,  with  out-pcarings  of  the  wealth  of 
his  learning  and  aflfection.  Occasionally  maxims  of  wisdom  drop  unconscious- 
ly from  his  loving  pen.  Once,  for  example,  in  a  letter  that  seems  to  have  been 
called  forth  by  some  pecuniary  loss,  he  says,  "If  we  have  competency  we 
should  not  only  be  thankful,  but  cheerfully  enjoy  it,  and  never  suffer  the  loss 
of  any  portion  of  property  to  annoy  us,  and  diminish  our  enjoyment  of  the 
residue.  We  should  never  forget  that  property  is  good  for  nothing  if  not  en- 
joyed in  some  way,  and  worse  than  nothing,  if  allowed  to  annoy  us  by  its  flight." 
It  would  be  difficult  to  find  a  correspondence  that  is  more  unaffected  and  sim- 
ple, and  yet  more  truly  instructive  in  its  comments  upon  books  and  literary 
questions,  as  well  as  upon  public  affairs,  and  more  entirely  instinct  with  the 
highest  principles,  and  the  most  profoundly  religious  spirit.  Happy  the  son 
upon  whom  has  been  showered  such  treasures  of  memory  and  love. 

We  forbear  to  tread  farther  upon  ground  so  sacred.  But  Judge  White's 
love  of  study,  though  a  life-long  passion,  and  hi^  affectionate  fidelity  to  his  chil- 
dren, only  present  particular  phases  of  his  character.  He  had  the  warmest  so- 
cial sympathies,  and  he  delighted  in  the  interchange  of  thought  and  sentiment 
with  living  minds.  It  was  his  fortune  to  enjoy  an  extensive  acquaintance 
with  many  of  the  leading  men  of  Massachusetts,  and  of  New  England.  He 
esteemed  this  as  one  of  the  great  privileges  of  his  life,  and  it  gave  him  the 
highest  pleasure  to  welcome  them  under  his  own  roof.  Every  man  distin- 
guished in  any  department  of  study,  who  visited  the  city,  was  drawn  towards 
him  as  by  a  magnet.  His  hospitality  was  entirely  unostentatious,  but  absolutely 
generous  and  free.  If  his  house  continually  presented  fireside  pictures  of  the 
family  circle,  engaged  in  reading  new  or  standard  books,  it  almost  as  frequent- 
ly witnessed  the  gathering  of  intellectual  friends,  and  of  strangers  whom  he 
wished  to  greet  and  honor,  around  his  cheerful  table.  Almost  every  clergy- 
man, who  transiently  supplied  the  pulpit  of  the  church  in  which  he  worshipped, 
received  his  hospitalities.  To  its  stated  minister,  his  house  was  another  home. 
No  man's  hospitality  could  have  been  more  constant  or  attractive  j  and  cer- 
tainly very  few  private  dwellings,  in  the  same  period,  welcomed  a  greater  num- 
ber of  intellectual  and  professional  guests  than  his,  during  the  last  forty  years 
of  his  life. 


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MR.  RANTOUL'S  CONNEXION  WITH 

MILITARY  AND  LEGISLATIVE 

MATTERS. 

(Continued  from  the  December  number.) 
My  connexion  with  the  Military  deserves 
some  notice,  inasmuch  as  it  was  so  interest- 
ing to  me  for  a  time,  and  then  lost  all  my  re- 
gard and  interest.  When  I  first  came  to  Bev- 
erly, I  trained  with  the  standing  militia  com- 
pany, comprising  the  inhabitants  from  the 
Meeting-house  to  Manchester,  and  including 
Montserat.  There  were  then  three  companies 
in  the  town,  and  with  the  one  Company  of 
Manchester,  they  composed  the  3d  Regiment 
of  the  1st  Brigade  of  the  2nd  Division.  The 
Militia  then  consisted  of  every  free,  white, 
male  citizen  between  the  ages  of  eighteen  and 
forty-five,  with  a  few  exceptions.  After  this, 
for  one  year,  I  was  appointed,  by  the  Select- 
men of  the  town,  without  my  request,  to  be 
an  engine-man.  Although  not  much  gratified 
with  this  appointment,  as  I  loved  to  train,  I 
served  at  the  Engine  and  was  therefore  ex- 
empted, for  one  year,  from  military  duty. 

In  the  Autumn  of  1800,  there  was  a  move- 
ment amongst  the  young  men,  for  the  formation 
of  a  company  of  Light  Infantry,  and  I  en- 
gaged in  the  movement.  The  persons  who 
had  previously  expressed  in  writing  their  de- 
sire to  join  in  this  undertaking,  met  at  the 
Town  (now  Briscoe)  Hall,  on  the  17th  Octo- 
ber, 1800.  Dr.  Josiah  Batchelder,  afterward 
of  Falmouth,  Maine,  was  chosen  Moderator, 
and  proceeded  to  select  for  officers,  Jonathan 
H.  Lovett,  Captain,  Robert  Rantoul,  Lieuten- 
ant, Benjamin  Winn,  Ensign,  and  William  H. 
Lovett,  Clerk.  ♦  *  *  The  legal  establishment 
of  the  company  could  then  only  be  procured 
by  special  act  of  the  General  Court.  We  pe- 
titioned for  such  establishment,  at  the  next 
Session  of  the  Legislature,  and  the  matter  was 
(4) 


finally  acted  upon  in  the  January  session  of 
1801,  when  an  act  was  passed  authorizing 
Col.  James  Burnham  to  enlist  a  Volunteer 
Light  Infantry  Company,  and  he,  on  the  2nd 
of  June,  1801,  issued  an  order  to  me,  (J. 
H.  Lovett  being  absent  at  sea :  this  was  fre- 
quently the  case,  and  for  most  of  the  time, 
gave  me  the  command  of  the  company)  to 
make  the  enlistment.  I  accordingly  did  so, 
and  procured  forty  signers.  [Here  follows  a 
list  of  members  of  the  company,  eighty  four 
in  all,  who  had  been  connected  with  it  before 
1809,  about  which  time  the  company  was  dis- 
banded. I  omit  the  list  because  it  is,  no  doubt, 
matter  of  record  elsewhere.     R.  S.  R.] 

May  12tb,  1803,  I  was  appointed  a  mem- 
ber of  a  Court  Martial,  to  sit  in  Salem.  This 
Court  consisted  of  thirteen  members.  Major 
William  Prescott,  the  distinguished  lawyer, 
who  recently  died  in  Boston  at  an  advanced 
age,  was  President  of  the  Court:  John  Prince, 
afterwards  Clerk  of  the  Courts  (died  Sept. 
22nd,  1848,  aged  66,)  was  Marshal,  and 
William  Wetmore,  a  lawyer  in  Salem,  whose 
widow  married  Judge  Daniel  A.  White,  was 
Judge  Advocate.  A  guard  composed  of 
members  of  the  Salem  Cadets,  attended  at 
the  door  of  the  Court  House,  posting  their 
sentinels  according  to  Military  etiquette.  The 
Court  was  appointed  to  sit  on  Wednesday, 
the  1st  day  of  June,  1803,  and  sat  through 
that  week  and  one  or  more  days  of  the  next, 
and,  all  this  time,  parade  and  expense  were  in- 
curred to  ascertain  whether  a  poor,  ignorant 
militia  captain  had  been  guilty  of  a  charge, 
which  might  as  well  have  been  tried  in  a  Jus- 
tice's Court  in  half  a  day.  He  'was  found 
guilty  and  dismissed  from  office.  ♦  *  * 

June  10,  1805,  Jonathan  H.  Lovett  was 
chosen  Major  of  the  Regiment,  which  devolved 
the  command  of  the  company  upon  me,  and, 


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on  the  27th  of  August  following,  I  was  chos- 
en Captain.*  *  October  8th,  1805,  the  com- 
pany assembled  at  my  house  at  4  1-2  o'clock 
in  the  morning,  took  breakfast  there  and  then 
marched  to  Manchester  to  attend  a  Regimen- 
tal Muster.  *  *  July  4th,  1806,  the  company 
attended  the  Celebration  of  Independence  at 
Salem,  making  a  part  of  the  escort  to  the 
South  Meeting-house,  where  an  address  was 
delivered  by  Major  Samuel  Swett,  who  after- 
wards married  a  daughter  of  Wm.  Gray,  and 
lived  in  Boston.  After  the  address,  the  com- 
pany dined  together  on  Washington  Square. 
May  21,  1807,  I  was  chosen  Major,  but  de- 
clined accepting  the  office.  *  *  July  4,  1807, 
there  was  a  public  celebration;  a  standard  was 
presented  to  the  Company  by  Susan  Whit- 
ney on  behalf  of  the  ladies;  a  sermon  was 
preached  by  Rev.  Abiel  Abbot,  and  a  pub- 
lic dinner  was  had  on  Watch  House  Hill.  *  * 
July  28th,  1807,  a  company  was  ordered  to 
be  detached  from  the  3d  Regiment,  to  be  held 
in  readiness  for  service  when  called  for  by  the 
United  States  government.  I,  being  the  old- 
est in  commission  of  the  Captains,  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  command  of  this  company.  It 
consisted  of  1  Captain,  1  Lieutenant,  1  En- 
sign, 3  Sergeants,  1  Drummer,  1  Fifer,  and 
40  Rank  and  File.  August  20th,  1807,  I 
inspected  this  detached  company  in  squads  on 
the  parades  of  the  several  companies  in  this 
town  and  Manchester,  assisted  by  Adjutant, 
Allen  Baker  of  the  3d  Regt. 

October  14,  1807,  attended  with  the  Light 
Infantry,  at  a  Brigade  Review  at  Danvers 
Plains.  Marched  up  and  home, —  a  hard 
day's  work. 

July  4th,  1808,  attended  a  training  and  re- 
ligious services  at  Dane  St.  Meeting  House. 

Dec.  10th,  1808,  Gov.  James  Sullivan, 
aged  65,  died,  and  the  officers  of  the  Militia 


were  requested  to  wear  their  uniforms  and 
side  arms  for  thirty  days. 

Oct.  24,  1809,  the  Company  attended  a 
Brigade  Review, — this  was  the  last  time  that 
I  trained  with  the  Beverly  Light  Infantry.  I 
resigned  my  commission  soon  afterwards,  and 
received  a  discharge,  Nov.  25,  1809. 

On  Thursday  the  9th  of  June,  1814,  a 
barge,  from  a  British  Ship  of  War,  pursued  a 
schooner,  belonging  to  Manchester,  towards 
this  harbor.  She,  being  unable  to  escape, 
was  run  on  shore  at  Mingoe's  Beach,  where 
the  British  set  fire  to  her  and  left  her,  when 
the  inhabitants  assembled  and  extinguished 
the  fire.  In  consequence  of  this  occurrence, 
a  town  meeting  was  held  on  Saturday,  June 
11th,  and  measures  were  taken  to  procure 
from  the  State  field-pieces  of  cannon,  ammu- 
nition &c.,  for  the  defence  of  the  town.  A 
number  of  persons  associated  themselves  to- 
gether as  artillery  men,  and  on  the  17th  of 
June,  at  a  meeting  held  for  the  purpose, 
Nicholas  Thorndike  was  chosen  Captain,  I 
was  chosen  First  Lieutenant,  and  Benjamin 
Brown  Jr.  Second  Lieutenant.  Frequent 
meetings  were  held  to  exercise  with  the  two 
brass  six  pounders,  which  the  state  had  fur- 
nished. The  number  of  persons  associated 
was  fifty  four.  We  turned  out  twice  on 
alarms  that  the  British  were  landing,  which 
proved  to  be  groundless,  and  met  frequently 
for  practice  until  February  13,  1815,  when 
information  was  received  in  this  town  that  a 
treaty  of  peace  had  been  signed  at  Ghent  on 
the  24th  of  December,  1814.  In  the  after- 
noon of  the  day  of  the  receipt  of  this  news, 
the  company  assembled,  and  dragging  the  can- 
non to  the  Watch  House  Hill  near  Hale  Street, 
fired  a  salute  of  18  guns,  under  my  command, 
Captain  Thorndike  being  out  of  town.  This 
was  the  last  time  I  wore  a  sword.     The  asso- 


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ciation  was  soon  afterwards  dissolved,  and  the 
cannon  and  apparatus  were  returned  to  the 
State  Arsenal. 

October  16,  1855, 1  attended  a  celebration 
of  the  41st  anniversary  of  the  present  Bever- 
ly Light  Infantry  Company.  There  are  now 
living  in  Beverly,  seventeen  persons  beside 
myself,  who  were  members  of  the  company 
while,  or  at  some  time  while  I  belonged  to  it. 
Notwithstanding  the  apparent  inconsistency 
with  my  present  views  of  military  affairs,  I  tho't 
it  would  be  pleasant,  and  would  be  attended 
with  many  interesting  recollections,  to  meet 
with  my  old  companions  in  arms  once  more. 
The  whole  number  of  members  who  belonged 
to  the  company,  during  any  part  of  the  period 
of  my  connexion  with  it,  between  April  1801 
and  Nov.  25,  1809,  was  eighty  four.  Thir- 
teen of  my  old  associates  attended  this  cele- 
bration, viz :  Samuel  Stickney,  who  was  En- 
-  sign  for  most  of  the  time  while  I  belonged  to 
the  company,  now  84  years  of  age,  Edward 
Stone,  Bartholomew  Wallis,  Ebenezer  Trask, 
Thomas  Adams,  Samuel  Morse  Thissel,  Wil- 
liam Lamson,  Francis  Lamson,  Thomas  Whit- 
tridge,  John  P.  Webber,  Seth  Dodge,  Thom- 
as Pickard  and  Robert  Carey.     About  half 

.^of  these  are  upwards  of  seventy  years  of  age. 

'  '       #  *  *  *  *         # 

In  1809,  I  was  chosen  a  representative  to 
the  General   Court,  with  Thomas  Davis,   Ab- 

'ner  Chapman,  Thomas  Stephens,  and  Isaac 
Rea,  the  last  survivor  of  whom,  Abner  Chap- 
man, died  Oct.  1855,  at  the  age  of  85.     At 

'  that  time  the  town  sent  its  full  representation, 
but,  as  the  attendance  of  the  members  was 
paid  for  out  of  the  Town  Treasury,  it  was  un- 
derstood that  the  members  should  not  attend 
constantly,  and  I,  being  the  youngest  of  the 
delegation,  was  expected  to  give  place  to  my 
seniors,  so  that  for  the  first  year  I  attended 
Only  for  a  portion  of  each  session,   lest  the 


town  should  be  unduly  burthened.  I  was  re- 
elected from  year  to  year  until  1820,  when  I 
was  chosen  Senator  for  the  County  and  was 
re-elected  to  that  office  for  the  years  1821  and 
1822. 

In  1828, 1  was  a  candidate  for  the  Senate, 
but  the  election  of  Senators  going  against  the 
Federal  party  in  this  County,  I  was,  in  the 
same  year,  chosen  Representative  and  re-elected 
to  that  office  until  1827,  when  I  lost  my  elec- 
tion, but  not  on  political  grounds.  I  had 
voted,  in  the  preceding  session,  for  a  free 
bridge  from  Charlestown  to  Boston  and  had, 
in  my  office  of  Commissioner  of  Highways, 
aided  in  the  laying  out  of  a  new  piece  of  road 
from  Cabot  to  Water  Street  in  Beverly. 
These,  with  other  grounds  of  opposition  not 
specifically  stated,  prevailed  for  that  year,  and 
in  1828,  and  for  the  succeeding  five  years,  I 
was  chosen  again.  For  the  next  six  years  I 
was  an  unsuccessful  candidate,  and  in  1840, 
I  addressed  the  following  letter  to  a  public 
meeting  of  the  Democratic  Party  held  at  the 
Town  Hall:' 

Beverly,  September  22,  1840. 
Cait.  Josiah  Lovett,  2nd. 
Dear  Sir: 

The  recent  alteration  of  the  con- 
stitution of  this  State,  renders  it  necessary 
to  reduce  the  number  of  Representatives 
from  Beverly.  This  circumstance,  in  con- 
nexion with  others,  having  drawn  my  atten- 
tion to  the  relation  in  which  I  have  stood  to 
the  Electors  of  this  town  for  the  space  of 
thirty  one  years  last  past,  1  beg  leave  to  ad- 
dress you,  as  the  chairman  of  the  Town 
Democratic  Committee,  upon  the  subject  of 
withdrawing  myself  from  the  consideration 
of  my  fellow-citizens,  as  a  candidate  for  the 
State  Legislature.  I  was  first  elected  a 
Repi-esentative  in  1809,  a  time  of  great  po- 
litical excitement.  The  election  occured  in 
May  following  the  raising  of  the  long  em- 
bargo, which  was  removed  in  March,  1809. 
I'his  measure  of  the  National  Government 


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had  operated  with  peculiar  severity  upon  the 
business  of  the  town  and  had  produced  a 
state  of  irritability  unexampled  within  the 
period  of  my  recollection.  Partaking  strong- 
ly of  the  popular  feeling,  as  most  young  men 
do  under  similar  circumstances,  I  was  elect- 
ed as  an  active  partizan  in  the  Federal  Party. 
To  that  party  1  gave  a  hearty  support,  con- 
sidering their  course,  in  the  main,  as  prefer- 
able to  that  of  their  opponents,  but  differing 
from  the  leading  Federalists  on  several  im- 
portant points,  and  continued  to  be  elected 
from  1809  to  1819  inclusive.  In  1820, 
1821  and  1822,  I  was  elected,  by  the  sup- 
port of  the  Federal  party,  a  Senator  for  the 
County  of  Essex,  and  was  held  up  as  a  can- 
ditate  for  the  same  office  in  1823,  but  the 
Federal  party  losing  its  ascendency,  both  in 
the  County  and  the  State,  for  that  year,  I 
failed  of  an  election.  I  was  however  sent  by 
the  town,  the  same  year,  to  the  House  of 
Eepresentatives,  and  continued  to  be  returned 
as  a  Representative  from  thatyearuntil  1827. 
In  1825,  after  the  decease  of  Governor  Eus- 
tis,  who  died  in  the  first  part  of  that  year, 
an  amalgamation  of  the  two  great  political 
parties.  Federal  and  Democratic,  was  brought 
about  through  the  agency  of  members  of  the 
Legislature  then  in  session.  I  co-operated 
in  the  formation  of  this  new  party,  in  which 
some  of  the  principles  of  Federalism  were 
kept  out  of  sight,  and  a  union  formed  in  sup- 
port of  the  administration  of  President  John 
Quincy  Adams.  At  the  formation  of  this 
party,  I  objected  publicly  to  what  was  false- 
ly called  the  American  System,  the  leading 
principles  of  which  I  uniformly  repudiated. 
With  the  National  Republican  Party,  as  the 
new  organization  was  called,  I  felt  but  little 
cordiality.  It  soon  became  evident  that  the 
protective  system,  which  promised  to  be  the 
foundation  of  the  wealth  of  some  of  the 
more  active  partizans  and  to  add  greatly  to 
that  of  those  who  had  already  become  rich, 
was  the  principal  object  of  the  party.  Up- 
on the  Protective  System  and  the  System  of 
Internal  Improvements  by  the  General  Gov- 
ernment, my  earliest  opinions  have  not 
changed,  but  upon  another  question  of  great 
interest,  I  am  equally  free  to  say  that  the 


views  I  now  entertain  are  the  opposite  of 
those  I  held  formerly,  and  that  upon  the  con- 
stitutionality and  expediency  of  a  National 
Bank,  I  have  changed  my  opinion.  I  once 
believed  that  a  National  Bank  would  afford 
great  facilities  to  the  government  in  collect- 
ing and  disbursing  its  revenues;  that  it 
would  be  very  beneficial  to  the  trading  por- 
tion of  the  community,  in  equalizing  exchang- 
es ;  that  it  would  be  a  convenience  to  almost 
the  entire  community  in  facilitating  remit- 
tances to  every  part  of  our  extended  territo- 
ry, and  that  it  would  restrain  and  regulate 
the  action  of  the  State  Banks.  Constitution- 
al objections  were  obviated  by  its  apparent 
utility  in  the  arrangements  of  the  financial 
concerns  of  the  government.  In  most  of 
these  particulars  the  Bank  has  failed.  But 
admitting  that  all  the  expected  benefits  have 
been  derived  from  its  existence,  they  certain- 
ly have  been  most  dearly  purchased.  The 
dangerous  power  and  influence  of  the  Bank, 
in  controlling  elections,  through  a  corrupt 
press,  by  the  use  of  its  funds  in  loans  or  in 
payment  for  services  rendered ;  its  means  of 
embarrassing  the  Government  in  any  and  ev- 
ery measure  not  identical  with  its  interests; 
its  means  of  influence  in  Congress  through 
loans  to  members,  or  enormous  fees  paid  os- 
tensibly for  professional  services  ;  its  means 
of  influence  among  merchants  and  traders  by 
granting  or  witholding  loans  of  money  from 
political  considerations,  all  these  combine  to 
satisfy  me  that  such  an  institution  ought  not 
to  be  tolerated  in  this  free  country.  Our  free 
institutions  ought  not  to  be  put  at  hazard  for 
any  pecuniary  advantages,  any  convenience 
of  arrangement,  any  special  accommodation 
which  might  be  expected  to  result. 

The  accumulation  of  that  power  which  is 
conferred  by  wealth  in  the  hands  of  the  few, 
is  the  perpetual  source  of  oppression  and  neg- 
lect to  the  mass  of  mankind.  There  are  two 
kinds  of  inequality,  the  one  personal, — that 
of  virtue  and  talent, — the  source  of  whatev- 
er is  admirable  and  excellent  in  society :  the 
other  that  of  fortune,  which  must  exist  be- 
cause property  alone  can  stimulate  to  labor, 
and  labor,  if  it  were  not  necessary  to  the  ex- 
istence, would  be  indispensible  to  the  happi- 


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ness  of  mankind.  But  though  property  is 
necessary,  yet  in  its  excess,  it  is  the  great 
malady  of  civil  society.  The  power  of  the 
wealthy  is  consolidated  by  their  tendency  to 
combination.  From  this,  numbers,  disper- 
sion, indigence  and  ignorance  equally  pre- 
clude the  poor.  This  tendency  to  combina- 
tion is  fostered  by  the  creation  of  artificial 
corporate  bodies  by  the  government.  In  no 
country  has  the  creation  of  private  corpora- 
tions been  so  rapid  as  in  our  own,  and  in 
none  is  there  a  louder  call  to  awaken  the 
watchful  jealousy  of  the  friends  of  liberty 
and  equality. 

In  1826,  the  most  exciting  subject  of 
consideration  in  the  State  Legislature,  was 
the  granting  of  permission  to  erect  a  bridge 
free  to  all,  over  Charles  River,  between  Bos- 
ton and  Charlestown.  This  question  had 
been  agitated  for  several  years  before,  but 
without  a  definite  result,  and  I  had  commit- 
ted myself,  both  in  the  Senate  and  in  the 
House,  in  favor  of  the  right  of  the  Legisla- 
ture and  of  its  duty  also,  under  certain  cir- 
cumstances, to  grant  authority  for  the  con- 
struction of  such  a  bridge.  In  the  Winter 
session  of  18'26,  a  bill  was  passed  granting 
the  free  bridge.  This  bill  was,  however,  ve- 
toed by  Governor  Lincoln  and  returned  to 
the  House  with  his  objections,  March  10th, 
1827.  It  again  passed  the  House  by  a  vote 
of  99  to  45,  more  than  the  constitutional 
majority  of  two  thirds,  and  was  sent  to  the 
Senate  and  there  again  put  upon  its  passage 
and  lost,  the  vote  standing  16  for  and  12 
against  it.  My  vote  was  given  in  favor  of 
this  bill  through  all  its  stages.  Thus  I  in- 
curred the  displeasure  of  some  of  the  wealth- 
iest men  in  the  State,  who  were  peculiarly 
sensitive  at  that  time  in  regard  to  vested 
rights  and  the  immunity  of  private  corpora- 
tions from  Legislative  interference  without 
their  consent.  In  1827,  I  was  again  a  can- 
didate for  Representative  of  the  Town,  and 
for  the  first  time,  after  a  service  of  eighteen 
successive  years,  failed  of  a  majority. 
Whether  this  result  was  occasioned  by  my 
vote  on  the  Bridge  question  or  any  other  act 
of  my  public  or  private  life,  or  omission  of 
duty  on  my  part,  or  whether  it  was   simply 


because  the  electors  preferred  another  to  me, 
are  questions  which  I  neither  had  nor  have 
a  right  to  ask.  In  1828,  (the  Bridge  ques- 
tion being  settled,)  I  was  again  chosen  a 
Representative  by  a  small  majoiity  and  con- 
tinued to  be  re-elected,  with  more  or  less  op- 
position, until  1833.  In  that  year  resolu- 
tions were  introduced  into  the  House,  in  fa- 
vor of  continuing  the  high  tariff  of  impost 
duties.  These  resolutions  I  considered  it 
my  duty  to  oppose.  Before  the  elections  for 
1834,  I  avowed  publicly  my  predilection  for 
the  prominent  measures  of  President  Jack- 
son's administration  and  elected  to  join  the 
Democratic  Party  in  its  support.  For  the 
next  six  years,  I  was  an  unsuccessful  candi- 
date for  Representative,  indebted  solely  to 
that  party  for  support. 

The  particularity  of  the  foregoing  state- 
ment, without  noticing  numerous  other  in- 
stances in  which  they  bestowed  upon  me  their 
suffrages  for  various  offices  and  trusts,  shews 
how  much  I  am  indebted  to  the  partiality  of 
my  fellow-townsmen,  and  demands  of  me  an 
expression  of  the  grateful  sense  which  I  en- 
tertain of  their  continued  favor.  Various 
circumstances  now  indicate  to  me  the  propri- 
ety of  declining  their  suffrages  at  the  ensu- 
ing election  of  Representatives. &c. 

o  o  Q  a  o  o 

In  1818,  1831,  and  1832,  1  was  the  only 
Representative  from  the  town. 

I  was  appointed  in  1819,  on  a  Committee 
with  Daniel  Noble  and  William  W.  Parrot  to 
examine  the  Agricultural  Bank  at  Pittsfield. 
I  left  home  in  April,  1819,  and  returned 
May  7  th.  After  I  had  finished  the  business 
on  which  I  went  to  Pittsfield,  I  took  the 
stage  for  Albany',  and  there  went  on  board  a 
steamer  in  the  forenoon  to  go  down  the  Hud- 
son River  to  the  City  of  New  York.  This 
was  the  first  steamer  that  I  had  sailed  in. 
We  arrived  at  New  York  at  about  seven 
o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  I  took  my  small 
trunk  in  my  hand  and  walked  about  the  city 
from  the  North  to  the  East  River.     At  the 


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bottom  of  Fulton  St.  I  found  a  steamer  which 
would  leave  in  about  two  hours  for  New  Lon- 
don. I  engaged  a  passage  and  then  walked 
about  the  city  until  the  time  of  departure, 
when  I  went  on  board  and  proceeding  through 
Long  Island  Sound,  stopped  at  New  Haven 
at  about  nine  o'clock  in  the  evening  to  land 
and  take  in  passengers,  and  arrived  at  New 
London  early  in  the  morning  of  the  next  day, 
I  immediately  took  the  stage  for  Boston  and 
arrived  at  about  eleven  o'clock  at  night  at 
William  Smith's  boarding  house  in  Hanover 
St.,  and  the  next  day  went  home  in  the  stage. 
When  I  awoke  in  the  morning  at  William 
Smith's  house,  I  found  in  my  chamber  what 
has  since  been  called  Dr.  Channing's  Balti- 
more sermon.  It  was  delivered  at  the  ordi- 
nation of  Jared  Sparks.  I  was  so  much  in- 
terested in  it  that  I  read  it  entirely  through 
before  I  left  my  chamber  for  breakfast.  This 
seemed  to  me  to  be  the  first  open,  decided 
exposition  of  the  ground  upon  which  the 
liberal  party  then  stood. 

In  1821  and  in  1831,  I  was  a  member  of 
the  valuation  committee  which  sat  during 
the  recess  of  the  Legislature. 

Such,  at  some  periods,  has  been  the  lack 
of  political  excitement  in  Beverly,  that,  in 
1815,  the  whole  number  of  votes  cast  for 
Representatives  to  the  General  Court  was 
twenty  three.  Again,  in  1818,  the  town 
voted  to  choose  but  one  Representative. 
Eighteen  votes  were  cast  and  there  was  no 
choice.  At  a  second  trial,  Robert  Rantoul 
had  eleven  out  of  the  fifteen  votes  cast.  '■■'  ^ 
The  largest  number  of  members  returned  to 
the  House  of  Representatives  was  in  1812, 
when  there  were  seven  hundred  and  forty 
seven  chosen  and  it  was  calculated  that  there 
were  seven  hundred  and  thirty  who  attended 
on  the  first  day  of  the  session.     After  the 


vote  for  speaker,  the  strength  of  the  two 
great  parties  having  been  ascertained,  the  at- 
tendance of  members  rapidly  declined.  The 
expectation  that  the  Towns  would  have  to 
pay  for  their  attendance,  seemed  to  most  of 
the  members  to  be  a  good  reason  for  shorten- 
ing their  stay  in  Boston. 

In  1811,  when  Mr.  Gerry  was  Governor, 
the  Legislature  made  a  new  division  of  the 
Congressional  Districts.  An  absurd  and  sin- 
gular arrangement  of  the  towns  in  Essex 
County,  with  Chelsea  in  the  County  of  Suf- 
folk, was  made  to  compose  a  district.  Major 
Benjamin  Russell,  who  published  and  edited 
the  leading  Federalist  paper,  the  Columbian 
Centinel,  designated  on  a  map  by  a  peculiar 
coloring,  the  towns  thus  selected  and  hung 
the  map  on  the  wall  of  his  editorial  closet. 
One  day  Gilbert  Stuart  looked  at  the  map 
and  saw  that  the  towns,  which  Russell  had 
thus  distinguished,  formed  a  picture  resem- 
bling some  monstrous  animal.  He  took  a 
pencil  and  with  a  few  touches  added  what 
might  pass  for  claws.  "There,"  said  Stu- 
art, "  that  will  do  for  a  Salamander,"  Rus- 
sel,  who  was  busy  with  his  pen,  looked  up  at 
the  monster  and  exclaimed  "Salamander! 
Call  it  Gerrymander ! "  The  word  became  a 
proverb,  and,  for  many  years,  was  in  popular 
use  among  the  Federalists  as  a  stigma  upon 
the  Democratic  Legislature  of  181 1. 

In  1817,  James  Munroe,  who  had  succeed- 
ed James  Madison  as  President  of  the  Uni- 
ted States,  made  the  tour  of  the  Eastern 
States  in  the  Summer  of  that  year.  Israel 
I  Thorndike,  who  then  resided  principally  in 
Boston,  but  made  his  house  in  Beverly  his 
summer  residence,  invited  the  President  to 
stop  there  and  breakfast.  The  principal  in- 
habitants of  Beverly  and  some  from  Salem 
and  other  towns  in  the  vicinity  were  invited. 


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Nathan  Dane,  who  had  been  acquainted  with 
Mr.  Munroe  while  in  Congress,  made  a  short 
address  of  welcome  to  him.  I  was  intro. 
duced  to  him  and  breakfasted  with  him.  Af- 
ter the  outrageous  violence  of  party  spirit, 
which  had  prevailed  through  the  administra- 
tions of  John  Adams,  Thomas  Jefferson,  and 
.lames  Madison,  this  period  was  called  the 
"Era  of  good  feeling."  The  Federal  party 
saw  that  it  was  vain  to  prosecute  their  views 
of  power  in  the  violent  manner  in  which  they 
had  at  first  struggled  to  maintain  pre-emi- 
nence, and  for  the  last  sixteen  years  to  re- 
gain it.  They  now  endeavoured  to  conciliate 
their  opponents.  The  principal  merchants 
and  other  leading  Federalists  in  Boston  and 
other  large  places  in  New  England,  vied  with 
each  other  in  their  polite  and  generous  recep- 
tion of  the  President  upon  this  occasion. 
Symptoms  of  dissolution  of  the  Federal  par- 
ty were  apparent  at  this  time,  and  it  was 
soon  lost  in  the  formation  of  the  National 
Republican  party  by  a  partial  amalgamation 
with  the  Democrats.  I  think  that  party 
spirit  has  never  been  more  bitter  than  it  was 
from  the  commencement  of.  John  Adams's 
administration  to  the  close  of  James  Madi- 
son's, a  period  of  twenty  years  during  which 
I  steadfastly  adhered  to  the  Federal  party. 
Israel  Thorndike,  also  a  Federalist,  was  as 
violent  a  partizan,  previous  to  the  accession 
of  Munroe,  as  any  to  be  found  in  this  part 
of  the  country,  yet  he  was  among  the  most 
forward  in  his  attentions  to  Mr.  Munroe  in 
Boston  and  in  this  town.  1  do  not  recollect 
that  the  President  received  any  particular  at- 
tention in  Salem.  The  people  here  greeted 
him  with  cheers. 

Ou  an  occasion  previous  to  this,  in  1809, 
Mr.  Thorndike  opened  his  house  for  the  pub- 
lic reception  of  Governor  Christopher  Gore, 


who  made  a  tour  from  Boston  to  Maine  with 
much  parade.  I  was  introduced  to  Gover- 
nor Gore  at  Mr.  Thorndike's  house,  in  com- 
pany with  the  other  oflScers  of  the  Militia 
in  Military  dress  with  swords.  There  was 
ringing  of  bells,  firing  of  guns  and  huzzaing. 
Governor  Gore  lost  his  election  the  next  year 
and  probably  the  ostentation  manifested  on 
this  toui*,  was  one  of  the  causes  which  led  to 
his  failure.  It  was  something  more  than 
was  thought  becoming  in  a  Republican  Gov- 
ernor, and  was  commented  upon  with  great 
severity,  and  sometimes  ridiculed,  exaggera- 
ted and  misrepresented  by  the  Democratic 
newspapers. 

The  Columbian  Centinel  ceased  its  opposi- 
tion to  the  administration  of  the  United  States 
Government,  on  the  accession  of  Mr.  Munroe. 
It  was  with  Benjamin  Russell  that  the  phrase 
"Era  of  good  feeling"  originated,  and  he 
acted  up  to  its  spirit.  His  paper,  which  had 
been  so  vituperative  and  so  exclusively  op- 
posed as  never  to  utter  a  sentence  in  commend- 
ation of  the  Democratic  Administrations,  now 
ceased  to  find  fault,  and  during  the  eight  years 
of  Munroe's  presidency  was  free  from  all  cen- 
sure of  that  administration.  Major  Russell 
did  not  cease  to  be  a  Federalist  until  the  last 
moments  of  the  party.  He  then  became  a 
National  Republican  and  then  a  Whig.  He 
died,  Jan'y  4,  1845,  in  the  eighty  fourth  year 
of  his  age.  I  was  a  member  of  the  Legisla- 
ture with  him  for  about  twenty  years.  Ho 
was  first  a  member  in  1805,  four  years  before 
I  was.  He  was  in  both  branches  of  the  Leg- 
islature twenty  seven  years,  and  tvo  years  in 
the  Executive  Council. 

o  o  «  o  o 

In  1821,  there  was  an  Extra  Session  of  the 
Legislature  for  the  trial  of  the  impeachment 
of  James  Prcscott,  Judge  of  Probate  for  the 


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County  of  Middlesex  for  mis-conduct  and  mal- 
administration in  office.  This  session  com- 
menced Wednesday,  April  18,  1821  and  end- 
ed on  Friday,  April  27. 

The  court  of  impeachment,  consisting  of 
the  Senate,  four  members  being  absent,  was 
organized,  and  opaned  from  day  to  day  with 
much  formality  and  ceremony.  Saml.  Hoar, 
Junr.,  George  Blake,  Daniel  Webster  and 
Saml.  Hubbard  appeared  as  counsel  for  Pres- 
cott.  William  Prescott  and  Augustus  Peabo- 
dy  were  also  of  counsel  for  the  Respondent. 

The  Managers  on  the  part  of  the  House  of 
Representatives,  were  John  Glen  King,  Chair- 
man, Levi  Lincoln,  William  Baylies,  War- 
ren Dutton,  Sam'l  P.  P.  Fay,  Lemuel  Shaw, 
and  Sherman  Leland.  In  the  course  of  the 
proceedings,  Horatio  G.  Newcomb  and  Fran- 
cis C.  Gray  were  substituted  for  Lincoln  and 
Baylies.  Mr.  King  made  the  opening  argu- 
ment for  the  prosecution.  Fifteen  articles  of 
Impeachment  were  exhibited  by  the  Commit- 
tee of  the  House  and  read.  Six  Senators  vo- 
ted "  not  guilty  "  on  all  these  articles.  The 
President  of  the  Senate  had  but  one  opportu- 
nity to  vote,  and  that  was  on  the  Second  Ar- 
ticle, when  it  appeared  that  thirteen  Senators 
voted  "guilty,"  and  twelve  "not  guilty." 
The  President  voted  "  not  guilty  "  and  thus 
made  a  tie.  It  was  generally  understood 
that,  if  his  vote  was  called  for,  he  would  give 
it  in  favor  of  acquittal  on  every  charge.  He 
seemed  to  have  a  strong  sympathy  for  Pres- 
cott. They  were  classmates  in  College,  and 
both  their  names  beginning  with  the  same  let- 
ter, were  brought  together  in  their  recitations, 
and  a  particular  friendship  was  formed  and 
continued.  I  voted  "guilty"  on  eight  arti- 
cles and  "not  guilty"  on  the  remaining  sev- 
en. Sixteen  voted  "guilty  "  on  the  third  ar- 
ticle and  nineteen  on  the  twelfth,  and  he  was 


convicted  on  these  two  articles  only.  The  re- 
sult astonished  me,  because  it  appeared  so  clear 
to  my  mind,  that  the  charges  on  which  I  voted 
"guilty"  were  proved  beyond  a  reasonable 
doubt,  and  if  pi^ved,  T  did  not  perceive  how 
they  could  be  considered  otherwise,  than  as 
misconduct  and  male-feasance  in  office.  It 
was  a  striking  instance  of  the  different  impres- 
sion made  upon  different  minds  b  the  same 
evidence.  It  was  a  time  of  no  great  political 
excitement,  but  great  party  excitement  had  so- 
lately  preceded  it,  that  persons  then  in  pub- 
lic life  could  hardly  be  considered  as  wholly 
divested  of  its  influence.  Prescott  was  a 
strong  Federalist,  and  had  the  friendship  of 
the  principal  men  in  Boston  and  the  leading 
lawyers.  All  the  Suffolk  Senators  were  for 
acquittal  on  all  the  charges.  Two  lawyers 
from  the  Country,  voted  to  acquit  on  all,  and 
two  others  for  condemning  on  one  article  only. 
These  were  all  Federalists.  Of  the  Demo- 
crats, two  voted  to  condemn  on  eleven  articles, 
two  on  ten,  one  on  nine,  one  on  seven,  and 
one  on  six,  and  this  comprised  the  whole  num- 
ber of  Democrats.  Several  articles  were 
abandoned  by  the  prosecution,  as  not  sustained 
by  the  evidence.  There  was  a  unanimous 
vote  of  acquittal  on  three  of  the  articles,  and 
but  one  vote  for  conviction  on  a  fourth.  Up- 
on the  whole,  I  am  of  opinion  that  the  meth- 
od of  proceeding  by  impeachment,  from  one 
branch  and  trial  by  another  branch  of  the 
Legislature,  does  not  afford  that  protection 
against  misconduct  in  office,  which  was  ex- 
pected by  the  Framers  of  our  State  and  Uni- 
ted States  Constitutions.  It  is  impracticable 
to  exclude  the  undue  influence  of  party  preju- 
dice upon  the  minds  of  men  actively  engaged 
in  party  politics  at  the  time.  On  Tuesday, 
April  17,  1821,  a  snow  storm  commenced 
about  noon,  and  continued  through  the  night. 


so  that  on  Wednesday  morning  when  the 
Court  met,  there  was  snow  enough  for 
sleighing,  though  considerably  drifted.  This 
continued  for  two  or  three  days.  The  depth 
of  snow  was  estimated  at  from  a  foot,  to  a  foot 
and  one  half. 

The  arrangement  of  the  seats  and  tables 
in  the  Senate  Chamber  were  temporarily  al- 
tered, on  the  occasion  of  this  trial,  so  that 
all  the  Senators  sat  in  two  semi-circular 
rows  on  the  easterly  side  of  the  chamber, 
thus  allowing  the  counsel  and  managers  to 
face  the  Court  by  sitting  on  the  westerly 
side.  Jacob  Kuhn,  messenger  of  the  Gen- 
eral Court,  was  appointed  Crier,  and  Sam'l 
F.  McCleary,  Clerk.  George  Blake  for  the  de- 
fence, spoke  about  six  hours,  and  Daniel 
Webster  about  the  same  length  of  time. 

It  was  probably  through  the  influence  re- 
sulting from  this  trial  upon  the  public 
mind,  that  from  the  first  day  of  May,  1824, 
all  fees  were  abolished  in  the  Probate  Court, 
and  salaries  were  substituted,  for  the  Judges 
and  Eegisters  of  Probate.  In  the  House 
of  Eepresentatives,  I  took  an  active  and  I 
think  an  influential  part  in  bringing  about 
this  change  which  in  this  county  has  given 
60  much  satisfaction.  The  fees  demanded 
had  become  an  occasion  of  great  complaint 
and  sometimes  of  altercation  between  the 
Eegister  and  persons  doing  business  in  the 
Court. 

»  o  o  o  o  o 

August  31st,  1824,  General  Lafayette 
visited  this  town.  A  committee  of  arrange- 
ments was  constituted  to  prepare  for  his  re- 
ception. This  committee  invited  me  to 
make  an  address  to  him.  He  was  so  situa- 
ted in  regard  to  his  stopping  at  Salem  and 
at   Ipswich,  that  he  could  not  alight  here; 

(5) 


it  was  therefore  arranged  that  he  should 
stop  with  the  escort  and  cavalcade  in  front 
of  the  Bank  House  on  Cabot  St.,  and  re- 
ceive the  address  in  his  coach.  When  he 
arrived  at  the  proposed  place  there  was  a 
heavy  shower  of  rain;  his  coach  stopped 
abreast  of  the  front  door  of  the  house,  the 
door  of  his  carriage  was  thrown  open,  and 
I  proceeded  in  the  midst  of  the  heavy  rain 
from  the  door  of  the  house  to  the  side  of 
the  coach,  having  first  secured  Nathaniel 
Lamson  to  hold  an  umbrella  over  me.  I 
stood  in  the  water  with  my  hat  under  my 
arm,  and  read  the  address  I  had  prepared, 
to  which  he  made  a  reply,  but  his  foreign 
accent,  the  excitement  of  the  occasion,  and 
my  perturbation  prevented  me  from  fully 
understanding  it.  This  being  accomplished, 
the  cavalcade  moved  on  for  Ipswich,  amidst 
the  cheers  of  those  assembled  around  the 
Bank,  and  the  pelting  of  a  drenching  rain. 
A  copy  of  the  Address  and  an  account  of 
the  other  proceedings  on  this  occasion  may 
be  found  in  Stone's  History  of  Beverly. 
Peter  Jowder  lost  an  arm  by  the  firing  of 
cannon  on  Ellingwood's  Point  while  Lafay- 
ette was  entering  town  by  Essex  Bridge. 
The  General  Court  at  its  ensuing  session 
voted  him  a  pension  of  ;$50.  per  year  from 
the  Treasury  of  the  Commonwealth.  And 
on  the  17th  of  June,  1825, 1,  then  being  a 
member  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 
followed  General  Lafayette  to  Bunker's  Hill 
where  he  assisted  at  the  laying  of  the  cor- 
ner stone  of  the  monument. 

[I  venture  to  insert  the  address  above 
referred  to.  This  amusing  scene  iias  its 
counterpart,  with  the  present  generation,  in 
the  reception  of  the  Prince  of  Wales  at 
Salem.     R  S.  E.] 

S;one  says,  page  101: 


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His  carriage  and  escort  halted  for  a  short 
time  amidst  a  furious  rain,  when  he  was  ad- 
dressed by  Hon.  Kobert  Rantoul  in  behalf 
of  the  citizens,  as  follows: 

"General:  The  inhabitants  of  Beverly 
bid  you  welcome.  We  welcome  you  to  our 
country, — that  country  which  owes  so  much 
to  your  aid  in  the  acquisition  of  her  inde- 
pendence. We  receive  you  not  merely  as 
the  friend  of  our  beloved  country,  but  as 
the  friend  of  Max.  Your  labors,  your  sac- 
rifices, your  sufferings  in  the  cause  of  liber- 
ty, demand  our  gratitude.  Tyrants  receive 
the  commanded  adulation  of  their  slaves, 
but  to  the  benefactors  of  our  race  belong 
the  spontaneous  effusions  of  our  hearts. 
Accept  our  sincere  congratulations  that  you 
live  to  witness  the  order,  the  prosperity,  the 
happiness  that  result  from  our  free  institu- 
tions; and  may  the  evening  of  your  days  be 
solaced  with  the  reflection  that  those  princi- 
ples of  government,  to  the  support  of  which 
your  life  has  been  devoted,  and  which  alone 
can  secure  the  enjoyment  of  rational  liberty, 
are  fast  spreading  their  influence  through 
the  whole  family  of  man.  Wishing  you 
long  life  and  uninterrupted  happiness,  we 
bid  you  farewell." 

o  o  o  *  c  o 

At  a  town  meeting,  held  October  16, 
1 820, 1  was  chosen  a  delegate  to  the  conven- 
tion for  amending  the  Constitution  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, which  was  to  meet  on  the  third 
Wednesday  in  November  of  that  year. 
Four  delegates  were  chosen,  to  wit: 
Nathan  Dane,  Robert  Rantoul,  Rev.  Nathaniel 
W.  Williams,  and  Deacon  John  Low.  The 
whole  number  of  votes  was  sixty-four. 
There  were  twelve  persons  voted  for:  those 
chosen  had  from  52  to  55  votes  each.  Na- 
than Dane  did  not  attend  the  Convention 
on  account  of  deafness.  The  other  three 
attended  constantly.  Williams  and  Low 
were  especially  anxious  to  obtain  an  altera- 
tion of  the  third  article  of  the  Bill  of  Rights 
which  relates  to  the  support  of  public  wor- 


ship. The  latter  was  strongly  impressed  by 
what  he  had  experienced  in  the  division  of 
the  First  Parish  in  this  town,  as  was  the 
former  by  what  he  called  the  oppression  of 
the  Baptists,  of  vhich  denomination  he  was 
a  minister.  The  Convention  sat  from  Nov. 
15,  1820,  to  Jan'y  9,  1821.  At  a  town 
meeting  in  Beverly,  held  previously  to  that 
on  the  16th  of  October,  the  vote  on  the  ques- 
tion "Is  it  expedient  that  a  Convention  be 
held?"  stood  14  in  favor  of  a  Convention 
and  18  against  it. 

About  five  hundred  members  of  the  Con- 
vention were  chosen,  but  they  were  not  all 
present  at  any  one  time.  It  comprised  prob- 
ably more  ability  than  was  ever  before 
assembled  in  the  State.  Every  principle  in 
the  Constitution  was  fully  discussed  by  the 
ablest  men.  There  seemed  to  be  a  prevail- 
ing disposition  to  endeavor  to  improve,  as 
well  as  alter  the  Constitution.  There 
was  a  conservative  party  and  a  radical  par- 
ty; the  first  composed  mostly  of  Federalists, 
the  last  mostly  of  Democrats.  There  were 
some  six  or  seven  Democrats  among  the  Bos- 
ton delegation,  and  about  thirty  Federal- 
ists. There  were  several  clergymen  and 
others  who  would  not  choose  to  be  ranked 
with  any  political  party.  Most  of  the 
towns  that  sent  more  than  one  delegate, 
chose  a  portion  from  each  party,  so  that, 
while  the  Federal  Party  had  a  large  major- 
ity, there  was  a  fair  representation  of  the 
Democratic  Party.  1  generally  but  not  al- 
ways voted  with  the  conservative  party. 
The  amendments,  so  far  as  they  were  adopt- 
ed, made  the  constitution  more  democratic, 
and  such  has  been  the  tendency  of  the 
amendments  adopted  at  different  times 
since  the  Convention. 

My   attendance  on  this  Convention,  en- 


SbP. 


larged  my  acquaiatance  with  the  prominent 
men  of  Massachusetts,  and  my  knowledge  of 
the  principles  of  Free  Government.  Daniel 
Webster  and  William  Prescott  exercised,  I 
think,  a  larger  influence  than  any  other  two 
members — the  first  by  his  eloquence, —  the 
second  by  his  policy,  aided  by  occasional  but 
not  frequent  speaking.  President  John 
Adams  was  a  member,  but  his  great  age  and 
infirmities  prevented  his  attendance  after 
December  18  th,  when  he  had  leave  of  absence. 
I  dined  with  him  at  a  party  at  Col.  Israel 
Thorndike's.  It  was  apparent  that  his  mind 
was  somewhat  impaired  by  age.  He  was 
then  eighty-five.  He  died  July  4th,  1826, 
in  his  ninty-first  year,  having  been  bom  in 
October,  1735. 

I  was  a  member  of  the  largest  committee, 
that  on  the  Senate  and  House  of  Ptepresenta- 
tives,   consisting  of   twenty-nine   members. 

William  Prescott  was  its  chairman,  and  I 
had,  in  the  sittings  of  this  committee,  which 
were  many,  a  good  opportunity  of  witnessing 
his  sagacity  and  adroitness,  without  which 
it  would  have  been  impossible  to  b.ing  the 
committee  to  a  conclusion  on  subjects  about 
which  there  was  so  much  diversity  of  opin- 
ion. I  went  for  the  greatest  reduction  of 
numbers  in  the  House  that  I  supposed  was 
attainable.  I  was  of  opinion  that  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  was  a  sufficient  number  of 
members  to  represent  so  compact  and  territo- 
rially small  a  State  as  Massachusetts,  how- 
ever numerous  its  population,  but  so  great  a 
reduction  did  not  then  appear  to  be  practica- 
ble.^ The  time  may  come,  when  a  division 
of  the  State  into  as  many  districts  as  there 
are  Eepresentatives  will  be  attainable.  This 
I  consider  the  true  Kepublican  theory.  The 
increase  of  cities,  which  will  continue  to  de- 
sire an  aggregate  representation,  chosen  by 


a  majority  of  the  voters  in  such  cities,  with- 
out weakening  themselves  by  a  districting 
system  which  might  introduce  members  from 
a  minority  party,  is  a  growing  obstacle  to 
the  introduction  of  this  simple  principle  of 
representation.  I  would  propose  the  same 
principle  in  regard  to  Senatorial  Eepresenta- 
tion.  When  the  Convention  was  held,  the 
great  objection  to  a  district  system  was,  that 
a  great  many  towns  would  be  deprived  there- 
by of  corporate  representation,  through  the 
smallness  of  their  population.  I  think  that, 
before  long,  this  objection  will  be  forsaken 
because  of  the  undue  power  and  influence  re- 
sulting from  the  aggregation  of  the  votes  of 
cities  of  which  there  soon  will  be  some  twelve 
or  more,  comprising  a  third  part  of  the  whole 
population  of  the  state.  The  representation 
of  the  other  two  thirds  of  the  people  of  the 
state  would  be  distributed  among  three  hun-. 
dred  corporations.  These  will  find  it  diffi- 
cult to  combine  their  influence  against  the ' 
cities,  and  will  therefore  prefer  being  repre- 
sented in  districts,  upon  condition  that  the 
cities  shall  also  be  divided  into  districts. 
o  o  o  o  o 

On  the  seventh  day  of   March,   1853,  a 
town  meeting  was  held  to  choose  two  dele- 
gates to  the  State  Convention  for  amending., 
the  Constitution,  and  I  was  chosen  one  of  the 
two.      It  is  now  nearly  thirty-three  years 
since  I  was  chosen  a  delegate  to  a  similar 
convention.      The  whole  number  of   votes 
cast  for  delegates  then,  was  64.     The  whole 
number  now  given  in,  was  567,  showing  the 
difierence  in  the  degree  of  interest  taken  in 
public  affairs  at  that  day  and  at  this.     The 
town  was  then  Federal  by  a  large  majority. 
Now  it  is  divided  in  to  three  parties, —  Whig, 
Democratic  and  Free  Soil.     The  coalition  of 
the  last  two  parties  effected  the  election  of 


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Joseph  E.  Ober  of  the  Free  Soil  Party,  and 
of  myself  of  the  Democratic  party.  In  all 
elections  which  have  turned  on  party  politics 
I  have  been  with  the  minority  for  about 
twenty  years  last  past.  Now  in  my  old  age 
I  find  myself  again  with  the  majority.  I 
feel  a  good  degree  of  satisfaction  in  the  be- 
lief that  my  fellow-townsmen  arc  coming 
nearer  to  my  views  in  regard  to  public  af- 
fairs. For  the  last  twenty  years,  I  have 
been,  in  a  measure,  shut  out  by  political  dif- 
ferences from  free  conversation  with  those 
whom  J  frequently  met  and  with  whom  1 
had  been  in  free  intercourse,  for  more  than 
thirty  years  before.  [  ] 

In  the  Convention  of  1820,  there  were  per- 
sons, who  were  members  also  of  the  Conven- 
tion of  1780,  which  framed  the  Constitution. 
These  were  Ex-President  Adams,  aged 
eighty-five,  chosen  from  Quincy,  Dr.  Parker 
Cleaveland,  chosen  from  Rowley,  and  I  think, 
one  other.  To  the  present  Convention,  of 
those  who  were  members  of  that  of  1820, 
the  following  gentlemen  are  chosen,  viz :  Na- 
than Hale  of  Boston,  Rufus  Bullock  of 
Royalston,  James  C.  Doane  of  Cohasset, 
Laban  Marcy  of  Greenwich,  Philip  Fames 
of  Washington,  and  myself  The  Convention 
met  on  Wednesday,  May  4,  1853,  and  at  12 
o'clock,  I,  being  the  senior  member  in  Legis- 
lative standing,  though  not  in  years,  and  be- 
ing thereto  requested,  took  the  chair,  called 
the  Convention  to  order,  and  presided  until 
after  the  choice  of  a  President,  Nathaniel  P. 
Banks,  Junr.  Samuel  French  of  Berkley, 
aged  about  seventy-six,  was  the  oldest  mem- 
ber and  I  stood  next  to  him.  I  was  treated 
with  much  deference  and  respect  by  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Convention,  and  was  enabled  to 
attend  in  my  place  on  a  part  of  every  sitting 
day.      The  members  of  the  Convention  of 


1820  had  an  appropriate  seat  assigned  them 
by  the  messenger.  We  received  other  marks 
of  attention  on  account  of  our  relation  to  that 
Convention.  I  was  once  invited  by  the  Pres- 
ident to  preside  in  Committee  of  the  whole, 
but  excused  myself  on  account  of  my  deaf- 
ness. On  Monday,  August  1st,  1853,  there 
were  three  sessions,  the  last  of  which  com- 
menced at  eight  o'clock  in  the  evening,  and 
continued  until  six  minutes  before  two  o'clock 
on  Tuesday  morning,  when  the  Convention  ad- 
journed without  day.  I  continued  in  my  seat 
until  the  final  adjournment.  I  did  not  speak 
much  in  the  Convention.  But  on  the  subject 
of  the  House  of  Representatives,  on  the  fif- 
teenth of  June,  I  spoke  for  about  one  hour, 
and  on  the  subject  of  the  rights  of  Juries 
I  spoke  twice  but  not  at  much  length.  I 
was  appointed  on  the  Committee  on  Repre- 
sentation, consisting  of  twenty-one  members, 
ten  of  whom  were  for  a  District  system  of 
Representation  and  eleven  for  Town  Repre- 
sentation. I  agreed  with  the  minority  and 
signed  a  minority  report  in  favor  of  a  Dis- 
tricting system,  which  report  was  drawn  up 
by  Nathan  Hale,  and  supported  by  him  in  a 
speech,  June  14th. 

The  new  Constitution  was  rejected  by  the 
people,  by  a  majority  of  about  five  thousand 
votes.  I  voted  in  favor  of  its  acceptance 
generally.  Although  the  Convention  has 
thus  failed  of  accomplishing  its  object,  yet  I 
believe  that  it  will  lead  the  Legislature  to 
make  strenuous  efforts  to  effect  the  necessary 
changes  in  the  way  for  amending  the  Consti- 
tution provided  in  the  instrument  as  it  now 
stands. 

(To  be  Continued.) 


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A  COPY  OF  THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF 
MARRIAGES  OF  THE  TOWN  OF 
ROWLEY,  WITH  NOTES. 


COMMUNICATED   BY    M.    A.  STICKNEY. 


A71710  1639. 

Robert  and  ann  Haselton  maricd  the  tenth 

moneth  the  three  and  twentith  day. 

An?io  1640-41-42.     Marriages  none. 

Anno  1643. 

Richard  and  Alice  Clarke  married  the  sixt 

moneth. 

Thomas  and  Ann  Palmer  married  the  sixt 

moneth. 

Thomas  Leaver  and  Mary  Bradley  maryed 
on  September  the  first  in  anno  1643. 
Anno  1644. 
John  Pickard  and  Jane  Crosby  maryed 
the  eight  moneth  the  twenty  ninth  day. 
Anno  1645. 
William  and  Mary  Law  maryed  the  sev- 
enth moneth  the  third  day. 

John  &  Ruth  Palmer  maryed  the  seventh 
moneth  &  seventeenth  day. 
Anno  1646. 
Nicholas  Jackson  and  Sarah  Reiley  mar- 
yed the  fifth  moneth. 

Anno  1647. 
Richard  and  Alee  Holmes  maryed  the  sixt 
moneth  the  twenty  third  day. 

Charles  and   Mary  Browne  maryed   the 
eight  moneth  the  fourteenth  day. 

Richard  Longhorne  and  Mary  Crosby  mar- 
yed the  eleaventh  moneth  the  sixtenth  day. 
Anno  1648. 
Ezekiell    and  Ednah    Northend   raaryed 
the  tenth  moneth  the  first  day. 
Anno  1649.     none. 
Anno  1650. 
John  and  Margaret  Palmer  maryed  the 
fifth  moneth  the  fourtenth  day. 


Edward  and  Hannah  Hazen  maried  the 
first  moneth. 

John  and  ann  Trumble  maried  the  sixt 
moneth. 

Richard  and  Mary  Lighten  maried  No- 
vember 14  th. 

Anno  1651. 

Mr.  Ezekill  Rogers  and  Mary  Barker  mar- 
ried the  sixtenth  day  of  July  1651. 
Anno  1652. 

William  Hobson  and  anna  Raynor  maryed 
the  ninth  moneth  twelth  day. 

Samuell  and  Hannah  Brockelbank  maryed 
the  third  moneth  the  eightenth  day. 
Anno  1653. 

Samuell  «&  Jullian  Stickney  maryed  the 
second  moneth  the  eightenth  day. 
Anno  1654. 

Andrew  Headen  and  Sarah  Hosetin  mar- 
yed the  fourth  moneth  the  seventh  day. 

Thomas  &  ann  Wood  maryed  the  fourth 
moneth  the  seventh  day. 

Anno  1655. 

Thomas  Abbat  and  Dorithie  Swan  maryed 
the  fifth  moneth  the  thirtenth  day. 

John  Johnson  and  Hannah  Crosbie  mar- 
yed the  sixt  of  December. 

Jonathan   Plats   and   Elisebeth   Johnson 
maried  the  sixt  of  December  also. 
Anno  1656. 

Henry  Kyley  and  Mary  Eletrope  maried 
the  eight  moneth  and  twelfth  day. 

Nicholas  Jackson  and  Elisebeth  Chaplin 
married  the  9th  of  December. 

Anno  1657. 

Samuell  Mighill  and  Elisebeth  Tappan  mar- 
ied the  twentie  sixt  of  March.  •■ 

Mr.  Philip  Nellson  and  Sariah  Jewit  mar- 
ied the  twenty  fourth  of  June. 

John  Brocklbanke  and  Sarah  Woodman 
maried  September  the  twentie  sixt. 


3§S 


Jerimiah  Elsworth  and  Mary  Smith  sepier 
was  inarriecl  December  the  second  day,,,,^  ^^  ^^ 

Nathaniell  Elithorp  and  Mary  Bott  was 
married  Deceniber  the  sixtenth  day. 

Thomas  Tenney  and  Elizabeth  Parrat  mar- 
cd  the  twenty  fourth  of  February. 

John  Smith  and  Faith  Parrot  raaried  the 
twenty  fourth  of  February,,  ^^^j^^  ^^^^ 

Anno  1658. 

Thomas  Remington  and  Mehitable  Walker 
was  married  the  nineteenth  of  the  first  raon- 
eth. 

Daniell  Wicome  and  Mary  Smith  the  daugh- 
ter of  Hugh  Smith  was  maried  the  fourtenth 
day  of  October, 

Robert  Emerson  and  ann  Grant  was  mar- 
ried the  fourth  day  of  the  eleventh  moneth. 

Richard  Swan  and  Ann  Trurable  was  mar- 
ried the  first  day  of  March. 

Anno  1659. 

Thomas  Burkbe  and  Sarah  Kelle  married 
April  the  fiftenth. 

Samuel  Wooster  and  Elizabeth  Parrat  mar^ 
ried  November  the  twenty  ninth. 

John  Mighel  and  Sarah  Batt  maried  July 
the  sixt  day. 

Thomas  Nellson  and  ann  Lambert  married 
December  the  sixteenth,  or  the  tenth  moneth. 

Mr.  Anthony  Crossbee  and  Prudence  Waid 
married  December  the  twenty  eight  day. 

For  the  pear  ano  1660  mariages  none. 

^A)  lienn    ^nno  Do  1661.  nroiayoa  ndot 

Abraham  Jewit  and  Ann  Alin  married  the 
second  day  of  the  second  moneth. 

John  Jewet  and  Elizebeth  Cummings  mar- 
ried the  same  moneth  and  day. 

Jeremiah  Jewet  and  Sarah  Dickinson  mar- 
ried the  third  moneth  the  first  day.       .;•.  i  -iv' 

William  Foster  and  Mary  Jackson  married 
the  third  moneth  the  fifteenth  day. 


i  f[r,^r..T    ^'^-,.Anno  Dom  1662'.  qll-rf*^?    -T^ 

John  Lambert  and  Abigail  Hutchinson  mar- 
ried Maie  the  fourteenth  day. 

John  Trurable  &  Deborah  Jackson  married 
the  same  day  an'l  moneth  abovesaid, 

Jachin  Reyner  and  Elizabeth  Denison  of 
Roxbury  married  November  the  twelft  day. 

John   Dresser  and  Martha  Thorla  married 
Noyeraber  the  twentith  seventh  day. 
!  Anno  1663. 

Joshua  Braddley  and  Judeth  Lume  mar- 
ried the  twentie  sixt  of  Maie. 

Ezekill  Jewit  and  Faith  Parrat  married 
the  twentie  sixt  of  February. 

John  Teny  and  Marey  Parrat  married  the 

same  day. 

Anno  1664. 

Anthony  Austine  and  Esther  Huggins  was 
married  October  ye  nineteene. 

Thomas  Hardy  and  Mercy  Teny  was  mar- 
ried the  twentie  second  of  ye  ninth   moneth. 

John  Simons  and  Elizabeth  Boynton  was 
married  November  the  ninth. 

■Anno   1665.     marriages  none. 
For  the  year  Anno  1666. 

Thes  are  to  certifie  that  Mr.  Samuel  Shep- 
ard  and  Mrs.  Dorothy  Flint  were  joined  in 
marriage  before  me  the  30  of  Appcril  1666 
by  me  Daniel  Gookins. 

James  Barker  and  Maty  Wiat  married 
maie  the  twenty  second.      '    ''     '-     '"'''^ 

William  Law  and  Faith  the  widow  of  John 
Smith  married  Maie  the  second  day. 

Jonathan  Hopkinson  and  Hester  the  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Clarke  married  Maie  the 
eleventh. 

Abel  Langley  and  Mary  the  daughter  of 
Tho.  Dickinson  was  married  the  tenth  taonth 
the  twenty-first  day.  "*       ' 

Barzilla  Barker  and  Anna  the  daughter  of 
Maxemillian  Jewit  was  married  the''  tenth 
month  the  fifth  day.  .  -   . 


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Mr.  Philip  Nelson  and  Elizabeth  Lowell 
the  daughter  of  John  Lowell  of  Newbury 
married  the  first  day  of  the  eleventh  moneth. 

Symon  Chapman  and  Mary  Brewer  married 
March  ye  twenty  first. 

Anno  1667. 

John  Harday  and  Mary  Jackman  married 
April  ye  second. 

James  Barker  junier  and  Mary  Stickney 
married  Maie  ye  tenth. 

Thomas  Perley  and  Lidiah  Horsley  mar- 
ried July  ye  eight  day. 

Anno  1668. 

John  Bally  and  Mary  Mighell  married 
June  ye  sevententh  day. 

Samuel  Dresser  and  Mary  Seaver  mar- 
ried December  ye  ninth  day. 

Tobia  Colman  and  Lidia  Jackson  married 
April  the  sixteenth 

Anno  1669. 

John  Jackson  and  Elizabeth  Poore  married 
the  second  moneth  the  twenteth  seventh  day. 

Caleb  Burbanke  and  Martha  Smith  mar- 
ried  Maie  the  sixth. 

Joseph  Trumble  and  Hannah  Smith  mar- 
lied  the  same  day  and  moneth  aforesaid. 

Joseph  Boynton  and  Sarah  Swan  married 
Maie  the  thirteen  day. 

Abraham  Hezeltine  and  Elizabeth  Long- 
horne  married  October  the  seventh  day. 

Thomas  Lambert  and  Ednab  Northend 
mariied   November  the  fourth  day. 

Anno  1670. 

Nathanael  Harres  and  Elizabeth 

Hazen  married  April  the  fift  day. 

Timothy  Palmer  and  Elizabeth  Huggins 
married  June  ye  third  day. 

John  Hopkinson  and  Elizabeth  Pearson 
married  Juno  the  eight  day. 

Thomas  Alee  and  Sarah  Silver  married 
the  sixt  of  Feberuary. 


John  Pearson  and  Mary  Pickard  married 
the  fourteenth  day  of  Febuary. 
Anno  1671. 

Joseph  Horssley  and  Mary  Creasee  mar- 
ried Aprill  the  sixt  day. 

Maximylian  Jewit  and  Ellinor  Boynton 
married  August  the  thirty  day, 

Samuel  Palmer  &  Mary  Pearson  married 
December  the  twenteth  day. 

Joseph  Chapline  and  Elizabeth  the  daugh- 
ter of  Troyford  West  Febuary  the  twenty 
first  day. 

^ha6idiv.:Anno  1672. 

David  Bennit  and  Mary  ye  widow  of  John 
Cheney  married  April  ye  29th  day. 

Thomas  Seaver  Jr.  and  Demarris  Bailey 
married  May  the  eight. 

Abel  Plats  and  Lidia  Bailey  married  ye 
same  day. 

John    Clarke    and    Mary   ye  daughter    of 
John  Poor  sen.  married  January  ye  tenth. 
Anno  1673. 

John  Wycome  and  Abigaill  Kimble  mar- 
ried Maie  ye  fourteenth  day. 

Samuel  Prime  and  Sarah  Plats  married 
January  the  first  day  of  January. 

Beriah  Browne  and  Sarah  Harris  married 
January  the  sixth  day. 

Anno  1674. 

Caleb  Boynton    and   Hannah    Harriman 
married  ye  twenty  sixt  day  of  Maie. 
Anno  1675. 

John  Boynton  of  Rowley  and  Hannah  the 
daughter  of  Solomon  Keies  married  March 
the  eight  day. 

John  SpofFord  and  Sarah  Wheeler  married 
March  the  ninth  day.  * 

Anno  1676. 

Samuel  SpofFord  and  Sarah  the  daughter 
of  Thomas  Burkbee  married  December  the 
fifth  day. 

lienjarain  Scot  and  Susannah  the  daughter 


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of  John  Scails  married  December  the  twenty 
eight. 

Joseph  Jewet  and  Rebckah  Law  married 
March  the  second. 

Anno  1677. 

Samuel  Smith  and  Elizabeth  Elethorp  mar- 
ried June  the  twentie  first. 

John  Harris  and  Elizabeth  Wells  married 
October  twenty  seventh  day. 

James  Scails  and  Sarah  Curtieas  married 
November  the  seventh  day. 

Thomas   Palmer  and  Hanah  Johnson  mar- 
ried January  the  ninth  day. 
Anno  1678. 

Samuel  Plats  and  Mary  Law  married  Ap- 
ril the  fourth  day. 

Joseph  Kilburne  and  Mary  Trumble  mar- 
ried Male  the  thirteth  day. 

Benjamin  Plumer  and  Mary  Wood   mar- 
ried January  the  15th  day. 
Anno   1679. 

John  Hobson  and  Sarah  the  daughter  of 
Samuel  Varnum  Chelmsford  married  Decem- 
ber the  fourth  day. 

Beniamin  Pearson  and  Hanah  Thorston 
married  January  ye  twentyeth  day. 

John  Pickard  Jr.  and  Sarah  ye  daughter 
of  John  Smith  married  February  the  elev- 
enth day. 

Anno  1680. 

James  Bailey  and  Elizebeth  Johnson  mar- 
ried Maie  12th. 

John  Stickney  and.  Hanah  Brocklbank 
married  June  9th. 

Thomas  Nelson  and  Mary  Lunt  of  New- 
bury married  Maie  ye  13th. 

John  Decker  and  Mary  Scot  married  June 
ye  eighteenth. 

Thomas  Teny  &  Margrit  Hidden  married 
September  ye  eight  day. 

Stephen  Mighell  and  Sarah  Philips  mar- 
ried November  ye  third. 


James  Cannadie  and  Grace  Barker  married 
ye  same  day. 

Jonathan  Hopkinson  and  Elizebeth  Dress- 
er married  June  ye  tenth. 

Anno  1681. 

Jerymiah  Pearson  &  Precilla  Hazen  mar- 
ried July  the  twenty  first. 

Samuel  Brocklbank  and  Elizebeth  Plats 
married  November  the  twenty  second. 

Thomas  Alee  and  Abigail  Killim  married 
October  ye  tenth. 

Jonathan   Jackson  and   Hanah   Garrfield 
married  December  the  sixth. 
Anno  1682. 

Timothee  Harris  and  Pheebee  Pearson 
married  August  ye  twenty  fourth. 

Samuel  Kilburne  and  Mary  the  daughter 
of  William  Foster  married  November  the 
twentyeth  day. 

Samuel  Plats  of  Rowley  and  Phillipa  Felt 
of  Salem  married  December  the  19th  day. 
Anno  1683. 

Richard  Swan  and  Hannah  Storer  married 
December  the  third  day.  * 

Thomas  Wood  and  Mart/  Hunt  maryed 
June  the  twenty  sixt  day. 

Humphrey  Hobson  and  Elizebeth  Northend 
married  July  the  twenty  fift  day, 

Mr.  Edward  Pason  and  Elizebeth  Philips 
maryed  November  the  7th  day. 

Francis  Palmer  and  Elizabeth  Hunt  mar- 
yed December  the  third  day  1682. 

David  Bennit  and  Rebekah  Buller  maryed 
February  ye  fourteenth  day  1682. 

Tbomes  Hazen  and  Mary  Howlet  maryed 
January  ye  first  day  83. 

Jonathan  Wheler  and  Mary  his  wife  mar- 
ried March  the  fifteenth  day. 
Anno  1684. 

William  Duty  and  Elizebeth  Hiden  mar- 
ryed  the  first  day  of  May. 


I 


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John  Andrews  and  Sarah  Dickinson  mar- 
ryed  Aprill  ye  eighteenth  day. 

James  Teny  and  Abigaill  Lambert  maryed 
October  ye  third  day. 

Edward  Hazen  and  Jano  Pickard  maryed 
November  ye  sixth  day. 

Steven  Pearson  and  Mary  French  maryed 
November  ye  eleventh  day. 

Isack  Kilborne  and  Mary  Cheny  marryed 
July  ye  twenty  fourth. 

Anno  1685. 

Nathanell  Browne  and  Mary  Wheller  mar- 
ried the  fourth  day  of  June. 

John  Brown  and  Abigail  Browne  married 
August  the  thirty  first  day. 

Samuel  Pickard  and  Elizebeth  Brodstreet 
daughter  of  Moses  Brodstreet  married  the 
twenty  second  day  of  June. 

John  Tod  and  Elizebeth  Brocklebanke  mar- 
ied  March  the  fourteenth  day. 
Anno  1686. 

Ezekill  Mighill  and  Elizebeth  Hobson  mar- 
ried October  the  tenth  day. 

Ezekiell  Liton  and  Rebeckah  Woodman 
married  March  the  twenty  third  day. 

Moses  Brodstreet  and  Hannah  Pickard  mar- 
ried July  19th  day. 

Thomas  Spoflforth  and  Mary  Liton  married 
May  the  twenty  third  day. 

Anthony  Bennet  and  Elizebeth  Walling- 
ford  married  the  fifteenth  day  of  February. 

Anno  1687. 

John  Hidden  of  Eowley  and  Elizebeth 
Jewett  daughter  of  John  Jewet  and  Eliza 
beth  Jewett  of  Ipswitch  married  the  sixteenth 
day  of  May. 

Samuel  Pickard  and  Hepzibeth  Hale  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Hale  married  May  the  last 
day. 

(To  be  Continued.) 

(6) 


ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FORMATION  OF 
THE  ESSEX  HISTORICAL  SOCIE- 
TY. 


BY  G.  A.    WARD,  A.   M.,   S.   H. 


Read  at  a  meeting  of  the  Institute, 
January  26,  1864. 

Mr.  President, 

and  members  of  the  institute : 

The  sole  survivor  of  the  twenty  six  found- 
ers of  the  Essex  Historical  Society  in  1821, 
several  of  whom  were  ray  juniors  in  age,  I  am 
happy  in  complying  with  your  request,  to  give 
an  account  of  its  formation.  This  I  shall  do 
in  a  very  few  sentences  and  with  the  consump- 
tion of  but  little  of  your  valuable  time. 

It  is  a  remarkable  coincidence  that  myself 
and  one  other  are  the  only  survivors  of  sixty 
pupils  of  Billerica  Academy  in  1803,  and 
well  can  I  say  with  the  poet 

When  on  this  vale  of  years  I  backward  look 
And  miss  such  numbers,  numbers  too  of  such 
Firmer  in  health,  and  greener  in  their  age 
And  stricter  on  their  guard  and  fitter  far 
To  play  life's  subtle  game,  I  scarce  believe 
I  still  survive. 

What  first  prompted  the  idea  of  the  Socie- 
ty which  was  afterwards  merged  in  the  Essex 
Institute  and  formed  on  a  broader  basis,  was  a 
desire  to  obtain  and  secure  for  Salem,  materi- 
als left  by  Rev.  Wm.  Bontley  D.  D.,  for  a 
history  of  Salem: — and  soon  after  the  decease 
of  this  celebrated  antiquarian  and  estimable 
man,  application  was  made  to  his  executor  for 
the  pamphlets  and  manuscripts  amassed  with 
much  care  during  a  long  course  of  years. 
The  executor  admitted  at  once  that  they  ought 
not  to  be  removed  from  Salem  and  at  the 
same  interview  stated  that  if  a  suitable  socie- 
ty should  be  formed  for  their  reception  and 
safe  keeping  he  would  place  them  in  its  charge 


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This  resulted  in  my  obtaining,  with  the  great 
assistance  of  the  late  Honorable  John  Picker- 
ing, the  following  signatures  to  a  petition  for 
a  charter  June  2,  1821. 

Edward  A.  Holyoke,  M.D.,  LL.D.,  A.  A.S. 

Joseph  Story,  LL.D.,  A.  A.  S. 

John  Prince,  LL.D.,  A.  A.  S.,  S.  H.  S. 

Benjamin  Pickraan,  A.  M.,  A.  A   S. 

Jacob  Ashton,  A.  M. 

Nathaniel  Bowditch,  LL.D.,  A.  A.  S. 

Nathaniel  Silsbee,  U   S.  Senator. 

John  Pickering,  LL.D.,  A.  A.  S  ,  S.  H.  S. 

Ichabod  Tucker,  A.  M.,  S.  H.  S. 

John  S.  Appleton,  A.  M. 

Leverett  Saltonstall,  LL.D.,  A.A.S.,  S.H.S. 

George  Cleveland,  Esq. 

Benjamin  Merrill,  LL.D.,  S.  H.  S. 

Frederick  Howes,  A.  M. 

Thomas  Carlile,  A.  M. 

John  Brazer,  S.  P.  D.,  A.  A.  S. 

Dan'l  A.White,  LL.D,  A.  A.  S.,  S.  H.  S. 

John  Glen  King,  A.  M,  S   H.  S. 

Gideon  Barstow,  M.  D.,  M.  C. 

William  Gibbs  Esq. 

Charles  C.  Clark,  A.  M. 

Joseph  Aug.  Peabody,  A.  M. 

Thomas  P.  Bancroft,  Esq. 

Benj.  R.  Nichols,  A.  M.,  S.  H.  S. 

Stephen  White,  Esq. 

George  A.  Ward,  A.  M.,  S.  H.  S. 
This  petition  stated  the  objects  of  the  soci- 
ety to  be   "for  the  purpose  of  collecting  and 
preserving  materials  for  the  civil  and  natural 
history  of  the  County  of  Essex." 

The  charter  was  soon  obtained,  which  au- 
thorized the  venerable  Holyoke  to  call  the 
first  meeting,  by  which  the  Society  was  organ- 
ized, by  filling  the  two  highest  ofiices  with  the 
sage  Holyoke,  and  the  admirable  Story. 

Citizens  distinguished  in  the  walks  of  sci- 
ence and  literature  in  other  places,  were  elect- 


ed honorary  members,  among  which  was  the 
nephew  and  executor  of  Dr.  Bentley.  These 
measures  were  all  duly  notified  to  the  execu- 
tor, but  he,  meanwhile,  had  changed  his 
mind;  refused  to  comply  with  his  agreement 
and  finally  made  a  very  different  disposition 
of  the  collection.  It  is  understood  that  the 
College  at  Meadville  and  the  Antiquarian  So- 
ciety at  Worcester  shared  the  treasure. 

Nothing  daunted  by  our  disappointment  in 
our  primary  objects,  we  have  persevered  in 
rescuing  from  the  "  tooth  of  time,"  many  val- 
uable books,  pamphlets  and  manuscripts  as 
well  as  portraits  of  persons  of  note  of  the 
past  ages.  These  formed  a  nucleus  around 
which,  under  more  favorable  auspices,  and 
another  name,  a  Library,  Gallery  and  Cabi- 
net of  curiosities  have  been  collected  which 
may  vie  with  the  best  institutions  of  the  state. 

Plummer  Hall  at  this  moment  presents  the 
most  attractive  objects  of  interest  to  strangers, 
for  whilst  the  lectures  and  meetings  of  the  In- 
stitute are  constantly  shedding  light ;  offering 
superior  advantages  to  the  student  of  natural 
history,  the  antiquary  and  man  of  letters  can 
luxuriate  in  the  Library  and  Gallery. 

It  is  no  mean  praise  to  claim  among  our  de- 
parted members  such  magnates  as  Bowditch, 
Pickering,  Cutler,  Dane,  Prince,  White,  Sal- 
tonstall, Pickman  and  Silsbee,  who  truly 
adorned  their  day  and  generation.  Their 
works  will  long  survive. 

Having  closed  my  remarks  upon  the  insti- 
tution, indulge  me,  I  pray,  in  a  word  or  two  of 
my  native  state  and  city,  to  which  I  have  re- 
turned after  an  absence  of  forty-two  years,  and 
when  past  the  age  alloted  to  man.  _ 

Of  Massachusetts,  ever  the  head  quarters 
of  good  principles,  more  than  half  a  century 
ago,  when  repelling  an  attack  upon  it  in  Con- 
gress, the  illustrious  Quincy  quoted  the  follow- 


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ing  lines  from  Homer  and  the  sentiment  they 
contain  cannot  but  be  felt  by  us  all. 

"Low  lies  that  land,  yet  blessed  with  fruitful  stores, 
Strong  are  her  sons,  tho'  rocky  are  her  shores. 
Yet  none,  ah !  none  so  lovely  to  my  sight, 
Of  all  the  lands  which  heaven  o'erspreads  with 
light." 

To  return  to  one's  birth  place  and  find  it 
become  a  city,  with  a  doubled  population,  yet 
preserving  the  same  love  of  order,  quiet  neat- 
ness and  moral  standing,  as  in  its  primitive 
days,  is  indeed  a  marvel.  It  surely  presents 
for  a  residence  every  attraction  to  the  old  and 
middle  aged  that  can  make  life  happy,  while 
its  proximity  to  the  noisy  capital  is  such,  that 
the  young  can  easily  avail  themselves  of  its 
amusements. 

The  Historical  associations  too,  of  Salem, 
are  second'  to  none  on  the  continent.  The 
first  place  in  which  civil  and  religious  liberty 
were  duly  installed  by  the  first  Governor 
Endicott,  the  clergy  and  laity,  and  thank  God! 
the  first  meeting  house  has  been  preserved,  and 
will,  by  the  munificence  of  one  of  your  mem- 
bers soon  be  placed  on  the  grounds  of  Plummer 
Hall,  and  be  visited  by  future  generations  to 
a  remote  age.  Here,  too,  the  first  resistance 
to  Royal  authority  was  made.  Gov.  Gage's 
minions  failed  to  dissolve  the  Colonial  Assem- 
bly, then  in  session  in  Court  Hall,  adjoining 
the  first  Church — and  here  too,  the  first  re- 
sistence  was  made  at  the  North  bridge — roy- 
al power  was  successfully  repulsed  when  Les- 
lie attempted  to  take  our  cannon  We  are 
not  in  want  of  patriotic  motives.  Our  army 
and  navy  show  how  Salem  appreciates  her 
blessings.  "  As  much  as  I  have  wandered 
over  the  world,  my  heart  and  affections  have 
always  had  their  stationary  points,"  and  it 
is  my  happiness  to  believe  that  the  few  re- 
maining friends  of  my  earlier  years  will  con- 
tinue to  be  those  of  my  old  age. 


"  Where'er  I  roam,  whatever  realms  I  see, 
My  heart,  nntravell'd,  fcndly  turns  to  thee," 
Salem,  my  birth  place  dear. 

"And  as  the  hare,  whom  hounds  and  horns  pursue, 
Pants  to  the  place  from  which  at  first  it  flew ; 
I  still  had  hopes,  my  long  vexations  past. 
Here  to  return,  and  die,  at  home,  at  last." 


EXTKACTS  FROM  THE  RECORDS  OF 
TWO  AQUEDUCT  CORPORATIONS 
IN  SALEM  AND  DANVERS. 


COMMUNICATED  BY  HENRT  WHEATLAND. 


The  record  of  these  two  corporations, 
though  limited  in  their  operations,  and  of 
short  continuance,  are  interesting  incidents 
in  the  history  of  the  introduction  of  water 
into  this  city. 

frte's  aqueduct. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Proprietors  of  the 
Horse  Pasture  (so  called)  legally  called  for 
the  purpose,  the  27th  day  of  the  7th  month 
(called  July)  1796. 

Voted.  That  the  Petition  of  Daniel 
Frye  be  taken  into  consideration  and  acted 
upon  which  is  as  follows: 

To  th>3  Proprietors  of  The  Horse  Pasture 
lying  in  Salem,  the  petition  of  Daniel  Frye, 
showeth.  That  your  petitioner  being  desir- 
ous of  supplying  himself  with  water,  Re 
quests  of  said  Proprietors  the  liberiy  of 
digging  a  well  within  the  bounds  of  said 
Propiietary,  near  the  head  of  Pope's  Lane 
(so  called)  &  to  take  rocks  off  said  land  to 
stone  the  same,  &  to  dig  &  conduct  the  wa- 
ter by  a  subterraneous  passage  from  said 
place  towards  his  dwelling  house,  for  which 
your  petitioner  is  willing  to  make  such 
compensation  as  may  be  judged  reasonable. 

DANIEL  FRYE, 
Salem,  July  13,  1796. 


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Voted.  That  the  prayer  of  said  petition 
be  granted  and  that  the  said  Daniel  Frye 
have  liberty  to  dig  for  water  in  said  Propri- 
etary in  such  place  as  he  with  the  committee 
of  the  I^asture  shall  judge  best,  &  that  he 
have  liberty  to  take  rocks  from  said  Propri- 
etary to  stone  up  the  well,  &  that  he  may 
dig  (0  convey  the  water  toward  his  house, 
and  that  the  committee  be,  &  are  im powered 
to  agree  what  sum  he  shall  pay  to  the  pro- 
prietary for  the  priviledgcs  &c.  herein  grant- 
ed, &  that  this  grant  shall  be  in  force  one 
hundred  years  from  this  date  hereof  And 
the  committee  are  directed  to  make  report 
to  the  proprietors  at  the  adjournment  of 
this  meeting. 

Voted,  that  this  meeting  be  &  is  ad- 
journed to  the  first  Monday  in  October  at 
7  o'clock  P.  M.  at  this  place. 

At  a  Meeting  of  the  proprietors  of  said 
Horse  Pasture  duly  warned  &  held  the  30  th 
day  of  the  3d  month  1798. 

The  committee  appointed  on  the  subject 
of  Capt.    Daniel    Frye's   aqueduct  Report. 

That  Capt.  Daniel  Frye  pay  into  the 
hands  o'"  the  clerk  for  the  time  being,  the 
sum  of  fifty  shillings  for  the  rocks,  and 
two  dollars  per  annum  for  the  priviledge  of 
the  aqueduct,  the  money  to  be  appropriated 
for  the  benefit  of  the  proprietary. 

The  time  to  commence  from  the  1 8th  day 
of  November  1796. 

Extracted  from  the  Eecords  of  said  Pro- 
prietary by 

ISAAC  HACKER 

Prop,  clerk 

To  all  People,  we  the  Subscribers  Inhabi- 
tants of  the  several  towns  of  Salem  and 
Dan  vers  in  the  County  of  Essex  and  com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts  send  greeting. 


Whereas  we  have  agreed  to  associate  and 
become  proprietors  of  a  certain  aque;luct 
called  "Frye's  Aqueduct,"  for  the  purpose 
of  conveying  fresh  water  by  subterraneous 
or  other  pipes  into  the  towns  of  Salem  & 
Danvers  aforesaid,  and  have,  for  the  more 
convenient  and  advantageous  management  of 
said  property,  &  for  the  ii.ore  orderly  con- 
ducting of  our  afiuirs  relative  to  the  same, 
deemed  it  advisable  to  associate  ourselves 
into  a  company. 

Now  Know  ye  that  for  the  purpose  afore- 
said we  the  subscribers  have  associated  and 
do  hereby  associate  &  become  Proprietors 
of  the  said  aqueduct  and  do  form  ourselves 
into  a  company  by  the  name  of  "The  Pro- 
prietors of  Frye's  Aqueduct." 

And  we  the  subscribers  do  sevefally  agree 
each  with  the  other,  that  the  property  or 
capital  stock  in  the  said  aqueduct  shall  be 
divided  into  twenty  shares,  and  that  we 
shall  &  will  severally  take  &  hold  such 
number  of  said  shares  as  are  herein  affixed 
to  our  respective  names. 

And  we  do  further  agree  that  the  Pro- 
prietors of  a  major  part  of  our  said  shares 
shall  forthwith  apply  to  some  Justice  of  the 
Peace  for  the  said  county  of  Essex  request- 
ing him  to  issue  his  warrant  pursuant  to 
law  to  some  one  of  the  Proprietors  so  ap- 
plying directing  him  to  call  a  meeting  of 
the  Proprietors  to  the  end  that  we  the  said 
Proprietors  &  our  successors  may  be  and  be- 
come a  Corporation  &  body  politic  by  the 
name  &  style  of  "The  Proprietors  of  Frye's 
Aqueduct,"  &  enjoy  all  the  rights  privi- 
ledges  &  immunities  to  which  we  are  enti- 
tled as  such  a  corporation  by  virtue  of  the 
laws  of  the  commonwealth  aforesaid,  & 
more  especially  by  virtue  of  a  law  of  the 
said   commonwealth   entitled  "An  act  ena- 


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bling  the  Proprietors  of  aqueducts  to  man- 
age the  same,"  passed  the  twenty-first  day 
of  February  A.  D.  1799. 

And  wc  do  further  agree  that  the  property 
or  capital  stock  aforesaid  shall  be  estimated 
by  the  cost  of  said  aqueduct,  which  at  pres- 
ent amounts  to  five  hundred  &  twenty  two 
dollars. 

Dated  at  Salem  aforesaid  this  twenty 
eight  day  of  September  A.  D.  1807. 

Daniel  Frye   six  shares 

Eleazer  Pope,  five  shares 

Jacob  B.  Winchester,  five  shares 

John  Stimpsm,  two  shares 

James  Brown  two  shares 

Salem,  Sept.  15,  1807. 

Daniel  Frye,  Eleazer  Pope,  Jacob  B  Win- 
chester &  John  Stimpson  made  application 
to  Ezekiel  Savage  to  incorporate  under  the 
law  &  that  the  first  meeting  take  place  oct. 
15,  1807. 

Meeting  took  place  oct.  15,  1807  at  Capt. 
F rye's  Tavern  in  conformity  to  warrant  & 
chose — 

James  Brown,  Clerk. 

Daniel  Frye,  Moderator, 

Daniel  Frye  ") 

Eleazer  Pope  >•  CoMMrTTEE. 

Jacob  B    Winchester} 
at  adjourned  meeting  oct.   19,   1807  Jacob 
B.  Winchester  Treasurer. 

28  Sept.  1807 

Daniel  Frye  for  five  hundred  &  twenty 
two  dollars  sells  all  his  interest  &c.  in  the 
aqueduct  to  "The  Proprietors  of  Frye's 
Aqueduct." 

Sept.  21,  1808 
Voted  to  assess  ten  dollars  per  share  to 
defray  the  expense  of  repairing  aqueduct. 
Water  Takers  1809 

J.  B.  Winchester         Solomon  Varney 

Eben  Mann  Daniel  Rugg 


David  Nichols 
Daniel  Frye 
Mann  &  Burnham 
Jonathan  Nichols 


Widow  E.  Tucker 
EJeazer  Pope 
Ichabod  Nichols 
James  Brown 


Proprietors  1835 

Jacob  B.  Winchester  8  shares 

James  Brown  2      " 

Jonathan  Nichols  2      " 

John  Frost  3      " 

Henry  Grant  1      " 

Eleazer  Pope  1      " 

Jacob  Putnam  2      " 

Samuel  Noah  1       " 


20 


July  28,  1852. 
Samuel   Noah    owned   whole   number  of 

shares — 20 — 

UN'.OX  AQUEDUCT  IN  SALEM  &  DANVERS. 

A  Eecord  of  the  names  of  the  Proprietors 
&  owners  of  the  Union  Aqueduct  situated  in 
Salem  on  land  belonging  to  Benjamin  Pick- 
man  Esq.  &  leading  into  Danvers,  founded 
Dec.  30,  1799 

Caleb  Low 

Robert  Shillaber 

Samuel  Purinton 

Stephen  Larrabee 

Amos  Purinton 

Lydia  Trask 
To  Richard  Ward  one  of  the  Justices  of 
the  Peace  for  the  county  of  Essex. 

We  the  subscribers,  a  major  part  of  the 
owners  and  Proprietors  of  the  Union  Aque- 
duct situated  in  Salem  on  land  belonging  to 
Benjamin  Pickman  Esq.,  and  leading  into 
Danvers,  founded  Dec.  30,  1799 — being  de- 
sirous of  repairing  said  aqueduct,  do  hereby 
make  application  to  you  for  calling  a  meet- 
ing of  said  Proprietors  according  to  a  law 
of  this  commonwealth  "Intitled"  An  act  ena- 


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bling   Proprietors  of  aqueducts  to  manage 
the  same. 

To  choose  a  clerk,  moderator  &  Directors. 
Danvers  Mob.  23,  1801. 

signed 
Caleb  Low 
Wm.  Shillaber 
Robert  Shillaber 
Samuel  Purinton 
Stephen  Larrabee 
Charles  W.  Sjmonds 
for  Amos  Purinton 
Essex  ss.     To  Caleb  Lowe  Esq.  one  of  the 
Petitioners  &  Proprietors  above  mentioned. 

Greeting. 
In  pursuance  of  the  above  application  you 
are  requested  &  authorized  to  warn  a  meet- 
ing of  the  Proprietors,  above  mentioned,  ac- 
cording to  the  statute  in  that  case  made  & 
provided. 

To  meet  at  the  Dwelling  house  of  Daniel 
Erye,  Innholder  in  Salem  on  Tuesday  the 
thirteenth  day  of  October  next  at  three  of 
the  clock  in  the  afternoon  for  the  purpose 
above  mentioned. 

Given  under  my  hand  &  seal  at  Salem 
the  23d  of  March  A.  D.  1801. 

RICHAJID  WARD. 
Caleb  Lowe  notifies  the  meeting  accord- 
ingly. 


HALE    MEMORANDA. 

COPIED  BY  E.  S.  W. 
ContiBued  from  vol.  r,  page  282. 


An  Account  of  all  the  Houses  in  Beverly, 
May  1  1723  and  such  as  have  been  built  since 
that  to  May  1  1751. 

And  a  farther  Account  of  all  the  Houses 
in  Beverly  which  are  now  standing  May  1 
1751. 


N.  B.     Where  there  is  a  black  line  drawn 
the  House  is  now  down. 

N.  B.     Where  there  are  parallel  lines  ye 
house  tho'  still  standing  is  uninhabited. 

1723  1751 

William  Ellinwood  William  Ellinwood  2d 

Benja.  *'  David 

Ralph  "  

"Jr.  Ralph  Ellinwood  3d 

Ebenr.  "  Ebenr.  Ellinwood  2d 

NathU.  Clerk  Wid.  Sarah  Ellis 
Eugene  Lynqh  "  of  Isr.  Lovett 

Zecha.  Stone  Andr.  Stone 

Wid.  of  Samll.  Stone  Danll.  Batoheller 

John  Stephens  Tho.  Davis 

WiUm.  Tuck  Jno.  Tuck  3d 

James  Chapman  Ditto 

Leonard  Slue  

Edmd.  Gale  

Benjn.  Ober  William  Bartlett 

Tho  Cox  Benja.  Eliot 

Wid.    "  

John  Tuck  Sen  

"     Jr.  *Jno.  Tuck 

Geo       "  Wm 

Jo.        "  Wid  of  Wm  Tuck  Jr. 

William  Lovett.  Ditto 

Simon         "      Sr 

Jno.  "     Jun  Jno.  Lovett  4th 

♦'  '•     Sen  James  Lovett 

"         Martin  

Tho.  Lovett  ■ 

Wid.  of  Caleb  Wallis  Daniel  Wallis 

Mr.  Robert  Briscoe  John  Stephens 

Moses  Morgan  Jno.  Thorndike  Jr. 

Jo.  "     Sen 

..     Jr  

Samuel  Lovett  Josiah  Lovett 

*Tho? 

Robt  Hale  Ditto 

Henry  Hale's  


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Wid.  of  Jno.  Balch  ^ 
Eleazer  Giles 
Tho.  Sallowes 
Nath  Baker 
John  Black 
Jona,  Woodberry 
Isr. 
Wm 

John  Groves 
John  Ober  Sr 
Joshua  Bisson 
Wid  of  Jno.  Sallia 
Joseph  Wallis 
Samll  Woodberry 
Benja.  Wallis 
Herbt.  Thomdike 
Wra  Woodberry  3d 
Jona  Elwell 
Joseph  Stephens 
Wid  of  Jno.  Pride 
Isaac  Woodberry 
Josha.         " 
Jno.  Thomdike 
Paul 
Robt 

Benja  Patch  Senr. 
Priscilla  Cole 
Geo.  Stanley 
Richd  Thistle 
Wra  Woodberry  2d 
Robin  Mingo 
Jo.  Foster 
Tho.  Larkum 
Jona  Cole 
Hezek  Ober 
Nicho      " 
Richd      " 
Hezekiah's  2d  house 
Samll  Ober 
Nathll  Roberts 
Ebenr  Thistle 


Revd  Mr.  Champney 
Benja  Jeffrey 
Tho  Kerry 


Nath  Black 
Ditto 


Wid.  of  Mihel  Woodb. 


John  Bradford. 
Joshua  Bisson  Jun. 


Wid.  of  Benja.  Brown 

Elisha  Woodberry 

Andr.  Ellinwood 

Ditto 

David  Corning 

Jona  Hart 


Jacob  Woodberry 
Ditto 


Wid  of  Brack.  Patch 


Joseph  Stanley 

Ditto 

Andr  Woodberry 


Jeffery  Thistle 
Thomas  Ober 
Wm 
Peter 
Benj  Smith 


Stephen  Allen 
James  Thistle 


Benja  Cole 
Robt  Sallowes 
Peter  Pride 
Eliz  Thistle 
Cornel  Larkum 
Robt  Haskel 
Wid  of  Tho  West 
Mat.  Coye 
Wm  Badcock 
Capt  Tho.  West 
Samll 
Rob  Woodberry 

"  Junr. 
John  Williams 
Nathl  - 
Jona  " 
Ruth  Stone 
Neh  Preston 
Geo  Pierce 

To  be 


Ditto 

Peter  Pride  Jun 


Ditto 


James  Woodberry 
his  widow 
Ditto 
Ditto 

Jo.  Gidding 
Danll.  Williams  . 
Ditto 

Wra  Pierce 
CJontinued. 


GLEANINGS  FROM  THE  TOWN 
RECORDS  OF  WENHAM. 

INTENTION  on  MARRIAGE  BETWEEN 

Daniel  Killum  of  Ipswich,  Elizh  Ramsdill 
of  Wenham,  Dec  8  1702.  Certificate  given 
Jan  7  1702 

John  Porter  of  Wenham,  Elizabeth  Put- 
num  of  Salem,.  Dec  4  1708 

Ebenezer  Tarbox  of  Lyn,  Sarah  Hull  of 
Wenham,  Feb  5  1718-9 

Simond  Lovit  of  Beverly,  Ruth  Hull  of 
Wenham,  Oct  15  1720 

Daniel  Killam  of  Wenham,  Rebecca  Frost 
of  Ipswich,  Mch  11  1725-6 

Patrick  Burn,  Jane  Brittain,  Mch  14, 
1729-30 

Francis  Smith  of  Wenham,  Jeane  Linton 
of  Boston,  Sept  21,  1731  Cert,  given  Oct 
8  1731 


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Nathaniel  Fairefield,  Hannah  Frost,  Mch 
11  1731-2 

William  Harris  of  Ipswich,  Wid.  Mary 
Gott,  Sept  21  1733 

Rev.  John  Warren  of  Wenlmm,  Mrs  Elizh 
Chipman  of  Beverly,  Dec  18  1736.  Cert. 
given  Jan  3  1736-7 

Israel  Porter  of  Salem,  Mary  Batehellor  of 
Wenham,  Dec  28  1737 


MARRIAGES. 

Wm  Fairefield,  Mis  Rebekah  Gott,  raard. 
Oct  14  1723 

Samuel  Gott,  Hannah  Andru  of  Salem, 
mard.  Dec  16  1723 

John  Parkman  of  Boston,  Abigail  Fairfield 
of  Wenham,  rod  July  24  1718 

John  Darby  of  Ipswich,  Rebecca  Tarbox 
of  Wenham,  md  May  16  1728 

Patrick  Burne,  Jeane  Le  Britton,  md  Apl 
3d  1730 


Births. 

Elizabeth  dau.  of  John  Dodge  Jr  &  Mar- 
tha his  wife  b  Aug  15  1695. 

John  son  of  Thomas  &  Martha  Killum  b. 
Nov.  3  1695. 

Samuel  son  of  John  &  Rebekah  Gott  b. 
Nov.  30  1695. 

Patience  dau  of  Elizh.  (Ne)wman  b.  1  day 
of  (M)ay  1696. 

Francis  son  of  Mr  Isaac  &  Sarah  Hull  b. 
Feb  17  1696-7 

Ruth  dau.  of  Mr  Isaac  &  Sarah  Hull  b. 
Aug  28  1698 

Daniel  son  of  Thomas  &  Martha  Kellum 
b.  May  25  1698 

Daniel  son  of  Thomas  &  Martha  Kellum  b 
Aug.  14  1700. 

Daniel  son   of  Daniel  &  Elizabeth    Kel- 
lum b.  Oct.  18  1703. 

To  be  Continned. 


BOSTON  NUxMISMATIC  SOCIETY 

The  annual  meeting  of  this  Society  was 
held  on  Thursday,  Jan.  7, 1864,  and  was  very 
well  attended.  Several  donations  were  re- 
ceived, and  the  annual  reports  of  the  officers 
were  presented.  The  Treasurer's  report 
showed  a  balance  of  money  to  the  credit  of  the 
society,  and  the  Curator  stated  the  number  of 
coins  and  medals  to  be  about  one  thousand, 
among  which  are  several  rare  pieces.  A  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  present  a  list  of  offi 
cers  for  the  present  year;  they  reported  the 
former  board  for  re-election,  which  was  the 
pleasure  of  the  society.  The  ofiicers  are 
therefore  as  follows:  President — Dr.  Wins- 
low  Lewis;  Vice  President  and  Curator — Jer- 
emiah Colburn;  Treasurer — Henry  Daven- 
port; Secretary — Wm.  S.  Appleton. 

Mr.  Seavey  exhibited  a  small  parcel  of 
very  choice  and  valuable  American  coins. 
Among  them  were  a  silver  dollar  of  1794, 
the  finest  known;  a  half-dime  of  1802,  one 
of  five,  the  whole  number  believed  to  exist 
at  present,  or  rather  known  to  collectors  to 
exist,  and  a  New  York  copper  of  1787  with 
the  head  of  George  Clinton,  which  is  by  far 
the  finest  of  the  half  dozen  known.  The  col- 
lection also  contained  other  rare  varieties  of 
New  York  coppers,  unusually  perfect  speci- 
mens of  early  dimes,  and  rare  patterns  pre- 
pared at  the  U.  S.  Mint,  but  never  adopted 
for  the  coinage.  Mr  Seavey  also  showed  the 
two  half-eagles  by  the  acquisition  of  which 
he  bad  completed  his  series  of  the  issues  of 
gold  of  the  United  States.  Other  gentle- 
men exhibited  coins  of  less  value  and  inter- 
est. The  meeting  was  an  unusually  pleasant 
and  successful  one. 


HISTOEICAL    COLLECTIONS 

OF      THE 

ESSEX     INSTITUTE. 

Vol.  VI.  April,   1864r.  ISTo.  2. 

CONNECTION    WITH    PUBLIC    INSTITUTIONS. 

Though  Judge  White  lived  for  many  years  in  comparative  retirement, 
neither  the  charm  of  books,  nor  of  social  intercourse,  absorbed  his  thought. 
He  retired  from  all  strife  for  the  prizes  of  the  world,  but  he  never  remitted 
his  labors  for  its  welfare.  No  man  was  more  alive  to  the  highest  interests  of 
the  Community,  the  Commonwealth,  and  the  Country ;  and  he  exerted  an  act- 
ive public  influence  even  to  his  last  days,  by  his  connection  with  Literary  and 
Charitable  Institutions,  and  his  services  in  their  behalf.  The  Univ^sity  lay 
very  near  his  heart.  The  love  which  he  acquired  for  it  when  an  undergradu- 
ate, was  greatly  increased  during  his  four  years  residence  at  Cambridge  as  a 
Tutor.  His  correspondence  with  Prof  Hedge  for  a  number  of  years  after  he 
resigned  his  tutorship,  is  largely  devoted  to  the  affairs  of  the  College,  and 
shows  tlie  intensity  of  his  interest  in  everything  that  related  to  its  administra- 
tion, or  which  could  promote  its  prosperity.  These  words  are  in  his  Journal, 
Sept.  2Tth,  1804: 

"Heard  of  the  death  of  that  excellent  and  beloved  man.  President  Wil- 
lard,  and  I  wept  most  of  all  that  I  should  see  his  face  no  more."  The  ques- 
tion of  a  successor  at  that  time,  and  in  every  vacancy  in  the  Presidency  of  the 
Institution  during  his  long  life,  held  a  foremost  place  in  his  mind ;  and  no  man 


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labored  with  greater  zeal,  or  perhaps  with  greater  efficiency,  to  secure  the 
appointment  of  men  to  that  high  office,  who  should  not  only  confer  honor  upon 
the  College,  but  help  to  make  the  oldest,  also  the  best  and  noblest  seat  of 
learning  in  the  country.  He  was  jealous  of  its  reputation  in  all  respects,  and 
prompt  to  enter  the  lists  as  its  defender  or  advocate,  when  charges  were  made 
against  it  amid  the  changes  in  Ecclesiastical,  or  Political  afiairs.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Overseers  for  eleven  years.  He  mentions  in  his  dia- 
ry other  ways  in  which  he  was  ready  to  help  it,  and  speaks  of  a  contribution 
which  he  could  not  withhold,  "when  a  movement  was  made  for  the  increase  of 
the  library  in  1842,  although  he  felt  himself  little  able  to  make  it  on  account 
of  recent  losses ; "  and  then  adds  the  words  which  were  always  in  his  heart, 
if  not  upon  his  lips,  "God  bless  the  College."  As  might  have  been  expected 
from  his  character,  he  regarded  the  moral  tone  of  the  Institution  as  of  supreme 
importance.     In  his  diary,  Jan.  12th,  1842,  he  says : 

"What  pleased  me  at  the  Examination  public  dinner,  yesterday,  was  the 
total  absence  of  all  beverage  but  cold  water,  it  being  the  first  time  I  ever  wit- 
nessed such  a  spectacle  on  any  occasion  of  the  kind  at  Cambridge.  Hope  it 
will  be  so  at  Commencement.  Told  the  President  yesterday,  at  dinner  time, 
that  I  thought  it  more  important  at  College  than  any  where  else,  that  absti- 
nence from  intoxicating  drinks  should  be  sacredly  observed."  At  a  later  date 
he  expresses  his  great  joy  at  the  stand  which  President  Everett  had  taken 
upon  that  subject,  and  adds,  "All  this  should  be  sacredly  adhered  to."  It  was 
this  deep  interest  in  the  moral  welfare  of  the  College  which  induced  him  to 
make  the  suggestion  in  his  Address  to  the  Alumni  in  1844,  in  respect  to  a 
Professorship  of  the  Philosophy  of  the  Moral  Life,  which  led  to  the  bequest 
from  Miss  Plummer  of  this  city,  for  the  foundation  of  the  Plummer  Professor- 
ship  of  Christian  Morals.  While  he  delighted  in  every  advance  in  the  schol- 
arship of  the  College,  it  was  his  cardinal  principle  that  moral  training  should 
hold  the  sovereign  place  in  all  educational  plans ;  and  he  never  permitted  an 
opportunity  to  be  lost,  when  he  could  press  its  paramount  claims.  It  is  proper 
to  say  that  the  College  did  not  forget  the  claim  of  so  loyal  and  distinguished  a 
son  to  her  honors,  and  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  in 
1837. 

The  Divinity  School  at  Cambridge  was  another  object  of  his  peculiar  re- 
gard. He  was  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Society  for  the  promotion  of  The- 
ological Education  in  Cambridge,  which  was  formed  in  1816,  and  reorganized 
in  1824.     This  Society  collected  funds  for  the  erection  of  Divinity  Hall,  and 


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laid  the  foundation  of  the  present  Theological  School.  The  Institution  inter- 
ested him  most  deeply,  because  it  was  based  upon  the  following  broad  princi- 
ple, which  entirely  commended  itself  alike  to  his  judgment  and  his  heart.  "It 
being  understood,  that  every  encouragement  be  given  to  the  serious,  impar- 
tial and  unbiassed  investigation  of  Christian  truth;  and  that  no  assent  to 
the  peculiarities  of  any  denomination  of  Christians  be  required  of  the  stu- 
dents, or  professors,  or  instructors."  He  retained  the  same  paternal  interest 
in  the  School  to  the  end  of  life ;  and  his  last  visit  to  Cambridge,  the  last  pub- 
lic occasion  of  any  kind  which  he  attended,  was  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Visiting  Committee  of  the  Divinity  School,  of  which  he  had  long  been  a  mem- 
ber, on  the  2nd  of  January,  1861. 

He  was  an  active  member  of  many  prominent  philanthropic  and  literary 
associations,  such  as  the  Charitable  Congregational  Society ;  the  Society  for 
Propagating  the  Gospel  among  the  Indians,  and  others  in  North  America; 
the  Mass,  Historical  Society ;  the  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences — and  a  faith- 
ful attendant  upon  their  meetings,  so  long  as  his  strength  permitted  him  to  be 
present.  Remembering  the  high  place  which  these  Associations  held  in  his  re- 
gard, both  on  account  of  his  conviction  of  the  importance  of  tlie  objects  which 
they  were  designed  to  promote,  and  of  his  warm  friendship  for  the  distin- 
guished men  with  whom  he  was  then  connected,  the  following  brief  entry 
in  his  diary,  only  a  few  weeks  before  his  death,  gains  a  touching  interest: 
"Received  notice  of  Mass.  Historical  Meeting,  on  Thursday,  which  is,  and  prob- 
ably must  ever  be  an  empty  ceremony  while  I  live."  No  similar  summons  ever 
was  an  empty  ceremony  to  him,  till  his  last  illness  rendered  it  impossible  for  him 
longer  to  mingle  with  those  to  whom  his  heart  clung  even  to  the  end. 

This  habitual  and  untiring  interest  in  the  improvement  and  welfare  of 
society  made  him  prompt  to  give  his  approbation  and  his  exertions  to  every 
wise  project  which  promised  to  promote  it.  When  Lyceums  were  first  estab- 
lished in  the  State,  and  a  public  meeting  for  consultation  respecting  them  was 
held  in  Boston,  in  1829,  he  heartily  entered  into  the  movement.  He  was  cho- 
sen President  of  the  Essex  County  Lyceum,  and  gave  an  Address  at  its  first 
Annual  Meeting  in  Ipswich,  May  5th,  1830.  The  Address  was  printed. 
It  explained  the  design  of  the  Institution,  and  its  uses,  with  an  answer  to 
some  objections  which  had  been  made  against  it.  He  was  the  first  President  of 
the  Salem  Lyceum,  and  continued  to  be  one  of  its  three  trustees,  always  inter- 
ested in  its  prosperity,  until  his  death.  The  following  extract  from  a  letter 
to  his  classmate,  Hon.  Horace  Binney,  to  whom  he  had  sent  a  copy  of  his  Ly- 


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ceum  Address,  gives  a  glimpse  of  his  idea  of  the  purpose  of  such  institutions, 
and  of  one  of  the  incidental  benefits  which  he  hoped  might  result  from  their 
establishment : 

"I  was  led  to  concern  myself  with  the  institution  of  a  Lyceum,  from  a  de- 
sire to  give  it  a  different  character,  in  some  respects,  from  what  I  feared  it  might 
assume.  It  appeared  to  me  important  that  it  should  be  so  conducted  as  to 
afford  miscellaneous  instruction  and  entertainment,  on  moral  and  literary  top- 
ics, adapted  to  an  audience  of  both  sexes,  instead  of  being  confined  to  scien- 
tific lectures,  and  thus  be  made  to  serve  for  the  purposes  of  popular  recrea- 
tion." 

His  hope  was  that  it  might  thus  to  some  extent,  at  least,  preclude  the  de- 
mand for  questionable  forms  of  public  amusement ;  and  he  names  in  the  same 
letter  encouraging  indications  of  such  a  desirable  result.  To  show  how  truly 
his  mind  was  alive  to  this  great  idea  of  popular  education  and  improvement, 
we  quote  another  passage  from  a  letter  written  in  1835,  to  an  old  College 
friend,  whose  honored  name  had  just  before  been  given  in  support  of  an  As- 
sociation for  the  supply  of  teachers : 

"  It  reminded  me  of  what  I  have  often  contemplated  as  worthy  to  be  sup- 
ported by  such  influence,  and,  if  so  supported,  as  calculated  to  do  an  immense 
good  to  the  next  generation,  and  the  present  too — that  is,  an  association  ex- 
tending over  the  country,  by  uniting  some  of  the  wise  and  good  from  every 
part,  for  the  purpose  of  improving  and  elevating  the  morals  of  young  men,  es- 
pecially the  educated,  and  those  belonging  to  our  cities  and  populous  towns,  by 
circulating  or  recommending  the  best  books  for  reading,  providing  lectures 
from  eminent  men,  and  other  impressive  means  of  moral  influence.  Might  not 
an  Association  be  formed  on  some  such  plan  which  would  promote  this  great 
object,  and  advance  the  moral  well-being  of  our  country  ?  I  only  trouble  you 
with  a  hint  on  this  subject,  a  full  discussion  of  which  might  fill  a  volume." 

No  such  hint,  whether  originated  by  another's  mind,  or  by  his  own,  was 
lost  upon  himself.  It  was  in  beautiful  accordance  with  such  words  as  these, 
that,  near  the  close  of  his  life,  in  1852,  he  made  a  gift  of  six  acres  of  land, 
which  then  remained  of  his  father's  farm,  situated  in  the  central  part  of  the 
City  of  Lawrence,  to  promote  the  object  which  he  had  so  much  at  heart.  By 
negotiations  with  the  Essex  Company,  which  were  honorable  to  all  parties 
concerned,  all  restrictions  in  respect  to  the  erection  of  buildings  upon  the  land 
were  removed,  and  it  was  conveyed  to  trustees  to  be  sold,  and  the  proceeds  to 
be  used  as  a  fund,  eventually  to  establish  a  public  library,  and  provide  for  pub- 
lic lectures,  because  he  had  "at  heart  the  welfare  of  his  native  place,  and  ear- 
nestly desired  to  do  something  to  promote  the  prosperity  and  improvement  of 


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its  now  numerous  population."  His  desire  was  "  to  have  special  reference  to 
the  wants  of  the  young,  and  of  the  industrial  classes ;"  for  his  great  object 
was,  "the  education  and  training  up  of  the  young,  in  habits  of  industry,  mo- 
rality, and  piety,  and  in  the  exercise  of  true  Christian  principles,  both  in 
thought  and  action."  It  was  a  free  gift,  which  he  regarded  as  the  payment  of 
a  sacred  debt,  and  for  which  he  claimed  no  honor.  When  complimented  re- 
specting it,  at  a  public  occasion  in  Lawrence,  not  long  after,  he  felt  himself 
obliged  to  disclaim  the  extent  of  credit  attributed  to  him,  and  spoke  of  the 
noble  old  farm  as  it  was  in  his  boyhood,  closing  his  remarks  with  the  following 
sentiment :  "  The  prosperity  of  the  City  of  Lawrence ;  May  its  beauties  of 
Art,  rival  its  former  beauties  of  Nature,  and  may  its  moral  dignity  equal  its 
material  splendor."  This  fund  already  amounts  to  about  ten  thousand  dollars, 
while  one  half  of  the  original  gift  of  land  remains  unsold. 

Judge  White  was  a  sincere  and  practical  philanthropist.  He  took  great 
interest  in  the  Temperance  reformation,  and  gave  a  consistent  support  to  the 
principle  of  total  abstinence  from  intoxicating  drinks,  both  in  precept  and  in 
practice.  He  discountenanced  the  use  of  tobacco  also,  as  in  his  judgment 
equally  unnecessary  and  oflFensive.  He  was  moderate  in  his  views,  and  could 
not  assent  to  many  opinions  and  measures  which  he  considered  extreme  and 
violent.  But  he  was  ready  and  anxious,  irrespective  of  other  men's  opinion, 
or  popular  favor,  to  give  his  support  to  everything  which  might  help  forward 
these  reformatory  movements,  so  far  as  it  commended  itself  to  his  judgment 
and  his  conscience.  If  the  case  could  be  made  clear  to  his  eminently  balanced 
and  judicial  mind,  his  heart  and  his  hand  were  never  wanting. 

INTEREST    IN    POLITICAL    AND    ECCLESIASTICAL 

AFFAIRS. 
In  other  aspects  of  his  life,  Judge  White  was  the  same  earnest  man.  Tru- 
ly devoted  to  everything  which  touched  the  public  welfare,  he  became,  by  the 
necessity  of  his  nature,  an  ardent  patriot.  Loyalty  with  him  was  both  a  prin- 
ciple and  a  passion,  and  his  love  of  country  took  hold  of  the  depths  of  his 
heart.  He  was  born  on  the  day  on  which  the  motion  was  made  in  the  Ameri- 
can Congress,  by  Richard  Henry  Lee,  to  declare  the  colonies  independent. 
He  came  forward  into  manhood  under  the  administration  of  Washington,  and 
acquired  the  profoundest  reverence  for  him,  and  for  those  associated  with  him 
in  the  highest  offices  of  the  government.  He  detested  Aaron  Burr,  and 
mourned  the  disastrous  death  of  Hamilton  as  a  profound  personal  grief.     That 


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grief  was  never  forgotten.  He  says  in  1841,  after  he  had  been  reading  the 
short  life  of  Hamilton  in  the  Family  Library :  "  The  closing  part  very  touching, 
renewing  the  tears  which  flowed  so  freely  thirty  seven  years  ago,  and  the  sad 
and  deep  feeling  for  such  a  public  loss,  and  wanton  sacrifice  of  life,  under  cir- 
cumstances so  tragic  and  deplorable."  His  life-long  feeling  about  Washington 
and  his  administration  found  expression  in  the  following  terms  in  a  letter  to 
his  son,  after  he  had  been  reading  the  first  volume  of  Sparks'  Life : 

"It  is  refreshing  and  delightful  to  look  back  upon  such  a  character,  and 
such  patriotism  and  public  spirit  as  we  find  in  him  and  his  associates  in  the 
government.  Wisdom,  integrity,  public  virtue  and  pure  patriotism,  then  ani- 
mated the  administration,  from  Washington  through  every  subordinate  depart- 
ment. When  you  have  leisure  for  miscellaneous  reading,  you  can  find  nothing 
better  than  this  life  of  Washington,  which  is  sure  to  repay  you  in  entertainment, 
besides  affording  you  the  noblest  lessons  of  wisdom  and  virtue.  From  him  you 
may  learn,  though  you  should  never  hold  a  public  office,  much  that  is  applica- 
ble to  every  condition  of  life;  self-control,  self-denial,  self-respect,  views  eleva- 
ted above  transient  pleasure  to  high  purposes,  and  a  steadfast  adherence  in  all 
your  conduct  to  your  own  principles,  and  the  resolutions  you  have  formed. 
The  influence  of  such  an  example  can  scarcely  fail  to  find  its  way  to  the  heart 
and  into  the  life  of  every  ingenuous  young  man,  who  contemplates  it  with  any- 
thing of  a  kindred  spirit.  And  where  is  the  ingenuous  young  man  who  would 
not  wish  to  cherish  such  a  spirit  ?  " 

Judge  White  was  an  ardent  Federalist  while  that  party  continued  in  ex- 
istence, and  undeviatingly  defended  its  purity  and  patriotism.  He  was  one  of 
the  Electors  for  President  in  1816,  when  the  Massachusetts  Electoral  College 
unanimously  cast  their  votes  for  John  Marshall,  of  Virginia.  After  the  disso- 
lution of  the  Federal  party  he  became  a  Whig.  During  the  last  years  of  his 
life  he  was  a  Republican,  and  voted  for  Fremont  in  1856,  and  for  Lincoln  in 
1860.  This  last  change  in  his  party  relations  he  always  maintained  to  be  no 
change  of  principle,  even  in  the  slightest  degree.  Upon  being  asked  where  he 
should  go  at  the  time  of  the  organization  of  the  Republican  party  upon  the 
basis  of  the  exclusion  of  Slavery  from  the  Territories,  his  answer  was,  "I  shall 
not  go  anj'where,  but  stay  where  I  have  always  been.  This  was  the  principle 
of  the  days  of  Washington,"  After  reading  Gov.  Seward's  speech,  which  was 
made  at  that  time  concerning  the  aggressions  of  the  slave  power,  he  said,  "I 
cannot  but  feel  sympathy  with  such  men  as  he  in  opposing  the  further  encroach- 
ments of  this  dread  power  upon  free  territories.  The  question  in  my  mind  is 
of  awful  consequence  whether  these  future  States  shall  be  blessed  with  true 
freedom,  or  cursed  with  slavery ;  whether  the  Olive  tree  or  the  Upas  shall  be 
planted,  to  bless,  or  to  blast." 


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He  was  conservative  in  opinion  and  feeling.  He  was  not  an  Abolitionist 
in  the  technical  sense  in  which  that  word  has  been  generally  used  since  the  ag- 
itation of  the  slave  question  during  the  last  twenty  or  thirty  years.  He  re- 
garded the  position  which  many  abolitionists  assumed  in  respect  to  the  disso- 
lution of  the  Union  as  radically  wrong,  and  condemned  their  denunciations  as 
unwise  and  indefensible.  But  he  was  utterly  hostile  to  Slavery  itself  After 
reading  the  life  of  Thomas  Fowell  Buxton,  he  noticed  it  with  "great  interest 
and  delight,"  as  "almost  persuading  him  to  be  an  abolitionist,  altogether  in- 
deed such  an  one  as  he  was."  He  detested  the  cruel  prejudice  against  the  col- 
ored race.  This  entry  occurs  in  his  diary,  for  1841.  "Read  account  of  the 
Monument  Cemetery  of .  Struck  with  one  of  the  by-laws  which  pro- 
vides that  "no  person  of  color  shall  ever  be  interred  there."  Pitiful!  won- 
drous pitiful."  When  the  question  of  the  admission  of  colored  children  into 
the  Public  Schools  was  agitated  in  1 844,  he  speaks  in  the  following  forcible 
terms : 

"Had  some  warm  conversation  on  the  subject  of  admitting  colored  chil- 
dren to  our  Public  Schools,  for  which  I  contended.  I  should  have  no  fears  my 
children  would  be  contaminated  by  black  skins,  but  by  moral  blackness,  often 
found  beneath  the  most  aristocratic  white  skins.  I  said  the  committee  should 
follow  out  the  rule  of  right,  and  of  Christian  morality,  and  all  would  ultimate- 
ly acquiesce." 

His  position  was,  conscientiously  to  sustain  the  compromises  of  the  Con- 
stitution ;  but  he  jealously  watched  the  persistent  aggressions  of  the  Slave  pow- 
er, and  his  indignation  in  regard  to  them  was  aroused  many  years  before  his 
death.  Dec.  12th,  1844,  he  says  in  his  Journal,  "The  papers  this  morning  tell 
us  that  my  friend,  Mr.  Hoar,  sent  to  South  Carolina  to  protect  citizens  of  Mass. 
(colored)  in  their  rights  against  unlawful  imprisonment,  has  been  expelled  from 
Charleston  by  legislative  resolve  of  that  State, — an  outrage  worthy  of  their 
nullifying  character,  and  mad  devotion  to  Slavery,  and  of  the  abominable 
course  taken  by  their  political  idol,  Calhoun ;  but  we  trust  it  is  a  madness  which 
precedes  their  own  defeat." 

This  indignation  never  abated,  but  steadily  increased,  and  it  is  interest- 
ing to  trace  its  growth.  At  the  time  of  the  debates  on  the  Fugitive  Slave  Bill 
in  1851,  he  writes  thus : 

"Read  Mr.  Mann's  able  speech,  and  cannot  but  agree  with  him  in  his 
main  views  of  the  Fugitive  Slave  Law, — a  law  least  of  all  others  entitled  to 
privileges  of  any  sort,  and  which  must  hang  as  a  millstone  upon  any  Ad- 
ministration, or  party,  identifying  itself  with  it,  bound  at  all  events  to  sustain 
it  in  all  its  odious  features.'" 


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After  the  Burns  case  in  1854,  he  writes: 

"People  and  papers  full  of  agitation  about  the  slave  (Burns)  being  sent 
back,  and  the  great  excitement  in  Boston.  All  under  God's  good  Providence 
may  eventuate  well,  and  serve  to  overthrow  the  evil  law  which  ought  never  to 
have  existed." 

In  respect  to  the  Dred  Scott  decision,  after  saying,  "It  ought  to  rouse  all 
in  opposition  to  Slavery  extension  more  resolutely  than  ever,"  he  writes,  in 
1857,  as  follows: 

"  I  cannot  believe  that  its  judicial  eflfect  will  be  durable ;  for  so  far  as  I 
have  had  an  opportunity  to  judge,  it  appears  to  want  the  essential  requisites 
of  permanent  law — foundation  in  truth.  From  the  abstract  of  Judge  Ta- 
ney's opinion  that  I  have  seen,  it  seems  to  assume  what  is  false,  and  to  pro- 
ceed upon  false  premises.  Justice  Curtis's  opinion  is,  I  think,  as  able  and  sat- 
isfactory a  document  of  the  kind  as  I  have  ever  read.  He  is  clear,  close,  and 
conclusive  on  every  point,  proving  unanswerably  every  position  he  takes,  and 
overthrowing  all  objections  raised  against  it.  The  permanent  law  of  the  case 
must  be  in  accordance  with  truth  and  reason,  not  with  fallible  opinions  of  falli- 
ble men.  These  will  pass  away  together,  while  the  basis  of  law  remains  the 
same  forever." 

It  was  his  constant  motto,  "Never  to  despair  of  the  Republic;"  yet  his 
anxiety  respecting  public  affairs  greatly  increased  during  these  later  years. 
The  assault  upon  Mr.  Sumner,  roused  his  indignation  to  the  highest  degree. 
He  characterizes  it  in  his  diary,  as  "most  cowardly,  mean,  ferocious,  and  bru- 
tal," and  adds,  "If  the  House  do  not  expel  the  ruffian,  and  the  Senate  protect 
its  dignity,  then  ruffianism  is  tranferred  from  the  borders  of  Kansas  to  the 
walls  of  the  Capitol." 

But  although  made  greatly  anxious  by  the  threatening  aspect  of  affairs 
at  the  South,  he  was  slow  to  believe  in  the  possibility  of  a  wide-spread  rebel- 
lion, without  "  a  single  grievance,  or  pretence  of  grievance,"  to  justify  or  palliate 
it.  Such  an  unnatural  crime  against  the  sacredness  of  Law,  and  the  spirit  of 
liberty,  seemed  too  monstrous  to  be  believed.  But  when  the  crisis  drew  near, 
he  was  not  intimidated.  His  courage  rose  as  the  clouds  grew  dark.  He  had 
no  patience  with  reasoning  about  the  Union.  He  remembered  Washington,  who 
denounced  those  who  started  a  doubt  upon  the  subject.  He  believed  in  decided 
measures,  and  commended  Andrew  Johnson's  speech  in  Dec.  1860,  as  present- 
ing the  true  point  of  distinction  between  "coercing  a  State,  and  executing  the 
Laws  against  individuals  in  a  seceding  State" — the  latter  of  which  he  says, 
"  Mr.  Johnson  is  ready  to  do  in  the  most  effective  manner,  for  the  preservation 
of  the  Union  at  all  hazards."  On  Mr.  Floyd's  resignation  as  Secretary  of  war, 
he  dismissed  him  with  the  following  sentence — "  One  traitor  the  less  in  the 


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Cabinet ;  would  that  all  were  gone."  As  his  strength  failed  in  the  last  weeks 
of  his  life,  just  before  the  bursting  of  the  storm  of  Civil  War,  his  patriotism 
burned  with  deepest  fervor.  When  he  was  only  able  to  pen  a  few  brief  sen- 
tences in  his  diary  from  day  to  day,  he  speaks  of  "the  insane  follies  of  the 
maddened  South,"  and  adds,  "I  shall  not  be  here  to  suffer  long  from  them." 
Still  later,  he  says,  "Read  some  in  evening  papers;  enough  to  make  my 
blood  boil."  Only  a  week  before  his  death,  referring  to  the  visit  of  a  friend, 
he  says,  "Speaks  as  I  feel  about  Secession,  Treason^  Those  who  saw  him  in 
his  very  latest  days  will  never  forget  how  his  love  of  country  would  make  him 
insensible  for  the  moment  to  weakness  and  disease,  until  his  voice  regained  its 
vigor,  and  he  would  pour  out  inspiring  words  of  devotion  and  heroism,  with  his 
former  manly  strength.  And  thus  loyal  to  his  country,  as  he  was  faithful  to 
society,  the  aged  patriot  went  to  his  rest.  But  his  spirit  was  transmitted  to 
his  descendants.  Four  of  his  grandchildren,  sons  of  William  Dwight,  Esq., 
hurried  to  the  field  at  the  first  call  to  arms,  where  they  rendered  heroic  ser- 
vice to  the  country.  Two  of  them  have  fallen,  both  young  men  of  the  fairest 
promise.  One,  Lt.  Col.  Wilder  Dwight,  of  the  2nd  Mass.  Volunteers,  fell  at 
Antietam.  The  other,  Capt.  Howard  Dwight,  Assistant  Adjutant  General  to 
Brig.  Gren.  Andrews,  in  Louisiana.  When  riding  alone,  on  turning  a  bend  of 
the  road,  he  suddenly  found  himself  covered  by  the  rifles  of  three  guerrillas,  on 
the  opposite  side  of  a  bayou,  and  called  upon  to  surrender.  Though  he  ac- 
knowledged himself  their  prisoner,  he  was  barbarously  shot.  It  was  a  fero- 
cious and  brutal  deed,  fitly  symbolizing  the  spirit  that  prompted  the  outrage 
upon  Senator  Sumner,  which  his  grandfather  so  indignantly  denounced. 

Any  sketch  of  Judge  White's  life  would  be  incomplete,  which  did  not 
make  distinct,  though  brief  mention  of  his  religious  opinions,  and  his  special 
views  in  respect  to  Ecclesiastical  affairs.  After  his  removal  from  Newbury- 
port,  he  connected  himself  with  the  First  Church  in  this  city,  and  continued 
to  worship  there  during  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  had  many  other  warm  and 
life-long  interests,  but  Christian  truth  held  the  sovereign  place,  and  religion 
lay  at  the  bottom  of  his  heart.  His  diary  and  letters  show  how  constantly  it 
occupied  his  thoughts.  Each  New  Year,  and  the  recurrence  of  each  birth-day, 
called  forth  a  new  dedication  of  himself  to  its  service,  increasing  in  earnest- 
ness as  age  drew  on,  but  always  penned  in  a  childlike  simplicity  of  faith  and 
trust.  Very  often  he  notices  the  Theological  books  which  had  occupied  his  stud- 
ies.    March  28th,  1841,  he  writes  thus : 

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"Locke,  Coleridge  and  the  Bible.  Read  Coleridge's  Confessions  of  an  In- 
quiring Spii'it — good,  but  partakes  of  his  common  faults — should  like  it  bet- 
ter if  it  had  more  of  the  clearness  and  simplicity  of  Locke,  whom  elsewhere 
this  same  Coleridge  undervalues."  "It  is  the  spirit  of  the  Bible,  and  not 
the  detached  words  and  sentences,  that  is  infallible  a^id  absolute.  I  find  little 
to  dissent  from  in  this  book,  which  contains  many  fine  passages.  I  have  al- 
ways felt  the  truth  of  the  following  sentiment :  "  The  truth  revealed  through 
Chi'st  has  its  evidence  in  itself,  and  the  proof  of  its  divine  authority  is  in  its 
fitness  to  our  nature  and  needs ;  the  clearness  and  cogency  of  the  proof  being 
proportionate  to  the  degree  of  self-knowledge  in  each  individual  hearer." 
Christianity  has  likewise  its  historical  evidences,  and  these  are  as  strong  as  is 
compatible  with  the  nature  of  history,  and  with  the  aims  and  objects  of  a  re- 
ligious dispensation.  Take  in  addition  Christianity  itself  as  an  existing  power 
in  the  world,  and  Christendom  as  an  existing  fact,  with  the  no  less  evident  fact 
of  a  progressive  expansion,  and  the  whole  gives  a  force  of  moral  demonstration 
that  almost  supersedes  particular  testimony." 

He  had  made  the  Scriptures  a  study  through  his  life-time.  Perhaps  no 
man  ever  studied  them  more  conscientiously  or  carefully.  But  though  he  be- 
came thoroughly  settled  in  Unitarian  views,  he  was  as  catholic  in  respect  to 
others'  opinions  as  he  was  decided  in  his  own.  He  believed  that  others  were 
as  conscientious  as  himself,  and  was  impatient  of  every  thing  that  did  not  rec- 
ognize the  truest  freedom  of  religious  thought.  His  faith  was  more  of  the 
heart  than  of  the  head,  and  he  recognized  true  sincerity  among  men  of  every 
creed,  and  hailed  the  manifestations  of  the  Christian  life  in  every  church  with 
the  utmost  alacrity  and  joy.  Sectarianism  was  his  perpetual  aversion,  and  he 
would  have  contended  against  it  in  himself  as  earnestly  as  he  warred  against 
it  in  others.  Indeed  he  chiefly  valued  Unitarianism,  not  on  account  of  its  doc- 
trines, but  of  its  distinct  and  unqualified  recognition  of  the  right  of  every  man 
to  interpret  the  Scriptures  for  himself,  and  adopt  his  own  religious  views,  un- 
censured  by  fallible  men,  unfettered  by  human  creeds. 

This  was  an  opinion  which  Judge  White  most  sacredly  cherished,  and  most 
consistently  followed  out.  He  could  never  recognize  any  form  of  opinions  as 
the  basis  of  Christian  fellowship.  "The  Bible  and  the  Bible  only,"  he  deemed 
the  proper  creed,  and  he  desired  to  leave  all  men  wholly  to  that,  perfectly  aware 
that  men  of  difierent  temperaments  and  diflferent  mental  tendencies,  would 
read  it  with  difierent  eyes,  and  be  led  to  difierent  conclusions.  He  believed 
that  every  church  should  rest  upon  this  broad  basis,  and  considered  every  form 
of  test-creed  as  an  invasion  of  the  mind's  most  sacred  rights,  and  a  breach  of 
Christian  liberty.  His  consistent  fidelity  to  this  position  led  him  into  contro- 
versy at  difiierent  periods  of  his  life.     He  engaged  in  a  correspondence  be- 


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tween  the  First  and  the  Tabernacle  Church  in  this  city,  in  1832,  which  involved 
this  principle ;  and  which  we  only  refer  to  now  in  order  to  mention  one  letter 
in  the  course  of  the  controversy  from  his  pen,  extending  to  one  hundred  and 
twenty  seven  pages,  in  defence  of  Protestant  and  Congregational  liberty.  It 
was  marked  by  his  thorough  learning  and  vigor  of  thought,  and  deserves  to 
hold  a  prominent  place  in  the  record  of  his  literary  labors. 

Indeed,  he  believed  that  this  principle  of  Christian  liberty  for  which  he  so 
zealously  contended  was  the  doctrine  of  the  original  New  England  Churches 
themselves.  He  never  questioned  that  their  opinions  were  Calvinistic,  or  that 
they  strenuously  insisted  upon  the  doctrines  of  Calvinism.  His  position  was, 
that  at  the  settlement  of  the  country,  they  were  so  mindful  of  the  spirit  of 
John  Robinson's  oft  quoted  words  respecting  the  greater  light  yet  to  break 
forth  from  God's  word,  as  to  associate  themselves  together  in  churches  under 
a  simple  covenant,  such  as  is  found  on  the  earliest  records  of  the  First  Church 
in  Salem,  and  in  Plymouth,  interweaving  no  special  statements  of  doctrine  in  the 
original  basis  of  their  organization.  A  controversy  arose  between  Rev.  Dr. 
Worcester  and  himself  in  respect  to  this  point  of  history  in  1854.  In  his 
earnestness  to  maintain  his  own  position,  to  use  his  own  language,  "First  in 
defence  of  the  truly  Protestant  foundation  of  the  First  Church"  (of  Salem,) 
and  "secondly,  in  defence  of  historical  truths,"  he  was  induced  to  prepare  an 
elaborate  work,  entitled  "New  England  Congregationalism,  in  its  Origin  and 
Purity,"  which  occupied  the  last  months,  and  almost  the  last  weeks  of  his  life. 
It  was  printed  in  a  volume  of  more  than  300  pages,  and  had  scarcely  left  the 
press  at  the  time  of  his  death.  The  truth  of  history,  whatever  it  may  be,  will 
be  finally  vindicated.  Whether  Judge  White's  positions  were  right  or  not,  be- 
yond all  question,  the  merit  must  be  awarded  to  him  of  undeviating  consistency 
in  his  opinions,  and  of  untiring  labor  in  their  defence.  And  it  is  a  striking 
and  affecting  circumstance,  that  this  principle  of  Christian  liberty,  which  he 
deemed  so  precious,  should  have  occupied  his  latest  thought,  and  commanded 
the  last  labors  of  his  pen. 

CHARACTER  AS  A  CITIZEN. 
The  position  which  Judge  White  held  in  Salem  during  the  last  twenty  or 
thirty  years  of  his  life  was  so  universally  acknowledged,  and  the  influence 
which  he  exerted  was  so  beneficent,  that  we  have  reserved  a  distinct  place  for 
this  aspect  of  his  character.  The  brilliant  circle  into  which  he  was  welcomed 
on  his  removal  from  Newburyport  was  soon  broken.  Dr.  Bowditch  took  up 
his  residence  in  Boston  in  1823.     Hon.  John  Pickering  followed  him  in  1827. 


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Judge  Story  removed  to  Cambridge  in  1829.  Dr.  Holyoke  died  in  the  same 
year.  Dr.  Prince  died  in  1836,  and  Hon.  Leverett  Saltonstall  in  1843.  Oth- 
ers also  passed  away.  Judge  White  was  thus  left  for  many  years  as  almost 
the  only  survivor  of  that  remarkable  company  of  men,  who  was  still  a  resident 
of  the  city.  It  was  natural,  therefore,  that  all  eyes  should  spontaneously  turn 
to  him  on  occasions  of  great  public  interest.  On  the  death  of  Dr.  Bowditch 
in  March  1838,  when  the  City  desired  to  offer  public  honors  to  the  memory  of 
one  of  her  most  distinguished  sons,  it  was  instantly  felt  that  Judge  White  must 
be  the  person  to  express  her  reverence.  He  was  peculiarly  fitted  to  fulfil  that 
sacred  service  by  his  full  appreciation  of  Dr.  Bowditch's  eminent  qualities  as  a 
scholar  and  a  man.  He  speaks  of  a  brief  interview  with  Dr.  Bowditch  a  few 
days  before  liis-death,  and  of  his  character,  in  the  following  words : 

"I  had  a  very  precious  conversation  with  him  which  I  shall  never  forget, 
and  for  which  I  feel  very  thankful.  He  conversed  in  the  most  affectionate  and 
interesting  manner  to  me  upon  the  relation  we  sustain  to  Divine  Providence, 
and  the  duty  of  entire  submission  in  all  things.  I  have  always  held  his  char- 
acter in  the  highest  admiration  as  a  combination  of  the  richest  qualities  of  hu- 
man nature — of  head  and  heart — theory  and  practice — public  spirit  and  so- 
cial benevolence.  Rarely  has  there  lived  a  man,  especially  a  self-educated  man, 
who  accomplished  so  much  for  Science,  for  society,  and  for  friends — who  at- 
tained such  eminence  in  the  learned  world,  and  was  so  useful  and  so  beloved  in 
the  walks  of  business  and  of  private  life." 

The  Eulogy  was  delivered  on  the  24th  of  May  1838,  and  printed  in  a 
pamphlet  of  72  pages.  Of  its  character  it  is  enough  to  say,  that  it  did  equal 
credit  to  its  subject  and  its  author. 

In  1 846  he  was  called  to  perform  a  similar  service  before  the  American 
Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  on  the  death  of  his  friend,  Hon.  John  Picker- 
ing. In  this  case  also  he  was  preeminently  the  man  to  pay  such  a  tribute- 
He  had  known  and  honored  Mr.  Pickering  since  the  day  when  they  first  met 
as  fellow  students  in  the  Law  Office  of  Judge  Putnam.  He  writes  as  follows 
in  his  Journal,  May  6th,  1 846  : 

"Heard  this  morning  of  the  afflicting  intelligence  for  which  I  was  pre- 
pared on  Monday,  of  the  death  of  Hon.  John  Pickering,  LL.  D.,  my  good  friend, 
and  a  most  excellent  man ;  distinguished  for  purity  of  mind,  heart,  character, 
taste,  feeling  and  principle ;  at  the  head  of  American  Philologists ;  accomplished 


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as  a  Classical  scholar,  and  as  a  Christian  gentleman.  His  death  makes  a 
chasm  not  easily,  or  soon  to  be  filled — one  which  will  be  long  felt  and  de- 
plored— his  merits  being  personal,  intrinsic,  rare." 

On  May  8th,  two  days  later,  he  writes  again : 

"  I  feel  Mr.  Pickering's  loss  with  no  little  sadness,  following  as  it  does  in 
quick  succession  that  of  Saltonstall  and  Story,  all  luminaries  of  Salem.  How 
rich  must  Salem  have  been  with  all  these,  and  Dr.  Bowditch  and  Dr.  Prince 
added  to  them." 

When  engaged  in  the  preparation  of  his  Eulogy  he  says,  "  I  find  a  fullness 
of  materials,  and  a  difficulty  in  selection  and  arrangement.  But  I  must  do  as 
well  as  I  can.  I  shall  not  fail  from  want  of  Iieart  in  the  subject."  And  again, 
a  few  months  afterwards,  in  speaking  of  the  five  Eulogies  which  he  had  deliv- 
ered,— the  first  upon  his  class-mate  Wellington,  when  an  under-graduate ;  the 
second  upon  the  death  of  Washington,  delivered  in  the  Meeting  House,  in  Me- 
thuen,  Jan.  13th,  1800,  at  the  request  of  the  people  of  his  native  town,  pre- 
pared at  a  few  days  notice,  without  books  to  refer  to,  when  at  home  on  a  short 
vacation,  and  which  was  his  first  printed  discourse ;  the  third  upon  Mr.  Shap- 
leigh,  the  Librarian  at  Harvard,  in  April  of  the  same  year ;  the  fourth  upon 
Dr.  Bowditch;  and  the  fifth  upon  Mr.  Pickering, — two  of  which  had  necessa- 
rily been  prepared  in  haste — he  says,  "The  first  was  written  with  some  pains, 
the  fourth  with  more,  and  the  fifth  with  most.  None  afforded  me  more  inter- 
est and  pleasure  than  the  lastj  which  I  am  very  sure  will  always  be  my  last,  as 
I  think  it  is  my  best." 

He  could  not  fail  from  "want  of  hmrf  in  these  sacred  tributes  to  friends, 
for  no  man's  friendships  were  deeper,  or  more  sincere.  The  Eulogy  upon  Mr. 
Pickering,  whom  he  depicts  as  a  "model  scholar,"  was  delivered  Oct.  20th, 
1846,  and  printed  in  a  pamphlet  of  106  pages,  at  Cambridge. 

When  it  was  proposed  to  open  a  new  Cemetery  in  the  City  in  1840,  he 
was  selected  as  the  most  fitting  person  to  give  the  Consecrating  Address. 
On  account  of  indisposition,  he  felt  himself  obliged  at  first  to  decline  that  ser- 
vice. The  following  extract  from  a  letter  written  at  the  time,  shows  how  ear- 
nestly he  entered  into  this,  as  into  every  project,  alike  for  the  adornment  and 
improvement  of  the  City. 

"I  feel  some  desire  to  comply  with  the  request,  as  I  feel  a  great  interest 
in  the  design :  but  I  feared  my  health  might  be  too  much  interrupted  to  allow 


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me  sufficient  time,  at  such  short  notice,  to  perform  the  duty  required  of  me  in 
a  proper  manner.  The  more  I  have  thought  of  the  plan  of  establishing  such 
a  Cemetery  in  our  immediate  vicinity,  the  more  important  it  appears.  The 
place  selected  is  the  very  one  of  all  others  best  adapted  by  nature  for  such  a 
purpose,  and  admits  of  all  desirable  improvements  fiom  Art,  with  all  possible 
embellishments  of  taste.  When  completed  it  will  be  a  most  attractive  spot 
for  a  rural  walk,  as  well  as  for  a  rural  burying  place,  combining  a  thousand 
interesting  associations,  continually  increasing  in  number  and  character  to  ren- 
der it  delightful,  and  in  a  moral  view,  highly  useful.  An  indissoluble  associa- 
tion exists  with  the  departed  friend  or  relative  in  the  survivor's  heart,  leading 
his  thoughts  and  feelings  constantly  to  the  spot  where  their  remains  are  de- 
posited. When  this  is  a  disagreeable  or  dreary  place,  it  is  shocking  to  the 
mourner's  sensibility ;  when  like  Mt.  Auburn,  or  the  expected  Harmony  Grove, 
it  is,  on  the  contrary,  soothing  to  his  feelings,  connecting  with  the  object  of  his 
grief  pleasing  associations,  which  serve  to  diffuse  cheerfulness  over  his  spirits, 
and  to  strip  death  of  its  gloomy  terrors." 

The  desire  that  he  should  give  the  Address  was  so  strong  that  the  invita- 
tion was  renewed.  It  was  delivered  June  14th,  1840,  and  was  afterwards 
printed. 

Judge  White  became  connected,  either  by  liberal  contributions,  or  official 
service,  sometimes  by  both,  with  every  prominent  literary  or  philanthropic  as- 
sociation in  Salem.  His  interest  in  the  Lyceum  has  been  already  mentioned. 
He  was  President  of  the  old  Essex  Historical  Society,  and  the  Salem  Athenae- 
um, the  Salem  Dispensary,  and  the  Salem  Savings  Bank.  But  the  service  which 
he  rendered  in  founding  and  endowing  the  Essex  Institute  demands  especial 
notice.  When  the  Essex  Historical,  and  the  Essex  County  Natural  History 
Societies  were  merged  in  the  Institute,  in  1 848,  he  was  chosen  its  President, 
and  continued  to  hold  that  office  until  his  death.  Since  that  union  was  accom- 
plished, by  the  constant  devotion  of  persons  interested  in  its  various  depart- 
ments of  Science,  or  History,  and  by  the  tireless  labors  of  its  Secretary,  the 
Institute  has  become  a  living  and  active  association.  At  first  its  library  was 
very  small,  comprising  only  twelve  or  thirteen  hundred  volumes.  Judge  White 
soon  determined  to  transfer  a  large  number  of  his  own  books  to  its  shelves. 
In  1851,  he  made  his  first  large  contribution,  in  addition  to  volumes  previously 
given  to  the  Historical  and  Natural  History  Societies,  of  which  he  thus  speaks, 
May  12th : 

"Selected  more  books  for  the  Essex  Institute,  chiefly  French,  Latin  and 
Greek,  with  many  small  volumes,  literary,  biographical,  historical  <fec.,  and  some 
very  valuable;  as  Barton's  Flora,  in  three  quarto  volumes,  superb  plates, 
which  I  bought  in  Providence,  when  attending  Commencement  in  1827;  Har- 


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rington's  Oceana,  and  other  works  which  I  imported  twenty  years  ago  or  more, 
Athenae,  Oxonienses,  &g.,  all  amounting,  perhaps,  to  about  400  volumes ;  and 
I  have  enough  more  to  send,  doubtless,  to  make  the  number  exceed  3000." 

In  1857  he  made  another  contribution  at  the  time  of  the  removal  of  the 
Institute  to  its  present  rooms  in  Plummer  Hall,  of  which  he  thus  speaks,  July 
14th: 

"  I  have  been  very  busy  in  closing  my  remittance  of  books  to  the  Essex 
Institute,  making  in  all  over  a  thousand  volumes  of  valuable  books,  amounting 
at  a  moderate  estimate  to  between  1,300  and  1,400  dollars.  With  those  sent 
before,  of  whose  value  I  make  no  particular  estimate,  the  number  exceeds  four 
thousand  volumes." 

In  addition  to  these,  by  his  will,  he  directed  that  over  3,000  more  should 
be  given,  so  that  his  entire  contributions  amount  to  more  than  eight  thousand 
volumes,  and  about  ten  thousand  pamphlets. 

One  small  donation  of  thirty  or  forty  volumes  of  choice  books,  comprising 
among  them  some  rare  editions  of  the  classics,  and  which  were  sent  only  two 
days  before  his  death,  has  a  special  interest.  They  were  selected  from  the  li- 
brary of  Dr.  Vergnies,  formerly  of  Newburyport,  and  he  desired  them  to  be 
placed  in  the  Institute  for  consultation  instead  of  general  circulation ;  and  his 
last  signature,  on  the  last  evening  of  his  life,  was  affixed  to  the  paper  in  which 
he  stated  his  wishes  respecting  their  future  use. 

These  contributions  are  of  great  value.  Among  them  are  nearly  a  thous- 
and volumes  of  English  and  American  History,  and  nearly  as  many  more  of 
English  Literature,  some  of  them  rare  and  fine  editions,  making  the  library 
rich  in  those  departments.  A  great  number  of  all  these  8,000  volumes  have 
annotations  in  Judge  White's  own  hand,  giving  facts  respecting  their  authors, 
or  criticisms  of  his  own,  with  reference  to  notices  of  them  elsewhere,  which 
greatly  add  to  their  worth,  and  would  be  of  great  help  to  the  student.  These 
gifts,  with  donations  from  other-  patrons  of  the  Institute,  make  a  library 
which  is  already,  in  many  respects,  very  complete,  and  which  only  needs  one  or 
two  thousand  volumes  of  modern  works,  judiciously  selected,  to  supply  its  pres- 
ent deficiencies,  to  become  what  its  friends  desire  it  to  be.  Though  dead,  its 
generous  benefactor  still  speaks  to  those  who  can  complete  the  endowment 
which  he  so  munificently  began. 

The  gifts  of  Judge  White  to  the  Institute  were  not  confined  to  contribu- 
tions of  books.  When  a  thousand  or  fifteen  hundred  dollars  were  needed  in 
money,  he  cheerfully  assumed  a  fifteenth  or  twentieth  part  of  the  sum  as  his 
own  proportion.     It  is  probably  just  also  to  say,  that  to  his  good  offices  in 


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removing  questionings  which  had  previously  existed  in  Miss  Plummer's  mind 
in  respect  to  the  possibility  of  any  future  misappropriation  of  her  bequests,  the 
Athenaeum  is  indebted  for  her  legacy  of  thirty  thousand  dollars  for  the  erec- 
tion of  Plummer  Hall,  which  affords  such  ample  accommodations  for  the  li- 
brary and  cabinets  of  the  Institute,  and  which  is  such  an  ornament  and  honor 
to  the  city  itself. 

Of  Judge  White's  other  contributions  in  multiplied  forms  of  charity,  it 
would  be  impossible  fitly  to  speak.  If  a  subscription  were  desirable  for  any 
benevolent  purpose,  he  would  often  be  the  first  to  suggest  it,  and  always  be  ready 
to  aid  it  with  generous  gifts.  Sometimes  he  would  personally  solicit  donations 
from  others ;  and  he  occasionally  gives  amusing  descriptions  of  his  experien- 
ces in  that  form  of  service,  and  of  the  knowledge  of  human  nature  which  was 
thus  obtained.  He  had  the  training  of  a  New  England  home,  in  which  econo- 
my is  often  diligently  studied  in  order  to  provide  liberally  for  the  choicest  ed- 
ucation of  a  child,  or  to  lavish  its  gifts  upon  some  great  Christian  enterprise ; 
a  training  which  seems  beautifully  to  blend  the  teaching  of  the  multiplying  of 
the  loaves  with  the  gathering  up  of  the  fragments.  Thus  he  became  simple  in 
his  own  tastes,  but  prompt  to  meet  every  demand  or  opportunity  of  charity. 
He  remembered  every  tie  of  kindred ;  he  sent  help  to  the  poor ;  he  stretched 
out  his  hand  to  society  and  to  the  world.  The  surplus  of  income  beyond  the 
necessary  expenses  of  his  household,  during  the  later  years  of  life,  was  gener- 
ally consecrated  to  offices  of  benevolence.  He  was  not  undiscriminating  in  his 
gifts.  Applications  for  aid  which  did  not  commend  themselves  to  his  judgment 
he  unhesitatingly  refused.  But  he  suffered  no  temporary  diminution  of  income, 
or  pecuniary  loss,  to  lessen  his  contributions  to  habitual  dependants  upon  his 
bounty,  or  stint  his  offerings  to  these  more  sacred  objects  of  beneficence.  He 
cultivated  the  acquaintance  of  young  men  who  were  earnestly  struggling  to 
gain  a  liberal  education ;  not  only  in  order  to  aid  them  by  pecuniary  assistance, 
but  by  his  sympathy  and  encouragement,  which  from  one  so  honored  was  an 
additional  inspiration. 

It  was  his  frequent  custom  to  note  down  upon  the  checks  which  he  drew 
for  any  special  purpose,  the  object  to  which  that  sum  of  money  was  to  be  de- 
voted; and  thus  his  bank  account,  though  it  might  furnish  no  record  of  some 
munificent  gifts,  and  of  numberless  smaller  ones  which  have  no  record  upon 
earth,  would  present  an  unusual  and  a  beautiful  history  of  charity.  Truly  such 
men  "make  to  themselves  friends  of  the  mammon  of  unrighteousness,  that, 
when  they  fail,  receive  them  into  everlasting  habitations." 


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It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  say,  that  a  man  so  distinguished  as  Judge 
White  for  intellectual  power,  and  literary  acquisitions,  so  steadfast  in  integrity? 
so  large-minded  and  catholic  in  spirit,  so  prompt  to  recognize  every  claim  of 
citizenship  or  charity,  so  steadfastly  devoted  to  the  best  interests  of  society, 
must  have  become  a  beneficent  power  in  the  community,  whose  influence  it  is 
equally  impossible  to  describe,  and  difficult  to  overestimate.'  His  cooperation, 
or  his  benediction,  was  the  first  thing  to  be  sought  in  every  important  move- 
ment for  the  public  good.  In  later  years,  at  least,  "his  name  led  all  the  rest." 
His  presence  was  a  silent  rebuke  to  injustice,  to  narrowness  and  selfishness  in 
their  every  form.  He  was  a  living  embodiment  of  what  a  true  public  spirit 
can  do  to  call  forth  the  same  generous  feeling  in  other  men,  not  only  by  his 
multiplied  acts  of  benevolence,  but  by  the  perpetual  influence  of  his  character. 
The  City  was  indeed  bereaved  when  his  manly  form  was  no  longer  seen  mov- 
ing on  its  accustomed  rounds,  and  his  face  no  longer  looked  benignantly  upon 
the  young  in  their  innocent  sports,  or  gave  its  benediction  to  friends  as  he 
passed  them  by.  Such  men  as  he  are  the  crown  of  the  community  in  which 
they  dwell,  and  when  they  are  seen  no  more,  we  ask  for  it  no  greater  blessing, 
than  that  the  living  who  have  witnessed  their  virtues,  should  study  their  exam- 
ple, and  tread  in  their  faithful  steps. 

LATEST    DAYS,    AND    CHARACTER. 

There  is  a  picture  which  represents  a  child  and  an  aged  man  going  down 
together  to  the  river  of  death.  The  child  presses  forward  in  eager  haste,  with 
no  sensation,  because  he  has  had  no  experience  of  fear.  The  man  moves  on 
with  steady  step,  and  serene  face,  bearing  a  lamp  and  a  cross.  There  is  a 
true  serenity,  a  ripened  beauty,  in  a  genial,  thoughtful.  Christian  age,  which 
surpasses  the  charm  of  youth.  It  rested  upon  the  last  years  of  Judge  White 
to  a  remarkable  degree.  He  moved  calmly  on  into  the  vale  of  years,  amid 
honor  and  respect,  encircled  by  the  love  and  reverence  of  children  and  of 
friends.  His  own  feeling  in  respect  to  advancing  age  is  indicated  in  a  letter 
written  a  number  of  years  before  his  death,  when  his  children,  after  a  vacation, 
had  returned  to  College. 

"We  have  few  hearty  laughs  in  your  absence,  but  these  become  less  and 
less  the  constituents  of  true  enjoyment  as  we  advance  in  life,  yet  never  unwel- 
come, unless  unseasonable. — E.  may  miss  your  exciting  merriment  more  than  I 
do ;  yet  I  often  enjoy  it,  without  seeming  to  partake  of  it,  and  all  the  more  for 
its  reviving  a  recollection  of  early  life  when  I  entered  into  the  spirit  of  social 
merriment  as  heartily  as  either  of  you  can  now.     Different  persons  feel  very 

(9) 


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differently  as  they  grow  old  in  respect  to  scenes  of  mirth  and  gay  amusements, 
according  as  their  spirits  have  been  more  or  less  exposed  to  the  chilling  blasts 
of  adversity  and  affliction.  Some  continue  almost  to  the  end  of  a  long  life 
with  little  experience  of  these — the  circle  of  their  early  friends  and  intimate 
connections  remaining  to  them  nearly  unbroken ;  and  they  may  "well  continue 
to  enjoy  the  gayeties  which  have  seldom  been  interrupted  by  sorrow  and  suffer- 
ing. Others  are  so  frequently  and  severely  bereaved  as  to  lose  all  taste  and 
relish  for  the  amusements  of  life,  and  almost  to  acquire  a  habit  of  sober 
thought  and  feeling,  which,  to  superficial  observers,  bears  the  appearance  of 
opposition  to  all  hilarity  of  soul.  There  are  very  few,  I  believe,  however 
smoothly  the  current  of  life  may  run,  whose  spirits  are  not  chastened  by  their 
experience  and  reflection  into  some  degree  of  sobriety  of  manner  and  feeling 
as  they  advance  in  life,  beyond  what  they  before  manifested.  This  at  least  is 
becoming  in  all,  and  the  surest  prognostic  of  a  green  old  age,  which  is  far  dif- 
ferent from  a  frolicJcsome  one,  and  which  naturally  results  from  reflection  and 
wisdom  in  the  earlier  periods  of  life." 

He  had  himself  secured  the  reflection,  and  gained  the  wisdom,  to  make 
his  own  old  age  green.  The  tree  was  planted  by  the  living  springs,  and  the 
freshness  of  its  leaf  did  not  fade.  By  a  steadfast  observance  of  the  laws  of 
health  he  regained  the  vigor  which  had  been  almost  sacrificed  by  excessive 
study  in  youth,  and  his  step  was  elastic  and  firm  almost  to  the  end.  A 
young  man  who  was  with  him  on  his  last  visit  to  Cambridge  could  scarcely 
keep  pace  with  his  rapid  walk.  His  youthfulness  of  face  was  long  retained. 
His  hair  was  slightly  silvered.  When  a  member  of  one  of  his  old  Cambridge 
Classes  said  to  him  on  his  reaching  his  seventieth  year,  "you  look  about  as 
you  did  when  I  recited  Latin  to  you  in  College" — he  writes  in  his  diary — 
"A  compliment  indeed  to  my  early  looks."  He  looked  genially  upon  youthful 
sports,  and  thankfully  upon  Nature's  beauty,  during  the  last  months  of  his 
life,  making  such  entries  as  these  in  his  journal :  "Had  pleasant  walks  A.  M.  and 
P.  M.  The  Common  alive  with  Cricket  players."  "Took  a  little  walk  with 
wife  in  the  street  to  and  fro,  to  enjoy  the  delightful  moon  playing  hide  and 
seek  with  the  passing  clouds."  His  mind  retained  its  noonday  strength,  and 
his  pen  was  as  active  in  age  as  in  youth.  On  account  of  the  intimate  associa- 
tions which  he  had  held  with  many  distinguished  men,  and  the  accuracy  of  his 
memory,  he  was  constantly  called  upon  during  his  later  years  to  contribute  his 
reminiscences  respecting  them.  He  was  as  a  treasure-house  from  which  the 
richest  gifts  could  be  drawn  to  illustrate  their  character,  or  adorn  their  memory. 
He  freely  met  such  calls  as  these,  sometimes  answering  them  at  length,  espec- 
ially in  respect  to  Professors  Frisbie  and  Popkin,  Dr.  Channing,  Judge  Parsons, 
and  Dr.  Pearson  of  Andover.     Many  briefer  Obituary  notices  came  from  his 


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pen.  One  of  these,  published  in  the  Salem  Gazette  of  July  21, 1846,  was  upon 
Miss  Mehitable  Higginson,  the  sixth  in  descent  from  Rev.  Francis  Higginson, 
the  first  minister  of  the  First  Church,  and  the  last  person  of  that  name  in  the 
City.     In  his  diary,  July  20th,  1846,  he  writes : 

"Passed  forenoon  mostly  in  completing  my  obituary  Notice  of  Miss  Hig- 
ginson, whose  worth  and  excellence  as  a  teacher  I  endeavored  to  set  forth  as 
an  example  to  others,  as  well  as  to  make  them  better  known  and  appreciated, 
having  ever  regarded  her  as  one  of  the  choicest  blessings  Salem  ever  had." 
He  then  speaks  of  her  great  service  in  the  moral  training  of  the  children  under 
her  charge,  and  adds,  ''  I  feel  her  loss,  and  am  grateful  for  her  lessons  and  ef- 
forts for  my  own  children.  Her  whole  history,  as  well  as  ancestry,  is  interest- 
ing." 

At  a  later  period,  he  prepared  his  "Notices  of  the  First  Church  in  Salem 
and  its  Ministers  from  1629  to  1853,"  appended  to  a  Sermon  preached  at  the 
Installation  of  its  present  minister;  and  his  "Brief  Memoir  of  the  Plummer 
Family."  Later  still,  when  he  was  in  his  eighty  second  year,  he  wrote  a  letter 
in  reference  to  the  will  of  his  friend  and  brother  Joseph  Hurd,  and  the  final 
result  of  the  trial  of  the  case  respecting  it  before  Judge  Thomas  of  Lowell, 
which  was  published  in  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser,  May  20th,  1858,  and  pro- 
nounced a  wonderfully  condensed  piece  of  logic.  He  revived  his  youthful 
friendships  with  beloved  classmates ;  for  it  was  a  remarkable  fact  in  respect  to 
his  Class,  that  the  five  who  stood  highest  in  scholarship  lived  to  a  very  ad- 
vanced age.  They  responded  to  his  greeting  with  equal  love ;  one  of  them, 
most  honored,  perhaps,  of  all,  writing,  "I  walk  in  the  flower  garden  of  my 
twenty-one  grandchildren,  and  two  great  grandchildren,  and  my  wife  leans  on 
my  arm.  We  study  to  be  content,  and  ought  to  be  thankful."  He  remem- 
bered Atkinson  Academy,  where  he  fitted  for  College,  and  sent  a  gift  of 
books  to  it  on  April  1,  1860,  as  a  token  of  his  love.  Many  days  in  the  year 
became  anniversaries,  reviving  beautiful  memories  of  pleasant  events  in  his 
own  history,  or  sacred  memories  of  friends,  earlier  or  later  dead,  which  were 
noted  in  his  Journal  in  such  words  as  these:  "Fifty-five  years  ago  this  day 
since  my  College  classmate  and  chum,  Jabez  Kimball,  died.  A  noble  hearted 
man."  "Recollections  of  the  best  hours  of  life  "  came  in  multiplying  throngs, 
bringing  their  lamps  to  cheer  his  later  days.  Grandchildren  already  unfolding 
high  powers  in  life's  work,  or  amidst  College  studies,  occasionally  came  to  his 
home  to  receive  his  benediction,  and  to  find  new  inspiration  in  his  counsels. 

But  the  end  drew  near.  Only  a  short  time  after  he  left  College,  in  a  let- 
ter to  a  classmate  who  had  met  a  very  sad  bereavement,  he  said,  "I  have  often 


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thought  it  an  instance  of  the  great  goodness  of  Grod  that  we  are,  for  the  most 
part,  brought  to  the  grave  by  such  mild  and  gentle  gradations  as  to  lose  in  our- 
selves all  horror  of  death,  and  to  render  less  poignant  the  sorrow  of  surviv- 
ing friends.  In  the  glow  of  health  the  thought  of  dying  can  scarcely  be  en- 
dured ;  but  by  a  gradually  wasting  sickness  the  mind  becomes  familiarized  to 
it ;  the  love  of  life  is  kindly  weakened,  and  death  is  only  the  last  link  of  a 
long  series  of  changes.  'Resignation  gently  slopes  the  way.'  "  His  words 
were  prophetic  of  his  own  experience.  The  way  had  been  gradually  prepared 
for  himself  by  the  departure  of  classmates,  cotemporaries  and  friends.  But 
the  death  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Foote,  Dec.  24th,  1857,  had  a  deeper  influence 
than  all.  His  other  daughter,  always  an  equally  bright  and  welcome  presence, 
resided  in  another  town,  and  could  not  be  constantly  near  him.  Mrs.  Foote 
was  his  daily  sunshine.  They  interchanged  visits  almost  every  day.  Equally 
remarkable  for  conversational  powers,  they  were  inspirations  to  each  others' 
mind  in  the  aflFectionate  intercourse  of  father  and  child.  But  he  bowed  with- 
out a  murmur  to  the  will  of  God.  On  the  day  of  her  death  he  writes  in  his 
Journal,  "So  the  day  has  passed;  may  the  deep  emotions  and  the  tears,  and 
profound  reflections,  and  religious  impressions,  all  be  blessed  to  our  own  high- 
est good."  She  was  with  him  still  in  memory  and  love.  He  felt  the  truth  of 
the  following  words  from  a  classmate  when  speaking  of  his  own  departed 
daughter :  "Here  is  a  tie  of  the  purest  kind,  unbroken,  and  to  be  unbroken  for- 
ever, to  which  the  heart  can  turn  for  solace,  from  every  jar  within  and  without. 
It  is  really  treasure  laid  up  in  Heaven ;  a  treasure  of  good  thoughts  and  aflfec- 
tions,  free  from  all  the  dross  of  our  nature,  and  never  recurred  to  without  grati- 
tude to  God.  From  the  constant  presence  of  my  daughter  in  my  heart,  I  feel 
as  if  she  must  be  ever  with  me,  whether  in  life  or  death,  and  a  part  of  me  al- 
ways." Still  life  had  no  longer  the  same  charm  for  him.  Months  afterward  he 
said  to  a  friend,  "Much  of  the  sunniness  of  Salem  has  been  taken  away  by  Ma- 
ry's death ;"  and  he  felt,  in  the  language  of  the  classmate  to  whom  reference 
has  just  been  made,  that  the  event  had  "more  than  half  averted  his  eyes  from 
the  pre-accustomed  sources  of  happiness." 

During  a  sickness  a  year  or  two  later,  from  which  he  slowly  rallied,  he  ex- 
pressed a  wish  that  his  time  might  then  come,  rather  than  that  life  should  be 
lengthened  with  the  probable  diminution  of  strength.  When  a  friend  said, 
"There  are  many  things  which  you  will  enjoy  if  you  get  well,"  he  quickly  an- 
swered, "  0  yes,  I  should  like  to  see  old  friends  again  on  Commencement  Day," 
which  was  then  close  at  hand.  And  he  did  see  them  again.    He  clung  to  them  till 


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the  pulse  beat  no  longer.  But  the  heavens  had  been  more  distinctly  revealed 
by  his  daughter's  death,  and  it  was  the  unconscious  influence  of  this  event,  per- 
haps, rather  than  the  dread  of  increasing  weakness,  that  made  him  more  ready 
to  unloose  the  clasp  of  earthly  hands. 

When  the  last  weeks  and  days  came,  "Resignation  gently  sloped  the  way." 
He  made  every  disposition  of  his  worldly  affairs  with  perfect  calmness  and 
clearness  of  mind.  He  recalled  all  his  dear  ones  and  friends,  and  set  apart 
tokens  of  love  for  each  and  all.  He  was  fully  alive  to  the  best  interests  of  the 
world,  and  the  welfare  of  country.  He  cordially  welcomed  friends  to  his  cham- 
ber. His  messages  of  love  were  more  tender  than  ever.  He  listened  to  fa- 
vorite passages  of  Scripture,  read  by  son  or  daughter,  with  deep  emotion. 
As  the  fatal  disease  went  on  he  would  write  in  his  diary,  "Feel  no  better;  yet 
thankful  for  the  many  mercies  I  enjoy."  Many  men  have  been  equally  serene. 
More  serene  no  man  could  be.  He  rested  upon  no  theory  or  hope  of  his  own, 
not  relying  even  upon  the  thought  that  he  should  meet  his  beloved  ones  again. 
He  lay  like  a  little  child  in  his  father's  hand,  repeating  oft,  or  listening  to  the 
words  of  his  favorite  hymn : 

"  My  God,  I  thank  thee ;  may  no  thought 
E'er  deem  thy  chastisements  severe." 

That  hymn  embodied  his  own  religious  life.  In  youth,  as  he  walked 
around  his  father's  farm,  amid  the  beauty  of  Nature  which  then  sank  into  his 
heart,  he  learned  to  feel  the  truth  of  the  words : 

"  Thy  mercy  bids  all  nature  bloom  ; 
The  sun  shines  bright,  and  man  is  gay." 

Amidst  the  chastenings  of  many  a  deep  experience  he  learned  equally  to  feel 

the  truth  of  those  other  lines : 

"  Thine  equal  mercy  spreads  the  gloom 
Which  darkens  o'er  my  little  day," 

until  those  words   "Thine  equal  mercy,"  *were  always  hymning  themselves  in 
his  heart,  or  ready  to  drop  from  his  lips. 

Except  a  request  for  water,  these  were  his  last  words.  He  had  been  able 
to  sit  in  his  chair  till  the  last  day.  On  that  morning,  yielding  to  his  physician's 
advice,  he  remained  in  bed,  with  wife  and  children  and  grandchildren  about 
him,  to  accompany  him  to  the  river's  side.  He  heard  the  tidings  of  the  death 
of  Judge  Shaw,  less  than  an  hour  before  his  own  departure,  and  said,  "It  is  a 
good  time."  He  had  learned  long  ago  to  bear  the  cross.  The  lamp  was  in 
his  hand  as  he  stepped  into  the  river's  brink.  And  so  he  fell  asleep,  with  a 
smile  upon  his  countenance,  "and  soon,"  in  the  words  of  filial  piety  watching 


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his  ascension,  "his  face  shone  as  if  it  had  been  the  face  of  an  angel."  He  died 
March  30th,  1861,  aged  84  years,  9  months,  and  23  days.  His  funeral  was  at 
the  First  Church,  April  i*.nd,  and  his  body  was  laid  in  the  Cemetery  of  Har- 
mony Grove. 

In  attempting  to  delineate  the  features  of  his  character,  it  is  difficult  fully 
to  picture  the  impressions  which  they  made.  There  were  strong  elements  in 
his  nature  which  it  may  have  required  a  struggle  to  discipline  in  earlier  days. 
He  was  capable  of  intense  moral  indignation  at  injustice,  or  narrowness,  or 
meanness,  in  their  every  form.  He  had  the  power  of  denouncing  them  in  words 
that  pierced  like  swords.  Perhaps  if  he  had  remained  in  public  life,  he  would 
have  been  too  honest  and  outspoken  to  retain  uninterrupted  favor,  though  he 
might  have  always  commanded  the  most  absolute  respect  and  confidence.  But 
if  there  were  struggles  in  earlier  life,  his  last  days  only  exhibited  the  victory. 
There  seemed  to  be  a  rare  mental  and  moral  balance  in  his  character.  No 
man  left  the  impression  of  a  more  absolute  integrity.  No  injustice  had  a  place 
in  his  heart.  Sinister  purposes  and  aims  would  have  shrunk  before  his  upright- 
ness. Indeed,  he  was  one  of  those  whose  "sphere"  called  out  the  best 
thoughts  from  other  minds,  and  the  noblest  traits  in  their  character,  and  un- 
consciously constrained  other  souls  to  put  on  their  best  robes  in  his  presence. 
He  was  a  man  of  childlike  simplicity.  With  characteristic  modesty  he  never 
displayed  his  wealth  of  literary  acquisitions  until  called  upon  to  impart  of  his 
ample  store ;  and  then  he  opened  all  his  treasures  as  freely  as  he  opened  his 
hand  to  bestow  his  gifts  of  charity.  The  record  of  his  life  is  a  record  of  good 
deeds.  Perhaps  he  may  have  seemed  reserved  to  those  who  knew  him  but 
slightly.  He  never  seemed  so  to  the  children  whom  he  would  stop  to  greet  in 
his  walks,  and  to  cheer  with  kindly  words,  or  to  the  children  who  were  visitors 
at  his  home.  He  never  seemed  so  to  friends.  The  sunshine  of  his  look  fell 
upon  them  with  no  eclipse.  No  other  word  than  benignity  can  express  the  as- 
pect which  his  countenance  wore  for  them.  The  tree  "bore  twelve  manner  of 
fruits,"  because  its  roots  were  fed  from  the  river  of  life.  A  devout  attendant 
at  church,  when  both  his  theological  attainments  and  his  christian  experience 
made  it  far  more  fitting  for  him  to  preach  than  to  listen ;  an  habitual  student 
of  the  Scriptures  from  his  youth ;  thoughtfiil,  reverent  always ;  sitting  daily  at 
his  Master's  feet,  asking  the  guidance  of  his  Father's  hand,  he  lived  in  trust  and 
faith,  till  faith  was  changed  to  sight. 

Few  men  have  had  more  honorable  tributes  of  respect  and  love  than  were 
spontaneously  ofiered  to  his  memory.     One  friend  writes,  "His  presence  al- 


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ways  seemed  to  me  like  a  benediction,  and  it  is  no  exaggeration  to  say,  that  an 
atmosphere  of  goodness  ever  surrounded  him,  which  I  always  felt  whenever  I 
was  fortunate  enough  to  be  near  him."  Another  says,  "I  remember  well  the 
veneration  with  which  I  looked  upon  him  more  than  twenty  years  ago,  and 
from  that  day  to  the  last  time  I  met  him,  I  have  looked  upon  him  as  an  exam- 
ple to  his  race."  These  were  men  many  years  younger  than  himself.  Those 
who  more  nearly  approached  his  own  age  offered  similar  tributes.  One  speaks 
of  his  "gratitude  for  the  indulgence  exhibited  by  his  tutor  more  than  sixty 
years  before,  and  his  admiration  for  the  faithfulness  of  the  Judge."  Another 
quotes  the  opinion  which  he  had  heard  expressed  by  a  friend  before  his  own 
personal  acquaintance,  "  That  Judge  White  was  one  of  the  most  perfect  speci- 
mens of  humanity  he  had  known,"  and  then  adds,  "When  I  came  to  know 
him  myself,  I  could  easily  understand  the  grounds  of  such  an  opinion.  When 
I  was  with  him  I  always  felt  myself  under  an  attractive  influence  which  I  had 
neither  the  disposition,  nor  the  ability  to  resist.  His  excellent  sense  and  va- 
ried information,  and  fine  colloquial  powers,  and  genial,  generous  spirit,  always 
acted  as  a  charm  upon  me."  And  a  most  beloved  classmate  writes,  "I  have 
now  lost  my  warm-hearted  and  affectionate  correspondent,  whose  purity  and 
intelligence  were  a  constant  refreshment  to  think  of,  and  whose  tastes  and 
opinions  were  more  in  sympathy  with  my  own  than  those  of  any  other  man  of 
my  time.  In  many  respects  I  have  seen  no  person  like  him,  no  person  so  un- 
varying for  so  long  a  life,  the  delicacy  and  susceptibility  of  his  affections  con- 
tinuing the  same  from  my  first  acquaintance  with  him.  The  remembrance  of 
him  must  be  a  store  of  sacred  thoughts,  as  well  as  of  honorable  and  wise  prin- 
ciples to  his  descendants.  It  will  be  to  me  while  I  live.  Let  those  who  were 
nearest  to  him  know  how  deeply  I  respected  and  loved  him,  and  how  truly 
thrcrugh  our  long  lives,  the  intercourse  between  us,  which  began  in  these  senti- 
ments, was  without  jar,  or  shadow  to  the  end." 

There  were  very  many  kindred  voices,  but  all  spoke  in  the  same  tone, 
and  between  their  testimonies,  there  was  no  "jar." 

A  more  faithful  or  kinder  parishioner  no  minister  ever  had.  A  truer  or 
more  honored  friend  we  have  never  known.  It  is  a  blessing  to  recall  his  mem- 
ory, though  it  renews  the  grief  for  his  loss,  and  compels  those  who  loved  him, 
in  his  own  chosen  words  respecting  President  Willard,  "  to  weep  most  of  all 
that  they  shall  see  his  face  no  more." 


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A  COPY  OF  THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF 
MARRIAGES  OF  THE  TOWN  OF 
ROWLEY,    WITH    NOTES. 


COMMUNICATED  BY   M.  A.  STICKNEY. 


Continued  from  Vol.  VI,  page  41. 


Returned  all  to  Salem  Court  December. 
Anno  1688. 

William  Cressee  and  Anne  Hidden  daugh- 
ter of  Andrew  Hidden  and  Sarah  his  wife 
married  January  the  twenty  third  day. 

Mr.  Robert  Greenhouse  and  Sarah  Mig- 
hill  relict  and  widdow  of  Steven  Mighill  of 
Rowley  married  March  the  sixth  day. 

John  Dresser  and  Mercy  Dickinson  daugh- 
ter of  James  Dickinson  and  Rebecca  married 
the  seventh  day  of  June. 

Nathaniell  Broadstreet  and  Priscilla 


-married  October  the  sixteenth  day. 


Returned  all  to  Salem  December  V^th. 
Anno  1689. 

Andrew  Sticknee  and  Edna  Lambert  mar- 
ried January  the  twentie  second  day. 

Samuell  Wood  and  Margaret  Ellithorpe 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Ellithorpe  married 
January  the  twenty  first  day. 

Jeremiah  Ellsworth  and  Sarah  Jewett  the 
daughter  of  Maxemillion  Jewett  married 
May  the  thirteenth  day. 

Josiah  Wood  and  Mary  Felt  married  Oc- 
tober the  seventeenth  day. 

Nathan  Wheler  and  EHzebeth  SafFord  of 
Ipswich  married  January  13th  1GS9  or  90. 

Capt.  Daniell  Wicom  and  Lidia  Platts 
maryed  ye  eleventh  of  November  1691. 

Jethro  Wheeler  and  Hannah  French  mar- 
ied  July  the  2d  day  1690. 

Thomas  Burklee  and  Hester  Hobkinson 
maryed  ye  third  of  December  1690. 


Anno  1690. 

Solomon  Wood  and  Mary  Haseltine  were 
married  October  the  fifteenth  day. 

Mr.  Thomas  Nelson  and  Phillissy  Platts 
were  married  the  ninth  day  of  Aprill. 

Francis  Palmer  and  Ann  Jewett  maried 
the  tenth  day  of  June. 

Daniel  Wicome  and  Sarah  Hazen  married 
the  twenty  seventh  of  June. 
Anno  1691. 

John  Lighten  and  Martha  Cheney  maryed 
the  fourth  day  of  June. 

Samuell  Cooper  and  Mary  Heriman  mar- 
yed ye  twenty  fifth  day  of  June. 

John  Broadstreet  and  Hannah  Dummer 
were  married  the  twenty  ninth  of  January 
1690-1 

John  Pickard  and  Johanah  Bishop  were 
maryed  the  fifth  day  of  March  1690-1 

Ezekiell  Northend  and  Dorothy  Seawall 
maryed  September  ye  tenth  1691. 

James  Platts  and  Lidia  Hale  maryed  Sep- 
tember ye  tenth  1691. 

March  ye  \^th  1691-2  Then  made  return  to 
Capt.    Thomas    Wade  of  Ipswich. 

Tho  Dickison  and  Elizebet  Platts  maryed 
the  therd  day  of  June  1691. 

Jonathan  Heriman  and  Margaret  Wood 
maryed  ye  19th  of  August  1691. 

Tho  Jewitt  and  Hannah  Swan  maryed  ye 
18th  day  of  May  1692. 

William  Hobson  and  Sarah  Jewett  maryed 
ye  9th  of  June  1692. 

Joseph  Boynton  and  Brigitt  Haris  maryed 
ye  30th  of  January  1692-3 

Samuell  Johnson  and  Francis  Wicome 
maryed  the  31st  May  1694. 

Mighell  Hopkinson  and  Sarah  CoUman 
maryed  the  sixteenth  of  June  1696. 

Daniell  Foster  of  Ipswich  and  Mary 
Dresser  maryed  December  4th  1696. 


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Joseph   Andrews  of   Boxford  and   Mary 
Dickinson  maryed  March  thirtieth  1696 

Jonathan  Pljmmer  of  Newbury   and  Sa- 
rah Peirson  maryed  June  16th  1696. 

James  Ordaway  of   Newbury  and   Sarah 
Clark  maryed  19th  of  June  1696. 

Cornelius  Davis  of  Newbury  and  Elize- 
beth  Hidden  married  August  24th  1696. 

Kobert   Wadleigh  of   Exeter   and   Sarah 
Nelson  married  September  8th  1696. 

John  Lunt  and  Ruth  Jewett  married  Oc- 
tober 26th  1696. 

Thomas   Farnham   and   Johanna    Jewett 
married  Nov.  10th  1697. 

Thomas  Gage  and  Mary  Smith  married 
December  10th  1697. 

John  Nelson  and  Mary  Trumble  married 
January  18th  1697-8. 

Judah  Trumble  and  Elizebeth  Acie  mar- 
ried November  nth  1698. 

Samuell  Hidden  and  Mary  Creessec  mar- 
ried April  20th  1698. 

Ebenezer  Stewart  and  Elizebeth  Johnson 
May  23d  1698. 

John  Perley  and  Jane  Dresser  July  13th 
1698. 

Ebenezer  Prown  and  Mary  Jewett   July 
29th  1698. 

Caleb  Burbanke  and  Hannah  Accce  Aug- 
ust 31st  1698. 

Samuell  Hale   and   Martha   Palmer  No- 
vember 3d  1698. 

James  Tod  and  Mary  Hopkinson  married 
June  22d  1699. 

John  Hobson  and  Dorcas  Pearson  married 
September  7th  1699. 

Jonathan  Dresser  and  Sarah  Leaver  mar- 
ried October  31st  1695. 

Jonathan  Jewett  and  Mary  Wicom  mar- 
ried January  24th  1699-1700. 
(10a) 


Marriages  consummated  betwixt, 

John  Spoffard  &  Dorcas  Hopkinson  mar- 
ried Feb.  15,  1699-1700. 

Samuell  Dresser  &  Mary  Burkbee  married 
May  13th  1700. 

Jonathan  Woodman  and  Sarah  Mighill 
June  24th  1700- 

William  Tompson  &  Abigail  Allee  June 
25  1700. 

Gershom  Nelson  &  Abigaill  Elethorp  mar- 
ied  July  17th  1700. 

John  Jewett  and  Elizabeth  Raynu  married 
Nov.  28th  1700. 

Nathan'll  Elethorp  &  Hannah  Bradstreet 
Dec'r  3d  1700. 

Henry  Eielic  &  Elizabeth  Bennit  Decem- 
ber nth  1700. 

Nathaniell  Bayly  &  Sarah  Clark  January 
2d  1700. 

Benjamin  Stickney  &  Mary  Palmer  Janu- 
ary 16th  1700-1. 

Daniel  Jewett  &  Elizabeth  Hopkinson 
Feb.  25th  1700-1. 

John  Chaplin  and  Margaret  Boyuton  mar- 
ried Aprill  the  9  th  1701. 

Joseph  Peirson  and  Sarrah  Walker  mar- 
ried June  the  3d  1701. 

Samuell  Silver  and  Sarrah  Colebee  married 
July  the  8th  1701. 

James  Dickinson  and  Mary  Wood  married 
July  the  16th  1701. 

Ebenezer  Hidden  and  Elizebeth  Story  mar- 
ried July  the  17,  1701. 

Samuel  Lancaster  and  Hannah  Platts  mar- 
ried Agust  the  26,  1701. 

John  Scott  and  Elizabeth  Crosbie  marrred 
September  the  24,  1701. 

John  Plumcr  and  Elizebeth  Smith  married 
November  the  21,  1701. 

Edmund  Potter  and  Johanah  Pickard  mar- 
ried December  the  17,  1701. 


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Eichard  Bointon  and  Sarrah  Dresser  mar- 
aied  December  the  24,  1701. 

Jacob  Barker  and  Margarit  Tenney  maried 
December  30,  1701. 

Lent.  John  Dresser  and  Eebecca  Dickin- 
son married  January  the  7,  1701. 

Daniell  Hardy  and  Martha  Wicom  maried 
January  the  16,  1701-2. 

Joseph  Brockelbanke  and  Elizabeth  Bark- 
er married  Febuary  the  18,  1701-2. 

John  Rogers  and  Martha  Lightbn  married 
June  the  26,  1702. 

Francis  Nelson  and  Mercy  Ray  married 
November  the  14,  1702. 

Richard  Clarke  and  Abigaill  Wycom  mar- 
ried December  2d  1702. 

Lionell  Chutte  and  Anna  Cheany  married 
December  10,  1702. 

David  Campanell  and  Elizabeth  Doake 
married  Febuary  3,  1702. 

Marke  Prime  and  Jane  Lambert  married 
February  10,  1702. 

John  Dresser  and  Margaret  Acie  married 
February  10,  1702. 

Nicholas  Wallingford  and  Sarrah  Elithorp 
maried  September  19,  1703, 

Jerimiah  Chaplin  and  Ann  Kilburne  mar- 
yed  February  28,  1703. 

Judah  Clarke  and  Hannah  Kilborne  mar- 
ried April  5,  1704. 

Samuell  Dickinson  and  Ruth  Nelson  mar- 
ried Aprill  the  6,  1704. 

Tobias  Lear  and  Hannah  Smith  maried 
July  the  10,  1704. 

Aquilla  Jewet  and  Ann  Tenny  maried  the 
23  of  October  1704. 

Isaac  Platts  and  Elizabeth  Jewit  married 
November  the  30,  1704. 

Ezekiel  Sawer  and  Hannah  Stickne  married 
December  the  27,  1704. 

George  Dickinson  and  Martha  Nelson  mar- 


ied May  the  2  day  1705. 

Nathaniel  Mighill  and  Priscilla  Peirson 
raariiod  October  the  3,  1705. 

Thomas  Tenney  and  Sarah  Tenney  married 
December  the  17,  1705. 

John  Decker  and  Sarah  Rennet  maried 
January  the  21,  1705-6. 

Joseph  Dresser  and  Elizabeth  Kilborn  mar- 
ried March  the  12,  1706. 

Samuel  13rockelbanke  and  Sarah  Plummet 
maried  March  the  26,  1706. 

Joseph  Jewett  and  Mary  Hibert  maried 
March  the  27,  1706.    ' 

Benony  Boynton  and  Ann  Mighill  maried 
Aprill  the  4,  1706. 

Robert  Day  and  Elizabeth  Dresser  married 
April  the  4,  1706. 

Ebenezer  Worster  and  Deliverance  Locke 
maried  November  the  19,  1706. 

Ezra  Coburn  and  Lucy  Nelson  maried  No- 
vember the  22,  1706. 

Nathaniel  Jewitt  and  Mary  Geage  married 
January  the  15,  1706. 

John  Boynton  and  Bethiah  Platts  maried 
Aprill  the  17,  1707. 

Joseph  Chapman  and  Mercy  Wintworth 
maried  Aprill  the  23,  1707. 

Jonathan  Jewitt  and  Ann  Hopkinson  mar- 
ied Aprill  the  28,  1707. 

Joseph  Kilburn  and  Mary  Clarke  married 
June  the  6,  1707. 

Nehemiah  Jewet  and  Priscilla  Bradstreet 
married  June  the  14,  1707. 

William  Gage  and  Mercy  Barker  married 
July  the  9,  1707. 

Joseph  Thurston  and  Elizabeth  Woodbury 
maried  August  the  25,  1707. 

Samuel  Palmer  and  Mary  Felt  married 
November  the  6,  1707. 

Nathaniel  Dresser  and  Elizebeth  Wintworth 
married  November  13,  1707. 


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Joseph  Scott  and  Mary  Barker  married  No- 
vember the  25,  1707. 

Ivory  Hovey  married  with  Anne  Pengre 
December  9,  1707. 

Aron  Pengre  and  Elizabeth  Peirson  maried 
December  17,  1707. 

Benjamin  Plumer  &  Jane  Peirson  maried 
December  31,  1707. 

Joseph  Jewet  and  Jane  Hazzen  maried 
January  the  1,  1707-8. 

William  Bennet  &  Jemima  Nelson  maried 
January  16,  1707-8 

Jonathan  Baley  &  Sarah  Jewet  married 
January  the  30.  1707-8 

John  Dole  and  Hannah  Tod  married  the 
16  day  of  March  1708-9. 

Richard  Dole  and  Elizabeth  Stickney  mar- 
ied Agust  the  4  day  1709. 

Stephen  Jewet  and  Priscilla  Jewet  married 
Jnly  12,  1708- 

John  Searles  and  Elizabeth  Chaplin  mar- 
ied November  the  25,  1708. 

Benjamin  Smith  and  Martha  Kilborn  mar- 
ried December  the  17,  1708. 

Hilkiah  Boynton  and  Priscilla  Jewet  mar- 
ried February  the  2d  1708-9. 

William  Duty  and  Rebecca  Bennit  married 
Aprill  the  15,  1709. 

John  Hartshorne  &  Mary  Spoford  maried 
September  the  22, 1709. 

John  Pallmer  and  Mary  Stickne  married 
November  the  18,  1709. 

George  Highbirt  and  Sarah  Ellsworth  mar- 
ied November  the  24,  1709. 

Ephraim  Nelson  and  Sarah  Brockelbanke 
maried  Februrry  2,  1709-10. 

John  Sawyer  and  Elizabeth  Teny  maried 
May  23,  1710. 

John  Bartlett  and  Dorcas  Phillips  maried 
November  13,  1710. 

Jonathan  Wheeler  maried  with  Ann  Plum- 


er November  15,  1710. 

Thomas  Kimball  and  Elizabeth  Greenough 
married  November  17,  1710. 

Jonaithan  Bradstreett  and  Sarah  Wheeler 
married  November  7,  1710. 

Stephen  Peirson  and  Hannah  Jewit  mar 
yed  February  27,  1711. 

Jonathan  Boynton  and  Margeritt  Heriman. 
maried  June  6,  1711. 

John  Sawei"  and  Mary  Lighton  maried  No- 
vember the  19,  1711. 

Thomas  Wood  &  Abigaill  Hartshorne  mar- 
ied January  30,  1711. 

James  Barber  and  Sarah  Wycom  married 
May  the  7  day  1711. 

Thomas  Wood  and  Sarah  How  married 
February  the  28,  1711-12. 

George  Kilborn  and  Phebe  Palmer  maried 
May  13,  1712. 

Humphery  Hobson  and  Mehetable  Paison 
maried  June  26,  1712. 

Joseph  Dresser  and  Johanna  Barker  mar- 
ied Agust  the  6,  1712. 

Daniel  Morison  and  Abigail  Kimball  mar- 
ied November  the  25,  1712. 

John  Hopkinson  and  Mary  Wheeler  mar- 
ied February  12,  1712. 

John  Sadler  and  Sarah  Scott  married  Aprill 
27,  1713. 

Richard  Lighton  and  Abigaill  Elithorpe 
maried  May  20,  1713. 

Abraham  Thurley  and  Mary  Pore  maried 
June  2,  1713. 

Ebenezer  Clarke  and  Lidya  Dresser  mar- 
ied October  14,  1713. 

Joseph  Miller  and  Martha  Elethorpe  mar- 
ied December  10,  1713. 

William  Dole  and  Rebecca  Peirson  maried 
February  2,  1713. 

John  Brockelbanke  and  Ruth  Spoford  mar- 
ied Aprill  22,  1714. 


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Jerimiah  Burbee  and  Rebecca  Jewett  mar- 
ied  May  19,  1714. 

Joseph  Richison  and  Hannah  Nelson  mar- 
led November  3,  1714. 

Francis  Pickard  and  Edna  Northend  mar- 
led November  25,  1714. 

John  Bennitt  and  Mary  Chadwell  maried 
December  2,  1714. 

Benjamin  Scott  and  Sarah  Creesy  maried 
December  9,  1714. 

Juda  Clark  and  Ruth  Boynton  maried  Feb- 
uary  1,  1714-15. 

John  Abott  and   Abigaill  Dresser  maried 
Febuary  3,  1714-15. 

Joshua  Jewett  and  Mary  Tod  maried  A  prill 
4,  1715. 

John  Hazen  and  Sarah  Nelson  maried  May 
9,  1715. 

Ephreim  Nelson  &  Debora  Searels  maried 
June  14,  1715. 

Samuel  Woodberry  &  Hannah  Sawyer  mar- 
ied May  the  10,  1715. 

Benjamin  Plumer  &  Elizabeth  Felts  mar- 
ied September  13,  1715. 

Thomas   Wood   and  Sarah   Gage   maried 
September  the  30,  1715, 

(To  be  Continued.) 


PRESIDENT    MUNROE  IN  SALEM. 


BY     B.    F.    BROWNE. 


In  that  part  of  the  extracts  from  Mr.  Ran- 
toul's  Diary  published  on  page  31  of  the 
last  number  of  these  Collections,  in  noticing 
the  attention  paid  to  President  Munroe,  he 
says,  "  I  do  not  recollect  that  the  President 
received  any  particular  attention  in  Salem." 
In  this,  his  recollection  is  at  fault.  When 
it  was  understood  that  the  President  would 
visit  Salem  on  his  way  east,  a  meeting  of 
the  citizens  was  called,  and  a  Committee  com- 
posed of  the  Hon.  Benjn.  Pickmjn,  Jr.,  Hon. 


Joseph  Story,  Hon.  John  Pickering,  Hon. 
Nath'l  Bowditch,  Joseph  White,  Esq.,  David 
Cummins,  Esq  ,  Willard  Peele,  Esq  ,  and  Jo- 
seph Winn,  Esq.  were  cbosen  and  empowered 
to  make  all  the  necessary  arrangements  for 
his  reception.  Five  of  the  gentlemen  were 
of  the  Old  Federal  Party.  The  Committee 
entered  on  the  subject  earnestly  and  appoint- 
ed six  Marshals,  three  from  each  party,  viz : 
Major  James  Charles  King,  Geu'l  David 
Putnam,  Major  Edward  S.  Lang,  Major  Sam- 
uel W.  Phelps,  Captain  John  Stone  and 
John  W.  Tread  well.  The  President  arrived 
at  Marblehead  and  received  the  most  grati- 
fying attentions  from  the  people  there,  and 
came  to  Salem  by  the  Marblehead  road,  in 
the  afternoon  of  Tuesday  July  (8th)  Gth, 
1817.  He  was  met  at  the  lines  by  the  Se- 
lectmen of  Salem,  the  Committee  of  Arrange- 
ments and  a  large  number  of  our  citizens. 
He  was  received  under  a  National  Salute  of 
1 9  guns  from  Col.  Russell's  Artillery.  He 
was  then  taken  under  escort  of  Major  Pea- 
body's  Battalion  of  Cavalry  and  proceeded  in 
his  carriage  through  Market,  (now  Central) 
Essex,  Court,  (now  Washington,)  Marlbor- 
ough, (now  part  of  Federal,)  Federal  and 
Boston  Streets  to  the  western  part  of  Essex 
Street.  A  procession  of  citizens  awaited 
him,  near  Munroe  Street,  which  has  since 
that  time  been  called  by  his  name.  The 
children  of  the  Town  were  arranged  on  each 
side  of  Essex  Street.  A  Battalion  composed 
of  the  Cadets,  Salem  Light  Infantry,  and 
Mechanic  Light  Infantry,  commanded  by 
Capt.  White,  headed  the  procession.  When 
it  passed  through  the  uncovered  children, 
they  greeted  the  President  and  his  suite, 
with  cheers  and  waving  of  handkerchiefs, 
and  showered  garlands  upon  him.  When 
the  procession  arrived  at  the  Essex  Coffee 


77 


House,  (now  the  Essex  House)  it  halted  and 
the  President  was  addressed  by  the  Hon.  Mr. 
Pickman,  Chairman  of  the  Committee.  Af- 
ter resting  here  awhile,  he  was  escorted  to 
the  Town  Hall,  (then  first  opened  for  public 
use,)  by  the  Battallion  of  Light  Infantry, 
where  the  Civil  Authorities  and  citizens  were 
introduced  to  him.  From  thence  he  proceed- 
ed in  his  carriage  to  the  common,  and  re- 
viewed the  troops,  viz:  The  Battalion  of 
Cavalry,  the  Regiment  of  Artillery,  the  Ca- 
dets and  the  Salem  Regiment.  After  the  re- 
view, with  which  he  expressed  himself  highly 
pleased,  he  went  to  his  quarters  at  the  Es- 
sex House  and  dined  with  the  Committee  of 
Arrangements.  In  the  evening  he  was  pres- 
ent at  a  Concert  in  the  Town  Hall,  where 
about  1000  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  were  as- 
sembled. The  Hall  was  splendidly  decora- 
ted with  flags,  drapery, and  various  devices  and 
mottos  in  his  honor,  and  was  most  brilliantly 
illuminated.  The  weatlier  was  most  propi- 
tious and  nothing  marred  the  proceedings  of 
the  day. 

On  Wednesday,  he  visited  the  Fort  and  the 
Female  Asylum,  and  partook  of  a  collation  at 
the  Hon.  Mr.  Silsbee's;  then  visited  the  Mu- 
j>eum  and  the  Atheneum  and  dined  with  a  large 
party  at  the  Hon.  B.W.Crowninshield's,  and 
in  the  evening  attended  a  brilliant  As.sembly 
at  Judge  Story's.  On  Thursday  morning 
he  breakfasted  at  Mr.  Thorndike's  at  Bever- 
ly,and  in  the  evening  attended  a  large  and  bril- 
liant party  at  Stephen  White,  Esqr's.  The 
next  morning,  he  proceeded  on  his  tour  to 
the  Eastward. 

B.  F.  B. 


(10  i.) 


RECORD  OF  BIRTHS    AND  DEATHS, 
IN  THE    TOWN  OF  LYNN.     Vol.  11. 

COMMUiVICATKD   BY  IRA  J.  PATCH. 


Continued  from  vol.  v,  page  240. 

The  Genealoge  of  William  Barber  and  of 
Elizabeth  his  wiflF. 

William  Barber  and  Elizabeth  Rack  was 
maried  the  4  of  May  1673. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  1 
of  November  73  and  died  the  15  of  fifewb- 
ruary  73. 

William  ther  Sonne  was  born  the  8  of 
January  1674. 


John  Bancroft  and  Elizabeth  Eaton  was 

Married  the  24  of  September  1678. 

John  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  25  of  Janu- 
ary 1682. 

Raham  their  Sonn  was  Borne  the  9th  of 
ifeburary  1685. 

Elizabeth  their  daughter  was  Borne  -the 
25th  of  September  1688. 

Martha  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the 
26th  Day  of  Aprill  1695. 

Tabatha  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  1 
day  of  August  1697. 

Hephsibah  their  Daughter  was  born  the 
29th  day  of  October  1699. 

Hanah  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  5th 
of  March  1701-702. 

Timothy  their  Son  was  born  the  20th  of 
January  1704-5. 


Thomas  Brewer  and  Elizabeth  his  wife. 

their  Daughter    Rebekah    was  Borne  the 
2d  of  December  1687. 
their  Daughter   Rebekah  departed  this  life 
the  27t!i  of  July  1690. 

Their  daughter  Mary  was  Borne  the  16th 
of  June  1690. 

Rebekah  ye  Darghter  of  Crispus  Brewer 
Deparoed  this  Life  11  of  March  1700-701. 


78 


Thomas  their  Sonn  was  Borne  the  29  th  of 
May  1691. 

John  Brewer  their  Sonne  was  borne  the 
10th  of  May  1700. 

Thomas  Brewer  Departed  this  Life  ye  8th 
of  October  1702. 

their  Sonn  Crispus  departed  this  life  the 
4th  of  August  1690. 

Crispus  Brewer  Departed  this  life  the 
11th  of  December  1706. 

Mary  Brewer  that  was  the  Wife  of  Cris- 
pus Brewer  Departed  this  Life  t'  e  third  of 
May  1693. 


The  Genealloge  of  Ensign  Bancroft  And 
his  WiflF  Elizabeth. 

Lieutenant   Tho.  Bancroft  Departed  this 
Liff  the  19  day  of  August  1691. 

Mrs.    Elizabeth   Bancroft   Departed    this 
Life  the  first  ( f  May  1711. 

Ebinazur  the   Sonn   of  Thomas  Bancroft 
was  bom  the  26  of  April  1667. 

Mary  the   Daughter  of  Ensign    Bancroft 
was  born  the  16  of  May  1670. 

Elizabeth  ye  wife  of  Ensign  John  Ban 
croft  Departed  this  Life  the  12  of  March 
1704.5. 


Henry  Collins  Tertius  and  Hannah  Lam- 
son  was  .Vlaried  the  3  of  January  1681 

Henery  the  Sonne  of  Henry  Collins  Ter- 
tius was  bom  the  30  of  November  1()S2. 

Hannah  the  Wiffe  of  Henry  Collins  Ter- 
tius Died  the  16  of  December  1682. 

Henry  Collins  Tertius  and  Sarah  Heires 
was  Maried  the  24  of  June  1685. 

Sarah  their  daughter  was  Borne  the  1 1th 
of  November  1686. 

Nathaniel  their  Sonn  was  Born  the  29th 
of  Aprill  1689. 

Mehittibell  their  Daughter  was  Borne 
the  23th  of  Feburary  1690-91. 


Johnathan  &  Ebenezer  there  Sonns  was 
Born  twins  the  9th  of  Aprill  1693. 

Ebenezer  there  Sons  that  was  one  of  the 
twins  Dyed  the  16  of  May  1693. 

Ebenezer  there  Sonns  Was  born  the  26th 
of  Septembr  1695, 

Euthe  their  daughter  was  born  the  17th 
of  August  1697. 

Ebenezer  their  Sonn  departed  this  Life  yc 
5  of  November  1697. 

A  Continuation  of  ye  genealogie  of  Henry 
Collins  Tertius  &  Sarah  his  Wife. 

Martha  their  Daughter  was  born  the  25th 
of  August  1700. 

Tabatha  their  Daughter  was  born  the 
18th  day  of  October  1702. 

Martha  Collins  Departed  this  Life  march 
ye  30th  1715. 

Mary  Collins  mother  to  Henry  Collins  ter- 
tius Departed  this  Life  Febuary  yc  14th 
1723. 

Henry  Collins  father  to  Henry  Collins 
tertius  Departed  this  Life  October  ye  14th 
1722. 

Henry  Collins  Senior  Grandfather  to  the 
Said  Henry  Collins  Tertius  was  Buryed  the 
29th  of  February  1 686-87. 

Ann  Collins  Senior  Widdow  Departed 
This  LiflF  the  29  of  September  1691. 

Joseph  Collins,  Junior  Soun  to  John  Col- 
lins. 

Joseph  Collins  Sonn  to  Joseph  Collins  Ju- 
nior was  borne  the  14th  of  September  1687. 

Jacob  the  Sonn  of  Joseph  Collins  Junior 
was  borne  the  24th  of  March  1689. 

Moses  the  Sonn  of  Joseph  Collins  Junr 
was  born  May  30  1698. 

Caleb  the  Sonn  of  Joseph  (^ollius  Junr 
was  born  Desemr  2jth  1699. 


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The  geneallogo  of  John  Collins. 

Hanah  the  Daughter  of  John  Collins  was 
born  the  26  of  Aprill  1674. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  28  of 
December  1675  and  Died  the  6  of  June 
1676. 

Lois  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  12  of 
May  1677. 

Also  the  Daughter  of  John  Collins  And 
of  Abigail  his  Wiff  was  born  the  30  of  Ap- 
rill 1678. 

John  ther  Sonne  was  borne  The  28  of 
June  1679. 


The  Genealoge  of  Nathaniel  Collins  &  of 
Mary  his  wife. 

Barberry  their  daughter  was  born  ye  1 1  th 
.  f  Aprill  1 700. 

Ucniss  their  Daughter  was  born  the  28th 
of  May  1702. 

Mathias   ther  son   was  born  the  7th   of 
March  1707-S 

Jcdadiah  ther  son  was  born  ye  2  of  Sep 
tenir  1714. 


The  Genealoge  of  Joseph  Collins  and  Sa 
rah  his  WiflF. 

Doraty  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  H  of 
March  1675-76. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the   1  of 
August  1678. 

Ester  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  2  day 
of  January  1670. 

Sarah  the  Wiffe  of  Joseph  Collins  died  the 
25  of  ffewbruary  1682. 

Joseph  Collins  and  Maria  Smith  was  Mar- 
led the  15  of  October  1684. 

Ruth  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  26  of 
October  1685. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  Borne  the  16th 
of  January  1 687  (88) 


William  their  Sonn  was  Borne  the  14th 
of  January  1689-90. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  23 
of  December  1692. 

Joseph  Collins  the  sonn  of  Joseph  Collins 
&  Mariah  his  Wife  was  born  ye  26th  of 
Martch  1695. 

Ezckiell  ther  son  was  born  the  17  of  feb- 
ruary  1697-8. 

Martha  their  Daughter  was  born  the  1 
day  of  Aprill  1700. 


MR.  RANTOUL'S  CONNEXION  WITH 
TOWN  AND  PAROCHIAL  AFFAIRS. 
—HIS  VIEWS  OF  RELIGION 


Coneludtd  from  the  February  Ntimber. 

As  soon  as  I  became  entitled  to  vote,  I  be- 
gan to  attend  the  town  meetings,  and  to  in- 
interest  myself  in  town  and  state  affairs, 
taking  an  active  and  at  some  periods  of  my 
life  an  influential  part.  For  about  forty 
years,  there  was  no  subject  of  much  interest 
before  the  town,  upon  which  I  did  not  take  a 
decided  course.  The  improvement  of  the  ex- 
isting roads,  and  the  location  of  new  ones, 
was  a  special  subject  of  my  attention.  These 
changes  have  been  very  great  since  the  com- 
mencement of  the  present  century,  and  in  al- 
most all  of  them  1  engaged  heartily. 

Amongst  these  changes  were  the  widening 
and  straightening  of  the  road  from  Grover's 
Hollow  in  Beverly  to  Esty's  Tavern  and  the 
Meeting  House  in  Middleton, — opposed  by 
North  Beverly  on  the  ground  that  it  would 
divert  much  of  the  country  travel  from  that 
part  of  the  town, — and  the  locating  of  the 
Rial.  Side  Road,  to  which  I  gave  much  atten- 
tion from  1803  to  1811,  when  it  was  finally 
located,  four  rods  wide.  During  this  period 
I  visited  almost  every  town  in  the  County, 
my  actual  expenses  being  paid,  but  nothing 


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more.  I  was  employed  by  the  town  and  ac- 
tively engaged  in  procuring  the  improvement 
of  the  Road  from  the  North  Meeting  House 
in  Beverly  to  the  Meeting  House  in  Topsfield. 
The  way  between  those  points  was  narrow, 
crooked  and  circuitous.  I  was  one  of  the 
representatives  of  the  Town  at  the  widening 
and  straightening  of  the  Road  leading  from 
the  corner  of  Dodge  and  Cabot  Streets  to  Es- 
sex in  1806,  and  also  on  the  widening  and 
straightening  of  the  Eoad  from  First  Parish 
Meeting  House  to  Manchester  line,  at  a  later 
time.  I  was  one  of  the  Town's  Committee 
for  opposing  the  alterations  of  the  Road  lead- 
ing from  the  First  Parish  .Meeting  House  to 
Essex,  which  was  strenuously  urged  by  Es- 
sex and  opposed  by  Beverly,  because  it  was 
proposed  to  go  over  two  high  hills  in  Beverly 
and  Wenham,  the  steepness  of  which  would 
make  the  road  impracticable  for  heavy  teams, 
notwithstanding  the  saving  in  distance  The 
Koad  was  however  located  over  Rubly  Hill 
and  the  anticipated  result  has  followed.  I 
was  young,  ardent  and  sanguine  and,  in  pros- 
ecuting these  measures,  offended  many  whose 
feelings  were  as  strongly  enlisted  against, 
as  mine  were  for  them. 

October  28,  1826,  I  was  one  of  the  Com- 
missioners of  Highways,  and  assisted,  in 
that  capacity,  in  locating  a  new  piece  of  road 
from  Cabot  Street,  near  the  late.loseph  Steph- 
ens' house  to  Cabot  Street,  near  the  three 
story  Tavern  House,  which  occasioned  much 
bitter  feeling  with  some  persons.  Woodbury 
Page,  who  drove  the  Boston  Stage,  continued 
to  go  by  the  old  way.  around  Nourse's  corner, 
for  many  years.  Jonathan  Smith,  who  kept 
the  Post  OflSce  and  others,  were  much  in- 
censed. Abraham  Edwards  took  the  lead, 
as  a  petitioner  to  the  Commissioners,  in  get- 
ting the  improvement,  and  deserves   high 


commendation  for  energy,  firmness  and  per- 
severence  under  great  discouragements. 

I  was  actively  engaged  in  procuring  the 
location  of  Lothrop  Street.  *  *  For  several 
months  previous  to  October  1851,  I  gave 
much  effort  and  labor  to  aid  the  selectmen, 
who,  by  vote  of  the  Town,  petitioned  the 
County  Commissioners  to  lay  out  a  new 
Street  parallel  to  Cabot  Street,  from  Manas- 
seh  Trask's  house  on  that  Street  and  near 
the  entrance  of  Colon  Street,  south  wester- 
ly to  the  India  Rubber  Factory  near  Ezra 
Batchelder's  house.  This  street  is  about  a 
mile  in  length,  and  is  laid  out  four  rods  wide 
and  nearly  straight.  I  think  it  will  con- 
tribute much  to  the  growth  of  the  town  in 
population  and  business,  and  will  give  to  the 
village  a  degree  of  symmetry,  since  it  will 
then  have  three  wide  parallel  streets  of  about 
a  mile  in  length,  running  through  its  whole 
extent.  These  will  be  crossed  by  numerous 
streets.  I  am  apprehensive  that  the  latter 
will  generally  be  to  narrow,  as  most  of  the 
openings  on  Cabot  Street  are  now  but  nar- 
row courts,  which  cannot  be  conveniently 
widened,  but  will  be  extended  to  the  New 
Streets.  The  location  of  this  as  a  County 
Road  was  recorded  by  the  Commissioners  in 
December  1 85 1 .  I  have  staked  out  a  street 
from  Cabot  Street  over  my  land  on  Stephens's, 
now  Milton  Hill,  to  the  New  Road,  and 
named  it  Milton  Street.  November  27, 
1852,  the  new  County  Road  being  graded 
and  finished  for  use,  it  was  announced  in 
the  Beverly  Citizen  that  the  Selectmen 
had  decided  upon  'Rantoul  Street.'  on  ac- 
count of  its  "  historical  associations,"  and 
of  my  "long  continued  connexion  with  the 
public  affairs  of  the  town"  as  an  appropriate 
name  for  this  avenue  between  "the  ancient 
Ferry  ways  and  the  old  Haymarket." 


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On  the  13th  of  March,  1854,  the  annual 
town  meeting  was  held,  but,  having  previous- 
ly declined  being  a  candidate  for  any  town 
office,  1  did  not  attend.  This,  I  believe,  is 
only  the  second  time  that  I  have  been  absent 
from  the  annual  town  meeting  since  I  was 
twenty  one  years  of  age.  I  have  attended 
nearly  every  town  meeting  during  that  time. 
This  finishes  my  connexion  with  town  af- 
fairs, which  began  in  1799,  a  period  of  about 
fifty  five  years. 

[He  subsequently  attended  two  town  meet- 
ings in  March  and  October  1 8")  7,  to  advo- 
cate the  establishment  of  a  High  School. 
His  connexion  with  the  Schools  and  School 
Committee,  commencing  in  1816,  termina- 
ted only  when  he  declined  all  town  offices, 
in  1854.  Some  account  follows  of  his  ser- 
vice on  this  board.     K.  S.  K.] 

In  the  Spring  of  the  year  1816,  1  attend- 
ed the  School  Committee  in  visiting  most  of 
the  public  schools  of  the  Town.  I  was  not 
then  a  member  of  the  Committee,  but  un- 
dertook this  voluntary  service  with  a  view 
of  acquiring  a  knowledge  of  the  state  of 
the  Schools  and  of  encouraging,  by  my  ex- 
ample, a  disposition  to  visit  them  on  the  part 
of  others.  Previously  to  1816,  I  had  taken 
an  interest  in  the  schools  and  had  occasion- 
ally visited  them  with  Abiel  Abbot,  Chair- 
man of  the  Committee,  but  1  did  not  give 
any  systematic  attention  to  them,  until  that 
year.  I  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mittee in  1818.  Since  that  time  I  have 
made  it  a  special  duty  to  visit  the  schools. 
I  have  been  re-elected,  with  the  exception  of 
one  or  two  years,  to  this  time.  Rev.  Abiel 
Abbot  served  as  chairman  from  1801  to 
1828,  a  period  of  twenty-four  years,  during 
which  the  schools  rose  from  a  state  of  great 
depression  to  a  very  fair  standing.     Rev.  C. 

(11) 


T.  Thayer  has  served  in  the  same  office,  with 
assiduity  from  1834  to  this  time,  having 
boen  a  member  of  the  Committee  from  1830 
to  1855,  when  he  declined  a  re-election.  In 
the  intermediate  years,  from  the  decease  of 
Abiel  Abbot  to  1834,  David  Oliphant  per- 
formed, with  fidelity,  the  duties  appertaining 
to  the  office  of  chairman,  until  his  removal 
from  the  town.  1  served  as  one  of  the  pru- 
dential Committee  of  the  Grammar  School 
District  in  1825,  26  and  27,  and  had  much 
labor  and  care  in  commencing  the  District 
School  in  1 825  and  its  continuance  after- 
ward. Rufua  Putnam  kept  the  School  at 
its  commencement  and  has  since  become  a 
very  distinguished  instructor  in  Salem.  ^  ^  -' 
I  have,  within  the  year  previous  to  this  time, 
[March  1849]  visited  all  the  district  schools 
in  the  town,  three  times  and  several  of  thera 
more,  including  the  Spring  examinations,  all 
of  which  1  have  attended.  I  have  made  a 
greater  efibrt  the  past  year,  under  the  im- 
pression that  1  have  arrived  at  that  age 
when  1  should  feel  that  my  time  is  short, 
and  should  do  what  ever  belongs  to  me  to 
do,  quickly.  1  think  that  the  common  schools 
of  this  town  have  risen  very  considerably 
during  my  recollection  of  them  and  that  the 
last  examinations  justify  the  opinion  that 
they  are  in  a  progressive  state  of  improve- 
ment. The  improvement  in  School  Houses 
has  been  very  manifest.  Every  School  House 
has  been  either  rebuilt  or  remodeled.  In  the 
South  District  there  have  been  two  new 
Houses.  Briscoe  Hall  has  been  remodeled 
and  is  now  well  fitted  for  three  schools  of 
different  grades.  July  1849,  I  have  again 
visited  all  the  public  schools  in  town,  of 
which  there  are  fourteen  now  in  operation. 
In  addition  to  these  are  the  Beverly  Acade- 
my with  forty  pupils  and  several  schools  for 


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small  children.  -  "  -  December  20,  1849. 
Yesterday  I  completed  ray  visitation  of  the 
Public  Schools  now  keeping,  saving  a  small 
school  of  twenty  young  children,  kept  in  a 
private  room  in  Bass  River  District.  I.  have 
walked  the  whole  distance  to  and  from  each 
School  House.  In  returning  from  the  Eiall 
Side  School,  I  passed  over  the  top  of  Browne's 
Hill,  which  is  the  highest  land  in  town. 
From  this  point  there  is  an  extensive  view 
of  the  surrounding  country  as  well  as  of  the 
sea.  This  is  probably  the  last  time  that  I 
shall  enjoy  this  view.  In  returning  from 
the  Dodge's  Row  School,  1  passed  over  the 
top  of  Brimble  Hill,  which  is  the  second  in 
height  in  town  From  this  there  is  a  fine 
view  of  Wenham  Pond,  or  Lake,  as  it  has 
been  called,  since  ice  has  been  largely  cut  and 
carried  away  from  its  surface  for  use  in  va- 
rious parts  of  this  continent  and  of  the  world. 
This  ice  has  been  for  sale  in  London  and  has 
been  presented  to  Queen  Victoria.*     The  sur- 


*NoTE.  Speaking  of  this  ice,  in  the  spring  of 
1845,  Wilmer  and  Smith's  European  Times  said : — 

"  This  commodity,  which  was  first  introduced  to 
the  notice  of  the  English  Public  a  short  time  ago, 
through  tiie  medium  of  the  Liverpool  Press,  is  so 
rapidly  advancing  in  popularity  in  the  Metropolis, 
that  no  banquet  of  any  magnitude  is  considered 
complete  without  it.  It  has  become  an  essential 
element  in  the  civic  Fetes  of  Lovegrove ;  at  tlie 
London  CoflFee  House,  Ludgate  Hill;  at  Blackwall, 
at  the  London  Tavern,  Bishopsgate  street;  the  Al- 
bion, Aldersgate  street;  Long's  Hotel;  and  in  fact 
at  every  establishment  of  a  similar  kind  of  any 
celebrity  in  London.  Not  only  is  the  Wenham 
Lake  Ice  coming  into  vogue  as  a  luxury  among 
the  aristocracy,  but  it  is  also  recommending  itself 
to  the  middle  classes  as  a  necessity,  and  even  to 
the  humbler  mnks  of  life  as  an  article  of  economy  _ 
As  a  preservative  of  food,  whether  in  a  raw  or  in 
a  cooked  state,  it  is  of  the  greatest  possible  utilty, 
the  price  of  the  ice  baing  nothing  compared  with 
the  value  of  the  provisions  it  secures  against  cor- 
ruption." 


face  of  the  pond  measures  about  320  acres. 
From  Brimble  Hill  there  is  an  extensive 
view  of  the  Hills  in  Ipswich  and  Rowley. 
When  there  was  a  high  steeple  on  the  Ips- 
wich Meeting  House,  near  the  Court  House, 
it  could  be  seen  from  this  Hill,  but  now  I 
could  not  distinguish  any  object  that  would 
determine  the  exact  location  of  the  compact 
part  of  Ipswich.  It  is  many  years  since  I 
visited  this  Hill. 

I  made  short  addresses  to  all  the  schools 
kept  by  male  teachers.  These  are  mostly 
from  Dartmouth  and  Waterville  Colleges. 
In  some  schools,  where  I  found  boys  disin- 
clined to  attend  to  Grammar  and  Geography, 
I  stated  my  experience  of  more  than  sixty 
years  ago,  when  those  branches  were  not 
taught  at  all  in  the  East  Town  School  in  Sa- 
lem. The  idea  entertained  by  some  parents, 
that  as  they  did  not  attend,  when  young,  to 
those  studies,  therefore  it  is  not  important 
for  their  children  to  attend  to  them,  is  falla- 

In  a  work  called  "  The  Emigrant,"  published 
in  1846,  by  Sir  Francis  Bond  Head,  he  says  "  The 
water  of  wliich  this  ice  [from  the  Great  Bay  of 
Toronto]  is  composed,  is  as  clear  as  crystal,  resem- 
bling that  which,  under  the  appellation  of  Wen- 
ham Ice,  has  lately  been  imported  into  England, 
as  well  as  into  India,  and  which  has  become  a  new 
luxury  of  general  use."  He  then  discusses,  at 
length,  the  causes  to  whicii  he  attributes  the  supe- 
riority of  Wenham  Ice,  and  his  speculations  are 
commented  upon,  by  Sir  Charles  Lyell,  the  emi- 
nent British  geologist,  in  his  description  of  a  visit 
to  Wenham  Pond,  in  May,  1846,  (Travels  in 
TUB  United  States,  Vol.  II.  Chap.  XL,)  por- 
tions of  which  follow : 

"  From  Boston  we  went  to  Ipswich,  in  Massachu- 
setts, to  visit  Mr.  Oakes,  the  botanist,  with  whom 
we  had  spent  many  pleasant  days  in  the  White 
Mountains.  He  set  out  with  us  on  an  excursion 
to  Wenham  Lake,  from  which  so  much  ice  is  an- 
nually exported  to  England  and  other  parts  of  the 
world. 


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cious,  inasmuch  as    their   children  come  in- 


"  This  lake  lies  about  twenty  miles  to  the  north- 
east of  Boston.  It  has  a  small  island  in  the  mid- 
dle of  it,  is  about  a  mile  long  and  forty  feet  deep, 
and  is  surrounded  by  hills  of  sand  and  gravel,  from 
forty  to  a  hundred  feet  high.  The  water  is  always 
clear  and  pure,  and  the  bottom  covered  with  white 
quartzose  sand.  It  is  fed  by  springs,  and  receives 
no  mud  from  any  stream  flowing  into  it ;  but  at  the 
lower  extremity  a  small  brook  of  transparent  wa- 
ter flows  out.  In  some  parts,  however,  there  must, 
I  presume,  be  a  soft  and  muddy  bottom,  as  it  is  in- 
habited by  eels,  as  well  as  by  pickerel  and  perch . 
Mr.  Oakes  had  recently  received  a  present  of  a 
snapping  turtle  weighing  25  lbs.,  taken  from  the 
lake. 

"  Sir  Francis  Head.in  his  "  Emigrant,"  1846,  has 
attributed  the  durability  of  the  Wenham  Lake  ice, 
or  its  power  of  resisting  liquefaction,  to  the  intense 
cold  of  a  North  American  winter.  It  is  perfectly 
true  that  this  ice  does  not  melt  so  fast  as  English 
ice  ;  but  the  cause  of  this  phenomenon  is,  I  believe, 
very  different  from  that  assigned  for  it  by  the  late 
governor  of  Upper  Canada.  "  People  in  England," 
he  says,  "  are  prone  to  think  that  ice  is  ice ;  but 
the  truth  is,  that  the  temperature  of  32°  Fahren- 
heit, that  at  which  water  freezes,  is  only  the  com- 
mencement of  an  operation  that  is  almost  infinite; 
for  after  its  congelation,  water  is  as  competent  to 
continue  to  receive  cold,  as  it  was  when  it  was 
fluid.  The  application  of  cold  to  a  block  of  ice 
does  not,  as  in  the  case  of  heat,  applied  beneath 
boiling  water,  cause  what  is  added  at  one  end  to 
fly  out  at  the  other :  but,  on  the  contrary,  the  ex- 
tra cold  is  added  to  and  retained  by  the  mass,  and 
thus  the  temperature  of  the  ice  falls  with  the  tem- 
perature of  the  air,  until  in  Lower  Canada  it  occa- 
sionally sinks  to  40°  below  zero,  or  72°  below  the 
temperature  of  ice  just  congealed.  It  is  evident, 
therefore,  that  if  two  ice-houses  were  to  be  filled, 
the  one  with  Canada  ice,  and  the  other  witli  En- 
glish ice,  the  difference  between  the  quantity  cf 
cold  stored  up  in  each  would  be  as  appreciable  as 
the  difference  between  a  cellar  full  of  gold  and  a 
cellar  full  of  copper;  that  is  to  say,  a  cubic  foot  of 
Lower  Canada  ice  is  infinitely  more  valuable,  or, 
in  other  words,  it  contains  infinitely  more  cold, 
than  a  cubic  foot  of  Upper  Canada  ice,  which 


to  life  in  a  community  much  better  taught 


again  contains  more  cold  than  a  cubic  foot  of 
Wenham  ice,  which  contains  infinitely  more  cold 
than  a  cubic  foot  of  English  ice;  and  thus,  al- 
tliough  each  of  these  four  cubic  feet  of  ice  has  pre- 
cisely the  same  shape,  they  eacli,  as  summer  ap- 
proaches, diminish  in  value;  that  is  to  say,  they 
each  gradually  lose  a  portion  of  their  cold,  until, 
long  before  the  Lower  Canada  ice  has  melted,  the 
English  ice  has  been  converted  into  lukewarm  wa- 
ter. 

"  There  can  be  no  doubt  that  where  an  intense 
frost  gives  rise  to  a  great  thickness  of  ice,  permit- 
ting large  cubic  masses  to  be  obtained  after  the 
superficial  and  porous  ice  has  been  planed  off,  a 
great  advantage  is  afforded  to  the  American  ice  mer- 
chant, and  the  low  temperature  acquired  by  the 
mass  must  prevent  it  from  melting  so  readily  when 
the  hot  season  comes  on,  since  it  has  first  to  be 
warmed  up  to  32  °  Fahrenheit,  before  it  can  begin 
to  melt.  Nevertheless,  each  fragment  of  ice,  when 
removed  from  the  store-house,  very  soon  acquires 
the  temperature  of  32°  Fahrenheit,  and  yet  when 
a  lump  of  Wenham  ice  has  been  brought  to  Eng- 
land, it  does  not  melt  by  any  means  so  readily  as  a 
similar  lump  of  common  English  ice.  Mr.  Fara- 
day tells  me  that  Wenham  Lake  Ice  is  exceedingly 
pure,  being  both  free  from  air-bubbles  and  from 
salts.  The  presence  of  the  first  makes  it  extreme- 
ly difficult  to  succeed  in  making  a  lens  of  English 
ice  which  will  concentrate  the  solar  rays  and  readi- 
ly fire  gunpowder,  whereas  nothing  is  easier  than 
to  perform  this  singular  feat  of  igniting  a  combus- 
tible body  by  the  aid  of  a  frozen  mass,  if  Wen- 
ham ice  be  employed. 

"  The  absence  of  salts  conduces  greatly  to  the 
permanence  of  the  ice,  for  where  water  is  so  frozen 
that  the  salts  expelled  are  still  contained  in  air-cav- 
ities and  cracks,  or  form  thin  films  between  the  lay- 
ers of  the  ice,  these  entangled  salts  cause  the  ice  to 
melt  at  a  lower  temperature  than  32  ° ,  and  the  li- 
quefied portions  give  rise  to  streams  and  currents 
within  the  body  of  the  ice,  which  rapidly  carry 
heat  to  the  interior.  The  mass  then  goes  on  thaw- 
ing within  as  well  as  without,  and  at  temperatures 
below  32  ° ;  whereas  pure  and  compact  Wenham 
ice  can  only  thaw  at  32°,  and  only  on  the  outside 
of  the  mass." 


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than  was  the  society  in  which  their  parents 
began  life.  Dec.  27  th,  I  visited  the  Bass 
River  School,  which  completes  my  annual 
visitation.  I  walked  to  and  from  this  school ; 
about  five  miles  in  the  whole.  ^  '^  '••  William 
Burley  gave,  by  will,  to  the  towns  of  Ips- 
wich and  Beverly  ^50  per  year  each  for  ten 
years,  to  be  applied  for  the  instruction  of 
poor  children  in  reading  and  the  principles 
of  the  Christian  Religion.  He  died  Dec.  22, 
1822,  aged  72  years.  In  1824,  a  committee 
was  appointed,  of  which  I  was  chairman,  to 
apply  this  legacy.  The  plan  adopted  was  to 
find  out  fifty  poor  children  and  induce  their 
parents  to  send  them  to  such  a  school  for  lit- 
tle children  in  the  neighborhood  as  they 
might  choose,  the  committee  paying  one  dol- 
lar for  one  quarter's  schooling  of  each  child. 
School  mistresses  whose  terms  were  high- 
er, invariably  took  such  poor  children  as 
came  to  them,  at  the  fixed  price,  to  favor 
this  charity.  The  manner  in  which  this 
money  was  employed  led  to  no  invidious  dis- 
tinctions, as  would  have  been  the  case  if 
separate  schools  had  been  established  with  it. 
The  town  of  Ipswich  received  at  once  the 
whole  jJoOO  and,  with  some  other  monies,  es- 
tablished a  permanent  fund,  the  income  of 
which  is  to  be  applied  to  this  same  object  in 
perpetuity,  o  o  o  jn  February,  1833,  a  pri- 
vate school  was  projected  and  a  number  of 
persons  associated  themselves  together,  bought 
a  lot  upon  Washington  Street  and  built  a 
School  House  thereon.  The  land  and  build- 
ing cost  nearly  one  thousand  dollars.  The 
associates  appointed  a  committee  to  manage 
the  school,  and  of  this  I  was  chairman.  The 
school,  previously  organized,  was,  Janua- 
ry 30,  1835,  incorporated  into  an  academy, 
when  I  was  elected  one  of  the  Trustees  and 
by  them  Chairman  of  the  board,    and  for 


eleven  years  the  school  went  on  under  my 
general  supervision.  The  instructors  in  this 
institution  were  Abiel  Abbot,  of  Wilton  N. 
H.,  Charles  A.  Peabody  of  Tam worth  N.  H., 
Edward  Bradstreet  of  Newburyport,  Thomas 
Barnard  West  of  Salem,  Edward  Appleton 
of  Boston,  John  Frederick  Nourse,  James 
Woodbury  Boyden,  and  Issachar  Lefavour  of 
Beverly.  The  last,  in  1848,  bought  of  the 
proprietors  the  land  and  building.  This 
school  was  intended  to  furnish  instruction  of 
a  higher  grade  than  could  be  obtained  in 
public  schools.  Since  its  establishment, 
such  has  been  the  progress  of  the  public 
schools,  that  their  highest  grades  are  almost 
equal  to  the  academy.  ^  '••••  *  In  1837  a  school 
was  commenced  in  the  Upper  Parish,  on  the 
Cherry  Hill  Farm,  and  incorporated  as  the 
New  England  Christian  Academy.  It  was 
conducted  on  the  manual  labor  system,  so 
called,  and  during  its  continuance  averaged 
about  sixty  pupils.  Its  preceptor,  for  most 
of  the  time,  was  Joseph  Henry  Siewers.  It 
remained  in  operation  less  than  two  years 
and  was  stopped  from  pecuniary  troubles. 
This  school  was  gotten  up  by  members  of 
what  is  called  the  "  Christian  denomination." 
The  efibrt  was  laudable,  though  premature 
and  injudicious,  inasmuch  as  it  attempted 
a  great  object  with  means  and  patronage  al- 
together insufficient.  '-=  ''  ^  In  the  Winter  of 
1852-3  1  visited  all  the  Schools. 

o  o  o  o 

May  29th,  1850.  This  is  the  last  Wednes- 
day in  May  and  has  always  been  known  as 
Election  day,  being  celebrated  as  the  anni- 
versary of  the  general  Election  of  State  offi- 
cers from  1631  to  1831.  Since  the  last 
named  date,  by  an  alteration  of  the  Consti- 
tution, its  civil  duties  have  been  transferred 
to  the  first  Wednesday  in  January,  but  its 


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peculiar  ancient  recreations  are  not  to  be 
governed  by  changes  in  the  law.  When  I 
was  quite  a  child,  of  only  three  or  four  years, 
I  was  sent  to  my  grandmother's,  to  get  from 
her  garden  the  first  blooming  tulips  and  such 
other  flowers  as  could  be  found.  With  these 
I  was  led  about  the  streets  to  be  caressed  by 
passing  friends.  As  I  grew  older,  I  was  al- 
lowed to  visit  those  places  of  amusement 
where  the  young  assembled  to  enjoy  their 
playfulness.  These  were,  for  the  children 
from  the  East  end  of  the  town  of  Salem,  on 
the  neck,  at  what  was  then  called  the  Old 
Fort,  now  Fort  Pickering,  and  what  was  then 
called  the  new  Fort,  and  also  sometimes  at 
an  old  Fortification  called  Juniper  Fort.  At 
these  places  there  were  cake,  candy  and  other 
articles  of  refresliment  for  sale,  of  which  the 
children  were  large  purchasers  and  consumers. 
Amongst  the  larger  boys,  tbere  were  various 
games  such  as  pitching  coppers,  throwing 
props,  jumping,  wrestling  &c.  As  my  boy- 
hood advanced.  I  visited  places  at  a  greater 
distance  from  home,  and  more  particularly 
connected  with  other  parts  of  the  town. 
These  were,  on  the  Danvers  Road,  Frye's 
tavern  and  the  Bell  tavern, — in  South  Salem, 
at  Osgood's  and  Castle  Hill,  and  still  further 
off",  Putnam's  tavern  at  Danvers  Plains.  At 
these  places  the  amusements  were  more 
rough  and  sometimes  indecorous.  There  was 
the  negro  fiddler;  there  was  dancing  by 
white  boys  and  girls  and  by  colored  boys  and 
girls.  I  never  knew  the  whites  and  blacks 
to  intermix  in  dancing,  though  the  fiddler 
was  a  negro,  in  almost  all  cases.  Gambling, 
with  props,  dice,  cards  and  other  implements, 
was  much  practiced.  Drinking  of  egg-pop, 
beer,  punch,  flip,  toddy  and  other  liquors, 
and  the  eating  of  articles  of  food  more  or 
less  substantial,  was  common.     Horse-racing 


was  practiced  at  Danvers  Plains,  which  was 

more  of  a  resort  for  adult  persons.     Most  of 

the  amusements  of  boys  and  girls  were  in 

the  open  air.     The  dancing  was  generally  in 

doors,  but  not  in  private,  as  the  doors  and 

windows  were   all  open.     In  these   scenes 

"romp-loving  miss 
Is  hauled  aboat,  in  gallantry  robust." 

The  manners  of  the  times  of  my  boyhood 
arc  now  to  be  known  only  from  history. 
Coarse  and  vulgar  dissipation  is  carried  on 
now,  if  at  all,  more  privately  than  at  that 
time.  I  wish  I  could  believe  that  it  is  only 
the  beautiful  flowers,  the  simple  cake,  the 
harmless  drinks  and  the  pleasant  social  in- 
tercourse of  the  young  which  have  come 
down  to  our  day,  and  that  everything  con- 
nected with  Election  Day  which  was  objec- 
tionable has  fallen  into  disuse.  This  was  the 
period  for  changing  from  Winter  to  Summer 
clothing,  so  that  among  other  sources  of  en- 
joyment, was  the  appearance  of  a  new  suit 
of  clothes.  The  longest  remembered  pleas- 
ures of  the  day  with  me  are  the  new  clothes, 
the  bunch  of  flowers,  the  cake  and  the  prom- 
enade. I  never  had  a  very  strong  desire  for 
amusements.  The  Election  recreations,  in 
my  boyhood,  were  usually  continued  for  two 
days  in  succession,  and  in  some  places,  for 
four  successive  days,  the  people  would  con- 
gregate and  only  finish  them  with  the  end  of 
the  week.  At  all  the  schools  there  was  a 
vacation  of  one  or  two  days,  and  at  some  of 
four  days.  Gcaming  and  drinking  to  excess 
of  various  intoxicating  drinks  were  the  vices 
which  most  contaminated  the  young  on  these 
occasions,  and  I  think  I  see  an  improvement 
in  these  respects  since  I  have  observed  the 
state  of  society.  On  this  very  day,  about 
one  hundred  boys  and  girls  are  assembled 
within  a  few  rods  of  my  dwelling,  where 


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they  are  amusing  themselves  with  singing, 
dancing  and  other  entertainments.  For  mu- 
sic they  have  two  violins  played  by  young 
men  of  equal  rank  with  themselves.  They 
have  been  visited  by  their  parents  and  others. 
1  have  visited  them  myself,  which  will  prob- 
ably be  my  last  observance  of  the  conviviali- 
ties of  Election  Day 

o  o  o  o  o 
From  the  time  of  my  connnencing  business 
in  Beverly  in  1796,  until  the  introduction  of 
hose  and  other  machinery,  and  of  Fire  De- 
partments, for  tlie  extinguishment  of  fires,  it 
was  my  invariable  practice,  unless  prevented 
by  sickness,  on  an  alarm  of  fire  either  in  this 
town  or  in  Salem,  by  niglit  or  by  day,  be  the 
weather  what  it  might,  with  as  much  speed  as 
was  practicable,  to  take  ray  fire  buckets  and 
proceed  to  the  scene  of  devastation.  It  was 
then  the  prevalent  opinion  that  it  was  a  duty 
incumbent  upon  all  able-bodied  men  so  to  do. 
This  opinion  had  a  favorable  moral  influence 
upon  the  mass  of  the  community,  promoting 
a  generous  desire  to  aid  one  another  by  per- 
sonal efforts  and  sacrifices.  The  shifting  of 
this  obligation  to  repair  to  and  aid  in  extin- 
guishing fires,  to  a  few  persons  appointed  for 
the  purpose,  began  June  18th,  1825,  when 
an  act  was  passed  authorizing  the  City  of 
Boston  to  establish  a  fire  department.  Wheth- 
er the  gain  or  the  loss  from  this  change  pre- 
dominates, I  do  not  feel  ready  to  say.  The  di- 
vision of  labor;  the  increase  of  refinement; 
the  introduction  of  machinery ;  the  general 
practice  of  insurance  against  fire,  and  other 
social  changes  consequent  upon  the  increase 
of  wealth,  have  led  to  a  change  in  the  state 
of  opinion  on  this  subject  and  to  some  diminu- 
tion of  vigilance,  some  frauds  in  insurance 
transactions,  some  reserve  and  forbearance  of 
personal  aid,  and  some  lessening  of  sympathy 


for  our  fellows.  I  know  how  ready  the  aged 
are  to  say  that  the  former  times  were  better 
than  these.  They  are  more  sensitive  to  the 
evils  of  change,  while  the  young,  thinking 
little  of  these,   enjoy   the  inspiration   of  the 

hope  that  all  change  is  improvement. 

#         *         *         *         * 

A  very  strict  regard  for  order  is  useful, 
but  yet,  in  the  exercise  of  a  sound,  discrim- 
inating judgment,  an  occasional  departure 
from  strict  rules  is  right,  proper  and  com- 
mendable. Let  such  departures,  however, 
be  infrequent  and  fully  justified  by  the  occa- 
sion, —  not  from  frivolous  considerations. 
There  is  no  judgment  to  be  entertained  with 
greater  caution,  than  when  exercised  in  re- 
gard to  the  dispensing  with  well  established 
rules  of  conduct.  Generally  the  temptation 
is  all  on  one  side,  and  reasons  for  yielding  to 
it  will  present  themselves  much  more  readi- 
ly than  tho.-e  of  an  opposite  tendency. 
Against  this  the  power  of  settled  habit  is  a 
great  security.  But  system  sometimes  costs 
more  than  it  is  worth.  It  is  important  to 
observe  rules,  yet  it  is  hardly  less  import- 
ant to  be  able  to  break  them,  upon  a  right 
occasion. 

"  The  man  who  never  breaks  a  rule, 
Is  little  better  than  a  fool." 

One  who  regulates  his  life  by  fixed  princi- 
ples of  honor  and  religion  will,  whatever 
may  be  his  outer  circumstances,  have  the  un- 
speakable comfort  and  advantage  of  his  own 
self  approbation.  Nehemiah,  the  governor  of 
Jerusalem,  said,  when  the  men  of  property 
had  done  wrong  by  excessive  usury  in  their 
transactions  with  their  poorer  brethren,  "Then 
I  consulted  with  myself,"  instead  of  consult- 
ing the  nobles  and  rulers,  "  And  I  set  a 
great  assembly  against  them."  This  doc- 
trine of  self-consultation  is  not  so  generally, 
regarded  as  it  ought  to  be.     To  relieve  our- 


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selves  of  responsibility,  we  frequently  go  to 
others,  when  it  is  very  clear  that  we  ought  to 
rely  upon  ourselves.  The  spirit  of  indepen- 
dence and  the  habit  of  acting  on  my  own  im- 
pressions was  fully  developed  in  me  by  my 
early  education,  experience  and  observation 
of  life,  and  I  think  the  same  characteristics 
have  continued  to  mark  my  course  thus  far. 
By  tliis,  no  doubt,  I  have  fallen  into  many 
errors  which  might  have  been  avoided  by 
seeking  the  counsel  of  others  better  informed 
and  wiser  than  myself,  but  at  the  same  time 
I  think  it  is  much  better  thus  to  suffer,  than 
to  put  in  jeopardy  one's  independence,  self- 
reliance,  firmness  and  energy  of  action. 
These  should  all  be  strictly  guarded,  and  may 
be  without  refusing  the  counsel  of  others. 
But  my  continual  jealousy  of  the  interference 
of  others  has  led  me  to  the  extreme  of  caution. 
After  all,  self-reliance  is  the  main  spring  of 
successful  action  —  without  it  one  will  be  tame, 
wavering  and  inefficient.  He  may  not  be  vic- 
ious, but  he  is  only  negatively  virtuous.  He 
may  avoid  doing  wrong  but  he  will  be  weak 
and  slow  in  doing  right.  Better  stand  alone, 
even  if  it  requires  great  effort,  than  lean  up- 
on another.  In  the  one  case  action  will  be  a 
relief,  but  in  the  other  a  burthen.  When  one 
feels  that  he  alone  must  think,  resolve  and 
act,  he  then  may  rely  upon  that  inspiration 
from  above  which,  under  other  circumstances, 
he  has  no  right  to  expect.  "Yet  lam  not 
alone  because  the  Father  is  with  me,"  was  the 
saying  of  him  who  was  called  to  endure  the 
greatest  sufferings,  in  testimony  of  his  fidelity 
to  his  mission  of  mercy  and  beneficence  to  our 
race.  An  indecisive  character  rarely  attains 
to  eminence  in  anything.  Habits  of  punctu- 
ality, order  and  diligence, — the  determination 
to  concentrate  the  mind  and  powers  on  one  ob- 
ject at  a  time,  to  persevere   under  every  dis- 


couragement, and  in  short  to  be  in  earnest 
about  every  worthy  object,  great  or  small, — 
these  are  the  sure  means  of  success.  Never 
affect  depreciation  of  your  calling  nor  of  any 
object  which  you  think  it  right  to  attend  to. 
If  the  object  is  unworthy  your  attention,  aban- 
don it;  if  it  is  worthy,  make  it  honorable  to 
you,  by  your  fidelity  in  discharging  its  claims. 
****** 

My  connexion  with  the  business  of  the 
First  Parish  and  the  First  Church  in  Bever- 
ly has  been  as  continuous  as  with  the  busi- 
ness of  the  town.  I  began  to  attend  Parish 
Meetings  as  soon  as  I  was  old  enough  to 
vote.  *  *  June  14th,  1802,  Mr.  Mc  Kean 
addressed  a  letter  to  the  parish  committee 
informing  them  that  he  had  been  elected  Pres- 
ident of  Bowdoin  College,  at  Brunswick  in 
Maine,  and  that  he  was  disposed  to  accept 
the  office,  and  desired  them  to  call  a  parish 
meeting  to  act  on  his  request  for  a  dismission. 
Such  a  meeting  was  accordingly  held,  June 
21st,  and  after  the  usual  preliminary  meas- 
ures, the  request  was  granted,  to  take  eflfect 
August  23d.  There  was  mutual  good  feel- 
ing in  regard  to  this  separation.  Soon  after 
the  Parish  became  agitated  with  the  ques- 
tions of  a  division  of  the  parish  and  the  re- 
settlement of  a  minister.  With  both  these 
subjects  I  soon  became  zealously  involved. 
A  meeting  was  called,  October  25th,  1802, 
to  act  on  the  petition  of  John  Dike,  Thomas 
Appleton,  Daniel  Herrick  and  others,  re- 
questing that  they,  with  such  others  as  might 
join  them,  might  be  set  off  and  incorporated 
into  a  Religious  Society.  Jan'y  29th,  1803, 
a  meeting  was  held,  on  an  order  of  notice 
from  the  General  Court  issued  upon  a  similar 
petition,  and  the  vote  stood  83  yeas  and  117 
nays,  indicating  a  very  large  attendance. 
Subsequently  a  vote  was  passed  consenting 


to  the  incorporation,  without  provision  for  the 
liberty  of  changing  from  one  to  the  other  at 
the  expiration  of  six  months.  A  large  com- 
mittee was  chosen  to  draft  a  mamorial  to  the 
Court  upon  the  subject  of  "open  doors,"  as 
it  was  then  popularly  called,  and  Thomas 
Stephens,  John  Dyson  and  I  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  present  this'  memorial  and  at- 
tend to  the  interests  of  the  Parish  at  the 
General  Court.  This  was  my  first  appoint- 
ment to  any  office  by  the  Parish.  Being 
then  strongly  impressed  with  the  opinion  that 
the  support  of  public  worship  should  be  by 
a  compulsory  tax  on  all  members  of  the  com- 
munity, I  strenuously  opposed  the  introduc- 
tion of  a  principle  into  the  relation  of  the 
new  and  the  old  parishes,  which,  in  my  view, 
would  tend  to  the  total  abolishment  of  the 
then  existing  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  for 
the  support  of  the  public  institutions  of  Re- 
ligion. That  principle  of  compulsory  sup- 
port has  gradually  yielded  to  the  introduc- 
tion of  the  principle  of  the  voluntary  support 
of  public  worship,  and  while  this  change  has 
been  going  on  in  the  public  mind  for  the  last 
half  century,  I  have,  however  reluctantly  for 
many  years,  at  last  come  to  the  conclusion 
that  the  voluntary  support  of  Religion  is  the 
true  ground  upon  which  it  ought  to  rest. 
Its  institutions  should  bo  totally  disconnected 
with  the  Government  and  left  to  be  sustained 
entirely  by  the  free  will  of  the  people.  I 
maintained  the  conservative  ground  honestly 
and  with  much  zeal,  so  long  as  it  appeared  to 
be  of  any  use.  My  opinion  was  over- 
whelmed before  it  was  changed.  During 
Joseph  McKean's  ministry,  there  was  a  par- 
ty who  were  dissatisfied  with  his  preaching, 
upon  doctrinal  grounds.  They  were  some- 
times called  "New  Lights,"  and  "  Hopkin- 
sians,"  but  perhaps  might  have  been  justly 


styled  "Strict  Calvinists."  They  preferred 
the  preaching  of  Daniel  Hopkins  and  Josh- 
ua Spaulding  of  Salem,  to  that  of  Mr.  Mc- 
Kean,  and  some  of  the  leaders  of  this  party 
occasionally  went  to  Salem  to  enjoy  what 
they  considered  sounder  preaching  than  that 
of  the  minister  of  their  own  parish.  This 
course  on  the  part  of  the  Strict  Calvinists 
had  prepared  the  way  for  a  division  of  the 
Parish  which  was  hastened  by  the  dismissal 
of  Mr.  McKean,  and  immediately  after  that 
event,  measures  were  set  on  foot  for  the  es- 
tablishment of  a  new  religious  society.  A 
Baptist  Society  had  been  previously  organ- 
ized and  had  built  a  meeting  house,  about 
1801.  After  Mr.  McKean  removed  to 
Brunswick  he  was  esteemed  as  belonging  to 
the  Orthodox  part  of  the  Congregational 
Denomination  and  was  spoken  more  kindly  of 
by  those  here  who,  while  he  was  with  them, 
spoke  lightly  of  him  as  a  preacher.  While 
here,  he  was  universally  esteemed  for  his 
social  qualities  and  his  excellent  character. 

Before  Abiel  Abbot  was  settled,  the  third 
Congregational  Society,  now  called  the 
Dane  Street  Church,  was  organized  and  Jos- 
eph Emerson  ordained.  Those  who  preferred 
the  more  decided  Calvinistic  doctrines  joined 
the  new  society  and  left  the  moderates  as  well 
as  the  liberals  with  Mr.  Abbot.  He  proba- 
bly had  changed  his  views  in  regard  to  sev- 
eral doctrines  and  especially  that  of  the  Trin- 
ity, since  entering  the  ministry,  but  he  had 
not  become  sufficiently  grounded  in  new 
views  of  doctrine  to  make  them  a  cause  of 
separation  from  what  is  now  called  Orthodoxy, 
in  his  interchanges  with  neighboring  minis- 
ters. He  exchanged  with  Samuel  Worcester 
of  Salem,  Rufus  Anderson  of  Wenham,  Jo- 
seph Dana  of  Ipswich,  Samuel  Dana  of  Mar- 
blehead,  and  others  of  the  same  class.     He 


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strove  much  to  keep  up  this  ministerial  inter- 
course, even  after  the  Orthodox  had  become 
much  disinclined  thereto.  He  refrained  un- 
til near  the  end  of  his  ministry,  from  any  ex- 
plicit public  denial  of  the  doctrine  of  the 
trinity.  In  1823,  almost  twenty  years  after 
his  settlement,  he  was  invited  to  join  in  coun- 
cil at  the  settlement  of  Ebenezer  Poor,  in 
the  precinct  of  Salem  and  Beverly,  commonly 
called  the  Upper  Parish.  Most  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  council  were  orthodox,  and  some 
active  persons  among  them  interested  them- 
selves to  prevent  Mr.  Abbot's  having  a 
prominent  part  in  the  ordination.  This  occa- 
sioned some  discussion  in  council  and  some 
excitement  among  the  members  of  the  par- 
ish who  were,  for  the  most  part,  strongly  at- 
tached to  him.  He  was  finally  appointed  to 
make  the  ordaining  prayer.  I  attended  as  a 
delegate  from  the  church  and  my  feelings 
were  somewhat  excited  by  this  occurrence. 
On  my  return  it  was  concluded  that  an  ac- 
count of  the  proceedings  at  this  ordination 
should  be  submitted  to  the  public,  through 
the  newspapers.  An  account  was  according- 
ly drawn  up,  by  Uernard  Whitman,  who  was 
then  studying  divinity  with  Dr.  Abbot,  and 
myself,  and  published  in  the  Salem  Gazette. 
This  drew  out  a  reply  and  led  to  the  publish- 
ing of  several  articles  written  by  Mr.  Whit- 
man, myself  and  others  on  one  side,  and 
David  Oliphant,  minister  of  the  Dane  Street 
church,  James  Appleton  of  Marblehead  and 
others  on  the  other  side.  All  these  appeared 
in  the  Salem  Gazette  for  October,  November, 
and  December  1823,  and  were  reprinted  in  a 
pamphlet  in  1824,  as  was  supposed  by 
James  Appleton,  Even  this  public  dispus- 
sion  did  not  induce  Dr.  Abbot  to  take  very 
decided  and  explicit  ground,  in  his  own  par- 
ish, in  regard  to  the  party  lines  drawn  in  the 
(12) 


Congregational  churches.  I  then  thought, 
and  so  advised  him,  that  it  was  then  time  for 
him  to  make  an  explicit  avowal  of  his  opin- 
ions. But  he  replied  that  he  knew  the  char- 
acter of  his  parishioners  better  than  any  one 
else,  and  that  knowledge  would  be  his  guide. 
During  the  whole  period  of  his  ministry  I 
took  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  Par- 
ish and  of  the  church.  On  the  4th  of 
March  1812  Thomas  Davis  and  I  were  cho- 
sen Deacons  of  the  church.  Deacon  Benja- 
min Cleaves  had  died,  August  16th,  1808,  at 
the  gieat  age  of  about  eighty-seven.  His 
place  had  not  been  supplied  and  Deacon  Rob- 
ert Roundy  had  died,  Jan'y  5th  1812,  aged 
eighty-nine  years,  so  the  oflBce  was  entirely 
vacant  at  the  time  of  our  election. 

[He  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  standing 
committee  for  managing  the  prudential  affairs 
of  the  Parish,  with  Joseph  Wood  and  An- 
drew Obear,  in  1803,  and  succeeded  Joseph 
Wood,  at  his  decease  in  1808,  as  Parish 
Clerk.  He  continued  to  fill  all  these  oflBces 
for  life.     R.  S.  R.] 

In  1810,  Hannah  Hill  and  Joanna  B. 
Prince,  afterwards  wife  of  Ebenezer  Everett 
of  Brunswick,  Maine,  established  a  Sunday 
School,  with  a  view  of  benefiting  the  poor 
children  in  their  immediate  neighborhood. 
Their  school  was  kept  in  a  chamber  in  Mrs. 
Joanna  Prince's  house,  on  the  corner  of  Da- 
vis and  Front  streets.  My  wife  and  I  visited 
the  school,  and  on  July  18th,  1811,  I  pro- 
cured a  donation  of  six  Bibles  and  six  Testa- 
ments from  the  Bible  Society  of  Salem  and 
its  vicinity,  of  which  I  was  then  a  manager, 
and  sent  them  with  a  letter  commending  this 
eflfort  in  the  cause  of  Religion.  The  school 
was  continued  for  several  years,  when  it  was 
removed  to  the  First  Parish  Meeting  House, 
and  other  females  took   part  in  its  instruc- 


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tion.  It  was  still  without  systematic  organ- 
ization, and  without  any  particular  connexion 
with  the  minister  or  parish,  except  what  grew 
out  of  its  being  kept  in  the  Meeting-House. 
Some  children  belonging  to  other  societies  at- 
tended before  and  after  its  removal  thither. 
Dr.  Abbot  at  length  felt  that  it  was  proper 
for  him  to  take  some  cognizance  of  the  School. 
The  Westminster  Shorter  Catechism  had 
been  considerably  used  there  and,  to  do  away 
with  the  necessity  of  its  continued  use,  he 
published,  in  1822,  a  short  catechism,  called 
the  Parents'  Assistant  and  Sunday  School 
Book,  and,  about  the  same  time,  commenced 
the  organization  of  a  Sunday  School  exclu- 
sively appertaining  to  his  society.  Of  this 
I  became  superintendent,  in  the  summer  of 
1822  and,  with  his  aid,  organized  the  school, 
which  was  very  large,  in  forty  clas-'^es,  with 
forty-fout  teachers  and  about  two  hundred 
and  fourteen  children.* 


*  Note.  The  following  extract  is  from  the  cor. 
respondence  of  tlie  "  New  York  Century"  Newspa- 
per : 

"Salem,  September  lOtli,  1860. 

The  event  of  the  week,  in  this  vicinity,  has  been 
the  commemoration  of  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of 
the  origin  of  Sabbath  Schools  in  this  country. 
Opinions  differ  as  to  whether  the  child  ought  to  re- 
ceive, from  any  influences  save  those  of  home,  im- 
pressions upon  so  delicat  J  a  sentiment  as  that  of 
Faith.  There  is  room  for  a  question  here;  but 
the  Sunday  School  is  an  institution,  a  fact  accom- 
plished, and  as  such  commands  the  attention  of  so- 
cie.ty.  Moreover,  in  the  spirit  of  its  original  incep- 
tion, it  can  do  only  good,  being  designed  for  the 
iiomelcss. 

Hannah  Hill,  born  on  the  passage  of  her  pa- 
rents from  Ireland  hither,  and  Joanna  Prince,  late 
the  accomplished  and  widely  beloved  wife  of  Pro- 
fessor Everett,  of  Bowdoin  College,  somewhere  be- 
tween the  years  1809  and  1810,  became  impressed 
with  the  danger  resulting  to  the  children  and  to 
society  from  the  running  at  large  on  Sunday  of  a 


April  16th,  1825,  I  received  from  Ram- 
mohun  Roy,  of  Calcutta,  the  following  let- 
ter, by  the  hand  of  Capt.  Israel  Whitney, 
accompanied  with  one  dozen  pamphlets, 
mostly  acknowledged  publications  of  Ram- 
mohun  Roy. 


tribe  of  vagrant  boys  and  girls,  residing  about  the 
wharves  of  Beverly.  They  conceived  the  genei*- 
ous  purpose  of  gathering  them  together,  as  Rob- 
ert Raikes  had  done  in  the  cities  of  England,  and 
giving  them  a  chance  to  taste  the  bread  of  life, 
with  at  least  an  immunity  from  evil  for  a  part 
of  the  day.  The  spirit  of  the  movement  was 
purely  and  signally  benevolent.  It  is  curious  to 
observe  how  closely  this  movement  resembles  that 
now  going  on  under  the  name  of  "  Children's  Aid 
Societies,"  and  further  to  note  the  fact,  not  seem- 
ingly recognized  by  the  speakers  on  this  occasion, 
that  the  Raikes  and  Hill  movement  addressed  it- 
self solely  to  those  who  were  without  home  and 
church  and  school  influences;  while  Sunday 
Schools  now-a-days,  having  become  nurseries  of 
the  denominational  churches,  and  being  frequented 
by  the  well-to-do,  well-dressed  children  of  those 
who  could  teacli  morals  and  faith  as  well  at  home 
that  very  dangerous  class  of  neglected  children 
are,  by  the  meanness  of  their  dress,  the  roughness 
of  their  manners,  the  scantiness  of  their  education, 
practically  excluded.  There  is  room,  then,  for 
other  Hills  and  Princes,  nay,  as  much  need  of 
them  as  ever. 

Dr.  A.  P.  Peabody,  lately  made  Plnmmer  Pro- 
fessor at  Cambridge,  and  a  graduate  of  Hannah 
Hill's  school,  stated  that  he  was  able  before  her 
death  to  make  partial  return  to  her  of  what  he 
owed  her.  She  became  possessed  of  the  idea  of 
reailing  the  New  Testament  in  its  original  tongue ; 
and  Dr.  Peabody,  while  at  College,  devoted  a  vaca- 
tion to  instructing  this  somewhat  aged  pupil,  his 
quondam  teacher,  in  the  rudiments  of  Greek.  He 
said  she  learned  it  as  if  by  inspiration,  and  he  had 
the  pleasure,  in  the  course  of  a  few  months,  of 
hearing  her  read  understandingly  the  glowing  pag- 
es, as  they  were  written  by  witnesses  of  the  scenes 
they  portray." 


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"Sir: 

You  will  be  surprised  at  the  presumption 
of  one  who  is  so  perfect  a  stranger  as  my- 
self, in  addressing  you  from  a  remote  country, 
but  I  am  sure  that  when  you  reflect  on  the 
motives  which  have  led  me  to  use  this  free- 
dom, you  will  excuse  my  intrusion.  Having 
understood  from  Capt.  Whitney,  a  friend  of 
mine,  that  from  the  spirit  of  philanthropy  you 
not  only  entertain  sincere  wishes  for  the  wel- 
fare of  your  fellow  citizens  both  here  and 
hereafter,  but  also  use  every  means  calcula- 
ted to  direct  them  to  the  paths  of  pure  Chris- 
tianity, which  alone  can  lead  man  to  peace 
and  happiness,  I  am  induced  to  do  myself 
the  honor  of  being  known  to  a  person  so  dis- 
tinguished by  his  benevolence  and  religious 
zeal. 

After  I  had  been  tired  of  the  gross  absur- 
dity of  Hindoo  Doctrines,  I  directed  my  en- 
quiries to  the  Christian  Faith.  I  mean  the 
Trinitarian  System  of  Christian  Faith,  the 
name  of  Unitarian  Christianity  not  being 
known  to  me.  But  in  proportion  as  I  made 
myself  acquainted  with  this  system  and  its 
published  defences  and  illustrations,  my  res- 
olution increased  to  abandon  it  entirely,  find- 
ing the  Christian  doctrines  like  those  of  the 
Hindoos  in  substance,  though  they  are  diflfer- 
ent  from  each  other  in  minute  interpretations. 
I  however  was  so  fortunate  as  to  become  inti- 
mately acquainted  with  a  Scotch  gentleman 
of  great  acquirements,  who  kindly  proposed 
to  me  to  read  the  Bible  with  him,  and  to  ex- 
amine whether  it  was  more  conformable  to 
another  system  of  Christianity  called  Unita- 
rianism  and  believed  to  have  been  the  reli- 
gion of  primitive  Christians.  In  following 
the  advice  of  that  best  of  all  friends,  I  have 
felt  thoroughly  convinced  that  the  Christian- 
ity which  a  majority  of  Christians  profess  is 
a  mixed  system  of  the  Romish  (?)  and  Chris- 
tian religions,  and  that  pure  Christianity  has 
its  support  both  from  the  Revelation  and  from 
the  human  understanding,  a  circumstance 
which  has  not  only  happily  deterred  me  from 
manifesting  hostile  feelings  towards  this  reli- 
gion, but  has  rendered  it  incumbent  upon  me 
to  exert  myself  in  extending  its  influence  by 
every  possible  means.     I  hope  I  shall,  at  a  fu- 


ture period,  lay  before  the  public  a  state- 
ment showing  the  close  resemblance  existing 
between  the  doctiines  maintained  by  Hin- 
doos and  by  the  majority  of  Christians,  and 
at  present  I  entreat  your  acceptance  of  a  few 
pamphlets,  which  my  friend  has  kindly  of- 
fered to  take  charge  of,  and  beg  to  subscribe 
myself, 

With  respect  and  regard, 

Your  most  obedient  servant, 

RAMMOHUN  ROY. 
Calcutta, 

December  28th,  1824." 


The  writer  of  this  letter  was  born  in  1780. 
He  inherited  a  good  estate.  He  died  in 
England,  while  on  a  visit  there,  Sept.  27, 
1833.  William  Adam,  the  Scotch  gentle- 
man referred  to  in  his  letter,  afterwards 
came  to  the  United  States,  was  employed  as 
a  preacher  in  several,  places,  and  was  preach- 
ing at  Chicago,  Illinois,  in  1849.  To  the 
above  letter  I  sent  the  following  answer  by 
Capt.  Israel  Whitney  of  the  Ship  ''Bever- 
ly" and  subsequently,  June  30th,  1825, 
sent  Ramniohun  Roy  some  twenty  pamphlets 
of  different  descriptions,  by  the  ship  "  George''^ 
Capt.  Samuel  Endicott.  Thus  ended  my 
correspojidence  with  this  extraordinary  char- 
acter. 

"  Beverly,  May  2nd,  1825. 
Dear  Sir: 

It  is  with  great  satisfaction  that  I  acknow- 
ledge the  receipt  (through  our  mutual  friend 
Capt.  1.  Whitney,)  of  your  letter  of  the 
28  th  December  last,  and  the  pamphlets  you 
were  so  good  as  to  send  me,  for  which  be 
pleased  to  accept  my  most  hearty  thanks. 
I  have  found  much  gratification  in  reading 
your  publications  in  defence  of  the  Divine 
Unity  and  of  pure  Christianity.  When- 
ever mankind  can  be  brought  to  divest  them- 
selves of  the  prejudices  of  education  and  to 
examine  impartially  and  thoroughly  the  na- 
ture of  the  Christian  dispensation ;  its  evi- 
dences   as  contained  in  the    Jewish   and 


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Christian  scriptures  ;  its  adaptation  to  the 
wants  and  character  of  man ;  the  excellence 
of  its  precepts  and  of  the  life  of  its  founder; 
the  result  will  be,  as  in  your  own  case,  that 
they  will  not  be  content  merely  to  receive  it 
as  precious  to  themselves,  but  will  use  ev- 
ery reasonable  exertion  to  extend  its  influ- 
ence among  their  fellow  men.  My  native 
State,  Massachusetts,  was  settled  by  the 
sect  who,  in  England,  were  called  Puritans. 
They  were  rigid  and  austere  of  manners 
and  Calvinistic  in  their  belief.  They 
thought  it  their  duty  to  protect  and  preserve 
what  they  called  Orthodoxy,  by  such  guards 
and  restraints  as  seemed  to  them  necessary 
to  attain  their  object.  But  notwithstand- 
ing all  restraints,  such  have  been  the  pro- 
gress and  freedom  of  religious  inquiry  that 
Unitarian  principles  obtain  more  generally 
in  Massachusetts  than  in  any  other  part  of 
the  United  States.  It  is  but  of  late,  say 
within  fifteen  years,  that  these  sentiments 
have  been  openly  avowed.  They  long  exist- 
ed in  the  minds  of  many  serious  and  intel- 
ligent persons,  who,  from  prudence  or  de- 
fect of  moral  courage,  refrained  from  com- 
municating them. 

Happily  the  time  has  now  arrived  when 
an  open  avowal  of  Unitarianism,  in  many 
parts  of  New  England,  does  not  lessen  re- 
spect for  character,  nor  influence  in  society. 
Prejudice  gradually  yields  to  rational  in- 
quiry, and  the  change  of  opinion  is  as  rap- 
id as  is  desirable,  considering  the  danger,  to 
which  we  are  all  liable,  of  running  from 
one  extreme  to  its  opposite.  The  Congre- 
gational Clergy  and  other  influential  per- 
sons in  the  City  of  Boston,  have  taken  the 
lead  ii)  producing  this  change.  The  Chris- 
tian lives  of  these  men  have  secured  to 
their  opinions  that  confidence  which,  among 
the  less  informed,  is  so  necessary  to  insure 
them  a  fair  examination  and  comparison 
with  the  Scriptures.  To  call  such  men  De- 
ists and  Infidels  is  of  no  avail,  while  the 
whole  tenor  of  their  conduct  exemplifies 
those  virtues  which  belong  to  the  real  disci- 
ple of  Christ.  Our  College  at  Cambridge 
has  contributed  largely  to  the  progress  of 
liberal  and  enlightened  opinions  in  theology. 


Your  situation  is  singularly  interesting, 
having  to  contend  with  the  idolatry  of  your 
own  countrymen,  as  well  as  to  combat  those 
who,  while  they  sincerely  believe  in  the 
Christian  Religion,  hold  it  with  many  of 
those  corruptions  which  have  incorporated 
themselves  in  it,  since  its  first  promulga- 
tion. Your  path  of  duty  is  plain,  though 
arduous.  Christianity,  in  its  original  sim- 
plicity and  purity,  must  and  will  recom- 
mend itself  to  enlightened  minds  among 
your  countrymen,  and  through  their  agency 
it  will  gradually  be  brought  to  the  know- 
ledge of  their  brethren.  Christian  mission- 
aries have  accomplished  little  in  your  coun- 
try by  their  preaching,  though  you  give 
them  much  credit  for  the  influence  of  their 
example.  You  have  given  the  reason  of 
the  failure  They  preach  incomprehensi- 
ble mysteries  to  rational  beings,  and  expect 
them  to  be  received  on  an  authority  of 
which  the  hearers  have  only  the  most  im- 
perfect ideas,  if,  indeed,  they  have  any. 
I  am  pleased  with  the  prospect  of  the  Uni- 
tarians at  Calcutta  being  accommodated 
with  a  chapel  for  worship.  I  suppose  this 
will  enlarge  the  sphere  of  usefulness  of  Bev. 
Mr.  Adam,  to  whom  I  beg  you  to  present 
my  best  respects.  Although  we  are  stran- 
gers to  each  other,  1  am  not  without  some 
knowledge  of  his  history.  He  stands  high 
in  my  estimation  for  the  independence  he 
has  shown  in  acting  according  to  his  views 
of  divine  truth,  under  very  trying  circum- 
stances. It  will  give  me  great  pleasure  to 
hear  from  you  wlienever  your  convenience 
will  permit.  Wishing  you  the  greatest  suc- 
cess in  your  endeavors  to  spread  light  and 
truth  around  you,  1  fubscribe  myself. 
Dear  Sir, 

Very  respectfully 

Your  obed't  Servant, 

BOBT.   RANTOUL." 


Erratdm.  The  qnotation  from  Head's  "Emi- 
grant," on  page  83,  closes  with  the  words  "luke- 
warm water,"  and  Lyell  resumes  his  comments 
with  "  There  can  be,"  &c. 


HISTORICAL    COLLECTIONS 

O  F      T  H  E 

ESSEX     INSTITUTE. 


Vol.  VI. 


June,   1864r. 


No.  3. 


SOMK  ACCOUNT  OF  HOUSES  AND 
OTFIER  BUILDINGS  IN  SALEM, 
FROM  A  MANUSCRIPT  OF  THE 
LATE  COL.  BENJ.  PICKMAN. 


COMMCNICATED    BY    GBOl   B.    LORING. 
WITH    NOTES. 


I 


Col.  Benj.  Pickman,  the  author  of  the  fol- 
lowing sketches,  was  born  in  Salem  in  1741, 
anil  dieil  in  1819.  He  was  intimately  connec- 
ted with  the  history  of  the  town,  held  impor- 
tant town  offices,  and  was  especially  fond  of 
that  antiquarian  research,  which  he  exercised 
in  obtaining  these  facts  recorded  in  his  man- 
uscripts. It  has  been  thought  best  to  give 
the  account  in  the  author's  own  words,  from 
the  commencement. 

" Salem,  2  September  1793.  lam  about 
to  wri^e  the  history  of  the  Town  of  Salem ; 
and  shall  do  it  by  describing  the  Houses  and 
Streets,  with  the  present  and  former  inhabi- 
tants. I  shall  begin  with  that  street  in  which 
I  live;"  (Essex  St.  in  the  Pickman  house, 
next  west  of  the  East  India  Marine  build- 
ing) "which  was  paved  last  year,  partly  by 
subscription  and  partly  by  the  Town.  The 
town  allowed  one  thousand  dollars,  and  some 
persons  inhabiting  the  street  six  hundred  dol- 


lars; the    author  of  this   history  subscribing 
seventy-seven  dollars. 

1.  The  first  house  in  the  street,  as  you 
come  from  the  west  end  of  the  town,  is  a 
Brick  store  built  in  1786,  by  Henry  Rust 
and  Benj.  Browne ;  on  this  spot  formerly 
stood  the  Court  House,  which  was  built  in 
1718  and  pulled  down  in  1785. 

Note.  This  building  was  taken  dovm  when  the 
Eastern  railroad  tunnel  was  built  in  1839.  Its 
northern  end  was  occupied  by  Mr.  Caleb  Web- 
ster, hatter;  and  near  its  northwestern  comer  stood 
the  old  Town  Pump,  immortalized  by  Hawthorne 

2.  The  next  house  is  the  meeting-house 
in  which  officiates  the  Rev'd  John  Prince, 
graduated  in  1776:.  this  is  the  third  meet- 
ing-house which  has  stood  on  the  same  spot; 
the  first  meeting-house  in  Salem  was  built 
here,  which  is  a  sufficient  proof  that  this  was 
the  first  settled  part  of  the  town. 

Note.  The  fourth  meeting-bouse  on  the  same 
site  is  the  present  building  corner  of  VVasliington 
and  Essex  Streets. 

3.  The  next  house  is  owned  and  inhabi- 
ted by  Mr.  Samuel  Gray,  merchant;  was 
bought  of  Nathan  Goodale,  Esq.,  in  1788; 
was  built  by  Col.  William  Browne  in  1763, 
for  his  mother,  Mrs.  Sargent,  widow  of  Col. 


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Sargent,  to  dwell  in.  On  this  spot  was  a 
very  ancient  house,  as  I  have  understood, 
built  by  a  Philips,  ancestor  to  the  Andover 
Philipses.  lu  my  time  it  never  was  inhabi- 
ted by  the  first  people.  The  Post  OflSce  was 
kept  here  by  Lydiu  Hill,  and  Molly  Gill;  and 
before  that,  the  notable  Abigail  Allen  kept 
school  in  this  house. 

Note.  This  hou^e,  which  stood  oa  the  site  of 
Mr.  Henry  Hale's  building,  stands  now  in  the  rear 
of  that  building,  and  is  occupied  by  Mr.  John  Re- 
mo  nd. 

4.  The  next  is  owned  by  Elias  Huskett 
Derby,  Esq..  at  present  untenanted.  This 
house  was  built  by  Hon.  Samuel  Browne,  who 
was  born  in  1609,  was  many  years  a  represen- 
tative, the  first  town-treasurer  in  Salem,  a 
judge  of  the  Superior  Courts,  Colonel  of  the 
Regiment  and  a  Councillor.  He  was  by  far 
the  greatest  merchant  in  his  day,  in  the  Coun- 
ty of  Essex.  He  bestowed  many  valuable  do- 
nations upon  the  schools;  and  died  in  1731, 
aged  63,  leaving  this  house  to  his  son  Samu- 
el, who  graduated  in  1727.  He  married  a 
Winthrop  of  New  London,  and  died  in  1742, 
aged  34.  He  was  concerned  in  mercantile 
affairs,  but  his  indolence  preventing  his  giv- 
ing much  attention  to  business,  most  of  his 
personal  property  was  spent.  He  left  this 
house  to  his  son  William,  wlio  graduated  in 
1755,  was  chosen  representative  in  17G2,  ap- 
pointed Colonel  of  the  Regiment  in  1770, 
and  a  judge  of  the  Superior  Court  in  1774. 
He  studied  law  with  Mr.  Trowbridge  of  Cam- 
bridge :  in  1774  was  appointed  a  mandamus 
Counselor,  quitted  the  town  of  Salem  in  Oc- 
tober, and  took  refuge  in  Boston,  and  went  to 
England  in  March,  1776,  when  the  King's 
troops  left  lio.ston.  During  the  course  of  the 
war,  this  house,  and  all  his  other  estate  was 
confiscated,  which  was  the  only  property  con- 
fiscated in  Salem.     Mr.  Browne's  half  broth- 


er, John  Sargent,  went  away  about  the  same 
time  with  him.  Colonel  Browne  was  appoint- 
ed in  1780,  Governor  of  Bermudas,  where 
he  remained  sometime,  and  then  went  to  Lon- 
don. He  was  a  man  of  excellent  understand- 
ing, a  good  scholar,  of  very  engaging  man- 
ners, and  extremely  beloved  by  the  people  of 
Salem. 

Note.  This  House  was  on  or  near  the  site  of 
Mr.  Kimball's  hat-store,  extending  thence  to  the 
wooden  buildings  occu-ied  by  Mr.  Roberts,  confec- 
tioner. 

5.  E.  A.  Holyoke,  Esq  ,  Physician,  grad- 
uated in  1746,  owns  the  next  house,  which  he 
bought  of  Capt.  Eben'r  Bowditch  in  1765, 
who  built  it  in  1730.  This  Captain  Bow- 
ditch  married  Colonel  Turner's  daughter. 

Note.  This  is  the  wooden  building  mentioned  in 
the  last  note,  and  the  land  and  buildings  extended 
to  the  land  covered  by  D.  B.  Brooks  &  Brother's 
book-store. 

6.  The  next  is  a  shop  owned  by  Mr.  Wil- 
liam King,  and  stands  on  land  owned  by  the 
widow  Rentall.  A  fire,  one  year  ago,  swept 
off  two  small  houses  between  this  house  and 
Dr.  Holyoke's. 

Note.  This  and  the  nsxt  building  stood  on  the 
site  of  Mr.  Stephen  Ciborne's  building  on  the 
corner  of  Central  street.     See  Vol.  V.  pp.  148-197. 

7.  The  next  is  a  hatter's  shop,  owned  by 
Mr.  Breck  ths  hatter ;  the  land  owned  by  the 
widow  Rentall;  this  was  formerly  owned  by 
the  Brownes. 

8.  You  now  come  to  the  street  leading  to 
the  market ;  but  cro.ssing  this  street.  Capt. 
George  Dodge,  merchant,  lives  in  the  corner 
house;  this  was  formerly  a  wall  house,  and 
owned  by  the  Brownes  and  sold  by  them  to 
Mr.  Waldo,  who  sold  it  to  Capt.  Dodge. 

Note.  "  The  street  leading  to  the  market,"  is 
now  called  Central  street.  The  niarkct-liouse  was 
a  wooden  building,  later  known  as  Concert  Hall 
building;  and  wa.^  destroyed  by  fire  in  1844. 


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9.  The  next  house  is  owned  by  Mrs.  Pick- 
man,  Consort  of  Benjamin  Pickman,  Esq.,  and 
was  built  by  her  grandfather,  Col.  Thomas 
Barton  in  1710,  he  pulling  down  an  old  house 
owned  by  his  wife's  father,  Mr.  Nicholas  Wil- 
loughby.  This  house  is  occupied  by  Mr. 
James  King,  Cashier  of  the  Salem  Bank. 

10.  The  next  is  owned  by  Benjamin  Pick- 
man,  the  writer  of  this;  was  built  in  1750  by 
Benjamin  Pickman,  Esq.,  father  of  the  writer, 
who  was  born  in  1708,  the  8th  February,  and 
married  Miss  Love  Rawlins  of  Boston  in 
1731.  Having  lived  there  four  years  with 
Mr.  Atkinson,  a  merchant  in  that  town,  he 
moved  to  Salem  where  his  ancestors  had  lived 
from  1661.  Benjamin  Pickman  was  chosen 
a  Representative  in  1744;  was  one  of  the 
committee  of  war  in  1745,  for  carrying  on  the 
siege  of  Louisburg.  For  services  performed 
in  this  business,  the  Province  gave  him  a  very 
handsome  montifF.  In  1756,  he  was  elected 
a  Counselor,  and  the  same  year  appointed  a 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court;  and  in  1762, 
upon  the  death  of  Col.  Plaistead,  Chief  Col- 
onel of  the  Regiment.  By  great  industry  in 
Commercial  business,  and  a  thorough  ac- 
quaintance with  it,  he  acquired  a  very  opu- 
lent estate.  He  was  remarkably  charitable  to 
the  poor;  had  an  uncommonly  quick  discern- 
ment of  all  things  presented  for  his  decision ; 
in  the  House  of  Representatives  and  at  the 
Council-board,  he  had  no  superior.  He  died 
on  the  20th  August,  1773,  aged  66  years, 
the  delight  of  the  town,  and  one  of  the  pillars 
of  the  Country.  Upon  the  death  of  Colonel 
Pickman,  this  house  came  by  will  to  his  eldest 
son  Benjamin,  born  18th  Nov.  1740;  gradu- 
ated in  1759;  appointed  Lieutenant  Colonel 
of  the  first  Regiment  in  Essex  in  1770.  In 
March  1775,  when  a  war  with  Britain  was  in- 
evitable, be   went  to  England,  not  thinking 


the  conduct  of  the  British  King  and  Parlia- 
ment, suflBcient  to  justify  a  revolt.  He  stayed 
in  England  until  May  1785,  when  he  returned 
to  Salem,  where  he  was  cordially  received  by 
the  people.  In  1788,  when  the  town  was  dis- 
satisfied with  the  conduct  of  Richard  Manning, 
Esq.,  he  was  chosen  Town  Treasurer  in  his 
room,  the  town  at  that  time  owing  a  debt  of 
fifteen  thousand  dollars.  Where  this  house 
stands,  once  stood  a  house  built  by  Henry 
Bartholomew,  Foon  after  the  settlement  of  the 
town.  This  house  was  purchased  in  1680  by 
Mr.  Timothy  Lindall,  merchant,  great-grand- 
father of  the  writer  of  this  history.  Mr. 
Lindall  died  in  1699,  leaving  this  house  to 
his  widow,  who  died  in  1732,  and  gave  it  to 
her  daughter,  Sarah  Lindall.  Mr.  Timothy 
Lindall  had  the  character  of  an  honest,  up- 
right merchant.  Sarah  Lindall  married  Capt. 
Benj.  Morshead  of  England,  who  did  not  re- 
main a  long  time  with  her.  In  1749  Mrs. 
Morshead  gave  the  house  and  land  to  her 
nephew,  Benjamin  Pickman,  Esq.,  who  pulled 
it  down  in  1750,  and  built  the  present  very 
elegant  house  in  which  his  son  lives,  equal  to 
any  in  Salem  for  convenience  and  beauty. 
In  1779,  the  out-houses  belonging  to  this 
house,  were  burnt,  being  set  on  fire  by  a  ne- 
gro of  the  Rev'd  Nath'l  Whitaker's.  I  forgot 
to  mention  that  Col.  Barton  was  born  in  1680; 
married  to  Mary  VVilloughby,  daughter  of 
Mr.  Nehemiah  Willoughby,  in  1709 ;  was  a 
town  clerk  many  years;  a  physician  and  apoth- 
ecary, and  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the  Regi- 
ment; sustained  a  very  fair  and  reputable 
character,  and  died  in  1751,  aged  71,  leaving 
his  house  to  his  son,  graduated  in  1730,  who 
dying  in  1774,  aged  64,  it  came  to  his  sister 
Mary,  widow  of  the  late  Doctor  Bezaleel  Top- 
pan.  Mrs.  Toppan  died  in  1776,  when  the 
estate  came  to  Mrs.  Mary  Pickman,  her  daugh- 
ter and  consort  of  the  writer. 


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Note.  Col.  Pickman's  house  is  now  owned  by 
Mrs.  Le  Masters,  and  is  nearly  opposite  the  head  of 
St.  Peter  street.  Mrs.  L.  has  erected  some  stores 
in  front  of  the  house  extending  to  the  street. 

11.  The  next  house  was  built  by  James 
Lindall,  Ksq.,  on  the  spot  where  a  fire  began 
in  his  warehouse  in  1698.  Mr,  Lindall  was 
an  opulent  merchant,  died  in  1753,  aged  77. 
The  house  then  came  to  his  children ;  and 
Timothy  sold  it  to  Capt.  John  Gardner,  who 
died  in  1683.  It  is  now  owned  by  Mrs. 
Gardner,  and  occupied  by  her,  and  Capt. 
George  Smith,  and  Mr.  White,  Tallow-Chand- 
ler. 

Note.  This  house  stood  on  the  site  of  the  pres- 
ent building  of  the  East  India  Marine  Society. 

12.  The  next  house  is  Capt.  Peter  Lan- 
der's, whose  father  built  it  in  1765.  On  this 
spot  stood  a  house  owned  by  Major  Pilgrim, 
which  was  burnt  in  1698. 

Note.  This  house  is  now  altered  into  shops  and 
offices. 

13.  The  next  house  was  built  by  Mr.  Hirst 
in  1700,  his  old  house  being  burnt  in  1698. 
Major  Walter  Price  married  his  daughter. 
Major  Price  graduated  in  1695.  Major  Price 
was  a  considerable  merchant  in  this  town. 
This  house  was  owned  by  him  from  the  time 
Mr.  Hirst  died,  till  the  Major  died  in  1730, 
aged  55.  After  his  death  it  was  purchased 
by  Ichabod  Plaisted,  Esq.,  who  married  a 
daughter  of  Capt.  John  Browne.  His  son 
Ichabod  graduated  in  1745,  died  in  1755, 
aged  28.  He  was  Captain  of  a  Company. 
Mr.  Plaisted  was  made  Colonel  of  the  Regi- 
ment in  1739,  and  a  Councillor  in  1759 ;  died 
in  1762,  aged  62.  He  was  a  man  very  much 
respected  for  his  sociable  qualities.  After 
his  death,  Somerville,  a  Scotsman,  kept  a  pub- 
lic house  here,  and  afterwards  William  Good- 
hue, and  after  him  Sam.  Robinson  kept  Pub- 
lic Houses.     It  is  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Chad- 


wick,  a  butcher,  and  owned  by  Daniel 
Rindge  Esq.,  of  Portsmouth,  nephew  to  Col. 
Plaisted. 

14.  The  next  house  which  stands  at  the 
corner  was  built  by  Major  William  Browne  in 
1700,  and  given  to  his  daughter  Mary  Lynde 
wife  of  the  Hon.  Benj.  Lynde,  graduated  in 
1686,  appointed  a  Judge  of  the  Supreme 
Court  in  1720,  died  in  1744,  aged  79.  His 
son  Benj.  Lynde,  was  a  Counsellor,  and 
Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court,  and  died  in 
1781  aged  81.  He  graduated  in  1718. 
These  were  men  of  slender  abilities  and 
owed  their  rise  entirely  to  the  Brownes. 
Judge  Andrew  Oliver  lives  here,  the  house 
owned  by  Mrs.  Oliver  daughter  of  Judge 
Lynde.  Judge  Oliver  is  son  of  the  late 
Andrew  Oliver  Esq.,  Lieutenant  Governor  of 
the  Province  formerly.  Judge  Oliver  gradu- 
ated in  1749. 

Note.  This  house  stood  on  the  comer  of  Liber- 
ty and  Essex  streets,  on  the  site  of  the  eastern  end 
of  the  present  Lynde  Block. 

15.  The  next  is  an  old  house  owned  by 
Mr.  Walter  Price  Bartlet,  which  he  Inherited 
from  the  Prices;  in  front  of  it  Ned  Lang 
keeps  an  apothecary  shop. 

Note.  Mr.  Henry  J.  Pratt  still  keeps  an  apothe- 
cary's shop  in  the  same  building — succeeding  Mr. 
Myrick,  the  grocer. 

16      The  next  is  Mr.  Bartlet's  new  house, 
built  three  years  ago. 
Note.    Now  the  house  of  Nathan  Pierce,  Esquire. 

17.  The  next  is  Capt.  Thomas  Mason's,  an 
opulent  merchant,  built  in  1755.  Capt.  Ma- 
son was  in  his  younger  days  a  cooper,  went  to 
sea,  and  rose  by  degrees  to  be  a  captain  of  a 
vessel.  He  now  pays  the  20th  tax  in  town. 
Where  his  house  stands,  stood  an  old  house 
owned  by  Capt.  Jo.'^eph  Putnam.  He  left  it 
to  his  son,  Bartholomew  Putnam,  a  tailor,  who 
sold  it  to  Captain  Mason.     Bartholomew  Put- 


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nam  was  father  to  the  present  B.  Putnam,  the 
first  surveyor  under  the  new  Constitution. 

Note.  This  house  is  now  the  residence  of  Geo. 
F.  Chever,  Esq. 

18.  The  next  is  Capt.  Joseph  Peaborly's, 
which  he  purchased  of  the  Grafton  Family, 
who  owned  it  many  years.  In  this  house  for- 
merly lived  the  Rev.  Robert  Stanton,  the  first 
minister  in  the  East  Parish. 

Note.  This  house  stood  on  the  site  of  the  resi- 
dence of  the  late  Thomas  Trask,  Esq. 

19.  The  next  is  owned  and  occupied  by 
three  old  maids,  Graftons.  This  house  was 
bought  of  Mr.  Giles,  Cabinet-maker. 

20.  The  next  is  owned  and  occupied  by 
Capt.  Nathaniel  Phippen  and  Thomas  Phii> 
pen,  which  they  inherited  from  their  grand- 
father. 

21.  The  next  is  a  very  small  house,  late 
Wm.  Phippen's,  now  occupied  by  John  Ed- 
wards. 

22.  The  next  house  is  owned  by  Capt. 
Benjamin  West,  aged  55,  who  married  a  Phip- 
pen, whose  father  built  this  house;  but  it  has 
been  much  beautified  by  the  present  owner. 

23.  You  now  go  to  the  opposite  house  to 
Capt.  West's,  which  is  owned  by  Capt.  John 
Gardner.  This  house  makes  the  corner  on  the 
northern  side  of  the  street,  which  leads  to  the 
common  or  training-field.  This  house  was 
built  by  Capt.  Jonathan  Gardner,  in  1730; 
has  undergone  several  alterations  and  in  the 
present  year  has  been  much  enlarged.  Capt. 
Jonathan  Gardner  died  in  1784,  aged  86 ; 
was  an  opulent  merchant,  and  much  respect- 
ed. He  left  this  house  and  the  spacious  gar- 
den and  field  to  his  son  John,  who  married  a 
daughter  of  Capt.  Richard  Derby. 

Note.  This  house  is  now  occupied  as  a  dwelling 
house,  and  by  Gardner  Barton,  apothecary. 

24.  The  next  is  Capt.  Jon'a  Gardner's, 
nephew  to  John,  and  was  left  to  hira  by  his  fath- 


er, who  built  it.  Here  stood  a  house  which  I 
well  remember,  owned  by  the  Gedneys,  and 
was  built  about  the  year  1660,  by  Mr.  John 
Gedney,  who  died  in  1688,  aged  85.  Heie 
lived  William  Gedney,  Esq.,  High  Sheriff  for 
Essex,  who  died  in  1730,  aged  62.  It  then 
came  to  Mr.  James  Grant,  who  married  Mr. 
Gedney's  daughter.  Mr.  Grant  sold  it  to  the 
Gardners. 

Note.  This  house  stood  on  the  site  of  the  honse 
lately  occupied  by  David  Pingree,  Esq.,  deceased. 
In  the  latter  house  lived  and  died  Capt.  Joseph 
White,  the  victim  of  the  Knapp  and  Crowninshield 
tragedy. 

25.  The  widow  of  Mr.  William  JeflFery 
owns  the  next  house.  She  was  daughter  of 
Joseph  Bowditch,  Esq.,  clerk  of  the  Inferior 
Court,  and  Town  Treasurer.  He  was  son  of 
Capt  William  Bowditch,  who  married  a  Gard- 
ner, the  owner  of  this  house.  It  was  built 
about  the  year  1655.  At  this  writing,  Mr. 
Nathan  Reed,  graduated  in  1780,  who  married 
Mrs.  Jeffery's  only  child,  is  building  a  very 
large  house  in  the  rear  of  this. 

Note.  The  old  house  first  mentioned  above, 
stood  nearly  in  front  of  Plummer  Hall,  and  pro- 
jected far  into  the  street.  Behind  it  Mr.  Keed 
built  his  house,  above  described,  which  was  subse- 
quently occupied  by  Prescott,  the  father  of  the  his- 
torian, who  was  bom  there.  Later,  Capt.  Joseph 
Peabody  removed  to  this  house  from  the  Grafton 
house  opposite  (No.  18)  and  lived  there  till  his 
death. 

26.  The  next  is  owned  by  Capt.  Nehe- 
miah  Andrews,  on  the  ground  where  stood  a 
house  owned  by  the  venerable  Governor  Brad- 
street,  who  came  to  this  town  in  1630.  He 
lived  to  the  year  1697,  and  then  died  aged 
94.  The  town  is  more  indebted  to  his  exer- 
tions than  to  any  other  man's.  I  remember 
the  house,  which  was  pulled  down  in  1755. 

Note.  On  this  site  now  stands  the  mansion  of 
Col.  Francis  Peabody,  erected  1819-21.  A  wood- 
cut picture  of  the  Bradstreet  mansion  may  be  seen 


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in  Felt's  Annals  of  Salem,  and  in  a  former  num- 
ber of  these  Historical  Collections. 

27.  Tho  next  was  built  by  Mr  Miles 
Ward,  Jr.,  who  sold  it  to  Capt.  Nathaniel 
IngersoU.  In  this  house  lived  Richard  Lech- 
mero,  Esq.,  Collectorof  the  Customsin  1754. 
Mr.  Lechmere  was  one  of  the  bijst  bred  men 
in  New  England,  and  was  nephew  to  Nicho- 
las, Lord  Lechmere  in  the  reign  of  King 
George  the  First.  Capt.  George  Williams, 
the  present  owner,  bought  this  house  in  1756. 
He  is  a  wealthy  merchant ;  was  one  of  the 
Board  of  War  in  the  Revolution  War,  and  a 
great  stickler  for  the  Revolution. 

Note.  This  house  stood  on  the  land  owned  by 
Col.  Peabody,  next  west  of  his  mansion.  It  was 
a  three-story  wooden  house,  and  was  taken  down 
in  1839.  Mr.  George  Williams  was  fatherof  the 
late  Samuel  Williams,  an  eminent  banker  in  Lon- 
don. One  daughter  married  Dr.  Moses  Little 
who  built  the  house  which  stands  on  the  site  of 
the  Grafton  house  heretofore  described. 

28.  The  next  is  owned  by  Mr.  Daniel 
Ropes,  which  he  inherited  from  his  father 
Joseph  Ropes. 

Note.  This  house  is  still  standing,  opposite  the 
head  of  Liberty  st.  It  was  till  very  recently  the 
property  of  James  N.  Archer  whose  grand-father 
married  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Ropes. 

29.  The  next  was  built  by  Hon.  Wil- 
liam Browne  Esq.,  who  was  born  in  1639. 
He  built  it  in  1698,having  lost  a  house  in  the 
great  fire,  which  destroyed  his  and  many  oth- 
ers. He  died  in  1716,  aged  76,  leaving  a 
very  handsome  fortune.  He  bequeathed 
it  to  his  grandson  William  who  married  Gov- 
ernor Burnet's  daughter,  and  died  in  1768, 
aged  54.  He  graduated  in  1727.  This 
Wra.  Browne  left  his  house  to  his  son,  Wil- 
liam Burnet  Browne,  who  sold  it  to  his  cous- 
in, William  Browne,  one  of  the  mandamus 
council,  and  an  absentee  in  the  Revolution. 
His  mother   took  it  for  a  debt,  duo  to  her 


from  her  son  ,  and  it  was  sold  to  the  present 
owner  Mr.  William  Gray,  who  has  much 
beautified  it.  Wm.  Gray  was  born  at  Lynn; 
his  father  and  family  removed  to  this  town 
about  35  years  ago.  Mr.  Gray  lived  with 
Saml.  Gardner  Esq.,  and  afterwards  with 
Richard  Derby  Jr.  Esq.  Mr.  Gray  pays 
the  second  tax  in  the  town.  By  great  appU- 
cation  to  business,  goo  1  commercial  intelli- 
gence, and  obtaining  large  credit,  he  has  ac- 
quired a  very  handsome  fortune,  which  sits 
very  easy  upon  him. 

Note.  This  was  afterwards  known  as  the  "  Sun 
Tavern."  Previously  it  was  the  residence  of  Hon. 
Wm.  Gray.  It  was  taken  down  before  the  present 
Bowker  Building  was  erected.  This  last  was  built 
in  1830,  by  Mr.  William  Roberts  who  is  still  living. 

30.  The  next  was  the  Browne's,  now  oc- 
cupied by  Colonel  Newhall  late  of  Lynn,  an 
ofiicer  in  the  army,  last  war,  now  an  excise 
officer  and  horse-letter. 

Note.  Mr.  Newhall  was  from  that  part  of  Lynn 
which  is  now  Saugus.  After  the  peace,  he  settled 
in  Salem  and  kept  a  livery-stable.  He  had  sons 
Thomas,  Samuel  and  Gilbert,  who  followed  the 
same  business,  and  Joseph,  a  tinsmith,  who  died 
unmarried.  Tiiis  building  is  now  occupied  by  the 
widow  of  John  Simon,  confectioner,  and  by  Dca. 
John  Carleton,  dry  goods  dealer. 

31.  The  next  house  was  built  this  year 
by  Capt.  Joseph  White,  whose  family  or  an- 
cestors have  lived  in  the  town  a  long  time; 
upon  this  spot  stood  a  house  which  had  been 
in  the  possession  of  the  Osgood's  for  more 
than  80  years. 

Note.  This  house  still  stands  on  the  corner  of 
St.  Peter  St.,  occupied  by  Miss  Crane,  milliner, 
and  others.  The  brick  building  between  this  build- 
ing and  one  previously  mentioned  was  built  by 
Capt.  Jos.  White  for  his  bam.  Afterwards  altered 
to  a  sliop,  and  for  many  years  occupied  by  John 
Goodhue  and  J.  G  Lnscomb,  jewellers,  and  others. 

32.  You  then  cross  the  street,  and  come 
to  the  widow  Brown's  estate ;  on  the  corner 
is  a  hatter's  shop  —  Hersey  the  hatter. 


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33.  John  Hale,  the  barber,  occupies  the 
next. 

34.  John  Derby,  the  tailor,  the  next. 

Note.  Mr.  Derby  was  a  prominent  and  respect- 
ed citizen ;  a  member  of  Gen'l  Court  and  has  de- 
scendants now  living  iiere. 

35.  Sam.  Gale,  the  barber,  the  next. 
Note.    Also  a  respectable  man,  who  afterwards 

kept  in  various  places,  and  died  leaving  descend- 
ants. 

3G.  The  Browne  mansion-bouse  is  now  oc- 
cupied by  Capt.  Benjamin  Webb,  the  tavern 
keeper — the  most  noted  tavern  in  town.  This 
house  was  built  by  Wm.  Browne,  Esq.,  in 
1G52,  who  dying  in  1687,  aged  79, bequeathed 
it  to  his  son,  Benj'n  Browne,  Esq.,  who  dying 
in  1708,  aged  60  years,  childless,  left  it  to  his 
nephew,  John  Browne,  Esq.  He  died  in  1719 
aged  46,  and  left  it  to  his  son,  Benj'n  Browne, 
Esq.,  who  many  years  represented  the  town  in 
the  General  Court,  and  was  Lieutenant  Colonel 
of  the  Regiment.  When  the  last  mentioned 
gentlemen,  Col.  Benj'n  Browne,  was  married 
ill  1780,  a  vast  sum  in  New  England  Shillinors 
was  taken  from  one  of  the  chimnies  in  this 
house,  which  was  hidden  in  the  Dutch  wars. 
Col.  Browne  graduated  in  1725,  died  in  1750, 
aged  43.  His  widow  in  1751  married  to  a 
Boston  gentleman,  after  which  the  Rev.  John 
Sparhawk  lived  in  this  house,  where  he  died 
in  1755,  aged  42;  then  Richard  Lechmere, 
Esq., —  then  Andrew  Oliver,  Esq, —  then 
John  Turner,  Esq., —  then  William  Goodhue, 
tavern-keeper ;  then  Sam  Robinson.  Tavern- 
keeper;  now  Benj'n  Webb.  John  Browne, 
the  last  owner  died  in  Boston  5  years  ago, 
aged  54,  leaving  this  house  to  his  widow, 
who  lives  in  Boston.     She  was  an  Allen. 

I  would  observe  that  the  family  of  the 
Brownes  has  been  the  most  respectable  fami- 
ly that  has  ever  lived  in  the  town  of  Salem, 
holdin;!   places  of  the  highest   trust  in   the 


own,  county  and  state,  and  possessing  great 
iches.  Their  donations  to  the  schools  havo 
been  considerable.  Their  mercantile  en^age- 
tnents  have  very  much  eont)ibutod  to  the 
■growth  of  the  town.  At  this  time  the  last 
mentioned  house  is  for  sale. 

Note.  Nearlj-  on  the  site  of  the  present  "Es- 
sex House,"  which  was  erected  by  William  Gray, 
Ksq.,  as  his  rciidence.  The  western  end  of  this 
building,  was  opposite  the  head  of  Central  street. 
The  "Essex  House,"  stands  farther  in  from  the 
street  than  its  predecessor,  and  also  farther  to  the 
eastward. 

37.  The  next  house  is  a  very  handsome 
one,  owned  by  Capt.  Nat.  West,  who  mar- 
lied  the  daughter  of  Elias  Hasket  Derby. 
This  house  he  purchased  of  Andrew  Oliver 
Esq.,  who  bought  it  of  John  Turner  Esq., 
who  built  it  in  1748.  On  this  spot  stood 
Pratt's  tavern,  the  most  noted  that  was  ever 
in  the  town  of  Salem.  Mr  Prat  died  in 
1730  aged  61.  This  house  was  once  owned 
by  the  Curwens. 

Note.  This  was  afterwards  opened  as  a  public 
house  and  known  as  the  Mansion-house.  It  was 
first  opened  in  1833,  on  the  occasion  of  the  visit  of 
President  Andrew  Jackson. 

38.  The  next  piece  of  land  is  owned  by 
Molly  Hathorne,  which  she  purchased  of 
Judge  Oliver.  On  this  land  stands  a  shop 
occupied  by  Joseph  Samson,  the  Barber; 
the  next  shop  is  occupied  by  Edward  Gray, 
tertius.  Painter ;  the  next  by  Mr.  Chase  the 
shoemaker. 

Note.    This  last  was  Mr.  Abner  Chase,  a  friend. 

39.  The  next  house  is  Jacob  Ashton's, 
which  he  had  of  his  father-in-law,  Capt. 
Richard  Lee,  who  died  in  1767.  On  this 
spot  stood  a  house  belonging  to  the  Wil- 
loughby's,  and  afterwards  to  Mr.  John  Ger- 
rish,  school-master,  who  married  a  Willougli- 

by. 

Note.  This  building  is  now  owned  by  the  Mis- 
lies  Batcbelder  and  occupied  by  them  as  a  dry- 


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goods  store,  and  bj  William  Browne,  clothing-deal- 
er. 

40.  Tlie  next  is  owned  by  Mr.  John 
Saunders,  shopkeeper,  who  bought  it  of 
Michael  Moore's  estate.  Moore  was  a  Jer- 
seyman,  commonly  called  Mattery  Moore. 

Note.  This  house  was  afterwards  occupied  by 
John  Saunders,  son  of  the  above.  He  was  Capt. 
of  Salem  Cadets,  first  Capt.  of  the  S.  L.  1.,  a 
merchant  in  N.  Y.,  and  surveyor  of  customs  after- 
wards in  Salem.     His  wife  was  a  Crowninshield. 

41.  The  next  is  a  shop  occupied  by  Mr. 
Appleton,  late  of  Ipswich,  Cabinet  maker,  on 
Mr.  Saunders'  land. 

Note.  Mr.  Appleton  afterward  owned  and  occu- 
pied a  houjc  in  Central  Street ;  and  later  still  a 
house  on  the  corner  of  Lafayette  and  Harbor  Streets. 
Mr.  Henry  Hubon  learned  his  trade  with  him. 

42.  The  next  is  a  brick  house  built  by 
Capt.  John  Gardner  in  1763,  now  occupied 
by  Samuel  Robinson. 

Note.  This  building  is  now  occupied  by  Wm. 
Chase,  hardware-dealer,  &  H.  O.  Flint,  shoe-dealer 
below,  and  Bowdoin  the  dentist  and  others.  Rob- 
inson formerly  kept  tavern  here. 

43.  Back  of  this  house  somewhat  wester- 
ly stands  a  house  which  was  formerly  a  sugar 
house  belonging  to  Hon.  Benj'n  Pickman, 
Esq. 

Note.  This  house  was  purchased  by  Capt.  Abi- 
jah  Estes.  It  still  stands  in  the  yard  of  Messrs 
Smith  and  Manning,  stable-keepers,  who  own  it. 

44.  The  next  house  is  owned  and  inhabit- 
ed by  the  daughters  of  the  late  Capt.  Estes. 
Here  lived  50  years  ago  Mr.  Mayfield,  the  fat- 
test man  ever  known  in  the  town  of  Salem. 
The  last  two  mentioned  houses  belonged  to 
the  Hon.  Benj'n  Pickman,  who  bequeathed 
them  to  his  son,  William,  who  sold  them  to 
the  late  Capt.  Estes.     A  fine  situation. 

45.  The  next  is  a  very  old  house,  ready 
to  fall  down,  and  owned  by  Mr.  James 
King,  and  occupied  by  Capt.  Wm.  Hathorne 
who   keeps  a  huxter's  shop  in   front;  this 


house  is  more  than  100  years  old.  Here 
lived  John  Wolcott  Esq.,  high  sheriff  of  Es- 
sex, who  graduated  in  1721,  died  in  1747, 
aged  45 ;  here  lived  also  his  father  Josiah 
Wolcott  E.sq.,  Judge  of  the  Inferior  Court, 
who  died  in  1720.  This  house  was  owned 
by  the  Wolcott's  and  sold  to  the  late  Mr. 
James  King. 

Note.  This  building  was  nearly  on  the  site  of 
the  building  now  occupied  by  Theron  Palmer, 
shoe-dealer,  Mr.  Peabody,  dry  goods  dealer,  and 
others. 

46.  The  next  is  a  small  dwelling-house 
owned  by  Mr.  James  King,  and  occupied  by 
Mrs.  Brown,  who  sells  English  goods. 

Note.  This  house  still  stands  in  the  rear.  On 
its  side  is  now  a  private  way,  and  a  portion  of 
Browne's  Block. 

47.  The  next  house  belongs  to  the  Jef- 
freys, built  in  1730.  Here  lives  Edward 
Pulling  Esq.  at  Board,  graduated  in  1775, 
Barrister  at  Law,  and  the  fattest  man  in  Sa- 
lem. This  house  is  directly  opposite  to  the 
meeting-house,  in  which  the  Kev'd  John 
Prince  preaches. 

Note.  This  building  is  now  standing  on  Bridge 
street,  nearly  opposite  the  rear  of  the  Fir^t  Uni- 
versalist  Meeting-house,  whither  it  was  removed  to 
make  way  for  the  brick  building  erected  by  J.  &  I. 
Ncwhall  and  Eliphalet  Kimball  on  the  site  of  the 
present  Browne's  Block. 

48.  The  next  and  corner  house  is 
Stearns'  and  Waldo's  new  and  elegant  brick 
building,  built  last  year  by  Col.  Bcnj.  Pick, 
man.  Major  Jonathan  Waldo,  and  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Stearns.  Here  stood  a  house  built  by 
the  Prices  in  1670,  and  sold  to  Mr.  John 
Prat  in  1725,  whose  widow  removed  to  it  in 
1747,  and  kept  the  noted  Ship  Tavern,  to 
the  day  of  her  death.  This  place  was  sold 
to  Pickman,  Stearns,  and  Waldo,  by  Mrs. 
Ruth  Jcffry,  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Prat,  for 
£780. 


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Note.  This  building  and  its  predecessor  ■will  be 
found  noticed  in  the  notes  to  Mr.  Kantoul's  "  rec- 
ollections," printed  in  the  last  Vol.  of  these  Col- 
lections, pp.  193-248. 

I  have  now  described  one  of  the  oldest 
streets,  and  in  which  lived  the  most  ancient 
and  respectable  families  in  Salem  —  the 
Bradstrccts,  Brownes,  Gedneys,  Prices, 
Hirsts,  Lindalls,  Bartholomews,  VVillough- 
bjs,  Gardners,  Bowditches,  Curwcns. 

49.  I  shall  now  proceed  to  describe  Court 
Street,  North  of  Stearns  and  Waldo's  brick 
building  is  a  house  owned  by  Capt.  Josiah 
Orne;  built  by  his  great  uncle,  Joseph  Orne, 
and  much  enlarged  by  his  father. 

Note.     This  liouse  stood  on  the  site  of  City  Hall. 

50.  The  next  is  owned  by  Edward  Smith, 
and  occupied  by  Edward  Killings,  who  keeps 
a  shop. 

Note.  This  house  was  on  the  site  of  the  resi- 
dence of  the  late  Judge  White,  ^t  was  removed  to 
the  corner  of  North  and  Mason  Streets,  where  it 
still  stands.  Judge  W's  house  now  forms  part  cf 
the  Hubon  block. 

51.  The  next  is  owned  by  Dr.  Temple- 
man,  and  occupied  by  Ebenezer  Burrill,  who 
lets  horses. 

52.  The  next  is  a  small  shoemaker's  shop 
on  Jeffry's  land. 

53.  The  next  is  a  school  house,  kept  by 
Mr,  Frederick  Frye,  on  Jeifry's  land, 

54.  The  next  is  Mr  Ebenezer  Putnam's. 
Graduated  in  1785,  This  house  was  built 
by  Capt.  David  Masury  in  1768,  and  sold  to 
the  late  Dr.  Ebenezer  Putnam,  graduated  in 
1 739.  Here  stood  two  old  houses,  owned  for- 
merly by  the  Shillabers, 

Note.  This  house  still  stands  on  the  comer  of 
Church  and  Washington  streets.  David  Masury 
formerly  kept  tavern  here ;  here  also,  the  Hon.  C. 
W.  Upham  recently  lived,  who  conveyed  the  same 
to  Dr.  S.  M.  Cate. 

55.  You  now  cross  the  street,  and  come 


to  the  house  of  Capt,  Zadock  Bufl&ngton,  tav- 
ern-keeper. This  house  was  built  about  the 
year  1675,  by  Daniel  Eppes,  Esq,,  who  grad- 
uated in  1 669,  He  kept  the  school  in  Salem, 
a  great  number  of  years.  He  died  in  1722, 
aged  73,  This  house  was  sold  to  the  Omes. 
Mr,  Timothy  Orne  lived  here  many  years. 
After  he  removed,  Thomas  Somerville,  a 
Scotsman,  kept  the  sign  of  the  Indian  King, 
a  public  house,  Capt,  Jona,  Webb  kept  a 
tavern  here.  Dr,  Wm.  Paine,  who  married 
an  Orne  sold  it  to  Capt.  Buffington,  who  has 
lately  made  an  addition  to  it.  He  keeps  the 
Ship  'iavern. 

Note.  In  Court  st.  where  Buffington  keeps  tav- 
ern, it  was  said  in  former  times,  that  Governor 
Endicott  built  that  fair  house  in  1628,  mentioned 
by  historians.  p. 

Note.  This  explains  how  the  tradition,  which 
appears  now  to  be  wrong,  originated  respecting  the 
identity  of  the  present  building  with  the  "faire 
howse"  of  Gov.  Eudicott.  This  old  building  still 
stands.  After  Bulfiiigton,  several  others  kept  the 
"  ShipTavern,"  till  it  came  into  the  possession  of 
its  late  owner,  Gilbert  Newhall,  who  occupied  it  as 
a  residence,  with  his  livery  stable  around  the 
eastern  and  northern  sides. 

56.  North  of  this  stands  the  widow 
Chase's  house. 

Note.  This  house,  afterwards  occupied  by  wid- 
ow Chase's  son  Philip,  is  now  occupied  by  Capt. 
Benj.  White. 

57.  North  of  this  is  a  street.  North 
of  the  street  is  a  house  owned  by  Mr  Hen- 
ry Bust  and  occupied  by  his  son  Capt.  Hen- 
ry Rust. 

Note.  This  street,  formerly  County  street,  is 
now  the  eastern  end  of  Federal  st.  The  Rust 
house  which  has  been  moved  eastwardly,  some  feet, 
still  stands,  owned  by  the  heirs  of  widow  John 
Gardner. 

58.  The  next  house  was  built  by  Mr, 
James  Hooper,  Boat  Builder,  and  left  to  his 
sons,  James  and  Robert.  Capt,  Jacob  Very 
owns  the  western  end,  and  the  family  of  the 
Hoopers  the  eastern. 


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Note.  This  house  is  now  occupied  by  Eleazer 
Hathaway,  baker. 

59.  The  most  northern  building  is  the 
grammar  school-house,  erected  in  1785;  the 
present  school-master,  Nath.  Rogers,  gradua- 
ted in  1781. 

Note.  This  building  continued  to  be  used  as  a 
school-house  for  many  years;  it  is  now  occupied 
by  masons  and  carpenters. 

60.  Formerly  Mr.  Guppee,  a  noted  man 
in  Salem,  owned  a  house  and  garden  north 
of  this ;  but  time  has  washed  away  the  whole 
spot  where  his  house  and  garden  stood. 

Note.  This  spot  is  now  owned  by  heirs  of  Tuck- 
er Daland.  Mr.  Teague  formerly  lived  on  this 
spot.  It  has  been  surrounded  by  a  bank- wall,  on 
the  eastern  and  southern  sides. 

61.  We  now  cross  Court  St.,  and  on  the 
opposite  side  directly  opposite  to  the  School- 
house  is  old  shoreman  John  Oloutman's 
house. 

Note.  This  Cloutman  house  stood  on  land  now 
included  within  the  grounds  of  the  court  house  built 
in  1841. 

62.  South  of  this  and  upon  the  comer 
of  a  street  laid  out  this  year,  is  a  small 
house  occupied  by  

63.  Pass  the  street  and  on  the  south  side 
is  the  Tabernacle,  built  in  1781,  for  Dr.  Na- 
thaniel Whitaker.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Spaulding 
succeeded  him.  The  people  who  assemble 
here  are  the  highest  in  their  principles,  be- 
lieving that  few  will  be  saved. 

64.  The  next  house  is  owned  by  Capt. 
Jona.  Lambert,  who  bought  it  of  the  Glovers. 

Note.  This  house  is  now  owned  by  Capt.  Sam 
uel  Day,  and  occupied  by  him,  and  Mr.  Bowdoin, 
dentist. 

65.  Nearly  opposite  to  Capt.  Lambert's, 
somewhat  north,  stands  the  very  elegant 
Court  House,  built  of  brick  in  1785,  on  the 
spot  where  stood  a  brick  school-house,  built 
in  1 760. 


66.  South  of  Capt.  Lambert's  is  Deacon 
Lewis  Hunt's  house,  built  by  his  grandfath- 
er Hunt. 

Note.     This  house  was  recently  demolished. 

67.  Cross  the  lane  and  on  the  south 
side,  the  corner  house  is  Elias  Hasket  Der- 
by Esquire's:  —  a  very  handsome  brick 
house,  built  by  Hon.  Benj.  Pickman  Esq., 
and  left  by  him  to  his  son,  Clarke  Gay  ton 
Pickman,  who  sold  it  to  Mr.  Derby.  This 
house  was  built  in  1764. 

Note.  This  "lane"  is  now  Lynde  street;  and 
the  house  spoken  of  is  now  owned  by  Robert 
Brookhouse  senior,  and  occupied  by  him  and  Charles 
H.  Baker,  U.  S.  N. 

68.  The  next  is  Edward  N  orris's,  Town 
Clerk.  On  this  spot  stood  a  house,  burnt 
down  in  the  great  fire  in  1774,  in  the  month 
of  October.  The  fire  reached  no  further 
north. 

Note.  This  house  is  now  occupied  by  Dr.  Neil- 
son.    In  the  rear  Smith  and  Manning  have  a  stable. 

69.  The  next  is  the  Widow  Rca's;  a 
brick  house  built  by  Mr.  Samuel  Field,  and 
sold  to  the  late  Archelaus  Rea.  On  this 
spot  Mr.  Field  lost  a  house  in  the  great  fire, 
built  by  his  father,  a  boat-builder. 

Note.  This  house  is  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Sam- 
uel G.  Ray,  a  grandson  of  Archelaus  Rea. 

70.  The  next  is  occupied  by  Mr.  Thomas 
Newhall,  owned  by  the  widow  Rea.  West 
of  these  are  Newhall's  stables. 

Note.     This  has  been  removed. 

7 1 .  The  next  is  a  saddler's  shop,  Folger 
Pope,  on  the  widow  Coats's  land. 

Note.  Folger  Pope's  shop  is  that  now  occupied 
by  William  P.  Fuller,  Tinsmith. 

72.  The  next  is  Wm.  Northey,  the  gold- 
smith's shop,  on  his  own  land. 

Note.  The  Northey  family  now  own  this  land 
which  extends  round  to  Essex  Street. 

73.  The  next  is  Robert  Peele,  the  tai- 
lor's shop,  on  Northey's  land. 


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Note.  Robert  Peele  afterwards  was  a  hard  ware- 
seller  on  the  corner  of  Essex  and  Sewall  streets  and 
his  son  Robert  continues  the  same  business  there. 

74.  The  next,  and  standing  on  the  cor- 
ner is  Mullikcn's  shop,  on  Northey's  land; 
watchmaker  and  worker  in  brass.  On  this 
spot  stood  a  large  wooden  house,  built  by 
Mr.  Edmund  Batter,  who  died  in  1685,  aged 
77;  a  very  respectable  man.  He  left  it  to 
his  son  Edmund,  who  died  in  1756,  aged  84. 
This  house  was  occupied  by  Nathaniel  Dab- 
ney,  apothecary,  and  was  consumed  in  the 
great  fire.  There  was  no  dwelling  bouse  at 
the  time  of  the  fire  between  this  and  Mr. 
Field's. 

Note.  MuUiken  married  a  daughter  of  Col.  New- 
hall.  A  son  is  living  in  Lynn.  Son  John  went  to 
the  Eastward  and  was  a  tanner. 

Edmund  Batter  was  a  tanner.  He  was  son  of 
Daniel  B.  and  grandson  of  Edmund,  who  died  in 
1685.  He  married  1st,  Martha  Fickman,  2nd,  Bar- 
bara Hyde,  and  3d,  Hannah  Higginson,  widow  of 
Nath'l. 

75.  In  the  middle  of  the  street,  be- 
tween Mullikin's  shop  and  Stearns  and 
Waldo's  brick  store,  stood  in  my  day,  a 
watch-house,  with  a  handsome  wooden  sol- 
dier, carved  by  Lemmon  Beadle  on  the  top. 
On  the  soldier  was  Anno  Eegina,  in  gold  let- 
ters, 1712. 

76.  I  forgot  to  mention  that  opposite  to 
Mr.  Derby's  house,  stood  in  the  centre  of 
the  street  an  old  wooden  school-house,  which 
was  formerly  the  Court- House,  and  where 
the  witches  were  tried.  This  Gourt-House 
was  pulled  down  in  1760.  My  curiosity 
often  led  me  to  view  the  place  where  those 
unfortunate  persons  were  tried,  in  those  de- 
luded times. 

77.  On  the  spot  where  Mr.  Derby's 
house  stands,  stood  a  large  wooden  building 
owned  by  the  Rev'd  Nicholas  Noyes,  gradu- 
ated in   1667,  and  who  was  extremely  vio- 


lent in  1 692.     Mr.  Noyes  died  in  1 7 1 7,  aged 
70.     He  was  extremely  fat. 

78.  I  left  ofi"  at  Mulliken's  shop.  Cross 
the  street,  and  on  the  corner  stands  a  brick 
house  owned  by  Mr.  Henry  Bust,  formerly 
of  Ipswich — removed  to  this  town  when  a  lad 
and  served  his  time  with  Mr.  Jonathan  Gav- 
et,  joiner.  Mr.  Bust  made  his  money  in  the 
Bevolutionary  war,  by  considerable  ^_risks. 
Mr.  Dabney,  the  bookseller,  occupies  one  room 
in  this  house,  for  the  sale  of  books;  and  an 
evening  club  meets  in  another  room,  called 
the  Insurance  Office.  This  is  called  the  up- 
per house,  by  persons  meeting  in  the  cham- 
ber in  the  first  house  described  in  this  book. 
On  this  spot,  Capt.  Da\id  Britton  lost  his 
house  in  the  October  fire,  1774.  Mr.  Rust 
bought  the  land  of  Britton. 

Note.  This  estate  is  now  owned  by  Eben  N. 
Price,  and  is  occupied  by  him  and  others.  The 
Horse  Rail  Road  Office  is  located  in  it. 

79.  South  of  this  stand  several  small 
shops,  the  land  owned  by  the  widow  Euth 
Eopes,  great  grand-daughter  of  Col.  John 
Hathorne  who  died  in  1717,  aged  76.  This 
house  was  burned  down  in  1774,  the  fire  ex- 
tending no  further  south. 

Note.  David  Ropes,  Silversmith ;  Capt.  Jenkins, 
Cabinet-maker ;  Edmund  Gale,  Victualer,  who  was 
an  officer  in  the  Army  of  the  Revolution,  at  one 
time  occupied  these  shops.  Capt.  Joseph  Ropes 
built  the  brick  house  now  owned  by  Daniel  B.  Gard- 
ner, on  part  of  this  land ;  the  rest  is  covered  by 
Chase's  brick  block. 

80.  The  next  house  is  owned  by  Capt. 
Nichols;  was  built  by  Miles  Ward,  Jr.,  and 
sold  to  Nath.  Sparhawk,  grandson  of  Sir- 
William  Pepperell,  who  sold  to  Mr,  Wm, 
Gray,  the  merchant,  who  sold  the  same  to 
Capt.  Nichols.  The  land  was  owned  former- 
ly by  Samuel  Barton,  Esq.,  and  sold  in  a  pet, 
to  Mr.  Ward,  on  account  of  a  slaughter-house 


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in  front  of  it ;  a  great  incumbrance  on   the 
street  and  a  nuisance  to  the  neighborhood. 

Note.  This  hoase  is  now  owned  and  occupied 
by  Mr.  Jonathan  Harraden,and  the  small  one  south 
of  it  belongs  to  same  estate  and  has  been  let  to  many 
tenants. 

81.  The  next  house  is  a  small  one  oc- 
cupied by  Gapt.  John  Rust  and  owned  by 
Capt.  Nichols. 

82.  The  next  is  owned  by  the  widow 
Barton,  and  occupied  by  Capt.  William  Mars- 
ton.  A  great  many  tenants  have  lived  in 
this  house.  It  was  built  by  Samuel  Barton, 
Esq.,  for  his  son  Samuel. 

Note.  This  honse  has  been  so  well  kept  in  re- 
pair that  it  looks  like  a  modern  one.  The  grand- 
daughters of  Capt.  Wm.  Marston  now  own  and  oc- 
cupy it. 

83.  The  next  is  Capt.  Jonathan  Ncal's, 
built  three  years  ago. 

Note.  The  late  David  A.  Neal  occupied  this 
house  many  years  and  it  now  belongs  to  his  estate. 

84.  The  next  is  Mr.  Joshua  Ward's 
brick  house  which  stands  back.  On  this  spot 
lived  the  unfaithful  Joseph  Blaney,  Esq., 
who  inherited  this  estate  by  his  wife,  (who 
was  a  Browne,)  and  sold  the  whole  to  Mr. 
Joshua  Ward.  Here  lived  in  1692,  George 
Curwen,  high  Sheriff  of  Essex,  who  made 
the  most  he  could  by  those  unfortunate  times. 

Note.  Dr.  Fisk,  dentist,  now  owns  and  occupies 
this  house. 

85.  The  next  is  a  brick  warehouse  owned 
by  Joshua  Ward. 

Note.  Has  been  incorporated  with  the  large 
honse  built  a  few  years  since,  which  has  been  used 
by  Mrs.  Baker  and  Mrs.  Henville  as  a  boarding 
honse. 

86.  The  next  and  corner  house  is  owned 
by  the  Mansfields,  children  of  Jonathan 
Mansfield,  deceased.  Here  lived  formerly 
the  Kucks,  a  reputable  family. 

Note.  This  is  the  well  known  estate,  now  used 
as  shops  &c.,  for  the  sale  of  wines,  spirits,  &c. 


87.  Opposite  to  this  house  is  Capt.  Wm. 
Orne's  warehouse,  once  Col.  Peter  Frye's. 

Note.  These  buildings  were  contiguous  to  the 
Eastern  Rail  Road  Station. 

88.  North  of  this  are  two  buildings, 
owned  by  Capt.  William  Marston,  who  bought 
the  land  of  the  Pickmans.  Capt.  Marston 
sells  West  India  goods. 

Note.  Capt.  Marston's  buildings  occupied  the 
middle  of  the  street,  and  were  removed  when  the 
Rail  Road  tunnel  was  carried  through. 

89.  North  of  this  and  opposite  Capt. 
Nichol's  house,  is  Joseph  Henfield's  house, 
an  assessor  and  shoreman. 

Note.  Joseph  Henfield's  house  was  removed, 
when  the  street  was  widened,  to  accommodate  the 
Rail  Road. 

90.  North  of  this  is  Mr.  Henfield's  moth- 
er's house.  This  house  was  built  by  the 
grandfather  of  Mr.  Henfield  who  was  a  coop- 
er. 

Note.  This  was  the  old  house  of  Hilliard  Vercn. 
Peter  Windeat  or  Vindeat  bought  it.  He  married 
widow  Rawlston  whose  daughter  Lydia  was  mar- 
ried to  Joseph  Henfield,  grandfather  of  Joseph  tiie 
assessor.    It  was  torn  down  June  1839. 

91.  North  of  this  is  Brown  and  Rust's 
brick  store,  described  in  the  beginning  of 
this  book. 

I  shall  now  describe  the  street  due  west 
of  the  first  described  street  in  this  book, 
and  which  for  a  while  was  called  paved  street, 
being  paved  in  1773,  and  the  first  street 
paved  in  Salem. 

92.  Mr.  Mulliken  has  his  watchmaker's 
shop  at  the  corner  on  the  north  side. 

Note.  Afterwards  used  for  the  same  purpose  by 
Benjn.  Balch,  and  Balch  &  Smith,  and  now  by  Mr. 
Lamson. 

93.  The  next  shop  west  is  Mr.  Chase, 
the  painter's. 

Note.  The  late  Philip  Chase  and  his  brother, 
Abijah.  This  shop  is  now  occupied  by  Miss  M. 
A.  Porter,  dry-goods  dealer. 


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94.  The  next  house  is  occupied  by  Mr. 
Ezra  Burrill,  the  stage  driver.  On  all  the 
land  occupied  by  these  three  shops,  last  men- 
tioned, stood  Mr.  Batter's  house,  burnt  down 
in  1774. 

Note.  The  building  is  now  occupied  by  Mr. 
Daniels,  dry-goods  dealer. 

95.  West  of  Burrill's  is  a  small  shop, 
occupied  by  Benj'n  King,  instrument-maker. 

Note.  Benj'n  King  was  a  mathematical  instru- 
ment maker.  He  lived  in  Lynde  Street.  This 
building  is  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Peck,  clothing- 
dealer. 

Mr.  Pickman  here  omits  to  mention  a  building 
which  is  afterwards  noticed  by  him  in  029j  post. 

96.  Next  is  a  small  shop  occupied  by 
Ebenezer  Bowditch,  Silver-Bucklc-maker. 

Note.  Ebenezer  Bowditch  was  father  of  Wm. 
A.  Bowditch.  He  was  several  years  Captain  of 
the  Salem  Cadets,  and  was  a  prominent  and  re- 
spectable citizen. 

97.  Next  is  a  shop  owned  by  John 
Tread  well  Esq.,  and  used  partly  by  him  as 
a  flour  ware-house,  and  partly  by  Joseph 
Osgood  Jr.,  Apothecary. 

Note.  This  stood  where  Mrs.  Bates'  brick  build- 
ing is.  John  Treadwell  was  father  of  Dr.  John 
T).  Treadwell  and  grandfather  of  the  late  Dr.  John 
G.  Treadwell.  Stearns  <fc  Waldo  occupied  it  at 
one  time  as  a  Drug  store,  and  subsequently  Robert 
Brookhouse  as  a  Jewelry  store. 

98.  On  all  this  land  (under  the  three 
last  mentioned  buildings)  stood  a  meeting 
house  built  in  1739,  in  which  preached  first 
Mr.  Fiske  who  graduated  in  1708,  and  was 
dismissed.  Then  Dudley  Leavitt,  gradua- 
ted in  1739,  died  in  1702,  aged  42.  Then 
John  Huntington  graduated  honorary  in 
1759,  died  in  1766,  aged  30;  then  Nathan- 
iel Whitaker.  This  meeting  house  was 
burnt  down  in  1774,  Oct. 

99.  Next  to  this  is  a  shop  occupied  by 
Samuel  Archer,  who  sells  hardware  goods. 
Here   stood  Col.   Frye's  warehouse.      Here 


the  fire  began  in  1774.     Some  persons  sup- 
pose by  design. 

Note.  Samuel  Archer  was  grandfather  of  the 
present  William  Archer  of  South  Salem.  Col. 
Frye's  wife  was  sister  of  Col.  Pickman.  He  was  a 
loyalist  and  fled  to  England  where  he  died.  His 
daughter  who  went  with  him,  married  Admiral 
Knight  of  the  British  Navy. 

100.  Next  is  an  English  goods  shop,  oc- 
cupied by  Daniel  Jenks. 

Note.  Daniel  Jenks  and  his  brother  John  kept 
dry  goods  shops.  Daniel  was  father  of  Mrs.  Pick- 
ering Dodge,  Mrs.  William  Lander  and  Mrs.  S. 
Dudley  Tucker. 

101.  Next  is  a  Vendue  shop  occupied  by 
William  Lang. 

Note.  Wm.  Lang  was  son  of  JefFry  Lang,  sil- 
versmith, who  came  to  Salem  from  Portsmouth  N. 
H.  William  lived  in  the  house  near  the  Catholic 
Church  in  Federal  Street.  His  daughters  attained 
to  a  remarkable  longevity  and  some  of  them  occu- 
py that  house  now. 

102.  Next  a  small  house  occupied  by 
Mrs.  Clark,  shop-keeper. 

Note.  Mrs.  Clark  removed  to  a  shop  that  stood 
on  part  of  the  site  of  Browne's  Block. 

These  last  four  shops  stood  on  the  site  of  the 
brick  building  adjoining  and  west  of  Mrs.  Bates's 
building. 

103.  On  the  most  of  this  land  (under 
the  four  last  mentioned  buildings)  stood  a 
house  built  by  Capt.  Benj.  Pickman  in  1714, 
who  died  in  1719,  aged  47.  He  left  it  to  his 
widow  and  children; — she,  (daughter  of  Mr. 
Timothy  Lindall,)  died  in  1737,  aged  56,  and 
the  house  came  to  her  children.  Here,  when 
standing  in  the  entry  in  a  thunder  storm  in 
June,  1737,  Capt.  Caleb  Pickman  was  killed 
by  lightning,  aged  22. 

Benj.  Pickman  the  eldest  son  lived  here 
till  the  year  1750,  when  he  removed  to  his 
new  house.  He  bought  all  the  children's 
part;  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  1773, 
the  western  part  was  bequeathed  to  his 
daughter,  and  the  eastern  part  to  his  daugh- 


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ter  Frye.     This  large  house  was  burnt  in 
Oct.  1774. 

104.  The  next  is  a  small  shop  occupied 
by  Mr.  Blanchard  the  Barber. 

Note.  Mr.  Benj.  Blanchard  removed  to  a  shop 
east  of  Dr.  Loring's  house.  His  liouse  was  on  the 
comer  of  Federal  and  Carpenter  streets,  and  is  now 
occupied  by  Augustus  J.  Archer.  He  was  for 
many  years  Superintendent  of  the  Aqueduct. 
The  shop  is  standing,  and  is  owned  by  Capt.  John 
Perley. 

105.  The  next  is  a  shop  occupied  by 
James  Pope  the  saddler.  These  two  last 
stand  on  the  land  of  Mrs  Gardner's  heirs. 
Where  Pope's  shop  stands  stood  in  the  time 
of  the  fire,  a  shop  that  was  used  as  a  Cus- 
tom-House.  This  was  pulled  down,  which 
stopped  the  ravages  of  the  fire. 

Note.  James  Pope  was  a  Friend  and  was  broth- 
er to  Folger  Pope.  He  owned  and  occupied  the 
house  in  Federal  street  now  owned  and  occupied 
by  John  Dike.  He  removed  to  a  building  near  his 
house  and  kept  his  Saddlery  in  it,  and  had  a  Liv- 
ery Stable  in  the  rear. 

On  the  site  of  these  two  shops,  Mrs.  Oilman,  a 
Dry  Goods  dealer  from  Gloucester,  built  the  pres- 
ent residence  of  the  family  of  the  Hon.  John  G. 
King. 

106.  The  next  is  a  brick  store  owned  by 
Capt.  Daniel  Saunders.  Here  stood  a  very 
old  house,  owned  by  Capt.  Saunders's  father, 
who  was  a  baker. 

Note.  This  is  the  building  now  occupied  by 
Mrs.  Draper  and  Jesse  Smith  and  Sons. 

107.  Next  is  Mr.  Abraham  Rand  the 
tinman's  house.  He  bought  the  land  of 
Saunders. 

Note.    Now  belongs  to  Mrs.  Downie. 

108.  The  next  is  the  widow's  of  the 
late  Clarke  Gayton  Pickman,  who  was  a 
daughter  to  Mr.  Timothy  Orne,  a  very  opu- 
lent merchant,  who  built  it  in  1761,  and 
died  in  1767,  aged  51. 

Note.  Now  owned  and  occupied  by  Capt.  John 
Hodges. 


109.  The  next  is  owned  by  the  widow  of 
the  late  Timothy  Orne,  who  graduated  in 
1768,  and  died  in  178—,  aged  40.  This 
house  was  built  by  Capt.  Timothy  Orne,  who 
died  in  1753,  aged  71. 

Note.  The  old  building  stands  and  is  occupied 
by  Mr.  Needham  as  a  restaurant,  Mr.  May  for  sec- 
ond hand  furniture,  and  others. 

1 10.  The  next  is  a  shop  occupied  by  Is- 
rael Dodge,  Jr. 

111.  The  next  a  tailor's  shop. 

1 1 2.  The  next  occupied  by  Abijah  North- 
ey,  all  three  last  on  Lyndc's  land. 

Note.  Part  of  this  ground  is  now  covered  by 
the  brick  building  erected  by  Joshua  Beckford,  and 
by  Robert  Peele's  hardware  store.  Sewall  Street 
was  opened  after  this  and  runs  throtigh  part  of  the 
land. 

1 1 3.  The  next  house  was  built  by  Major 
Stephen  Sewall.  who  was  clerk  of  the  Court. 
Here  was  born  Judge  Sewall,  graduated  in 
1721,  and  much  respected  in  his  day,  The 
house  was  left  to  Mitchel  Sewall,  Esq  ,  Clerk 
of  the  Court,  who  graduated  in  1718,  and 
died  in  1748,  aged  48.  His  children  sold  it 
to  Mr.  William  Lynde,  graduated  in  1733, 
who  died  in  1752,  aged  38. 

It  then  came  to  Judge  Lynde.     It  is  now 
owned  by  Mrs.  Oliver,  and  occupied  by  Mr. 
Edward  Barnard,  graduated  in  1744. 
Note.     Hook's  building  now  covers  this  site. 

114.  Mr.  Wm.  Chandler,  the  tailor,  oc- 
cupies a  shop  westward  of  this. 

Note.  Wm.  Chandler  was  Captain  of  the  Sa- 
lem Artillery. 

115.  The  Post  OflSce  is  next,  kept  by 
Mr.  Mascoll  Williams,  and  his  dwelling- 
house  stands  in  the  rear.  Mr.  Williams's 
son  has  an  apothecary's  shop  next  to  the 
Post  Office.  The  widow  Norris  lives  in  old 
house  which  stands  back. 

Note.  Isaac  Williams,  Apothecary,  son  of  Mas- 
coll, owned  this  estate,  which  was  bequeathed  to 
Mrs.  Greorge  Sanders. 


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I 


1 1 6.  The  next  is  a  shop  partly  occupied 
by  Wm.  Archer,  who  sells  English  goods, 
and  partly  by  Mr.  Sam.  Putnam,  the  Law- 
yer, who  graduated  in  1787. 

Note.  Mr  Samuel  Putnam  was  afterward? 
Judgre  Putnam  of  the  Supreme  Court. 

117.  The  next  and  corner  house  is  a 
very  old  one ;  was  built  by  Mr.  Deliverance 
Parkman,  Merchant,  who  died  in  1715,  aged 
64:.  It  was  purchased  by  Francis  Clarke, 
who  married  a  daughter  of  Colonel  Barthol- 
omew Gedney:  his  son  John  Clarke,  owned 
it.  Mr.  Francis  Clarke  and  family,  and  his 
sister  the  widow  Anderson,  live  in  it  at  this 
time. 

Note.  This  old  house  must  be  well  remembered 
by  many  of  the  present  generation.  Shepard's 
Block  now  covers  the  land. 

118.  On  the  south  side  of  the  street, 
directly  opposite  to  this  house,  lives  Mr. 
William  West  in  the  western  part,  and  Mr. 
Abijah  Northey  in  the  eastern — both  shop 
keepers.  This  house  was  built  by  Mr. 
West's  father  and  uncle;  upon  the  death  of 
the  uncle,  the  late  David  Northey,  watch- 
maker, bought  his  part.  The  present  Abi- 
jah bought  out  the  other  heirs.  Capt.  Sam- 
uel West,  father  of  William,  was  a  saddler 
and  died  in  1776,  at  an  advanced  age. 

Note.  The  western  end  of  this  house  is  now 
occupied  by  the  daughters  of  the  late  Joshua  Ward 
and  the  eastern  by  Mr.  Abbot  Walker. 

1 1 9.  Kast  of  this  is  a  brick  store, 
owned  by  Mr.  William  Cabot. 

Note.  Now  occupied  and  owned  by  Timothy 
O'Connell,  Boot  and  Shoe-maker. 

120.  East  of  this  stands  Mr.  William 
Cabot's  mansion-house,  built  by  his  grand- 
father John  Cabot,  merchant,  who  was  a 
Jerseyman.  The  house  was  built  in  1700. 
Upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Cabot,  his  son  Fran- 
cis Cabot  Esq.,  an  eminent  merchant ,  bought 
it  of  the  heirs.     He  died  in  1786,  aged  70. 


His  son  William  now  owns  it.  He  is  a 
bachelor.  Mrs.  Cabot,  wife  of  John,  lived 
to  the  great  age  of  94. 

Note.  Was  the  residence  of  Daniel  Jenks,  t^en 
of  S.  Dudley  Tucker,  and  now  occupied  by  Mrs. 
BufFum  and  her  sister  Miss  Swan,  as  a  residence 
and  millinery  establishment. 

121.  East  of  this  lives  Capt.  Benjamin 
Carpenter,  who  married  a  Gerrish.  This 
'house  was  built  by  Dr.  John  Cabot,  Physi- 
cian, graduated  in  1724.  He  died  in  1749, 
aged  44.  His  widow  lived  here  until  1764, 
when  she  died,  and  left  the  house  to  her  hus- 
band's brother,  Francis  Cabot  Esq  It  came 
to  the  children  of  Judge  Lowell,  who  mar- 
ried Susan,  daughter  of  Francis  Cabot  Esq. 
He  sold  it  to  Carpenter. 

Note.  Mechanic  Hall  building  now  occupies 
this  site.  Capt.  Carpenter  removed  to  the  house 
in  Federal  strtiet  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Mi- 
chael Shepard  Esq.  After  Capt.  Carpenter  re- 
moved, it  was  occupied  by  many  tenants,  till  it 
gave  place  to  the  present  building. 

Crombie  street  was  opened  after  this. 

This  building  was  removed  to  Tapleyville,  North 
Danvers,  where  it  now  stands. 

122,  The  next  was  built  by  Benjamin 
Marston,  Esq.,  graduated  in  1715,  and  High 
Sheriff  of  Essex.  He  sold  it  and  removed 
to  Marblehead.  Samuel  Gardner,  Esq., 
graduated  in  1732,  bought  it  of  Colonel 
Marston.  He  was  one  of  the  most  accurate 
merchants  in  New  England,  and  acquired  a 
very  handsome  estate.  Extremely  devoted 
to  interest,  and  though  every  way  qualified 
to  serve  his  country,  never  intermeddled  in 
any  public  business.  He  died  in  1769,  aged 
57.  Wild  Gardner,  a  bachelor,  owns  this 
house.  He  lives  in  it  with  his  first  cousin, 
Capt.  Thomas  Lee,  who  is  a  merchant,  with 
a  considerable  family.  On  this  spot  stood  a 
brick  house,  built  by  Colonel  Marston's  fath- 
er, but  it  stood  no  great  while,  the  bricks  be- 
ing bad. 


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Note.  This  building  has  been  very  much  altered 
and  the  shops  in  front  have  been  added  to  it.  It 
is  now  occupied  by  Haskell  and  Lougee,  cabinet- 
makers and  others.  Benj'n  Crombie  converted  it 
intlfa  tavern  and  it  was  for  many  years  a  noted  and 
respectable  one,  kept  by  him  and  others. 

123.  The  next  house  is  more  than  100 
years  old;  but  from  the  many  alterations  it 
has  undergone,  has  the  appearance  of  a  mod- 
ern house.  It  was  built  by  the  ancient  fam-' 
ily  of  Higginson.  Here  lived  Capt.  John 
Higginson,  who  died  in  1718,  aged  42. 
Here  lived  his  son,  John  Higginson,  Ksq., 
graduated  in  1717,  Kegister  of  Deeds  for  Es- 
sex. Here  lived  Stephen  Higginson,  Esq., 
Judge  of  the  inferior  Court.  He  died  in 
1761,  aged  45.  John  died  in  1746,  aged  47. 
Francis  Cabot,  son  of  Joseph  Cabot,  bought 
this  house  of  the  Higginsons,  to  whom  he 
was  related.  Cabot  sold  it  to  the  present  pos- 
sessor, Mr.  John  Jenks,  about  three  years  ago. 

Note.  John  Jenks,  brother  of  Daniel,  was  an  im- 
porter and  seller  of  Englisli  goods.  Mrs.  Greorge 
A.  Wise  and  others  now  occupy  the  building. 

124.  The  next  is  a  brick  house,  built  by 
Capt.  Kichard  Derby  in  1763,  in  which  his 
son  in  law,  Dr.  John  Prince,  lived  till  1775, 
when  he  went  to  Halifax  at  the  time  of  the 
Revolution.  This  house  was  sold  last  year 
to  Mr.  Abel  Lawrence  the  distiller,  former- 
ly of  Groton.  The  land  was  bought  of  the 
Higginsons. 

Note.  John  Jewett  now  owns  this  and  it  is  occu- 
pied by  Currier  and  Millett  for  the  sale  of  furni- 
ture, &c. 

125.  The  next  house  was  built  by  a  Mr. 
Flint  in  1707,  and  purchased  by  Samuel 
Barton,  Esq.,  brother  of  Colonel  Thomas 
Barton,  who  sustained  the  character  of  an 
honest  merchant,  and  died  in  1772,  aged  84. 
His  only  son  and  child  inherited  this  house. 
He  was  a  selectman  and  captain  of  a  com- 
pany, and  died  of  the  small-pox,  in  1773, 


aged  36.     The  house  is  now  owned  and  in- 
habited by  his  widow. 

Note.  The  Independent  Congregational  Church 
stands  in  the  rear  of  where  the  Barton  house  was. 
The  yard  in  front  of  the  church  was  the  site  of  tlie 
liouse. 

126.  The  next  is  a  large  brick  house, 
built  by  Mr.  John  Appleton,  graduated  in 
1757,  son  of  Rev.  Nathan  Appleton  of  Cam- 
bridge, and  grandson  of  Hon.  John  Apple- 
ton  of  Ipswich.  He  is  an  English  goods 
merchant. 

Note.  Now  owned  and  occupied  by  Dr.  Greorge 
Choate. 

1 27.  The  next  is  Mr.  John  Norris's,  built 
in  1780,  on  the  spot  where  stood  a  house 
owned  by  John  Appleton,  and  occupied  by 
Sam.  Hall,  the  first  printer  in  Salem.  That 
house  was  burned  in  the  1774  fire.  It  was 
built  by  Mr.  Nathaniel  Ropes  in  1726.  He 
died  in  1752,  aged  60.  His  son  sold  it  to 
Mr.  Appleton,  with  the  land  on  which  Ap- 
pleton's  house  stands. 

Note.  Removed  to  the  rear  on  Barton  Square 
by  Dr.  Choate  when  he  erected  the  present  brick 
building  on  its  site. 

128.  The  next  is  a  large  brick  house 
owned  by  Major  John  Hathorne.  Here  stood 
a  house  built  by  Mr.  Daniel  Chccver,  which 
was  burnt  in  1774. 

Note.  Col.  John  Hathorne  occupied  this  as  a 
residence  and  dry  goods  store  till  he  removed  to  his 
farm  on  the  neck.  Mr.  John  Kinsman  demolished 
it  when  he  erected  the  Brown  Stone  Block,  now 
owned  by  Mr.  George  Creamer. 

The  brick  house  opposite  is  now  owned  and  oc- 
cupied by  Gen'l  David  Putnam. 

129.  You  now  come  to  Mr.  Henry  Rust's 
house:  brick  house  before  described.  1  omit- 
ted inserting  a  brick  house  built  three  years 
ago  by  Mr.  Matthew  Mansfield,  in  this  same 
street,  directly  opposite  Major  Hathorne's 
house,  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Newhall,  a  tin- 
man. 


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Mr.  John  Norris  aged  40,  raised  his  estate 
in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

I  have  now  described  the  street  which  was 
paved  in  1773;  and  whose  ancient  inhabi- 
tants were  the  families  of  Batter,  Pickman, 
Parkman,  Sewall,  Marston,  Orne,  Cabot, 
West,  Barton,  Higginson.  This  street  was 
formerly  a  swamp. 

I  shall  now  begin  with  the  street,  directly 
East  of  the  one  first  described.  A  lane  separ- 
ates Capt.  Benj'n  West's  house  from  Giffords. 
This  lane  is  called  Loader's  Lane,  from  an 
old  man  Loader,  a  barber. 

Elm  Street  was  called  Lodder's  Lane,  Ward's 
Lane,  and  Oigood's  Lane ;  Plank  Alley  Lane,  from 
its  having  a  plank  side  walk  on  its  Eastern  side. 
The  old  man,  George  Lowder  lived  on  the  Western 
corner  where  the  West  house  is. 


Extracted  from  minutes  now  before  me, 
taken  at  the  time.  On  the  9th  of  August, 
1708,  Mr.  Veren  Lindall  went  from  Salem 
to  Haverhill;  on  the  29th  the  French  and 
Indians  attacked  the  town  of  Haverhill,  and 
Mr.  Lindall  was  killed,  it  being  early  on  the 
sabbath  morning;  on  the  31st,  Mr.  Lindall 
was  interred.  His  two  brothers  James  and 
Timothy  attended  the  funeral  of  their  broth- 
er. Veren  Lindall  was  born  on  the  12th  of 
July,  1689:  killed  29th  August,  1708,  aged 
20.  The  famous  Indian  Chief  Assacambuit 
was  at  Haverhill  fight.  Veren  Lindall 
marched  from  Salem  under  command  of  Capt. 
Walter  Price. 

In  the  street  first  mentioned  in  this  book, 
Capt.  Thomas  Mason,  aged  70,  is  the  oldest 
male  inhabitant.  Opposite  to  the  tavern 
kept  by  Capt.  Benj'n  Webb,  and  on  the  wa- 
ter, at  about  300  yards  from  Webb's  tavern 
due  south  is  a  market  begun ;  the  subscrib- 
ers 40.  The  market  was  raised  on  the  24th 
October,  1793. 

[15] 


HALE    MEMORANDA. 


COPIED   BT   E.   8.   W. 


[Continued  &om  page  46.] 


John  Bradford 
Neh.  Stone 
Revd.  Mr.  Blowers 
Edwd.  Bond 
Jeremy  Butman 
Isaac  Grey 
Rd  Woodberry 
Dd 

John  EUinwood 
Samll  Haskel 
Wid.  of  Jo  Hibbert 
James  Taylor 
Benj  Cleaves 
Liv.  Whitredge 
Jno  Morgan 
Wm  Cleaves 
John  Cleaves 
Wm  Biles 
Sam.  Harris. 
Jno  Williams 
Wm  Pride 
Jon  a  Biles 
Ebenr  Cleaves 
Caleb  Clark 
Samll  Clark 
Jno  Hibberd 
Wm  Patch 
*  David  Larkura 
Jo  Butman 
Jno  Stanley 
Jon  a  Harris 
Hez  Ha  than 
Tho  Patch 
Rd       "   Jr 
Edmd  Ashby 
Ebenr      " 


Jno  Bradford  Jr. 


his  Widow 


Ditto 

Isa  Grey  Junr 

Ditto 


Caleb  Clark 


Ditto 
Ditto 
Ditto 
Ditto 
Sam  Harris  Junr 


Richard  Biles 


Wm  Patch  Junr 
Benj  Larkum 
Wid  of  Jno  Prince 
Ditto 
Ditto 


Wid  of  Tho  Patch  Jr. 

Ditto 

Cha.  Shattuck 

Ditto 


*  Danl  ? 


110 


Ed  Patch  Sr 
Jno  Patch  Srf 
Joseph  Lovett 
Rob  Morgan 
Geo  Hull 
Isa      " 
Samll  Corning 
Joseph      " 
Nath  Stone 
Wid  of  N.  Stone  Sr 
Danll  Corning 
Jno  Stone  Sr 
Wm  Grover 
Samll  Gold 
Benj  Dike 
Philip  C  Grady 
School  House 
Jno  Corning 
Han.  Hay  ward 
Ezra  Corning 
Benj       " 
Robt  Stone? 
Samll    " 

Wra  Leech 

i(        << 

Peter  Groves 
Benj  Smith 
Benj  Roundey 
Samll  Trask 
Haz  Smith  Jr 
Jno  Webber 
Tho  Coles 
Jo  Trask 
Jno  Elliot 
Wid  Friason 
Nath  Wallis 
Jsa  Woodb  *  *  ab 
Jacob  Smith 
Wm  Webster 
James  Patch 


Rob  Morgan 


Ebenr  Lovett 
Joseph  Larkum 


Ditto 

Jona  Corning 
Jos.         "     Jr 
Danll  Dodge 
Eb  Cleaves 
James  Taylor 


Ditto 


Samll  Cole 
his  Widow 


Josha  Ellinwood 
Wm  Haskel 
Saml    Stone  Jr 
his  widow 


Ditto 

Robt  Roundey 


Ditto 

Dd  Montgomery 

Josi  Woodberry 


Ditto 


Osman  Trask 


Timo  Stanley 


Ditto 


tJr^ 


Jo  Dodge 

Jno  Stone  Jr 

J  Picket 

An  to  Wood 

Benj  Trask 

Wm  Eliot 

James  Smith 

Haz  Smith  Sr 

Saml     " 

Isr  Wood 

Wid  of  Jona  Stone 

Edwd  Trask 

Moses  Gage 

Edwd  Grover 

Jno  Conant 

Jno  Tuck 

Henry  Herrick 

Andr  Eliot 

Geo  Herrick 

Wm  Eliot  Sr 

Saml  Butman 

Benj  Woodb. 

Samll  Herrick 

Dea  Dodge 
((        <( 

Capt  Herrick 
((         (( 

Hen  Herrick 

Hen  ^Her  Jr 

Dea  Balch 

Wid  of  Eb  Woodb. 

Jona  Conant 

Dn  Herrick 

Ditto 

Geo  Trow 

Benj  Raymnd 

James  Taylor  Jr 

Ebenr  Raymnd 

Nath  Wallis 

Capt.  Edw.  Raymnd 

Wm  Bradford 


Ditto 
Ditto 
Ditto 


Ditto 
Neh  Smith 

Joseph  Wood 


Edwd  Trask  Jr. 
Samll  Giles 
Jona  Smith 


Jno  Eliot 

Wm  Eliot 

Wid  of  Andr  Eliot 

Ditto 


Ditto 

Capt  Ira  Woodberry 


Benj  Stanley 


Wm  Herrick 

Ditto 

his  widow 

Ditto 

his  Family 

Jona  Dodire  4th 


his  Widow 

Ditto 

Wid  of  Nath  Batchellcr 

his  widow 


his  widow 


Ill 


I 


Josi  Woodberry 

Josi  Woodberry  Jr 

Joseph  Creesy 

Sam 

Kob  Dodge 

Ditto 

Nath  Rayraynd 

his  widow 

Wm  Prince 

Josha  Rea 

Mr  Chipman 

Ditto 

Jo  Herriok 

Widow  of  Wm  Trow 

Cha  Johnson 

Philip  Sprigs 

Moses  Flunt 

Jno  Fluent 

Saml  Balch 

Ditto 

Josha  Dodge 

Zacha  Herrick 

Stephen  Herrick 

Wm  Trask 

John 

Jno  Herrick  Jr 

James  Mecham 

Ditto 

Isr  Balch 

Ditto 

Danl  Tucker 

Geo  Raymond 

Isaac  Hull 

Dr.  Benj  Jones 

Benj  Woodberry 

Peter  Woodberry 

Lieut  Balch 

Caleb  Balch 

Dea  Balch 

Jno  Balch 

Dea  Raymond 

Jacob  Esty 

Benj  Mascey 

Cooley  Smith 

Eree  Balch 

Free  Balch  Junr 

Jona  Dodge 

Ditto 

Roger  Conant 

Jno  Dodge 

Danll       " 

Ditto 

Jno 

Ditto 

Elisha  Dodge 

Ditto 

Nath 

Ditto 

Mark 

Ditto 

Jona        " 

Ditto 

H             "  Jr 

Ditto 

Ebenr       "  third 

Ditto 

Andr 

Amos  Dodge 

Edwd       "  Jr 

Ditto 

Wid  of  Caleb  Coye 

^— 

To  be  Concluded, 

GLEAINGS  FROM  THE  RECORDS 
OP  THE  CHURCH  AT  IPSWICH 
HAMLET. 


William  Frizel    )  rec'd  to  ye   communion 

&  wife        y         Mch   1720-1 
Robert  Jamison  )  from    Ireland. 

Anna  wife  of  Nathaniel  Dane  Mch  25 
1722. 

John  Darby  &  wife  (mentioned)  1725-6. 

Andrew  Darby  Dec  10  1757. 

Elizabeth  his  wife  Feb  2  1728-9 

Jona.  Darby  Jun  Apl  7  1729. 

Ebenezer  Darby  owned  to  ye  covenant  Feb 
18  1727-8 

Benjamin  son  of  John  Darby  owned  to  ye 
covenant  July  14  1728 

Caesar,  Joseph  Gilbert's  servant,  owned  to 
ye  covenant  July  11  1736. 

Hannah  Ingerson  owned  to  ye  covenant 
Dec  22  1741. 

John  Whittridge   communicant  )    Dec  7 

Lucy  his  wife  "  )     1794 

Owned  ye  Covenant 

John  Whittridge  &  wife  Elizabeth  Nov  17, 
1771 

John  Lovering  Jr.  &  wife  Mary  May  24 
1772 

John  Lovering  3d  &  wife  Hannah  Nov  12 
1775 


The  Widow   Abigail  Parkraan   died  Aug. 
29  1777  aet  80. 

Joseph  Killiam  d.  Sept  30  1771  aet  abt. 


50 


John  Lovering  d.  Dec  8  1793  act  80. 
Widow  KiUim  d.  Nov  14  1822  aet  85 


FROM  THE  BURYING-GROUND  IN 

HAMILTON. 
Here  lies  the  body  of  Mr  William  Quarles 
who  dyed  ye  9th  of  June  1726  in  ye  56  year 
of  his  age. 


112 


Abraham  Fellen  (Felten  ?)  dyed  Mch  28 
1728  in  his  90th  year. 

In  memory  of  Mrs.  Mary  Killum  relict  of 
Mr.  Daniel  Killum  of  Wenham  who  died  Nov 
13  1822  aged  85. 

In  memory  of  Mr.  Joseph  Tilton  who  died 
Jan  24  1779  aged  69 

Rev  Samuel  Wigglesworth  died  Sept.  3, 
1768  in  ye  80th  year  of  his  age  and  in  ye 
54th  of  his  ministry. 


IPSWICH  TOWN  RECORDS. 

Baptisms. 

David  son  of  Joseph  Jr.  &  Mary  Goodhue 
Sept  28  1735. 

David  son  of  Joseph  Jr  &  Mary  Goodhue 
Jr  July  10  1737 

John  son  of  John  &  Sarah  Blye  Feb  7 
1747. 

Ezekiel  son  of  Paul  and  Faith  Dodge  born 
June  15  1737 

Joshua  son  of  Paul  and  Faith  Dodge  born 
Mch  7  1738 

Barnabas  son  of  Paul  and  Faith  Dodge 
Aug.  24  1740 

Sarah  dau  of  Paul  and  Faith  Dodge  Jan. 
13,  1742 

Paul  son  of  Paul  and  Faith  Dodge  May 
17  1745 

Hepzibah  dau  of  Paul  and  Faith  Dodge 
May  2  1747 

Marriaqes  Intended. 

Nath  Killum  to  Sarah  Fellows,  Widow, 
July  22  1738. 

Ebenezer  Killum  of  Boxford  to  Hannah 
Lumas  of  Ipsh.  Hamlet  Nov  18  1738 

John  Wilcomb  to  Hannah  Blye  Nov.  25 
1738. 

Dea.  John  Bumham     ")  both  of  Chebacco 

Widow  Elizh  Goodhue  J     Aug  29  1740. 


Amos  Howard  1  «5p  f 

Anna  Rawlins  of  Exeter  J       ^ 


20  1746 


Deaths. 

Sarah  w.  of  Nathaniel  Killum  deed.  d. 
Nov  26  1736. 

Elizabeth  Abanatha  Feb  11  1774 

Capt  Bichard  Manning  Apl  6  1774  aet 
73. 

Jonathan  Ross  Aug  22  1775  ye  first  man 
that  was  buryed  in  the  new  Burying  Yard. 

Elizabeth  w.  of  Capt  Isaac  Vanbibber  Aug 
121737 

Matthew  Whipple  Esq.  deed.  Jan  28  A. 
D.  1738  aged  80. 

Sergt.  Joseph  Goodhue  of  Chebacco  Parish 
July  21,  1739. 

Collo.  Jno.  Appleton  Sep  11,  1739  in  the 
87  th  year  of  his  age. 

David  Campanell  was  lost  in  Lee's  mead- 
ow Oct  16  1739. 

Wm.  Holland  who  was  wounded  at  Cape 
Breton  &  brought  home  died  here  June  4, 
1745. 

James  Cross  Mercht  formerly  of  Boston  d. 
Jan  29  1744 

Mr.  Joseph  Wise  of  Boston  of  a  dropsy 
Sept.  9,  1745. 

Mr,  Joseph  Wise  of  Ipswich  son  of  John 
Sept  27,  1745. 

Joseph  Evcleth  Dec.  5,  1745,  aged  103. 

David  Campanele  Oct.  21,  1753. 

John  Dean  of  Ipswich  Hamblct  May  22 
1755. 

His  widow  Nov  18  1755 

Elizabeth  dau  of  Sergt.  John  Goodhue  deed. 
Apl  29  1745. 

William  Gott  June  25  1743. 

Majr.  Simonds  Epps  departed  this  life 
Aug.  30  1741. 


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Mr.  Daniel  Dane  Oct.  15  1768 
Mr.  Joseph  Goodhue  of  Chebacco  Dec.  4 
1768. 

Euth  w.  of  Capt.  Richard  Manning  May 

19  1770. 


FROST  FAMILY. 
Administration  on  the  est.  of  John  Frost 
deed,  late  of  Ipswich  was  granted  to  Daniel 
Killum  and  Benjamin  Gilbert  Jan.  2,  1748. 
Inventory  presented  Jan  16,  1748: 
Real  Est  £898 
Personal  do  £58  9s. 
Acct.  of  admr.  prcsd.  Jan.  1,  1749. 
The  committee  appointed  to  divide  his  real 
est.  divide  it  into  eight  equal  portions,  which 
they  allot  as  follows  Jan  29,  1749; 
No.  1.  to  Sarah  &  her  heirs. 
"    2.  "  Mary   "    "      " 
"    3.  "  Mehitable  " 
"    4.  "  Rebekah    " 
"    5.  "  Heirs  of  Elizabeth 
"    6.  "     "       "  Abigail 
Nos.  7  &  8  Heirs  of  James  &  their  heirs. 
Gdnsp.  of  Hannah  &  Ruth  Frost  minors 
daus.  of  John  deed,  was  grtd  to  Daniel  Kil- 
lum of  Ipswich  Jan.   29,  1749.     An  addi- 
tional acct.  of  admr.  presented  Apl.  23, 1750. 
Daniel  Killam  &  Rebecca  Frost,  published 
March  11,  1725-6 

Benjamin  Gilbert  &  Sarah  Frost  married 
April  6,  1738. 

Nathaniel  Fairfield  &  Hannah  Frost  pub- 
lished Mch  II  1731-2. 


ESSEX  REGISTRY  OF  DKEDS. 
Ingebsoll  Family. 
We  Mary  Cox  and  Euth  Fowles  Widows 
of  Salem,   John  IngersoU  of  Lynn,  Eliza- 
beth Knights,  Widow,  John  &  Richard  In- 
gersoU, Mariners  &  Daniel  Cresey,  Cordwai- 


ner,  &  Sarah  his  wife,  Ruth  Hibbert  Widow 
&  Sarah  Ropes  Widow,  all  of  Salem  de- 
scendants &  heirs  of  John  IngersoU  former- 
of  Salem,  Yeoman,  dec'd,  Matthew  Pettin- 
gall  of  Salisbury  Nicholas  Jackman  &  Abi- 
gail his  wife  Daniel  Lunt  &  Mary  his  wife, 
Hannah  Pettingall  guardian  to  Benjamin  & 
Humphrey  Pettingall  minors  &  Samuel  Pet- 
tingall, Husbandman  all  of  Newbury  &  de- 
scendants &  heirs  of  Richard  Pettingall  for- 
merly of  Newbury,  Yeoman,  dec'd,  Thomas 
Hains  of  Haverhill  Husbandman,  Moses 
Aborn  of  Salem  &  George  Flint  of  Salem  «Se 
Sarah  his  wife  descendants  &  heirs  of  Wil- 
liam Hains  formerly  of  Salem,  Yeoman  de- 
ceased, for  £  190  paid  to  them  by  Samuel 
IngersoU  Sen.  of  Marblehead  sell  to  him  a 
piece  of  land  in  Salem  Village  of  about 
nine  acres. 

February  3,  1728-9. 
Probate  Records. 
Mary  IngersoU  Widow  in  her  will  made 
June  12  1711    mentions  dau.   Mary   Cox, 
dau.  Ruth  Fowles  &  son  Samuel. 
Will  proved  June  27  1711. 

E.  S.  W. 


Copy  of  a  Letter  written  by  Jonathan  Arch- 
er, from  Mill  Prison,  England, 
September  25,  1778. 

Mill  Prison,  near  Plymouth,  | 
Eng.,  Sept.  25,  1778.      j 
Honored  Parents: 

I  embrace  this  opportu- 
nity to  write  a  few  lines  to  you  hoping  they 
will  find  you  and  all  my  relations  and  ac- 
quaintances well  in  health  as  they  leave  me 
and  all  my  fellow  sufierors  at  present. 
Thanks  be  to  God  for  it.  1  can  give  you  no 
encouragement  of  our  being  exchanged  at 
present,  and  how  long  it  will  be  first  God 


114 


knows.  But  I  expect  a  long  confinement. 
We  wants  for  nothing  but  our  liberty.  I  am 
sorry  to  acquaint  you  with  the  fact  of  Capt. 
Waters  being  taken,  his  crew  is  parted; 
part  of  them  are  in  Liverpool  and  Calvin 
White  and  Samuel  Porter  have  gone  to  Amer- 
ica in  the  savage  sloop.  I  have  sent  you 
five  letters  and  we  have  not  had  so  likely  an 
opportunity  of  a  letters  getting  home  as  this 
is;  on  the  eighth  of  December  we  came  out  of 
Cape  Clear  and  on  the  27th  of  the  same  in 
Lat  "  37 '  and  38 '  Lon  4  We  fell  in  with  the 
ship  Fone  Capt  John  Lee  from  Liverpool 
mounting  twenty  six  pounders  and  bound  for 
New  York.  We  engaged  him  warmly  for 
three  hour  glasses  When  wc  received  an  un- 
lucky shot  which  carried  away  our  mainmas 
overboard  and  we  was  obliged  to  strike  to 
hira  to  keep  us  till  the  next  day  when  he 
took  out  our  guns  and  amunition  and  gave  us 
our  schooner  for  to  make  the  best  of  our  way 
home,  on  the  6  th  of  January  in  Lat  39 '  and 
30 ''  Lon '  we  fell  in  with  the  ship  Fanny 
Capt  Wignal  from  New  York  he  took  us  and 
carried  us  to  Liverpool  where  we  arrived  the 
29th  of  January  and  was  put  into  prison 
where  we  was  kept  for  three  months;  on  the 
5th  of  May  we  were  taken  out,  and  put  on 
board  of  a  tender,  on  the  second  of  May  we 
arrived  in  Plymouth, on  the  4th  we  was  com- 
mitted to  Mill  Prison  where  we  still  remain 
and  are  likely  to  for  lifetime  for  what  we 
know  of,  or  at  least  till  the  war  is  over  and 
how  long  that  will  be  God  only  knows,  but 
I  hope  and  trust  in  God  it  will  come  sooner 
than  we  expect.  We  lost  in  tho  engagement 
one  man  John  Sullivan  an  Irishman  and  two 
wounded;  John  Batten  had  his  Shoulder 
broke  and  Thomas  Stevens  had  his  arm 
broke  but  they  are  all  well.  I  am  sorry  to 
inform  you  of  Wm  Archer  being  left  in  Liv- 


erpool but  I  am  in  hopes  he  will  be  sent 
round  with  Capt  Waters;  Nathaniel  Ward  is 
well  and  here  among  us,  and  Clifford  Crown- 
shield.  I  have  not  heard  from  home  since 
the  4th  day  of  January.  John  Brickworth 
tells  me  he  saw  you  on  the  wharf,  it  would 
be  a  great  easement  to  my  mind  to  hear  from 
you.  The  time  seems  long  and  teagous  to 
me;  I  shall  embrace  every  opportunity  of 
writing.  We  have  plenty  of  provisions,  the 
gentlemen  have  raised  a  large  sum  of  money 
for  the  relief  of  the  Americans.  So  I  must 
conclude  with  my  duty  to  my  Grandmothers 
with  love  to  my  brothers  and  Sisters  Uncles 
and  Aunts  and  all  enquiring  friends.  So  no 
more  at  present  but  I  remain  honored  Sir 
your  dutiful  son 

JONATHAN  ARCHER. 

The  above  letter  brought  news  of  so  much 
interest  at  the  time  to  the  friends  and  neigh- 
bours of  the  writer  (many  of  whom  had  al- 
so relatives  in  Mill  Prison,)  that  upon  its 
receipt,  his  father  mounted  the  steps  in 
front  of  his  door,  and  read  it  aloud  to  the  in- 
terested crowd  which  the  news  of  its  arrival 
had  collected  together,  E.  S.  W. 


A  COPY  OF  THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF 
MARRIAGES  OF  THE  TOWN  OF 
ROWLEY,  WITH  NOTES. 


COMMDNICATED    BY    M.    A.    8TICKNET. 

Continued  from  Vol.  VI,  page  76. 


Daniel  Thirston  and  Lidia  Leaver  maried 
November  the  14,  1715. 

Samuel  Stickny  and  Susanna  Perley  mar- 
ied November  15,  1715. 

Daniel  Wood  and  Elisabeth  Ilopkinson 
maried  November  the  15,  1715. 

Ebenezer  Douse  and  Mary  Huntt  maried 
November  the  23,  1715. 


115 


James  Chute  and  Mary  Thirstan  maried 
January  26,  1715. 

John  Tod  and  Kuth  Lunt  maried  Februa- 
ry the  23,  1715. 

Samuel  Platts  and  Sarah  Vamum  maried 
February  23,  1715. 

Francis  Nelson  and  Elizabeth  Platts  mar- 
ied June  6,  1716. 

Deacon  Ezekiel  Jewett  and  Elizabeth  Jew- 
ett  married  October  23,  1716. 

Francis  Palmer  and  Sarah  Stickne  maried 
October  30,  1716. 

Moses  Pickard  and  Lidia  Platts  married 
November  22,  1716. 

Jonathan  Clarke  and  Jane  Pengre  maried 
December  17,  1716. 

Edward  Sanders  and  Elizabeth  Gage  mar- 
ied December  18,  1716. 

John  Dole  and  Esther  Birthby  maried 
January  24,  1716. 

Thomas    Dickinson   and   Dameris   Lever 

maried  May  the  27,  1717. 

Samuel  Scot  and  Elisabeth  Balcy  maried 
July  12,  1717. 

Nathaniel  Perkins  maried  July  25,  1717, 
with  Elisabeth  Decker. 

Benjamin  Fowler  and  Sarah  Warner  mar- 
ied Agust  the  5,  1717. 

John  Tenny  and  Hannah  Jewett  maried 
Jenuary  the  23,  1717. 

James  Browne  and  Mary  Creesey  married 
March  the  5,  1718. 

Jonathan  Crosby  and  Hannah  Wycom  mar- 
ried Agust  the  5,  1718. 

Ebenezer  Wood  and  Johanna  Gage  maried 
Agust  11,  1718. 

Samuel  Duty  and  Ruth  Tenney  maried 
October  the  1  day  1718. 

Eobert  Eogers  and  Sarah  Prime  maried 
October  the  7,  1718. 

John  Dickinson  and  Susanna  Gage  maried 
January  the  7,  1718. 


Samuel  Tenney  and  Sarah  Duty  maried 
December  18,  1718. 

Thomas  Bixtby  married  with  Mary  Har- 
ris Febuary  3  day  1718. 

James  Jarvis  and  Mary  W^icom  maried 
July  3,  1719. 

Eichard    Syles  and  Mary  Grenouh  mar- 
ied October  the  23,  1719. 
1720. 

Marriage  consumated  between  parties. 

Nathaniel  Heriman  &  Mehetable  Spoffard 
August  25. 

John  Creasie  and  Sarah  Davis  October 
13th. 

Moses  Bradstreet  Junr  and  Abigail  Lunt 
November  10th. 

William  Eowse  and  Abigail  Creasie  No- 
vember ye  1 1 th. 

John  Northend  and  Bethiah  Boynton  De- 
cember 1. 

Nathaniel  Crosbic  and  Hephzibah  Person 
Febewary  7  th 

Marriages  consumated  between 

Elihu  Warfield  and  Sarah  Palmer  Octo- 
ber 25,  1721 

Samuel  Nellson  and  Ann  Palmer  October 
25,  1721. 

Henery  Abat  and  Mary  Plats  January  3 
1721-2. 

Mr  Samuel  Payson  and  Mrs.  Mary  Tuttle 
January  4,  1721-2. 

m  ye  year  1722. 

Jonathan  Creasie  and  Sarah  Harris  mar- 
ied March  ye  28. 

Timothy  Palmer  &  Patience  Perrson  mar- 
ried March  ye  28. 

Amos  Stickney  &  Hephzibah  Wicom  mar- 
ried Apriel  ye  17. 

Eliphelet  Payson  and  Jane  Northend  mar- 
ried May  ye  13. 


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Thomas  Pickard  and  Mehetabel  Dresser 
married  May  ye  23. 

Francis  Spaford  and  Priscilla  Wallcut 
married  May  ye  28. 

John  Syle  and  Jane  Stickney  married 
June  ye  21. 

Thomas  Burtby  and  Mary  Killborn  mar- 
ried Sept  ye  20. 

Eliott  Payson  and  Mary  Todd  married 
Novem.  ye  7. 

Enoch  Muttleberry  and  Mary  Greenough 
married  June  ye  18. 

Joseph  Peirson  and  Sarah  Hale  married 
Janu'y  ye  1. 

Thomas  Dickinson  and  Elizebeth  Pickard 
married  May  27,  1723. 

Jonathan  Burtby  and  Hannah  Plats  mar- 
ried December  26,  1722. 

John  Bayley  and  Elizabeth  Crosby  mar- 
ried Jane  wary  17,  1722. 

Jonathan  Shepard  and  Mehetable  Tcnney 
married  Febeuary  5,  1722-3. 

Eobert  Eogers  and  Lydia  Thnrstian  mar- 
ried March  11,  1722-3. 

Sylvenus  Wintworth  and  Elionor  Davis 
married  Aprill  3,  1723. 

Ephraim  Nellson  and  Mary  Kilburn  mar- 
ried July  31,  1723. 

Edward  Payson  and  Phebe  Harris  married 
August  ye  20,  1723. 

Peter  Moers  and  Mary  Perrson  married 
November  ye  12,  1723. 

Ens.  Andrew  Stickney  and  widow  Eliza- 
beth Jewett  married  December  2  1723. 

Aquila  Jewett  and  Martha  Pcirson  mar- 
ried March  the  tenth  day  1724. 

Israel  Hazzen  and  Hannah  Chaplin  mar- 
ried May  ye  twenty  seventh  day  1724. 

Jeremiah  Dow  and  Hephzibah  married 
November  10,  1724. 

Danill  Foster  and  Hannah  Clark  married 
March  the  ninth  day  1725. 


Solomon  Nelson  and  Mercy  Chaplin  mar- 
ried March  the  fifteenth  day  1725. 

John  Bennet  and  Susannah  Scott  married 
Apriell  ye  twenty  first  day  1725. 

Abel  Platts  and  Mary  Vernum  married 
Apriell  the  twenty  first  day  1725. 

Francis  Palmer  and  Elizabeth  Brockle- 
bank  married  May  ye  twenteth  day  1725. 

John  Stickney  and  Anne  Lull  married 
May  ye  twenteth  day  1725. 

Thomas  Safibrd  and  Sarah  Scott  married 
June  the  twenty  ninth  day  1725. 

John  Todd  and  Jemima  Bennet  married  Ju- 
ly the  tweft  day  1725. 

Stephen  Morss  and  Sarah  Hopkinson  mar- 
ried July  the  fifteenth  day  1725. 

John  Hodgkins  and  Hannah  Creecy  mar- 
ried October  the  third  day  1725. 

Samuel  Creasie  and  Mary  Andrews  mar- 
ried October  ye  seventh  day  1725. 

Stephen  Jewett  and  Lydia  Eogers  married 
November  ye  twenty  third  day  1725. 

Joshua  Boynton  and  Mary  Syles  married 
November  ye  twenty  ninth  day  1725. 

Moses  Hobson  and  Lydia  Lancaster  mar- 
ried December  the  first  day  1725. 

Benjamin  Jewett  and  Dority  Eogers  mar- 
ried January  the  eighteenth  day  1725-6. 

Daniel  Johnson  and  Hannah  Trumbal 
married  Janeuary  ye  twentyeth  day  1725-6. 

Eliphelet  Payson  and  Ednah  Prime  mar- 
ried Febewary  ye  sixteenth  day  1725-6. 

Benjamin  Webester  and  Elizebeth  Stewart 
married  Febeuary  ye  seventeenth  day  1725- 
6. 

Ezekiel  Northend  and  Elizabeth  Payson 
married  March  ye  thirtcth  day  1726. 

John  Johnson  and  Susannah  Todd  married 
June  the  seventh  day  1726. 

Joseph  Goodhue  Junr.  and  Mary  Trumble 
married  December  the  fiefteenth  day  1726. 


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A  COPY  OF  THK  FIRST  BOOK  OF 
MARRIAGES  OF  THE  TOWN  OF 
ROWLEY,    WITH    NOTES. 


COMMUNICATED  BY   M.  A.  STICKNEY. 


Continued  from  Vol.  VI,  page  76. 


John  Stewart  and  widow  Sarah  Bayley 
March  the  eight  day  1726-7. 

Stephen  Perrson. 

Samuel  Robinson  of  Topsfield  and  Anne 
Andrews  of  Boxford  married  Apriel  20  day 
1727. 

Thomas  Boarman  of  Ipswich  and  Sarah 
Gurley  of  Marvelhead  was  married  May  23 
day  1727. 

John  Wood  and  Martha  King  both  of 
Ipswich  was  married  June  ye  14  day  1727. 

William  Jewett  and  Hannah  Pickard 
both  of  Rowley  was  married  June  ye  8  day 
1727. 

Richard  Clark  and  Abgail  Kilburn  both 
of  Rowley  was  married  August  the  9  day 
1727. 

December  ye  fourth  day  1727,  Moses 
Hale  and  Elizebeth  Wheler  both  of  Rowley 
were   married  by   Thomas   Hale  J.   Peece. 

December  the  twenty  sixth  day  1727, 
Joseph  Stickney  and  Jane  Pickard  both  of 
Rowley  ware  married  by  Thomas  Hale,  Jus- 
tis  of  ye  peece. 

May  ye  twentyeth  day  1728  Jeremiah 
Hopkinson  and  widow  Margret  Barker  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  by  Thomas  Hale 
Justis  of  ye  peace. 

Aprill  ye  nineteen  day  1727.  Nathanaell 
Bradstreet  and  Hannah  Northend  were  mar- 
ried. 

James  Saben  of  Rehobah  and  Dority  Hed- 
en  of  Rowley  married  July  ye  29th  Anno 
Dom  1727. 

(16) 


William  Price  and  Sarah  Hedden  married 
September  ye  12th  Ann  Dom  1727. 

Samuel  Kelley  and  Mary  Killborn  married 
December  ye  5th  Anno  Dora  1727. 

David  Creasie  and  Hephsibah  Plats  married 
December  ye  7th  Anno  Dom.  1727. 

David  Bayley  and  Mary  Hodgkin  married 
December  7th  Anno  Dom  1727. 

David  Payson  and  Elizebeth  Appleton  mar- 
ried March  ye  5th  Anno  Dom  1728. 

Ebenezer  Gove  and  Elizebeth  Stewart  mar- 
ried March  ye  28th  Anno  Dom  1728. 

Joseph  Aspinwall  and  Elizabeth  Nelson 
married  June  ye  5th  Anno  Dom  1728. 

John  Manning  and  Jane  Bradstreet  mar- 
ried July  ye  second  day  Anno  Domini  1728. 

George  Jackman  and  Hannah  Bisshop  of 
Newbury  married  August  ye  twenty  seventh 
day  Anno  Dom  1728. 

Jeremiah  Hobson  and  Jane  Dresser  mar 
ried  January  ye  first  day  Anno  Dom.  1728-9. 

George  Jewett  and  Hannah  Lambert  mar- 
ried January  the  ninth  day  Anno  Dom  1728-9. 

John  Bridges  of  Littleton  and  Martha 
Creasie  married  March  the  fifth  day  Anno 
Dom  1728-9. 

Jeremiah  Jewett  and  Elizabeth  Bugg  both 
of  Ipswich  married  January  ye  twenty  first 
day  1728-9. 

Joseph  Willett  and  Lidah  Bishop  both  of 
Newbury  married  December  the  fourth  day 
Anno  Dom,  1728.    . 

Daniel  Todd  and  Mary  Newman  married 
Feberewary  the  sixth  day  Anno  Dom.  1728. 

David  Parley  and  Elizabeth  Jewett  mar- 
ried June  ye  eighteenth  day  Anno  Dora. 
1729. 

Moses  Cooper  and  Phebe  Jewett  married 
May  the  fifteenth  day  Anno  Dom.  1729. 

Elijah  Blasdell  of  Amsbury  and  Mary 
Holms  of  Rowley  married  March  ye  thir- 
teenth day  Anno  Dom.  1728-9. 


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Stephen  Woodman  of  Bradford  and  Sa- 
rah Lambert  of  Rowley  married  July  ye 
eighteenth  day  Anno  Dom.  1729. 

John  Jewett  and  Elizabeth  Lull  both  of 
Rowley  married  August  the  thirteenth  day 
Anno  Dom.  1729- 

John  Peraberton  of  Bradford  and  Rebecca 
Birtby  of  Rowley  married  October  ye  twen- 
ty first  day  Dom  1729. 

Enoch  Dole  and  Rachel  Jewett  both  of 
Rowley  married  November  ye  thirteenth  day 
Anno  Dom  1729. 

Thomas  Lancaster  of  Ipswich  and  Dority 
Northend  of  Rowley  married  January  the 
eight  day  Anno  Dora  1729-30. 

Richard  Toppan  of  Newbury  and  Marcy 
Scot  of  Rowley  were  married  Febewary  ye 
twenty  sixth  day  1730. 

Samuel  Burpee  of  Rowley  and  Elizebeth 
Harris  of  Ipswich  were  married  March  ye 
twenty  sixth  day  Anno  Dom.  1729-30. 

Leonard  Coopr.  and  Sarah  Plats  both  of 
Rowley  were  married  June  ye  twenty  sixth 
day  1729. 

Caleb  Foster  and  Priscilla  Buxton  both  of 
Ipswich  were  married  November  ye  fourth 
day  1729. 

Jonathan  Burpee  of  Rowley  and  Meheta- 
ble  Jewett  of  Boxford  were  married  Februa- 
ry ye  fourth  day  1729-30. 

Richard  Boynton  of  Rowley  and  Jerusha 
Huchins  of  Bradford  were  married  Septem- 
ber the  second  day  1730. 

Jonathan  Chaplin  and  Sarah  Boynton  of 
Rowley  were  married  September  the  second 
day  1730. 

Jabish  Potter  of  Ipswich  and  Martha  Dress- 
er of  Rowley  were  married  October  ye  sixth 
1730. 

John  George  of  Amesbury  and  Sarrah 
Dickinson  were  married  October  the  eight 
day  1730. 


Aaron  Dresser  and  Mehitable  Scott  both  of 
Rowley  were  married  December  ye  fourth  day 
1730. 

Marriages  conmmated  between  (viz) 

Timothy  Palmer  and  Jane  Syles  were  mar- 
ried November  ye  thirteenth  day  1730. 

Nathan  Frayser  and  Jane  Prime  were  mar- 
ried November  the  nineteenth  day  1730. 

Samuel  Northend  and  Mary  Boynton  mar- 
ried December  the  third  day  1730. 

Ezekiell  Sawyer  and  Mehetable  Jewett 
were  married  December  the  tenth  day  1730. 

Petter  Davis  of  Concord  and  Rebeckah 
Hopkinson  were  married  January  the  sixth 
day  1730-1.  -^ 

Tymothy  Shepord  of  Haverhill  and  Marcy 
Barker  married  March  the  eighteenth  day 
1730-31 

Nathan  Hood  of  Topsfield  and  Elizebeth 
Palmer  of  Rowley  married  March  the  sixth 
day  1731. 

Richard  Thurstain  and  Mehetable  Jewet 
both  of  Rowley  married  May  ye  fifth  day 
1731. 

Josiah  Martin  of  Chebacco  in  Ipswich  and 
Mary  Hidden  of  Rowley  married  June  3, 
1731. 

Daniel  Clark  and  Mary  Lambert  were 
married  July  29  day  1731 

Jeremiah  Hunt  of  Bilrica  and  Mary  Stew- 
art of  Rowley  were  married  August  the 
twelft  day  1731. 

John  Jewett  and  Martha  Hobson  were  mar- 
ried September  the  23  day  1731. 

Edward  Chapman  of  Ipswich  and  Sarah 
Kilburn  of  Rowley  were  married  January  4 
1731-2. 

John  Carlton  of  Bradford  and  Hannah 
Plats  of  Rowley  were  married  Apriell  the 
fourth  day  Anno  Dom  1732. 

Sarauell  Dresser  of   Ipswich   and  Dority 


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Boynton  of  Rowley  were  married  Apriell  ye 
twenty  sixth  day  1732. 

Ephraim  Boynton  and  Sarah  Stewart  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  May  the  second  day 
Anno  Dom.  1732. 

Joseph  Dickinson  and  Sarah  Jewett  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  June  the  twelft  day 
Anno  Dom.  1732. 

James  Hibert  and  Susanna  Payson  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  September  the  twen- 
ty sixt  day  1732. 

Thomas  Lambert  and  Elizabeth  Hobson 
both  of  Rowley  were  married  October  the 
thirteenth  day  1732. 

Joseph  Jewett  and  Mary  Payson  both  of 
Rowley  were  married  November  the  sixt  day 
1732. 

Josiah  White  of  Wenham  and  Sarah  Prime 
of  Rowley  were  married  December  the  nine- 
teenth day  1732. 

Jacob  Jewett  and  Elizebeth  Northend  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  December  ye  twen- 
ty first  day  1732. 

Samuel  Metcalf  of  Ipswich  and  Rebekah 
Dickinson  of  Rowley  were  married  Match 
the  twenty  second  day  1732-3. 

Daniell  Woodbury  and  Abigael  Clark  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  Apriell  the  fourth 
day  1733. 

Jeremiah  Nellson  and  Widow  Mary  Hale 
both  of  Rowley  were  married  Feberewary 
the  first  day  Anno  Dom.  1732-3. 

Joseph  Bayley  of  Newbury  and  Martha 
Boynton  of  Rowley  were  married  March  the 
fifteenth  day  Anno  Dom.  1732-3. 

Thomas  Wood  of  Rowley  and  Susanah 
Candige  of  Gloster  were  married  March  the 
twenty  seventh  day  Anno  Dom.  1733. 

Samuel  Stickney  and  Faith  Plato  both  of 
Rowley  married  June  the  sixth  day  Anno 
Dom.  1733. 


James  Stewart  and  Sarah  Prime  both  of 
Rowley  Married  June  ye  twenty  fifth  day 
Anno  Dom.  1733. 

Daniel  Foster  of  Ipswich  and  Elizabeth 
Davis  of  Rowley  were  married  May  ye  six- 
teenth day  1733. 

Isaac  Kimball  of  Bradford  and  Elizebeth 
Jewett  of  Rowley  were  married  May  ye  sev- 
enteenth day  1733. 

Doct.  Joseph  Todd  and  Elizabeth  Nellson 
both  of  Rowley  were  married  May  ye  sev- 
enth Anno  Dom.  1733. 

James  Barker  and  Elizabeth  Killburn  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  June  ye  first  day 
17334. 

Joshua  Prime  and  Mehetable  Plats  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  January  ye  first  day 
1733-4. 

Joshua  Jackson  and  Hannah  Sawyer  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  January  ye  third 
day  17334. 

George  Dickinson  and  Sarah  Spoford  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  January  the  tenth 
day  17334. 

Eldad  Cheney  of  Bradford  &  Johanah 
Woodbary  of  Rowley  were  married  March 
ye  twenty-eighth  day  1733-4. 

Benjamin  Wheeler  and  Rebeckah  Pen- 
gree  were  married  Apriell  ye  thirteth  day 
Anno  Dom.  1734. 

Anthoney  Atwood  of  Boxford  and  Abi- 
gail Clark  of  Rowley  were  married  June  the 
eleventh  day  1734. 

Eliphalet  Jewett  and  Ruth  Pickard  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  Feb.  ye  twenty- 
seventh  day  1733-4. 

Jonathan  Bailey  of  Lancaster  and  Bridget 
Boynton  of  Rowley  were  married  March  ye 
twenty-eight  day  1734. 

Samuel  Brown  of  Ipswich  and  Ednah 
Boynton  of  Rowley  were  Married  Apriell  the 
ninth  day  1734. 


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Samuel  Coopr  and  Mary  Hobson  both  of 
Rowley  were  married  October  tbe  third  day 
1734. 

Moses  Hopkinson  and  Mary  Coopr  both  of 
Rowley  were  married  November  ye  fifth  day 
1734. 

Parker  Noyce  of  Newbury  and  Sarah  Mig- 
hill  of  Rowley  were  married  November  the 
seventh  day  1734. 

Joseph  Nellson  and  Lidia  Pengrey  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  November  the 
seventh  day  1734. 

Abner  Spaford  of  Rowley  and  Sarah  Col- 
main  of  Newbury  were  married  December  ye 
twenty  third  day  1734. 

Ezra  Clough  of  Kingston  and  Mercy 
Stewart  of  Rowley  were  married  december 
the  twenty  sixth  day  1734. 

David  Spaford  of  Rowley  and  Hannah 
Cheney  of  Bradford  were  married  March  the 
sixth  day  1734-5. 

Mr.  Edward  Puttnam  of  Midleton  and 
Mrs.  Prissila  Jewett  of  Rowley  were  married 
September  ye  third  1735. 

Edman  Dole  and  Mehetable  Todd  were 
married  September  the  twelft  day  1735. 

Jeremiah  Herrman  and  Patience  Pearley 
both  of  Rowley  were  married  Apriell  ye  sev- 
enteenth day  1735. 

Samuel  Lowell  of  Rowley  and  Hannah 
Emerson  of  Newbury  were  married  Septem- 
ber ye  seventeenth  Day  1735. 

Amos  Jewett  of  Bradford  and  Mary  Bay- 
ley  of  Rowley  were  married  Febreuary  the 
eighteenth  day  1734-5. 

Charles  Tuttle  of  Ipswich  aud  Ann  Jew- 
ett of  Rowley  were  married  Apriell  the  twen- 
ty third  day  1735. 

Moses  Kesar  and  Sarah  Barker  both  of 
Rowley  were  married  May  the  twentyeth  day 
1735. 


James  Leeount  of  Rowley  and  Mary  Da- 
vis of  Newbury  were  married  January  the 
sixth  day  1735-6. 

David  Spaford  of  Rowley  and  Hannah 
Cheney  of  Bradford  married  March  the  sixt 
day  1734-5. 

Samuel  Lowell  of  Rowley  and  Hannah 
Emerson  of  Newbury  married  September  ye 
Seventeenth  day  1735. 

Jonathen  Whetten  and  Judith  Pillsbary 
married  December  the  twenty  fourth  day 
1735. 

Thomas  Wood  and  Margret  Chaplin  were 
married  June  the  second  day  Anno  Dom. 
1736. 

Ceser  servant  to  Mr.  Emerson  of  Topsfield 
and  Sibley  servant  to  Mrs.  Payson  of  Rowley 
were  married  May  21  day  1736. 

Joseph  Scott  and  Jemima  both  of  Rowley 
were  married  October  the  eighteenth  day 
1736. 

Jacob  Barker  and  Mary  SpofFord  both  of 
Rowley  were  married  October  the  twenty  sec- 
ond day  1736. 

Jonathan  Dickinson  and  Mary  Pickard 
were  married  December  ye  sixteenth  day 
1736. 

Jeremiah  Jewett  and   Mary  Mighill  were 

married  January    the  twenty    seventh    day 

1737. 

Stephen  Pengrey   and  Jane  Jewett  were 

married  March  the  third  day  1737. 

Ezekiel  Hale  of  Nubury  and  widow  Sarali 
Spaford  married  October  the  twenty  sixth 
day  1736. 

Samuel  Bradstreet  and  Dorcas  Spaford 
both  of  Rowley  married  November  the  ninth 
day  1736. 

The  Reverend  Mr.  James  Chandler  of 
Rowley  and  Mrs.  Mary  Hale  of  Newbury 
married  November  th  fourteenth  day  1736. 


121 


John  Yell  of  Ipswicb  and  Abigail  Stewart 
of  Rowley  married  November  the  twenty  ninth 
day  1736. 

John  Smith  and  Elizabeth  Bayley  both  of 
Rowley  married  December  the  twenty  third 
day  1736. 

Jonathan  Heriman  and  Mary  Chaplin  both 
of  Rowley  married  December  the  twenty 
third  day  1736. 

Nathaniel  Boynton  and  Mary  Stewart  both 
of  Rowley  married  March  the  eight  day 
1736-7. 

Thomas  Plumer  and  Lidia  Poor  both  of 
Rowley  married  May  the  twelfth  day  1737. 

Jeremiah  Hazen  and  Sarah  Adams  both  of 
Rowley  married  October  the  thirteenth  day 
1737. 

Samuel  Searle  and  Elizebeth  Dickinson 
both  of  Rowley  married  December  the  eight 
day  1737. 

David  Chaplin  and  Mary  Bradstreet  both 
of  Rowley  married  January  the  tenth  day 
1737-8. 

Joseph  Sweat  of  Salsbury  and  Anne  Jew- 
ett  of  Rowley  were  married  March  the  seven- 
teenth day  Anno  Dom  1737. 

Samuel  Dutch  of  Ipswich  and  Mehetable 
Northend  of  Rowley  were  married  May  ye 
twenty  fourth  day  1737. 

Thomas  Gage  and  Apphia  Nellson  both  of 
Rowley  were  married  October  the  thirteenth 
day  1737. 

Mr  Moses  Bradstreet  of  Ipswich  and  Mrs. 
Dorothy  Northend  of  Rowley  were  married 
October  ye  twenty  seventh  day  1737. 

Nathaniel  Mighill  and  Elizebeth  Payson 
both  of  Rowley  were  married  October  the 
twenty  seventh  day  1737. 

John  Osbum  and  Jane  Lambert  both  of 
Rowley  were  married  October  the  twelft  day 
1738. 


Enoch  Noyce  of  Newbury  and  Luci  Dickin- 
son of  Rowley  were  married  July  the  fourth 
day  1739. 

This  may  certifie  whom  it  may  concern  that 
WilUam  Webester  of  Haverhill  and  Bethiah 
Jewett  of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage 
March  ye  8,  1738-9. 

Jeremiah  Todd  and  Joanna  Killburn  both 
of  Rowley  were  joined  in  marriage  Sept.  27, 
1739. 

Thomas  Johnson  and  Hannah  Dresser  both 
of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  January 
ye  24  1739-40. 

Nathan  Brocklebank  and  Anne  Palmer  both 
of  Rowley  were  Joyned  in  marriage  Feb.  ye 
28  173940. 

Nathan  Plats  &  Elizebeth  Sanders  both  of 
Rowley  were  Joyned  in  marriage  March  4 
173940. 

James  Bayley  and  Marcy  Bayley  both  of 
Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  March  ye 
20  173940. 

Jonathan  Pearson  of  Rowley  and  Sarah 
Longfellow  of  Newbury  were  joyned  in  mar- 
riage Apr.  ye  16  1740. 

Zachus  Perkins  and  Priscilla  Jewett  both 
of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  May  ye 
22  1740. 

Joseph  Burpee  &  Joanna  Pickard  both  of 
Rowley  were  Joyned  in  marriage  June  ye  19, 
1740. 

All  the  last  nine  couples  were  married 
hy  me  Jedediah  Jewett. 

Doc  Phihp  Fowler  and  widow  Abigail 
Todd  married  Aprill  the  eleventh  day  1738. 

Nathan  Boynton  and  Hannah  Todd  married 
August  the  tenth  day  1738. 

Samuel  Palmer  and  Anne  Evans  married 
August  the  twenty  first  day  1738. 

Dudley  Taylor  and  Phebe  Colman  married 
November  the  twenty  third  day  1738. 


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Thomas  Plumer  Junr.  Bethiah  Tenney 
married  November  the  eight  day  1739. 

Abel  Jewett  of  Littleton  and  Mary  Pen- 
grey  married  January  the  twenty  fourth  day 

173940. 

Ens.  Samuel  Johnson  and  Rachel  Boynton 
married  January  the  twenty  ninth  day  1739- 

40. 

Stephen  Hardy  of  Bradford  and  Mary 
Holms  married  August  the  twenteth  day  1740 

Moses  Cheney  of  Newbury  and  Sarah 
Whitten  married  October  the  twenty  third  day 
1740. 

Daniel  Pearson  and  Mary  Lull  married  No- 
vember the  eleventh  day  1740. 

Mighill  Hopkinson  and  widow  Elizebeth 
Clark  were  married  August  the  third  day 
1741. 

Tony  servant  to  Mr.  Daniel  Noyce  of  New- 
bury and  Mary  servant  to  ye  Reverend  Mr. 
Jewett  were  married  Deer.  19,  1740. 

James  Dickinson  and  Sarah  Stickney  both 
of  Rowley  were  Joyned  in  marriage  March 
the  fifth  day  1740. 

Daniel  Johnson  and  Keesiah  Dodge  both 
of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  Aprill  the 
sixth  day  1741 

Joseph  Hoit  of  Straghtam  in  Newhamshare 
and  Sarah  Jewett  of  Rowley  were  joyned  in 
Marriage  Aprill  16th  day  1741. 

Moses  Duty  and  Mary  Palmer  both  of 
Rowley  were  Joyned  in  marriage  May  the 
first  day  1741. 

Joseph  Searl  and  Ruth  Chut  both  of  Row- 
ley were  joined  in  marriage  October  the  26 
day  1741. 

Jeremiah  Elsworth  and  Mary  Clark  both  of 
Rowley  were  joined  in  marriage  October  29, 
1741. 

Aaron  Clark  of  Rowley  and  Johanah  Blake 
of  Ipswich  were  joyned  in  marriage  Novem- 
ber 2,  1741. 


Nathan  Little  of  Newbury  and  Hannah 
Mighill  of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage 
November  12,  1741. 

These  lines  may  certifie  whome  it  may  con- 
cern that  ye  following  persons  were  joyned  in 
marriage  by  the  subscriber. 

Jonathan  Jewett  Jewett  Jun'r  and  Mehet- 
abel  Killbum  both  of  Rowley  December  ye 
seventeenth  day  1741. 

John  Todd  of  Rowley  and  Abigail  Parsons 
of  Gloster  January  ye  eleventh  day  1741. 

Joseph  Killburn  &  Sarah  Thurston  both  of 
Rowley  December  17  day  1741. 

(To  be  Continued.) 


ERRATA  FOR  ROWLEY  MARRIAGES. 

Vol.  6th,  No.  1,  page  38,  Ist  colamn,  3d  line 
from  the  top,  for  Bott  read  Batt. 

Vol.  6th  No.  1  page  39,  1st  column,  16th  line 
from  the  top,  for  Seaver  read  Leaver. 

Vol.  6th  No.  1  page  39,  2d  colamn  16th  line 
from  the  top,  for  Seaver  read  Leaver. 

Vol.  6th  No.  2  page  72,  1st  column  2d  line 
from  the  top,  for  Greenhouse,  read  Greenhouw. 

Vol.  6th  No.  2  page  72,  1st  column  2d  line 
from  the  top,  for  Burklee  read  Burkbee. 

Vol.  6th,  No.  2,  page  72,  2d  column  3rd  line 
from  the  top,  for  Phillissy  read  Phillipy. 

Vol.  6th  No.  2  page  73,  2d  column  12th  line 
from  tlie  top,  for  Raynu  read  Rayner. 

Vol.  6th  No.  2  page  73,  2d  column,  17th  line 
from  the  top,  for  11th  read  12th. 


OBITUARY   NOTICES. 

The  following  notices  of  Members  of  the 
Essex  Institute,  who  have  deceased  during 
the  year,  were  read  at  the  Annual  Meeting, 
held  on  Wednesday,  May  11,  1864: 

Richard  Henry  Wheatland,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  Newton,  on  the 
6th  day  of  July  1830.  His  father,  Rich- 
ard G.  Wheatland,  was  son  of  Richard  and 
Martha  (Goodhue)  Wheatland,  born  at  Salem, 
Feb.  10,  1799,  graduated  at  Harvard  Uni- 


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versity,  in  the  class  of  1818,  for  many  years 
a  shipmaster  in  active  business,  and  died  in 
his  native  city,  Feb.  6,  1842. 

His  mother,  Mary  Bemis  Wheatland,  the 
daughter  of  John  and  Anna  (Bemis)  Richard- 
son, was  born  Feb.  17,  1795,  and  died  at 
Newton,  December  31st,  1834. 

Richard,  being  thus  about  4  years  old  at 
the  tim3  of  his  mother's  death,  was  placed 
in  the  charge  of  his  aunfc,  Mrs.  Nathaniel 
Bemis,  then  living  in  Watertown,  and  he 
there  remained  until  April  1836,  when  his 
father  removed  to  Salem,  bringing  with  him 
Richard,  and  his  only  brother  Stephen  Gr. 
Wheatland.  They  took  up  their  residence 
in  the  house  in  Essex  Street  which  has  been 
for  so  many  years  in  the  occupation  of  the 
Wheatland  family,  and  Richard  continued  to 
make  that  his  home  until  the  time  of  his 
decease. 

In  1836  he  commenced  his  attendance  at 
the  school  of  Miss  Mehitable  Higginson,  for 
many  years  a  noted  teacher  in  Salem,  which 
he  left  in  1840  to  enter  the  Latin  Grammar 
School,  then  kept  by  Mr.  Oliver  Carlton,  to 
prepare  for  College. 

Here  he  spent  six  years.  He  was  a  bright 
and  active  boy,  lively,  vivacious,  full  of  an- 
imal spirits,  always  ready  for  fun  or  frolic, 
and  enjoying  to  the  utmost  all  youthful  sports 
and  amusements.  In  1846  he  entered  Har- 
vard College,  graduating  in  1850.  His  Col- 
lege life  passed  quietly  and  pleasantly  away. 
Devoting  himself  with  regularity  to  the  or- 
dinary branches,  but  inclining  rather  to  a 
course  of  reading  outside  of  the  requii'ed 
college  studies,  he  maintained  a  fair  position 
in  his  class.  Here  he  had  ample  opportuni- 
ty to  indulge  his  social  tastes,  and  he  won 
the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  classmates  by 
tis  unaffected  kindness,  his  genial  courtesy, 


the  pleasant  humor  which  pervaded  his  con- 
versation, and  by  a  purity  of  character  as 
conspicuous  in  his  college  life  as  it  was 
throughout  his  career.  Here  too  he  formed 
many  and  lasting  friendships,  not  only  with 
his  own  classmates  but  with  members  of  oth- 
er classes  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 
In  the  recollection  of  these  college  days  he 
found  much  pleasant  food  for  reflection  and 
conversation,  during  the  long  sickness  which 
preceded  his  death,  when  confined  to  his  house 
and  deprived  of  his  accustomed  means  of 
employment. 

Upon  leaving  College  he  made  choice  of 
the  profession  of  medicine,  and  entered  the 
Tremont  Medical  School  at  Boston  in  1850, 
remaining  there  about  three  years  attending 
the  lectures,  and  otherwise  pursuing  his 
studies  with  great  energy  and  diligence. 
He  then  determined  to  reside  for  a  time  in 
Europe,  in  order  to  avail  himself  of  the  ad- 
vantages which  were  there  offered  to  a  stu- 
dent of  medicine,  and  he  accordingly  left 
this  country  in  1853.  He  remained  in 
Europe  about  two  years,  spending  most  of 
his  time  in  Paris,  reading,  attending  the  lec- 
tures, and  visiting  the  Hospitals.  He  led, 
while  in  Paris,  a  quiet,  sober  life,  laboring 
diligently.  Before  his  return  to  America  he 
visited  Italy,  Germany,  Switzerland  and  Ire- 
land, and  made  a  pedestrian  tour  across  the 
Alps,  a  journey  to  which  his  ardent  love  of 
natural  scenery  lent  a  peculiar  charm. 
"Two  months  and  more,"  he  writes  in  a  fa- 
miliar letter,  "  we  spent  among  the  Alps,  foot- 
ing it  among  the  mountains  with  knapsack 
and  alpenstock,  and  never  can  I  hope  to  realize 
so  much  pleasure  from  any  other  journey  I 
may  take.  We  visited  nearly  all  the  most 
interesting  portions  of  theAlps,  the  Oberlaud, 
the  Mont  Blanc  Range,  Mt.  Rosa,  the  great 


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St.  Bernard,  the  southern  slopes,  even  more 
beautiful  than  those  of  the  north,  the  hills  of 
Piedmont,  less  visited  but  not  less  deserving, 
the  Italian  lakes  Orta,  Lugano,  Maggiore  and 
Como,  where  one  sees  the  beautiful  contrast 
of  a  tropical  vegetation  overshadowed  by  snow 
covered  mountains,  and  the  Swiss  lakes  which 
rival  their  southern  sisters:  indeed  that  of 
Lucerne  is  in  my  opinion  the  finest  of  all." 

In  1855  he  returned  to  Salem,  and  imme- 
diately commenced  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession, taking  an  office  upon  Essex  street. 
Soon  finding,  however,  that  the  condition  of 
his  health  was  such  as  to  prevent  him  from 
discharging  his  duties  as  a  physician,  he 
was  forced  to  abandon  all  hope  of  active 
practice,  and  accordingly  gave  up  his  office 
and  removed  his  medical  library  to  his  resi- 
dence. But  his  active  mind  could  not  long 
remain  without  some  object  of  interest  and 
inquiry,  and  he  soon  began  to  turn  his  atten- 
tion to  scientific  pursuits.  Led  by  early  as- 
sociations to  feel  an  ardent  interest  in  the 
fortunes  of  the  Essex  Institute,  he  found  in 
the  hours  spent  in  these  rooms  an  employ- 
ment which  was  at  once  congenial  to  his 
tastes  and  which  afforded  him  a  special  grat- 
ification as  aiding  in  carrying  out  the  ob- 
jects of  the  Institution. 

In  May  1856  he  was  elected  curator  of 
Ichthyology  and  afterwards  of  Herpetology, 
and  in  May  1859  was  made  Cabinet  Keep- 
er, which  offices  he  held  until  the  time  of 
his  decease.  He  now  devoted  much  of  his 
time  to  the  care  and  management  of  the  zo- 
ological specimens,  and  to  a  general  study  of 
the  animal  kingdom,  turning  his  attention 
largely  to  reptiles  and  fishes,  and  making  a 
special  study  of  the  Batrachians,  particularly 
of  our  own  native  species.  In  1858  he  en- 
tered the  scientific  school  as  a  student  in  zo- 


ology under  Prof.  Agassiz.  Here  his  first 
studies  were  directed  to  fishes,  taking  for 
this  purpose  the  family  of  the  Siluridae, 
and  as  he  had  at  his  command  the  specimen 
belonging  to  the  Smithsonian  Institute  as 
well  as  those  in  Prof.  Agassiz'  museum,  he 
was  making  from  this  large  and  rich  col- 
lection a  most  thorough  examination  of  the 
skeletons  of  the  various  genera  for  the  pur- 
pose of  ascertaining  their  limits.  He  was 
interrupted  however  by  the  removal  of  Prof. 
Agassiz  to  the  new  building,  the  Museum  of 
Comparative  Zoology.  In  this  he  took  a 
deep  interest,  assisting  with  the  utmost  zeal 
in  arranging  the  specimens,  and  laboring  to 
so  much  purpose  as  to  call  forth  subsequent- 
ly from  Prof.  Agassiz  the  remark  that  Dr. 
Wheatland  was  in  some  respects  the  most 
valuable  student  he  had  ever  had.  This 
work  occupied  several  months,  and  it  is 
probable  that  his  labors  at  that  time  taxed 
too  severely  a  constitution  little  able  at  any 
time  to  bear  severe  and  protracted  exertion. 

After  the  arrangement  of  the  specimens 
in  the  new  building,  at  the  request  of  Prof. 
Agassiz,  Dr.  Wheatland  took  charge  of  the 
Eeptiles,  and  began  the  study  of  the  Tur- 
tles; but  while  thus  engaged  his  failing 
health  admonished  him  to  give  up  his  stu- 
dies, and  to  seek  relief  from  the  symptoms 
of  pulmonary  consumption,  which  then  be- 
gan to  seriously  develope  themselves,  by  a 
visit  to  a  warmer  climate. 

In  December  1860  he  sailed  for  liuenos 
Ayres,  remaining  there  for  a  few  weeks  and 
returning  to  Salem,  June  1861.  His  hopes 
of  relief  from  this  voyage  were  utterly  vain. 
A  rough  and  tempestuous  passage  both  going 
and  returning,  and  the  exposure  to  which  he 
was  subjected  gave  the  final  blow  to  his  health, 
and  he  came  back  to  his  friends  and  home  to 


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die.  For  a  time  he  was  able  to  walk  about 
for  a  short  distance,  but  he  was  soon  confined 
to  his  house,  rarely  going  out  except  for  an  oc- 
casional ride.  He  lingered  thus  for  several 
months,  and  on  the  21st  day  of  December, 
1863,  he  passed  quietly  to  his  rest. 

Such  is  the  brief  record  of  the  career  of 
our  friend,  the  upright  christian  man,  the 
thorough  and  truthful  votary  of  science. 
Had  his  life  and  health  been  spared  him,  he 
would  doubtless  have  taken  his  place  among 
the  most  distinguished  naturalists  of  the  coun- 
try. Upon  his  private  character  it  is  unnec- 
essary to  dilate.  From  his  earliest  boyhood, 
all,  who  have  known  him,  will  remember  his 
genial  and  pleasant  disposition,  his  kind  and 
hearty  ways.  The  tenacity  with  which  Dr. 
Wheatland  clung  throughout  his  life  to  his 
early  friendships  and  associations,  was  one  of 
the  most  marked  features  of  his  character. 
It  always  seemed  to  give  him  the  greatest  de- 
light to  recur  to  the  scenes  and  incidents  of 
his  early  life.  His  schoolmates,  the  old 
places  which  he  had  been  accustomed  to  visit, 
the  fields  and  hills  over  which  he  used  to  roam, 
all  were  embalmed  in  his  memory.  Nor  was 
it  to  his  intimate  friends  alone  that  he  dis- 
played the  natural  kindness  of  his  disposition. 
His  sympathies  and  kindly  feelings  were  be- 
stowed upon  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 

No  vices  marred  the  symmetry  of  his  life. 
His  daily  walk  was  equally  irreproachable, 
when  living  alone  in  the  cities  of  Europe,  as 
here  amidst  the  restraints  of  his  own  New 
England  home.  Though  suffering  from  ill 
health  during  a  large  portion  of  his  life,  yet 
such  work  as  he  was  able  to  do,  he  did  with  his 
best  effort.  He  bore  his  lot  with  firmness, 
and  when  at  last  the  conviction  came  to  him, 
that  he  must  soon  rest  from  his  labors,  it 
brought  with  it  no  despondency  nor  discour- 

(17) 


agement.  During  his  last  and  lingering  sick- 
ness nothing  could  exceed  the  cheerfulness, 
with  which  he  bore  the  confinement  so  foreign 
to  his  tastes  and  habits.  Patience,  a  quiet 
resignation,  an  unfaltering  trust,  an  unhesita- 
ting faith  sustained  him  in  his  downward  pas- 
sage, and  as  his  bodily  frame  grew  weaker, 
his  spiritual  nature  seemed  to  become  daily 
stronger,  and  to  shine  forth  with  a  yet  higher 
and  brighter  light. 

Let  us  find  some  consolation  for  the  loss  of 
our  friend,  in  the  reflection  that  he  has  left  be- 
hind him  the  memory  of  a  life  so  pure  and 
full  of  usefulness.  a. 


II. 

Daniel  Chute  Perkins,  M.  D.,  of  South 
Danvers,  was  born  Nov.  11,  1824,  at  Roy- 
alston,  Worcester  County,  Mass.  He  was 
the  second  son  of  Rev.  Ebenezer  Perkins, 
for  many  years  a  settled  clergyman  of  that 
place,  and  Amelia  Parish  Perkins.  His 
father  was  born  at  Topsfield  in  this  county  in 
1794,  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in 
1814 — studied  his  profession  at  the  Theolog- 
ical Institution  in  Andover  —  was  ordained 
minister  of  the  church  at  Royalston  Feb.  17, 
1819;  and  died  Dec.  3,  1861.  His  mother 
was  the  daughter  of  Ariel  Parish  who  was 
born  at  Lebanon  Conn.,  Nov.  29,  1764, 
graduated  at  Dartmouth  in  1788,  was  or- 
dained minister  of  the  church  at  Manchester 
Mass.,  April  4, 1792,  and  died  May  20, 1794. 

Dr.  Perkins  received  his  academic  educa- 
tion at  the  academy,  in  Keene  N.  H.  where 
he  remained  until,  in  September  1844,  he 
was  admitted  to  the  Freshman  class  of  Am- 
herst College.  Here  he  pursued  his  studies 
with  some  interruptions  for  about  two  years, 
when  impaired  health  compelled  him  to  leave 
college. 


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His  ardent  nature  could  not  endure  the 
delay  which  he  thus  suffered  in  the  prepara- 
tion for  the  active  duties  of  life;  so  that,  as 
soon  as  his  health  permitted,  he  resolved  at 
once  to  commence  the  study  of  medicine,  his 
chosen  profession.  He  attended  his  first 
course  of  lectures  at  one  of  the  smaller  In- 
stitutions of  New  England,  but  finally  en- 
tered the  Medical  School  connected  with  Har- 
vard University,  and  in  due  time,  received 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine,  his  diplo- 
ma bearing  date,  March  8,  1850"  For  a 
short  time  he  resided  as  a  physician  at  Spring- 
held,  but  a  favorable  opening  occurring,  he 
soon  removed  to  Enfield.  Here  he  endured 
the  fatigues  of  a  most  laborious  practice  un- 
til November  1854,  when  circumstances  in- 
duced him  to  seek  a  wider  and  more  lucra- 
tive sphere. 

Previous  to  his  removal  to  South  Danvers 
in  August  1855,  he  attended  an  additional 
course  of  medical  lectures  at  Philadelphia  de- 
voting himself  especially  to  the  study  of  Sur- 
gery, and  in  repeated  instances  he  has  since 
given  proofs  of  high  attainments  in  this  de- 
partment of  his  profession. 

He  was  married  Nov.  1,  1860,  to  Miss 
Mehitable  C.  Proctor,  daughter  of  Abel 
Proctor  Esq.,  of  South  Danvers,  who  sur- 
vives him.  His  progress  though  slow  was 
sure,  and  his  practice  had  largely,  and  of 
late  rapidly  increased,  the  world  seemed 
bright  before  him  for  a  brilliant  career  of  use- 
fullness,  when  he  was  suddenly  cut  off  by 
the  untimely  hand  of  Death,  with  scarcely  a 
warning  to  his  friends,  on  the  3d  of  Novem- 
ber 1863,  at  his  residence  in  South  Danvers. 
At  the  time  of  his  decease  he  was  filling  the 
offices  of  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Health, 
and  member  of  the  School  Committee.  He 
He   was  a  firm  friend  of  education,  and  his 


associates  on  the  latter  board  will  miss  in  him 
a  wise  counsellor  who  faithfully  and  ably 
performed  its  duties.  He  did  not  seem  to 
take  a  mere  mercenary  view  of  his  profession, 
he  regarded  it  as  a  great  science,  adapted  to 
the  alleviation  of  human  suffering,  and  fit  to 
occupy  the  attention  of  the  highest  order  of 
intellect.  He  therefore  faithfully  kept  up 
with  the  literature  of  this  and  kindred  scien- 
ces, and  continued  studiously,  to  the  last,  to 
enrich  his  own  mind  out  of  its  treasuries  of 
knowledge. 


m. 

John  Brown  Peabody  of  South  Danvers, 
was  born  Oct.  5,  1823,  at  Danversport.  His 
parents  were  John  Peabody,  son  of  John  and 
Lydia  (Balch)  Peabody  of  Topsfield,  well 
remembered  as  a  most  estimable  citizen,  of 
decided  force  of  character;*  and  Margaret 
Brown  Peabody  daughter  of  Stephen  Brown 
of  Hamilton.  When  he  was  quite  young  the 
family  removed  to  the  village  of  South  Dan- 
vers. 

At  school  he  was  marked  among  his  fel- 
lows, as  a  boy  of  most  brilliant  parts  and 
this  intellectual  superiority  showed  him  to  be 
one  eminently  well  fitted  for  the  higher  semi- 
naries of  learning.  This  circumstance  induced 
his  parents  to  send  him  to  the  Topsfield 
Academy,  to  acquire  the  preparatory  educa- 
tion for  admission  to  college  —  he  had  there 
made  considerable  progress  when  the  sickness 
and  death  of  his  father  caused  a  change  in 
the  plans  of  his  life;  he  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  business  in  his  native  town,  and  when 
quite  a  young  man,  entered  into  a  partner- 
ship with  Mr.  A.  P.  Phillips.    After  having 


*  See  "  The  Peabody  Family",  by  C.  M.  Endi- 
cott,  in  New  Eng.  Hist.  Gen.  Register,  vol.  III. 
page  371. 


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devoted  a  few  years  to  this  occupation,  he 
gladly  embraced  an  opportunity  to  gratify 
his  taste  for  more  intellectual  pursuits,  and 
in  the  autumn  of  1850,  commenced  the  stu- 
dy of  the  law  in  the  office  of  Messrs  North- 
end  and  Choate  in  Salem;  at  the  November 
term,  1853,  of  tlie  Supreme  Judicial  Court, 
for  this  county,  he  was  admitted  to  the  Bar, 
and  soon  after  formed  a  partnership  for  the 
practice  of  his  profession  with  Stephen  B. 
Ives  Jr.  of  Salem,  which  continued  through 
life.  He  was  married  Nov.  12,  1857,  to 
Sarah  B.  Pearce,  daughter  of  Edward  H. 
Pearce  Esq.  of  Gloucester. 

At  the  Bar  Mr.  Peabody  fully  justified 
the  expectations  of  his  friends.  His  mind 
easily  grasped  the  great  principles  of  law, 
and  he  acquired  at  once  a  respectable  position 
among  his  brethren.  His  social  qualities  led 
him  to  take  a  large  interest  in  whatever  con- 
cerned his  native  town.  He  was  frequently 
called  upon  to  fill  offices  of  trust  and  respon- 
sibility, was  repeatedly  a  member  of  the 
School  Committee,  and  of  the  committee  and 
Trustees  of  the  Peabody  Institute.  He  also 
acted  for  several  years  as  the  legal  adviser  of 
the  town.  Grenerosity  formed  a  most  promi- 
nent and  noble  trait  in  his  character,  and 
none  in  need  of  assistance  ever  applied  to 
him  in  vain.  He  died  at  his  residence  in 
South  Dan  vers  Nov.  4,  1863,  leaving  a  wid- 
ow and  an  adopted  child. 


IV. 

Gilbert  Grafton  Newhall,  son  of  Gil- 
bert and  Elizabeth  (Symonds)  Newhall  was 
born  at  Salem  Mass.,  Aug.  9,  1801. 

His  father  Gilbert  Newhall  was  the  son  of 
Col-   Ezra*  and   Sarah    (Fuller)    Newhall, 


*Ezra  Newhall  of  Saugos  was  a  Colonel  in  the 


and  was  born  in  Saugus  Mass.  Oct.  10,  1775; 
came  to  Salem  in  1783  with  his  father  whom 
he  succeeded  in  1798,  in  keeping  the  Livery 
Stable  in  Washington  street,  on  the  Rea  Es- 
tate; married  Oct  7,  1800,  Elizabeth  Sy- 
monds, and  died  Oct  15,  1^63,  at  his  resi- 
dence in  Salem. 

He  attended  the  school  of  Master  John 
H.  Read,  (near  the  First  Baptist  Meeting 
House)  and  when  Mr.  R.  relinquished  his 
school  in  1811,  entered  the  Latin  Grammar 
School  then  under  the  charge  of  Mr.  Moses 
Stephens  formerly  of  Andover  Mass.  He 
left  school  in  1815,  and  entered  the  counting 
room  of  Thorndike  Deland,  afterwards  made 
several  voyages  to  India  as  clerk  and  super- 
cargo; then  became  associated  with  Mr.  T. 
Deland  in  the  auction  and  commission  busi- 
ness— this  connection  continued  until  the 
death  of  Mr.  Deland,  Oct.  17,  1833;  he 
then  pursued  this  business  alone  for  several 
years,  and  finally  became  the  agent  for  the 
sale  of  Gunpowder,  manufactured  at  Lowell 
by  Oliver  M.  Whipple,  Esq.,  and  in  this 
agency  he  remained  until  his  decease  which 
occurred  at  his  residence  in  Salem,  December 
5,   1863. 

He  married  April  14,  1829,  Elizabeth 
Endicott  Gray,  daughter  of  James  and  Eliz- 

army  of  the  ReTolntion.  He  married  Ist  Sarah 
Fuller  of  Lynn,  2dly  Elsie  Breed  of  Lynn,  widow 
of  Albert  Gray.  Oa  the  return  of  peace  in  1 783, 
he  removed  to  Salem,  and  purchased  the  estate 
now  numbered  160  Essex  street  where  he  lived 
and  died;  his  death  took  place  April  5,  1798  (on 
Fast  day)  at  the  age  of  66  years.  A  contempora- 
ry says.  "  He  served  his  country  in  the  late  war 
with  fidelity  and  honour;  and  in  civil  and  domes- 
tic life,  the  character  of  an  honest  man,  faithful 
friend,  tender  husband  and  kind  parent  was  most 
ocnspicuous  in  him.  Society  suffers  a  real  loss  by 
his  death." 


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abeth  (Endicott*)  Gray.  She  still  survives 
and  likewise  several  children.  A  classmate 
to  whom  we  are  indebted  for  many  of  the  facts 
in  this  sketch  thus  writes:  "As  regards  his 
school  life,  he  was  just  such  a  boy  as  he  was 
a  man,  always  quiet,  retiring  and  unobtru- 
sive, freely  giving  to  others  advice,  how  to 
act,  keeping  himself  out  of  sight,  and  allow- 
ing others  to  receive  all  the  credit;  as  a  class- 
mate, he  was  always  kind  and  obliging,  in 
assisting  his  mates,  in  getting  their  lessons 
without  any  idea  of  emulation,  jealousy,  or 
envy ;  as  a  playmate  he  never  got  angry  or 
quarrelled,  nor  even  spoke  ill  of  any  one; 
as  a  scholar  he  was  quick  and  apt  to  learn, 
passed  through  all  his  studies  creditably  and 
always  treated  his  master  with  deference  and 
respect." 


Charles  Moses  Endicott,  son  of  Moses 
and  Anna  (Towne)  Endicott,  was  born  in 
Danvers,  Mass.  Dec.  6,  1793,  (see  "The 
Endicott  Family"  in  New  England  Hist. 
Gen.  Reg.  vol.  1,  page  342.) 

He  was  educated  principally  at  Andover 
Academy  and  at  Mr.  Tappan's  school  at  Sa- 
lem. At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  entered  the 
counting  room  of  his  uncle  Samuel  Endicott 
at  Salem,  afterwards  the  counting  room  of 
Mr.  William  Ropes  of  Boston,  where  he  con- 
tinued as  principal  clerk  and  book-keeper  un- 
til 1812.  After  the  close  of  the  war,  he 
went  to  Sumatra  as  supercargo,  and  from  that 
time  until  1834,  he  was  principally  engaged 


♦  Elizabeth  Endicott  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Fntnam)  Endicott  was  bom  at  Danvers  August 
1771.  Married  James  Gray  and  is  now  living  in 
Salem,  at  an  advanced  age.  See  "  The  Endicott 
Family"  by  C.  M.  Endicott  in  New  England  Hist. 
Gen.  Register  vol.  1,  page  338. 


in  the  Pepper  trade  at  Sumatra  as  captain 
and  supercargo.  In  the  spring  of  1835,  he 
was  chosen  cashier  of  the  Salem  Bank,  and 
continued  in  that  oflSce  until  the  spring  of 
1858,  when  he  resigned.  He  was  President 
of  the  Salem  East  India  Marine  Society  from 
Jan'y  1839,  to  Nov,  1856,  and  was  honored 
with  other  important  places  of  trust  in  this 
city. 

He  married  June  8,  1818,  Sarah  Rolland 
Blytbe  who  died  at  Salem  in  1859.  They 
had  two  children,  Charles  Edward,  and  In- 
gersoll  Bowditch. 

The  tastes  of  Mr.  E.  were  literary,  with 
strong  proclivities  of  an  antiquarian  cast. 
He  was  also  a  good  mathematician  and  navi- 
gator. His  chart  of  the  west  coast  of  Suma- 
tra from  Analaboo  to  Sinkel,  is  a  valuable 
contribution  to  the  knowledge  of  that  coast, 
it  has  been  highly  appreciated  and  much  used 
by  navigators;  has  passed  through  several 
editions,  the  first  was  published  in  1833,  the 
last  in  1847. 

His  works  are  principally  of  a  genealogi- 
cal or  historical  character  and  are  as  follows : 
"  A  memoir  of  John  Endicott,  First  Gov- 
ernor of  the  colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay," 
1  vol.  folio  Salem  1847. 

The  following  are  in  New  England  His- 
torical and  Genealogical  Register. 
"The  Endicott  Family"  vol.  1,  page  335. 
"The  Peabody  Family"  vol.  2,  page  153. 
"The  Osgood  Family  in  New  England," 
vol.  13,  page  117. 

The  following  are  in  the  Historical  Col- 
lections of  the  Ensex  Institute. 
"Narrative  of  the  Piracy  of  the  ship  Friend- 
ship of  Salem,"  vol.    1,  page   15,  also  in  a 
pamphlet. 

"Minutes  for  a  Genealogy  of  the  Jacobs 
Family  "  vol.  1,  page  52. 


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"  The  old  Planter's  House,  Notice  of," 
vol.  2,  page  39. 

"History  of  the  Salem  and  Dan  vers  Aque- 
duct" vol.  2,  page  105,  also  in  a  pamphlet. 

"  New  England  Genealogy  "  vol.  2,  page 
227. 

The  following    is    in    the   Proceedings 
of  the  Essex   Institute. 

"Leslie's  Retreat,  or  the  Resistance  to  Brit- 
ish arms,  at  the  North  Bridge  in  Salem  on 
Sunday  P.  M.  February  28,  1775,"  vol. 
1,  page  89,  also  in  a  pamphlet. 


VI. 

George  Osgood  of  Danvers,  though  nev- 
er enrolled  as  a  member  of  the  Essex  Insti- 
tute, always  took  a  deep  interest  in  some  of 
the  departments ;  at  the  Field  Meetings,  he 
was  a  frequent  attendant  and  delighted  to 
join  in  the  botanical  rambles  and  discussions; 
his  aged  form  will  be  missed  bringing  to  the 
table,  his  box  of  flowers,  the  result  of  the 
forenoon's  gleanings  for  his  friend  Tracy  or 
Phippen  to  explain  when  failing  years  pre- 
vented him  from  responding  in  person;  a 
passing  tribute  is  thus  due  to  his  memory. 

Dr.  Osgood  was  son  of  George  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Otis)  Osgood,  and  was  born  at  Fair 
Haven  in  this  State,  March  25,  1784. 

His  father,  son  of  Dr.  Joseph  Osgood  of 
Andover,  and  brother  of  Dr.  Joseph  Osgood 
of  Danvers  and  Salem,  commenced  the  prac- 
tice of  the  medical  profession,  in  Fairhaven 
and  New  Bedford,  where  he  resided  for  some 
time  : — at  the  request  of  his  father,  he  re- 
turned to  Andover  and  settled  in  the  North 
Parish  and  was  for  many  years  a  respectable 
practitioner;  he  died  Oct.  24,  1823,  aged  65 
leaving  four  sons,  George,  a  physician  in  Dan- 
vers, the  subject  of  this  notice,  Joseph  Otis, 
physician   in    Bennington,  Benjamin  in  the 


mercantile  business,  and  John,  a  physician  in 
Lovewell,  Me.,  and  four  daughters.  His  moth- 
er, Elizabeth  Otis,  was  daughter  of  Gen'l. 
Joseph  and  Rebecca  (Sturgis)  Otis  of  Barn- 
stable. See  notice  of  the  Otis  family  in 
N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.  Vol.  2,  page  296. 

He  studied  medicine  with  his  father  and 
also  attended  the  medical  Lectures  at  Cam" 
bridge* 

At  the  early  age  of  eighteen,  during  the 
intennission  of  his  medical  studies,  we  find 
him  keeping  the  District  Schools  in  our  ru- 
ral towns. 

In  the  early  part  of  this  century  he  resi- 
ded for  a  few  years  at  Hamilton  and  then  be- 
came acquainted  with  the  Rev.  Dr.  M.  Cut- 
ler t  who  may  be  justly  termed,  the  father  of 
American  Botany,  and  from  his  lips  received 
instruction  and  acquired  that  love  for  the 
study  of  nature,  more  especially  that  of  flow- 
ers, which  continued  through  a  long  life  and 
which  was  the  solace  of  many  hours  of  sor- 
row and  affliction  in  his  declining  years.  On 
all  suitable  occasions  he  was  accustomed  to 
allude  to  Dr.  C.  with  much  respect  and  es- 
teem, regarding  him  as  his  great  teacher  and 
recalling  pleasing  reminiscences  of  his   per- 

*The  medical  school  was  established  at  Cam- 
bridge in  1782, —  In  1810  the  annual  medical  Lec- 
tures for  those  intending  to  make  medicine  and 
surgery  a  profession  were  transferred  to  Boston 
and  the  medical  Professors  were  required  to  deliver 
an  annual  course  at  Cambridge  adapted  to  Besident 
Graduates  and  the  senior  class  of  Under-graduates. 
See  Quincy's  Hist,  of  Harv.  Univ.,  Vol.  2,  page 
266, 

t  Rev.  Dr.  Cutler  of  Hamilton  was  a  person  of 
great  scientific  culture,  Representative  in  Congress 
and  took  a  deep  and  lively  interest  in  public  affairs. 
A  memoir  of  his  life  and  labors  is  in  preparation 
by  Rev.  E.  M.  Stone  of  Providence  R.  I.,  former- 
ly of  Beverly  Mass,  and  will  undoubtedly  ere  long 
be  given  to  the  press. 


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sonal  character,  and  of  his  zeal  and  attainments 
in  botanical  studies.  He  also  mentioned, 
with  pride  the  name  of  William  Oakes  of 
Ipswich,  a  native  of  Danvers  and  one  of  our 
most  distinguished  New  England  Botanists, 
who  was  accustomed  to  consult  him  in  early 
life  on  botanical  subjects,  and  ramble  togeth- 
er in  quest  of  plants,  soon  the  pupil  he  would 
remark,  became  in  turn  the  teacher.  His 
knowledge  of  the  Flora  of  this  vicinity  was 
extensive,  and  he  always  took  pleasure  in 
directing  the  student  or  collector  to  the  local- 
ities of  our  rarer  plants.  He  was  accustomed 
at  each  annual  Festival  of  the  Essex  Agri- 
cultural Society,  to  bring  his  bouquets  of 
native  plants  for  exhibition ;  though  many 
of  the  flowers  were  not  so  gorgeous  and 
splendid  as  their  congener  species  of  the  gar- 
den or  greenhouse,  yet  he  prized  them  highly 
and  considered  them,  more  deserving  the  at- 
tention of  our  amateur  gardeners  and  florists 
than  has  heretofore  been  given.  Jacob  Big- 
low  M.  D.  of  Boston,  in  the  preparation  of 
his  "Florula  Bostoniensis,"  was  indebted  to 
him  for  much  valuable  information. 

He  published  in  1820,  "An  address  deliv- 
ered in  Danvers  before  the  society  in  that 
town,  for  suppressing  Intemperance  and  oth- 
er vices  and  for  promoting  Temperance  and 
general  morality  April  25,  1820  j"  also  in 
1855,  "Historical  sketch  of  School  District 
number  thirteen,  North  Danvers  or  Danvers 
Plains."  He  also  has  written  occasionally 
for  the  public  prints,  notices  of  the  flowering 
of  many  of  our  native  plants  with  their  lo- 
calities. 

He  removed  to  Danvers  in  1805,  and  be- 
came a  practitioner  of  medicine.  At  one 
period  of  his  career,  his  practice  was  very 
extensive,  including  in  its  circuit,  several  of 
the  adjoining  towns. 


Here  he  continued  to  reside  until  his  de- 
cease which  took  place  May  26,  1863.  He 
married  1st,  March  25,  1807,  Sally  Web- 
ster, daughter  of  Luke  and  Sarah  (Holten) 
Webster,  and  grandaughter  of  Hon.  Samu- 
el Holten  of  Danvers;  she  died  Sept.  27, 
1821,  leaving  no  children  —  He  married 
2ndly,  March  12  1822,  Nancy,  daughter  of 
Moses  and  Anna  (Towne)  Endicott;  born  Aug. 
31,  1788,  she  survives,  and  also  a  daugh- 
ter, Sarah  Ann,  who  resides  in  Danvers,  and 
a  son,  Moses  Endicott,  who  is  connected  in 
business  in  Boston.  (See  "The  Endicott 
Family"  by  C.  M.  Endicott,  in  New  Eng- 
land Hist.  Gen.  Register,  vol.  1,  page  342) 

On  a  pleasant  afternoon  near  the  close  of 
the  month  of  May,  his  remains  were  taken 
from  the  church  where  the  last  funeral  rites 
were  performed  and  deposited  in  the  Holten 
Burial  ground,  and  according  to  his  final  re- 
quest, bouquets  of  native  plants,  mingled 
with  those  of  the  garden  and  greenhouse, 
were  placed  around.  Thus  has  passed  away 
one,  who,  at  the  age  of  nearly  four  score 
years,  retained  the  love  of  flowers  and  of 
nature  acquired  in  early  manhood.  He  was 
the  last  of  those  who  were  associated  with 
the  fathers  of  the  republic. 


VII. 


Thomas  Trask,  son  of  Job  and  Jane  (Di- 
mon)  Trask,  was  born  at  Salem,  May  25, 
1792.  His  father,  a  master  mariner,  was 
son  of  Job  and  Martha  (Gray)  Trask,  and 
died  at  sea  Feb.  1808.  His  mother,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Jane  (Mugford)  Dimon, 
died  at  Salem,  March  26  1814,  aged  47,  af- 
ter a  long  and  most  distressing  illness. 

He  atended  successively  the  schools  of 
Masters  Gray  and  Southwick,  two  of  the  no- 
ted teachers  in  Salem  at  that  period,  and  in 


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1805,  went  into  the  store  of  his  uncle  Israel 
Putnam.  In  this  place  he  continued  for 
seven  years.  In  1813,  he  was  clerk  in  the 
private  armed  vessel  Brig  Enterprise,  John 
R.  Morgan,  Commander — was  taken  pris- 
oner and  carried  into  Halifax  ;  subsequent- 
ly was  for  some  time  a  clerk  in  the  Post  Office 
under  Joseph  E  Sprague,  and  also  in  the 
office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Courts  for  Essex. 

In  1816,  he  went  to  Surinam,  and  contin- 
ued to  reside  there  until  1840,  successfully 
engaged  in  mercantile  and  commercial  pur- 
suits. In  1819,  he  received  the  appointment 
from  President  Monroe  of  the  United  States 
Consulship  at  Surinam,  and  continued  to  dis- 
charge the  duties  of  that  office,  in  a  highly  sat- 
isfactory manner,  under  different  successive 
administrations,  for  a  period  of  twenty-one 
years,  when  he  resigned. 

In  1841,  having  obtained  a  competency, 
he  returned  to  Salem,  to  pass  the  remainder 
of  his  days,  in  the  quiet  retirement  of  his  na- 
tive place;  and  on  the  2d  of  May,  1842, 
married  Eliza  W.  daughter  of  Charles  and 
Lydia  R.  (Shillaber)  Tread  well  of  Salem. 
She   survives   and   several  children. 

He  had  been  a  member  of  both  branches 
of  the  City  Government  of  Salem — a  Coun- 
cilman, in  1846,  and  an  Alderman  in  1847- 
1849-1850-1851-1852,  and  had  also  been  ap- 
pointed to  other  places  of  honor  and  trust. 
He  died  after  a  long  illness,  at  his  residence 
in  this  city,  December  19,  1863. 

He  had  been  a  member  of  the  Institute  for 
several  years  preceding  his  death,  and  evinced 
his  interest  in  the  success  of  the  Institution 
by  his  constant  attendance  upon  the  meetings, 
his  frequent  visits  to  the  rooms,  and  his  con- 
tribution of  specimens  to  the  Cabinet,  and  to 
the  Library. 


RECORD  OF  BIRTHS    AND  DEATHS, 
IN  THE   TOWN  OF  LYNN.     Vol.  IL 


COMMUNICATED  BY  IRA  J.  PATCH. 


Continued  from  vol.  t,  page  240. 


Benjamin  Collins  and  Prissilla  Kertland 
was  Maried  the  25  of  September  1673. 

Susannah  ther  Daughter  was  bom  The  9 
of  July  1674. 

William  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  14  of  Oc- 
tober 1676. 

William  ther  Sonne  Departed  this  Life  the 
26  of  October  1676. 

Prissillar  the  wifF  of  Bejamin  Collins  De- 
parted tliis  lifF  the  28  of  October  1676. 

Benjamin  Collins  and  Elizabeth  Putman 
was  maried  the  5  of  Septtember  1677. 

Prissillar  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  2  of 
May  1679. 

Elilabeth  Ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  3 
of  January  1681. 

Beniamin  Ther  Sonn  was  bom  the  5  of 
December  1684. 

Bichard  their  Sonn  was  Borne  the  2  of 
Aprill  1G89. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  18  of 
August  1692. 

the  genealoge  of  Benjamin  Collins  &  of 
Elizabeth  his  wife  farther  continues.  Anna 
ther  Daughter  was  born  the  29  of  May  1695. 

John  Clark  and  Susannah  Story  was  mar- 
ried the  13  of  July  1681. 

william  ther  Sonne  was  bom  the  24  of  apr- 
ill 1682. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  3  of 
fFewbruaury  1684. 

John  Clark  Died  the  18  of  December  1685. 

Cornelius  Browne  marryed  the  widdow  of 
John  Clarke. 

Susannah  ther  Daughter  was  Borne  the  6 
of  March  1689-90. 
William  Clark  died  the  4  of  March  1682-83. 

Mary  Clark  that  was  the  wife  of  William 
Clark  Dyed  ye  19  of  August  1693. 

Hannah  Clark  Dyed  the  26  of  October 
1693. 

Widdow  coldum  was  Buryed  the  16  of 
June  1687. 


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Thomas  Couldum  departed  this  LifFe  the  8 
of  Aprill  1675. 

The  genealloge  of  Samuel  Collins  Anl  of 
Hannah  his  wifF. 

Hannah  ther  Daughter  was  born  The  22 
of  October  1682. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  27  of 
Octtober  1684  &  Died  the  2  of  December 
1684. 

Samuel  ther  Sonne  was  bom  the  28  of 
December  1685. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  Bom  the  1 3  of 
March  1688. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  Was  Bom  ye  13  of 
AprieU  1960. 

Ruthe  ther  Daughter  was  born  ye  27  of 
September  1692. 

Hannah  Collins  that  was  the  wife  of  Sam'l 
Collins  departted this  Life  Aprill  ye  14;-1694. 

Margrett  the  Daughter  of  Moses  Chad  will 
&  Sarah  his  Wife  departed  this  Life  ye  29 
of  November  1693. 

Samuel  Jraues  &  Elizabeth  Lewis  was 
Married  february  8th  1708-9. 

Samuel  their  son  was  born  January  ye  19 
1710. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  bom  febuarary 
ye  1th  1713. 


the  Genealoge  of  Stephen  Andrews  &  of 
Bethiah  his  wife. 

Bethiah  their  Daughter  was  born  ye  26 
of  May  1699.  _  . 


The  Genealoge  of  Beniamin  Chad  well  and 
Elizabeth  his  wiff. 

Thomas  Chadwell  Senior  Died  the  Last 
of  ffewbruary  1683. 

Samuel  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  26  of 
ffewbruary  1675. 

Williams  crauft  departed  this  Life  the 
6  of  March  1688-89. 

The  wife  of  william  crauft  wa?  buryed 
about  the  26  of  June  1689. 

ffrancis  Norwood  &  Sarah  Treuit  was 
Married  the  11  of  Mar.  1707-8. 


The  Genealoge  of  Moses  Chadwell  And  of 
Sarah  his  wiff. 

Moserf  their  Sonn  died  the  29  of  Septem- 
ber 1676. 

Marge tt  ther  Daughter  was  borne  the  30 
of  September   1676. 

Anna  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  17  of 
June  1679. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  born  the 
18  of  December  1681. 

Mosses  Chadwell  Son  of  Thomas  Chad- 
well  Junior  was  Born  the  28  of  May  1687. 

Hannah  his  Daughter  was  Borne  the  4th 
of  August  1689. 

Sarah  the  Daughter  of  Thomas  Chadwell 
&  Hannah  his  Wife  Was  born  ye  4  day  of 
June  1692. 

Benjamen  There  Sonn  Was  born  the  24 
day  of  Desember  1694. 


the  Genogley  of  Benj.  Alley  and  Elize- 
bth  his  wife. 

Jacob  their  Son  was  born  September  19  th 
1719. 

Solomon  their  Son  Was  born  Jenuary  2  th 
1721. 

Elizer  their  Son  Was  Born  Aprill  16th 
1723. 

Richard  their  Son  Was  Born  October  9  th 
1726. 

Hannah  their  Daughter  was  Bom  July 
28.   1728. 

Benj.  their  Son  Was  Born  Aprill  9th, 
1731. 

John  their  Son  was  Born  March  25  1738. 

Abner  &  Eliazebth  there  Son  and  Daugh- 
ter was  Born  Febuary  18th,  1741. 

John  Coots  and  mary  witherden  was 
Married  the  14  th  of  Aprill  1681. 

Mary  tneir  Daughter  was  born  the  14  of 
January    1681. 

Mary  the  wife  of  John  Cootts.  died  the 
18  of  June  1682. 

John  Coots  and  Alise  Henly  was  married 
the  3  of  day  November  1690. 

John  their  Sonn  Was  born  the  16  of  Oc- 
ttober 1691. 

Mary  ye  Daughter  of  John  Coots  &  Mary 
his  wife  departed  this  Life  the  1 7  day  of 
Aprill  1695. 


133 


the  Geneallage  of  Thomas  Salter  &  of 
Mary  his  wife. 

Eneas  there  Sonn  was  born  ye  sixth  Day 
of  May  1694, 

Thomas  Eaton  and  Ester  Burnap  both  of 
Lynn  way  Marryed  the  9  of  Decerar  1 707. 

Aron  ther  Son  was  bon  the  9  of  Septemr 
1708. 

Ester  their  Daughter  was  borne  4th  of 
October  1710. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  bom  27  of  No- 
vemr  1712. 

Aron  ther  Son  Departed  this  Life  Novem- 
ber ye  1718. 

Mehitabel  their  Daughter  was  born  may 
ye  8th  1727. 

Ar  on  their  Son  was  Born  October  ye  27th 
1719. 

Thomas  Eaton  Departed  this  Life  June 
ye  30th  1723. 

.V!  ary  Eaton  Senr  Departed  this  life  July 
11;  1728. 

The  Genealoge  of  mr.  Samuell  Cobitt  and 
of  Sarah  his  wiff. 

Margett  their  Daughter  was  born  the  17 
of  August  1676. 

Margett  their  Daughter  Departed  this 
life  the  8  of  July  1677. 


the  Geneologe  of  Elyazer  Collins  &  of 
Rebeckah  his  wife. 

Jerusha  their  Daughter  was  born  the  16 
of  November  1700. 

Tibiah  their  Daughter  was  born  ye  25th 
of  Novemr    1702. 

Keziah  their  Daughter  was  born  2  of 
November  1704. 

Roberd  Driver  Senior  Departed  this  live 
the  3  day  of  Aprill  1680. 

Phebe  the  wife  of  Robord  Driver  Senior 
Died  in  ffewbruary  1682-83. 

Sam'll  farrington  &  Hanah  Ingalls  was 
married  ye  8  of  Febuary  1708-9. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  born  ye  12  of 
October  1709. 

Halde  their  Daughter  was  born  ye  1 2  of 
febuary  the  25  1710-11. 

(18) 


Ebenezer  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  5  of 
febuary  1712-13. 

Abigail  their  Daughter  born  the  30  of 
October  1715. 

Samuel  ther  Son  was  born  november  ye 
11   1718. 

the  genealoge  of  John  Coats  &  of  Eals 
his  wife. 

Snrah  there  Daughter  Was  born  the  29 
of  Martch    1693. 

Mary  their  Daughter  Was  born  the  22 
of  Martch  1695-6. 

Samuel  ther  Son  was  born  the  29  of  Ju- 
ly 1699. 

Jane  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  27  of 
May  1701. 

Martha  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  5 
day  of  Novemr  1703. 

Tabatha  ther  Daughter  was  born  the 
ninetenth  of  Aprill  1705. 

Benjamin  ther  Son  was  born  the  29  day 
of  March  1706-7. 

Roberd  Coots  and  Mary  Hodgkin  Was 
married  the  29  of  Decembr  1682. 

Roberd  ther  Sonne  was  borne  the  17  of 
Decembr  1683. 

William  their  Sonn  Was  borne  the  23  of 
October   1689. 

Obadiah  ther  Sonn  Was  bom  the  18  of 
Septtember  1691. 

Hanah  ther  Daughter  was  bom  ye  12  of 
Febuary  1693-4. 

Joseph  ther  Sonn  was  bom  ye  20  of 
Martch  1695-6. 

Thomas  Coots  and  Martha  Gay  was  Mar- 
ried the  29  of  December  1685. 

John  coat  and  his  wife  Naomi  their  Sonn 
John  was  Borne  the  13  of  December  1687. 

Jchn  ther  Sonn  dyed  the  3d  of  August 
1688. 

Thomas  the  Sonn  of  the  Abou  Sayd  Thom- 
as Coatts  was  born  the  15  of  June  1688. 

Naomi  the  wife  of  John  coates  was  Buryed 
the  27th  of  December  1687. 

John  the  Sonn  of  the  Above  sayd  Thom- 
as Coots  was  born  the  7th  of  January  1690- 
91  ^ 


The   genealoge   of    Thomas    Coats    John 


134 


the   Son   of     Thomas   Coats   and     Martha 
his  wife  was  born  the  7  of  January  1690-91 
Thomas  ther  Sonne  Was  born  the  15  of 
June  1688. 


the  genealoge  of  Robert  Coutes  and  Mary 
his  wife  is  futher  Continued. 

Caleb  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  22  of  Sep- 
tember 1698 

Grace  &  Abigaile  their  Daughters  twins 
was  bom  the  last  day  of  Septemr  1701 

Hezekiah  ther  Sonn  was  bom  the  2nd  day 
of  Aprill  1705. 

John  Diuen  senior  Died  The  4  of  October 
1684 

William  Williams  &  Mary  Mills  was 
marryed  the  31st  of  December  1707. 


the  genealoge  of  John  ffirn  &  Suzanah 
his  wife. 

John  ther  Sonn  Was  Born  the  17th  day 
of  May  1695 

Samuell  ther  Sonn  was  born  23  of  Au- 
gust 1699. 

Obadiah  ther  Sonn  was  bom  the  11  day 
of  September  1701. 


The  Genealoge  of  John  Diuen  Jun  and  of 
Elizabeth  his  wiflF 

Elizabeth  His  Daughter  was  born  The  3 
of  November  1672. 

John  his  Sonne  was  bom  the  23  of  May 
1674  and  Departed  this  Life  the  31  of  May 
1674 

Elizabeth  the  wiff  of  John  Diuen  Junior 
Departed  this  life  the  26  of  May  1674 

John  Diuen  had  a  Child  born  by  Hannah 
his  wiffe  was  Dead  born  About  the  last  Oc- 
tober 1675. 

John  ther  Sonne  by  Hannah  his  wiff  was 
bom  the  6  of  May  1678. 

John  Diuen  had  a  Child  born  by  Hannah 
his  wiff  was  Dead  bom  about  the  first  of 
August  1680 

Ezekell  ther  Sonne  was  borne  the  25  of 
December  1681  and  died  the  15  of  January 
1681 

John  Diuen  had  a  Child  Still  born  the  19 
of  JuUy  1683 


The  Genealoge  of  Eobert  Burnell  &  Sarah 
his  wife. 

John  ther  Son  was  bom  the  first  day  of 
November  1696. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  7  day 
of  October  1699 

Robert  Buraell  Departed  this  Life  in 
April  1700. 

John  Dauis  &  Sarah  Rertland  was  Mar- 
ied  the  5  of  October  1664. 

John  ther  Sonn  of  John  Dauis  was  Bom 
the  16  of  Jan  1674 

Ebenezur  ther  Sonn  was  bom  the  2  of 
October  1678. 

Beniamin  ther  Sonn  was  Bom  the  27  of 
September  1681. 

Joseph  Dauis  ther  Sonne  was  Bome  the 
17  of  October  1686. 

The  Genealoge  of  Allexander  Duggel  & 
Abigaiell  his  wiff 

SamuU  their  Sonn  was  born  17  of  Janua- 
ry 1700-1701 

abigaiell  their  Daughter  was  born  the  first 
of  Febmary  1703. 

allexander  their  Sonn  was  bom  the  23  of 
September  1704. 

John  their  Son  was  born  in  November  25 
=  1706 

The  Genealoge  of  Adlister  Duggel 

Elizabeth  the  Daughter  was  bom  the  25 
of  October  1676. 

Allin  ther  Sonne  was  born  the  13  of  Sep- 
tember 1679 

Allin  their  Sonne  Died  the  last  Day  of 
August  1681 

Samuell  ther  Sonne  was  borne  the  4  of 
October  1682 

James  ther  Sonn  Departed  his  life  the  last 
of  March  1688. 

Daniell  Eaton  of  Lynn  &  Mary  Collins 
of  Salem  was  Marryed  October  ye  7  1701 

Daniell  Eaton  &  Abigaile  Heburd  bothe 
of  Lyn  was  Married  the  9  of  October  1704. 

Makallam  Downing  Died  in  October  1683 

Sarah  the  Daughter  of  Berriah  Brooks  & 
of  May  his  wiff  was  born  the  1 9  day  of  Ju- 
ly 1702. 


i 


135 


John  ther  Sonn  was  born    the  23   day  of 
August  1704. 


the  Genealogie  of  John  poole  &  Mary  his 
Wife. 

Timothy  ther  Sonne  Was  Born  the  14 
day  of  Desemr  1693. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  Was  born  the  25  of 
October  1695. 

timothy  there  Sonn  Departed  this  Life  17 
Aprill  1697. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  1 1  th 
of  January  1697-8. 

Judith  their  Daughter  was  born  the  28  of 
January  1700-1. 

Timothy  their  Son  was  born  the  9  of 
Febuary  1702-3. 

Susannah  their  Daughter  was  born  ye  7 
of  March  1704-5 

Thomas  their  Sonn  was  born  the  8  of 
May  1708. 

James  ther  Son  was  born  the  4  of  Janua- 
ry 1710-11 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  born  ye  11  of 
September  1713 

Samuel  ther  Son  was  born  the  13  of  Au- 
guust  1716. 

John  ifarrington  Liddia  Hudson  was  Mar- 
ied  the  7  of  October  1679. 

John  ther  Eldest  Sonne  was  borne  the 
22  of  November  1680. 

Liddia  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the  17 
of  June  1683. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  Born  the  2  day 
of  October  1685. 

John  ffarrington  was  Buryed  the  3  of 
January  1687  (88) 

John  Pool  Departed  this  Life  November 
ye  21st  1721. 


The  Genealoge  of  Ollevcr  Elkins  &  Joau 
his  Wife. 

Mary  thear  Daughter  Departed  this  Life 
ye  8  of  October  1694. 


The  Genealogey  of  Henry  Newman  & 
Margrett  his  wif. 

Sarah  thir  Daughter  was  Borne  the  8  of 
September  1,688. 


Mary  ther  Daughter  was  Borne  the  31 
day  of  Martch  1689. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughtei-  Was  Born  the  15 
ffebruary  1691. 

Thomas  ther  Sonne  Was  Borne  the  12 
day  of  November  1698. 

John  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  20  of  May 
1699. 

William  Eaton  and  Mary  Bumit  Was 
Maried  the  12  of  January  1692-3. 

Daniell  ther  Sonn  Was  born  ye  7  of  De- 
cember 1693. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  Was  born  the  23  of 
Martch    1694-5. 

Ebenezer  their  Sonn  Was  born  the  29  of 
November  1697. 

William  ther  Sonn  was  born  about  the 
15  of  July  1700. 

Samuel  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  11  of 
Septemr  1705 

Bethia  ther  daughter  was  born  the  3  of 
November  1708. 


The  Genealoge  of  John  Edmond  &  of  Sa- 
rah his  wiffe. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter   was  born  the  1 
of  May  1677. 

Nathanell  ther  Sonne  was  born  the  20  of 
Apriell  1680. 

Sarah  the  wiflF  of  John  Edmond  Died  the 
15  of  ffewburuary  1682. 

Joseph  the    Sonn   of  John  Edmond  was 
born  the  first  of  March  1687. 

Beniamin  ther  Sonn  was  Borne  the  6  of 
September  1688. 

Ebenezer  there  Sonn  was  born   the  5  of 
Aprill  1693. 

Mehittebell    their    Daughter    was   bom 
About  the  of  february  1695-6. 

Joseph  Edmonds  &  Elizabeth  Burges  was 
marryed  the  27  of  January  1685. 

Thomas  ther  Son  was  Born  the  23  of  feb- 
uary 1686-87. 

Bobert  ther  Sonn  was  Borne  the  13  of 
Aprill  1688. 

Joseph  Edmonds  Departed   this  life  Ap- 
rill 12  1718. 

William    Edmonds   Senr   Departed    this 
Life  the  4  August  1693. 

Samul    Edmonds  &    Elizabeth   Merriam 


136 


was  Married  the  11  of  August  1675. 

Samuell  ther  Sonne  was  born  the  5  day 
of  August  1(576. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  23 
of  Jully  1679. 

(To  be  Continued.) 


MATERIALS  FOR  THE  HISTORY  OF 
SHIP  BUILDING  IN  SALEM. 


BY    WILLIAM    LEAVITT. 


No.  1. 
Ships  have  been  built  in  Salem  almost 
from  the  earliest  period  in  her  history,  to  the 
present  time.  The  extent  to  which  this  busi- 
ness has  been  conducted,  has  varied  in  dif- 
ferent periods ;  probably  during  that,  which 
includes  the  fifty  years  immediately  following 
the  peace  of  the  Revolution  in  1783,  this 
business  was  very  successfully  pursued,  and 
more  vessels  were  constructed  than  at  any 
other  interval  of  the  same  duration.  Many 
persons  engaged  in  the  various  branches  of 
industry  connected  with  the  construction  and 
equipment  of  vessels,  induced  by  the  open- 
ing of  the  East  India  and  other  trades,  at  that 
time.successfuUy  conducted  by  our  merchants, 
came  to  Salem,  established  themselves  in  bus- 
iness and  have  contributed  largely  to  its  pros- 
perity. 

Our  gleanings  have  been  principally  limit- 
ed to  this  period,  which  may  be  considered  as 
the  "  Commercial,^''  and  at  this  time  the 
commerce  of  Salem  was  very  extensive,  and 
she  was  ranked  among  the  first  commercial 
places  in  the  union  —  her  ships  were  found 
in  nearly  every  port,  and  her  sails  whitened 
nearly  every  sea  in  distant  parts  of  the  globe. 

We  propose  in  these  sketches  to  subdivide 
our  subject  by  localities,  and  to  enumerate 
under  each  respectively,  the  several  vessels 


there  built,  noting  many  valuable  and  inter- 
esting facts  and  statistics  in  relation  thereto, 
arranged  partly  in  a  tabular  form,  and  partly 
in  notes ;  the  same  are  accompanied  with 
brief  notices  of  the  several  master  builders 
and  others,  so  far  as  we  have  been  able  to  ob- 
tain the  desired  information.  These  sketches 
are  necessarily  very  limited,  and  many  facts 
will  be  found  to  have  been  omitted,  or  per. 
haps  mistated,  that  would  have  otherwise  ad- 
ded much  to  their  value  ;  the  compiler  is  de- 
sirous that  all  such  omissions  and  mistate- 
ments  should  be  communicated  to  him,  so 
that  the  same  may  be  inserted  in  a  supple- 
mentary notice  ;  thereby  rendering  this  por- 
tion of  our  local  history  more  complete,  and 
rescuing  much  that  might  otherwise  be  lost 
and  irrecoverable. 

Many  of  these  localities  have,  within  the 
past  few  years,  been  so  changed  that  scarcely 
a  single  vestige  remains,  and  soon  all  traces 
will  entirely  disappear  to  indicate  the  nature 
of  the  previous  occupancy ;  thus  aflfording  il- 
lustrations to  what  extent  the  fluctuations  of 
business  in  certain  localities  are  consequent 
upon  the  introduction  of  new  facilities  in 
transportation  and  improved  machinery  in  the 
various  mechanical  and  other  occupations. 


Vessels    built    by    Ebenezer    Mann,    at 
Frye's  Mills,  from  1783  to  1800. 

Yard  located  in  the  open  space  on  Good- 
hue street  near  the  junction  of  Grove  and 
Beaver  streets  —  the  ways  extended  to  the 
river,  at  the  town  landing,  between  the  Mills 
and  the  tan-yard  of  Jacob  Putnam  and  sons. 

Ebenezer  Mann,  son  of  Ebenezer  Mann, 
was  born  at  Pembroke  in  this  State,  August  6, 
1758,  came  to  Salem  in  1783,  and  in  the 
same  year  commenced  building  vessels  in  the 
above-named  locality.     He  continued  in  this 


137 


business  until  about  1800,  when  he  retired, 
and  was  for  several  years  afterwards  engaged 
in  the  Grrocery  business,  in  a  store  which  he 
built,  near  the  Elm  Tree  in  Boston  street, 
and  which  has  since  been  occupied  succes- 
sively by  Messrs.  Caleb  Smith,  Mathew  A. 
Stickney,  Joseph  S.  Nichols,  William  F. 
Nichols  and  others. 

He  married  Dec.  30,  1791,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Prudence  (Proctor)  Buf- 
fington,  (she  was  born  at  Salem,  Sept.  27, 
1772,  and  died  May  17,  1851.)  He  died 
in  Salem,  March  19,  1836,  leaving  several 
children  now  residents  of  this  city. 


NOTES    TO    THE    TABLE    OF    VESSELS    BUILT    BY 
EBEN.  MANN,  MENTIONED  ON  PAGES  138  &  139 

The  Brig  William  was  (after  a  few  years) 
made  into  a  ship,  and  Capt.  William  Mug- 
ford  commanded  her;  and  after  the  embargo, 
when  the  ship  William  became  old  and  un- 
seaworthy,  she  was  bought  by  Retiah  Beck- 
et,  who  drew  her  up  on  his  beach,  where  she 
lay  a  great  many  years,  and  will  be  remem- 
bered by  most  of  the  old  men  of  the  present 
day. 

The  Christmas  Day,  1794,  was  as  hot  as 
in  July,  and  the  boys  went  in  swimming  af- 
ter the  ship  Betsey  was  launched. 

The  Brig  Hind  was  made  into  a  Barque 
in  1805,  and  Capt.  James  Brace  commanded 
her. 

The  Ship  Hazard. — This  was  the  first  of 
that  name.  She  was  built  on  a  new  plan, 
probably  Peck's  model  as  it  was  called,  and 
her  building  was  superintended  by  William 
Cleveland  ; — but  she  proved  to  be  a  failure, 
and  was  sold  and  went  to  Newport.  The 
second  ship  Hazard  was  built  in  1799,  by 
Retiah  Becket,  and  was  one  of  the  finest 
ships  that  ever  sailed  out  of  Salem. 


ADDITIONAL    NOTES    TO  THE   TABLE  OF    VESSELS 

BUILT  BY  CHRISTOPHER  TURNER,  MENTIONED 

ON  PAGE  140. 

Ship  Pompey  was  sold  to  Joshua  Ward, 
and  made  into  a  Brig,  and  commanded  by 
James  Gilchrist. 

The  Sch.  Eliza  was  sold  to  Simon  Forrester 
and  made  into  a  Brig,  and  commanded  by 
Jeremiah  Briggs,  and  afterwards  by  Thomas 
Bowditch. 

The  Ship  Endeavor  is  still  in  existence, 
and  sails  out  of  New  Bedford  as  a  Whaler. 
The  ship  Hope  was  sold  for  a  Whaler. 

The  Brig  Romp  was  confiscated  at  Naples 
on  her  first  voyage,  1809. 

The  Ship  Rambler  was  captured  by  the 
British  in  1812,  whilst  under  the  command 
of  Capt.  Timothy  Bryant,  and  was  afterwards 
lost  on  the  Chesterfield  Shoals. 

The  Brig  Gleaner  was  lost  at  sea.  Her 
Captain  was  the  son  of  the  owner,  Joseph 
Winn. 

The  Sloop  JeflFerson,  George  Crownin- 
shield's  pleasure  yacht,  was  built  by  Chris- 
topher Turner,  on  Union  Wharf,  back  of  the 
store  where  Edward  B.  Lane's  Sail  Loft  now 
is,  and  she  was  launched  in  March,  1801. 
She  was  schooner  rigged  at  first,  and  after- 
wards made  into  a  sloop.  Her  length  was 
35  feet  and  10  inches,  breadth  12  feet  4  inch- 
es, depth  of  hold,  6  feet,  burthen  22  15-95 
tons.  She  is  believed  to  have  been  the  first 
regular  yacht  built  in  the  United  States,  and 
the  Cleopatra's  Barge,  built  for  the  same 
owner,  the  second ;  the  latter  vessel  was 
launched  October  21,  1816  —  beautifully 
decorated  and  furnished  throughout  most 
splendidly ;  she  was  greatly  admired  during 
her  trip  to  the  Mediterranean  in  1817,  and 
thronged  with  people  at  every  port  visited. 


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HISTORICAL    COLLECTIONS 


OF      THE 


ESSEX     INSTITUTE. 


Vol.  VI. 


Augnst,    1864:. 


No.  4. 


SOME  NOTES  ON  WENHAM  POND, 

Read  at  the  Fidd  Meeting  held  on  its  western  margin, 

July  27th,  1864,  by 

ROBERT      S.     RANTOUL. 


Before  the  settlement  of  this  now  popu- 
lous region  by  European  colonists,  it  was,  as 
is  well  known,  the  domain  of  the  Naum- 
keags,  a  tribe  taking  its  name  from  Naum- 
keag,  which  is  now  known  as  Bass  River. 
They  inhabited  that  part  of  Southern  Essex 
County,  which  now  comprises  Salem,  Mar- 
blehead,  Beverly,  Manchester,  Wenham, 
Danvers  and  parts  of  Topsfield  and  Middle- 
ton.  This  tribe  was  under  the  dominion  of  the 
Sagamores  of  Agawam.  Pestilence  had  shorn 
them  of  their  ancient  vigor,  and  when,  in 
1626,  Conant,  from  Cape  Anne,  pushed  his 
explorations  westerly  into  their  country,  he 
found  them  reduced  in  numbers  and  waring 
with  a  neighboring  and  much  dreaded  tribe. 
The  Sagamore,  accordingly,  welcomed  his 
pale-faced  visitors  and  hoped,  through  hos- 
pitality to  them,  to  earn  an  invincible  alli- 
ance against  his  enemies.  He  made  them  a 
free  grant  of  the  entire  territory  lying  be- 

(19) 


tween  Cape  Anne  and  Saugus,  embracing 
this  beautiful  lake  and  stretching  nearly 
from  Agawam  or  Ipswich  river  to  the  sea. 
Two  years  later  came  Endicott,  with  a  char- 
ter or  grant  of  all  the  land  "between  three 
miles  to  the  northward  of  Merrimac  river 
and  three  miles  to  the  southward  of  Charles 
river,  and  in  length  within  the  described 
breadth,  from  the  Atlantic  Ocean  to  the 
South  Sea."  And  so  this  settlement,  having 
its  origin  in  an  abortive  attempt  to  plant  a 
fishing  colony  at  Cape  Anne,  was  established 
and  confirmed  and  came  to  be  the  first  per- 
manent settlement  in  Essex  County. 

It  is  well  known  how  dependent  were  the 
native  tribes  upon  fishing,  not  only  as  a 
source  of  food,  but  as  furnishing  to  their 
simple  husbandry  a  fertilizing  element  for 
the  soil.  In  this  last  regard  the  early  set- 
tlers seem  to  have  copied  their  example  and 
their  chroniclers  speak  of  the  soil  being 
"fished  but  every  third  year,"  and  of  "strik- 
ing at  every  plant  of  corn  a  herring  or  two." 

The  frail  canoes  of  the  Indians  were  of 
course  quite  unequal  to  the  developement  of 
the  coast  fisheries,  as  practised  later,  not  to 
speak  of  the  more  perilous  enterprises  of  the 


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Bay  and  Grand  Banks.  Hence  it  is  easy  to 
see  how  important  to  them  was  this  large, 
well  sheltered,  and  easily  navigable  body  of 
water,  crowded  as  it  was  with  animal  life. 
And  we  readily  accept  the  legend  that  Wen- 
ham  Pond  was  a  favorite  fishing  ground  of 
the  Naumkeags. 

The  ancient  piscatory  wealth  of  these  re- 
gions was  something  which  seems  almost 
fabulous  to  the  modern  reader.  Naumkeag 
Kiver  took  from  the  early  settlers  the  name  of 
Bass  Kiver,  because  of  the  multitude  of  that 
fish  frequenting  its  waters.  Higginson  says 
in  a  letter  to  England  —  "  whilst  I  was 
writing  this  letter,  my  wiflfe  brought  word 
that  the  fishers  had  caught  1600  basse  at 
one  draught,  which,  if  they  were  in  England, 
were  worth  many  a  pound."  So  Capt.  John 
Smith,  in  his  map  of  our  coast,  drawn  from 
observation  in  1614,  designates  this  locality 
as  Bass  table.  The  ancient  chronicles  show 
that  this  abundance  was  by  no  means  pecu- 
liar to  a  single  river,  lake  or  bay.  We  can 
with  difficulty  appreciate  the  condition  of 
things  which  led  parents,  residing  along 
the  Merrimac,  when  binding  their  children 
as  apprentices,  to  stipulate  that  they  should 
not  be  compelled  to  eat  Salmon  more  than 
twice  in  the  week.  Yet  there  are  extant 
indentures  of  apprenticeship,  in  which  the 
penuriousness  of  masters  is  thus  strangely 
anticipated  and  rebuked. 

To  these  general  remarks  Wenham  Pond 
was  no  exception.  The  early  Statute  Books 
teemed  with  legislation  framed  to  protect 
its  fisheries,  and  the  recently  published 
history  of  Wenham,  speaking  of  the  disap- 
pearance of  the  alewives,  which  formerly 
came  up  Ipswich  river  to  spawn  in  this 
pond,  says:  "This  matter  has  been  a  sub- 
ject of  discussion  in  many  town  meetings, 


and  committees  have  been  again  and  again 
appointed  to  see  that  the  obstructions  were 
removed,  and  the  fish  allowed  to  return  to 
their  favorite  haunts.  For  many  years  an 
alewife  committee  was  chosen  every  season, 
as  regularly  as  the  Selectmen  or  School 
Committee."  Alewives  are  spoken  of  by 
Winthrop  in  connection  with  the  early  agri- 
culture of  the  colony,  and  are,  doubtless, 
identical  with  the  Herring  which  Smith 
commends  as  a  dressing  for  the  soiL 

Whether  the  falling  off  in  our  fresh  water 
fisheries  is  due  to  the  increased  attentions 
of  sportsmen  or  to  the  diminished  vigilance 
of  town  functionaries,  it  is  certain  that  their 
importance  as  an  element  of  wealth,  has 
been  quite  lost  sight  of,  from  the  time  when 
foreign  commerce  gave  so  preponderating  an 
interest  to  the  fisheries  of  the  Banks. 
Since  the  Cod  fish  began  to  be  a  staple  in 
our  trade  with  Europe  and  Barbadoes, 
bringing  to  our  bleak  shores  the  generous 
products  of  the  West  Indies  and  the  Med- 
iterranean —  since  the  effigy  of  the  cod-fish 
found  its  place  in  our  Legislative  Hall,  and 
upon  our  colonial  currency,  little  thought 
or  care  has  been  given  to  the  humbler  claims 
of  the  fisheries  in  our  lakes  and  streams. 
Few  of  us  will  hereafter  be  troubled  with 
Salmon  from  the  Merrimac  more  than  twice 
in  the  week,  yet  we,  who  have  been  neigh- 
bors of  this  lovely  lake,  know,  by  the  evi- 
dence of  more  than  one  of  our  senses,  that 
the  splendid  pickerel  and  red-finned  perch 
which  helped  to  people  these  hill-slopes  of 
old  with  deer-skin  wigwams,  are  not  yet  ex- 
tinct. And  if  the  legendary  fame  of  this  fish- 
ing ground  needs  other  support, —  if  our 
fancy  needs  help,  in  re-peopling  these  fields 
with  painted  warriors  and  recalling  for  the 
moment  the  Indian    hunter  crouching  for 


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wild  fowl  among  these  very  hedges,  or  si- 
lently watching,  from  his  birch  canoe,  the 
winding  courses  of  his  finny  victims,  we 
may  doubtless  find  such  aid  in  the  testi- 
mony of  shells  and  arrowheads,  of  the  pon- 
derous lower-jaws  and  unmistakable  barba- 
rian skulls,  which  the  ploughshare  has  from 
time  to  time  profanely  brought  to  light. 
These  ghastly  relics  of  a  people  who  have 
faded  away  before  us,  —  these  fleshless  lips, 
these  whitened  bones — 

"  they  glare  from  the  abyss, 
They  cry  from  unknown  graves,  'we  are  the  witnesses !' " 

The  charms  which  made  this  locality  a 
favorite  resort  of  the  ancient  land-holders 
were  not  lost  upon  their  puritanical  succes- 
sors. Of  the  Naumkeag  territory  that  por- 
tion lying  about  the  lake  was  very  soon  peo- 
pled, and  was  the  first  to  be  set  off  from 
Salem,  in  1643,  as  a  district  plantation  or 
township,  by  the  name  of  Wenham.  Five 
Farms  lying  "  at  the  head  of  Basse  River, 
by  the  Great  Pond  side,"  had  been  granted 
by  Salem  to  •'  Capt.  Traskc,  Jno.  Woodber- 
ry,  Mr.  Conant,  Peter  Palfrey  and  John 
Balch,  each  200  acres  a  peise"  in  1635,  and 
the  village  thereabouts  seems  to  have  been 
first  known  as  "Great  Pond."  The  earliest 
settlement  of  the  place  is  supposed,  says 
Dr.  Allen,  in  his  recent  history  of  Wenham, 
to  have  been  made  near  the  lake.  Indeed 
the  first  mention  of  the  place,  which  that 
diligent  historian  was  able  to  find,  while  it 
invests  this  spot  with  a  tragic  interest, 
gives  countenance,  at  the  same  time,  to  the 
author's  hypothesis.  The  first  murder  per- 
petrated among  the  colonists  of  Massachu- 
setts Bay,  was  committed  by  John  Williams 
upon  the  body  of  "  John  Hoddy,  near  the 
Great  Pond,"  The  supposed  locality  of  this 
crime  is  on  the  road  from  Salem  to  Ipswich, 


which  hugs  the  eastern  margin  of  the  Pond, 
and  near  the  present  boundary  line  of  Wen- 
ham and  Beverly.  This  line  runs  due  east 
and  west,  through  Mt.  Pleasant  on  this,  the 
westerly  side  of  the  Pond,  and  near  the 
Brown  Cottage  on  the  easterly  side,  and  it  is 
related  that  Hcddy's  dog  held  Williams  un- 
til the  people  collected,  and  apprehended 
him.  The  object  of  the  crime  was  plunder. 
So  it  would  seem  that  the  travelled  way  first 
opened  from  Salem  to  Ipswich,  lay  by  the 
great  pond,  and  that  there  were,  thus  early, 
near  the  pond,  people  enough  within  call  of 
the  road,  to  prevent  the  escape  of  a  crimi- 
nal. As  early  as  1644,  this  road  was  laid 
out  as  a  highway  by  the  State. 

Our  ancestors  well  described  this  as  the 
Great  Pond.  It  has  a  surface  of  about  320 
acres.  The  oldest  residents  upon  its  mar- 
gin concur  in  saying,  that,  in  all  the  vicisi- 
tudes  of  weather,  a  few  inches  will  guage 
the  fluctuations  of  its  surface,  while  to  re- 
duce it  a  foot  would  require  the  drawing  off 
of  104,544,000  gallons.  It  has  no  tribu- 
tary stream  to  increase  its  liquid  store,  yet 
it  constantly  feeds  Miles  River,  flowing  to 
the  east,  through  an  outlet  which  is  never 
dry.  The  words  "great  pond,"  have  a  pe- 
culiar interest  to  the  student  of  Colonial 
History.  In  the  sixteenth  section  of  our 
first  code,  established  in  1641,  and  known 
as  the  "Body  of  Liberties,"  it  is  provided 
that  "  Every  inhabitant  that  is  an  househol- 
der shall  have  free  fishing  and  fowling  in 
any  great  ponds  and  bays,  coves,  rivers," 
&c.,  "provided  that  this  shall  not  be  ex- 
tended to  give  leave  to  any  man  to  roam  up- 
on others'  proprietie  without  their  leave." 
Having  thus  broken  down  all  forest  and 
game  laws  and  made  sporting  free  to  all 
householders,  our  ancestors  opened  the  doors 


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still  wider  in  1647,  by  an  ordinance  which 
defines  great  ponds  to  be  those  containing 
more  than  ten  acres,  and  adds  that  "  they 
shall  be  free  for  any  man  to  fish  and  fowl 
there,  and  may  pass  and  repass  on  foot 
through  any  man's  proprietie  for  that  end,  so 
they  trespass  not  on  any  man's  corn  or 
meadow."  Our  courts  have  recently  de- 
clared that  this  is  still  the  law, —  that  pro- 
prietors of  the  upland  about  natural  ponds 
own  only  to  low-water  mark,  —that  fishing 
and  fowling,  although  the  only  uses  enume- 
rated, are  not  the  only  uses  for  which  great 
ponds  are  dedicated  to  the  public,  but  that 
among  these  free  uses  are  boating,  bathing, 
skating,  preparing  flax,  cutting  ice,  and  the 
ordinary  uses  of  water  in  manufactures,  ag- 
riculture, and  the  domestic  arts.  The  esti- 
mation in  which  these  priveleges  were  held 
by  our  ancestors  may  be  inferred  from  the 
fact  that  they  were  guarantied  in  the  same 
chapter  which  secures  freedom  of  speech  in 
courts  and  meetings,  freedom  of  emigration 
and  the  rights  of  the  public  on  the  sea-shore. 

This  Pond,  as  we  have  seen,  lies  low,  be- 
ing but  about  thirty- two  feet  above  mean 
high  tide.  More  than  once  have  projects 
been  formed  for  employing  its  waters  in  the 
useful  arts.  With  one  of  these,  as  early  as 
1802,  the  name  of  Johonnot,  whose  Fulling 
Mill  at  the  head  of  Bass  Eiver  was  among 
the  first  in  the  country,  was  prominontly 
connected.  But,  from  its  want  of  natural 
elevation,  Wenham  Lake  has  thus  far  es- 
caped most  of  the  utilizing  tendencies  of 
the  age.  All  these  hills  stretching  them- 
selves north  and  south,  form  a  tributary 
water-shed,  containing  hundreds  of  acres 
from  which  the  rains  and  dews  of  heaven 
find  their  way  down  to  swell  its  fountains. 

The  very  fact  which  destroyed  its  value 


as  a  water-power,  makes  it  a  store-house  for 
the  waters  of  a  great  region. 

Between  the  Lake  and  the  hills,  which 
form  the  western  limit  of  this  basin,  and 
rise  at  points,  from  one  hundred  to  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  feet  above  the  water,  will  be 
observed  a  rare  and  singular  formation. 
This  ridge,  called  in  the  language  of  science 
a  Moraine,  but  popularly  known  here  as 
"  Whale's  Back,"  extends  nearly  the  length 
of  the  pond  from  north  to  south.  It  is  gen- 
erally from  fifteen  to  thirty  feet  high,  is 
hardly  wide  enough  at  the  top  for  two  horse- 
men to  ride  abreast,  and  is  said  by  geolo- 
gists to  be  made  up  of  small  boulders  and 
gravel  of  a  different  character  from  the  na- 
tive stones  of  this  region.  Its  sides  are 
steep  and  at  some  points  it  runs  close  by 
the  water's  edge,  forming  a  precipitous  bank 
for  the  pond.  At  other  points  it  crosses 
smooth  meadow-land  at  a  distance  from  the 
water,  suggesting  an  earth-work  thrown  up 
for  military  purposes.  And  once  it  passes 
under  the  lake,  across  the  mouth  of  one  of 
the  large  bays,  and  so  near  the  surface  of 
the  water,  that  it  has  been  possible  to  cross 
on  foot  over  this  hidden  and  narrow  cause- 
way from  shore  to  shore. 

This  lake  will  be  seen  to  be  quite  irreg- 
ular in  shape  and  much  extended  from 
North  to  South.  It  has  at  its  northern  ex- 
tremity a  long  bay.  Unlike  the  rest  of  the 
basin,  this  arm  or  bay  is  found  to  contain 
but  about  ten  or  fifteen  feet  of  water,  and 
its  banks  are  low.  Around  the  deeper  por- 
tions of  the  lake  its  margin  is  often  bold 
and  picturesque,  and  there  are  points  where 
its  waters  seem  at  some  time  to  have  reced- 
ed from  the  upland  which  formed  the  natu- 
ral limit,  leaving  between  that  and  the  pres- 
ent shore,  many  rods  of  meadow  scarcely 
uncovered  by  them. 


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In  the  body  of  the  lake  the  water  meas- 
ures from  40  to  60  feet,  but  there  are  spots 
where  it  is  said  that  75  feet  of  line  have 
failed  to  sound.  At  these  spots  the  ice  in 
winter  forms  much  more  slowly  than  else- 
where, which  indicates  the  presence  of  warm 
or  moving  water.  They  are  known  among 
the  icemen,  as  spring  holes.  It  was  by 
skating  into  one  of  these  that  young  Shilla- 
ber,  a  brother  of  the  late  Ebenezer  Shilla- 
ber,  for  many  years  clerk  of  our  courts,  lost 
his  life. 

The  theory  that  this  pond  is  fed  from  the 
bottom  by  living  springs,  is  not  a  new  one. 
It  is  a  tradition  repeated  with  confidence  by 
the  oldest  residents  of  this  locality,  and 
supported  by  the  character  of  the  surround- 
ing region.  Says  Allen,  "It  is  surrounded  on 
every  side  by  a  smooth,  gravelly  or  sandy 
margin;"  and  again,  "  the  fundamental  rock 
of  the  town  is  sienite,  of  the  detritus  of 
which,  its  soil  is  principally  composed." 
And  Sir  Charles  Lyell,  the  eminent  British 
Geologist,  who  visited  it  in  1846,  describes 
it  as  "  surrounded  with  hills  of  sand  and 
gravel,  from  40  to  100  feet  high"  —  from 
which  and  the  additional  fact  that  other 
hills  lie  behind  these,  the  existence  of  springs 
might  be  inferred,  and  adds,  "  the  water  is 
always  clear  and  pure,  and  the  bottom  cov- 
ered with  white  quartzose  sand.  It  is  fed 
by  springs." 

We  hardly  wait  for  a  chemist  to  tell  us 
that  this  water  is  pure.  The  neighboring 
families  use  it  and  commend  it  for  drinking, 
cooking,  and  washing.  Dr.  Jackson  has 
just  analized  it  and  finds  it  purer  than  Co- 
chituate  or  Croton.  The  former  of  these, 
which  is  the  purer,  is  said  to  contain  from 
3.37  to  5  grains  of  impurity  to  the  imperi- 
al gallon  of  ten  pounds,  avoirdupoise,  which 
are  equal  to  70,000  grains. 


Dr.  Jackson  found  the  residuum  left  on 
evaporating  the  same  quantity  of  Wenham 
water,  to  weigh  but  2.22  grains  and  to  be 
made  up  of 

Organic  (Vegetable)  matter  1.12   grains. 

Chloride  of  Sodium  (Sea-Salt)  0.40       " 

Sulphate  of  Lime  0.38       '• 

Oxide  (originally  Crenate)  of  iron  0.20      " 

Insoluble  silicious  matter  0.12       " 


Total  grs.  impurity  in  ten  pounds  2.22 

Sir  Charles  Lyell,  in  his  American  Notes, 
just  quoted,  had  already  vouched  for  the  ab- 
sence of  salts,  citing  no  less  an  authority  than 
Prof.  Faraday.  He  says,  "when  a  lump  of 
Wenham  ice  has  been  brought  to  England,  it 
does  not  melt  by  any  means  so  readily  as  a 
similar  lump  of  common  English  ice.  Mr. 
Faraday  tells  me  that  Wenham  Lake  Ice  is 
exceedingly  pure,  being  both  free  from  air- 
bubbles  and  from  salts.  The  presence  of 
the  first  makes  it  extremely  difficult  to  suc- 
ceed in  making  a  lens  of  English  ice  which 
will  concentrate  the  solar  rays  and  readily 
fire  gunpowder,  whereas  nothing  is  easier 
than  to  perform  this  singular  feat  of  igniting 
a  combustible  body  by  the  aid  of  a  frozen 
mass,  if  Wenham  ice  be  employed. 

"The  absence  of  salts  conduces  greatly  to 
the  permanence  of  the  ice,  for  where  water  is 
so  frozen  that  the  salts  expelled  are  still  con- 
tained in  air-cavities  and  cracks,  or  form  thin 
films  between  the  layers  of  the  ice,  these  en- 
tangled salts  cause  the  ice  to  melt  at  a  lower 
temperature  than  32°,  and  the  liquefied  por- 
tions give  rise  to  streams  and  currents  within 
the  body  of  the  ice,  which  rapidly  carry  heat 
to  the  interior.  The  mass  then  goes  on  thaw- 
ing within  as  well  as  without,  and  at  temper- 
atures below  32°;  whereas  pure  and  com- 
pact Wenham  ice  can  only  thaw  at  32°,  and 
only  on  the  outside  of  the  mass." 


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Say8  Professor  Cbase,  of  Brown  Universi- 
ty: "  The  quality  of  water  designated  by  the 
terra  'hardness,'  is  due,  principally,  to  the 
presence  of  lime  salts.  These  react,  with  the 
soap  dissolved  in  the  water,  and  decompose 
it,  giving  rise  to  insoluble  compounds  of  lime 
and  the  oleaginous  constituents  of  the  soap." 

So  the  experience  of  the  neighbors  is  con- 
firmed by  the  verdict  of  science. 

We  have  been  looking  upon  this  landscape 
to-day  under  the  delightful  auspices  of  a  sum- 
mer sky.  Let  us  reverse  the  picture.  The 
verdure  of  hills  and  meadow  is  replaced  by 
the  white  mantle  of  Winter.  The  surface  of 
the  lake,  though  motionless,  still  sparkles  in 
the  sun.  Here  and  there  are  seen  groups  of 
skaters  or  sportsmen  watching  for  pickerel 
through  holes  in  the  ice.  The  silence  of  an 
ancient  solitude  broods  over  the  place.  Such 
was  the  scene,  unchanged  for  two  centuries, 
until  suddenly,  about  twenty-five  years  ago, 
this  spot  becomes  a  centre  of  attraction. 
Suddenly  the  quiet  neighborhood  is  alive  with 
the  gingling  of  sleigh-bells,  —  gaily  dressed 
parties  are  sweeping  over  the  frozen  lake  in 
ice-boats  and  sleighs,  and  men  by  hundreds, 
and  horses  by  scores  are  toiling,  day  and  night, 
at  the  newly  discovered  husbandry.  The  vir- 
tues of  Wenham  Lake  Ice  have  been  proclaimed; 
the  fashionable  world  of  London  and  the 
thirsty  East,  have  found  it  to  be  a  necessity. 
Already  Tudor,  the  pioneer  in  the  exportation 
of  ice,  has  demonstrated,  since  1805,  the  suc- 
cess of  the  enterprise,  which  has  rewarded 
him  with  a  fortune,  and  commerce  has  at  last 
disturbed  the  solitude  of  this  retreat. 

From  1805  to  1832,  Tudor  pursued,  almost 
alone,  the  exportation  of  ice,  at  first  with 
varying  success.  The  trade  being  at  last  es- 
tablished, and  new  machinery  for  cutting  and 
new  expedients  for  packing  and  storing  intro- 


duced, the  business  rapidly  increased  and 
came  into  other  hands.  About  ten  years  la- 
ter operations  began  at  Wenham  Pond,  and  if 
the  staple  exports  of  Massachusetts  have  been 
correctly  stated  to  be  ice,  granite,  and  school 
ma'ams,  Essex  has  surely,  since  1842,  shown 
herself  the  equal  of  any  other  County  in  the 
matter  of  the  first,  without  ever  having  been 
behind-hand  as  to  the  other  two.  Willis 
writes  from  London  that  this  ice  became  the 
first  favorite  immediately  upon  its  arrival 
and  presentation  to  the  Queen,  —  that  highly 
decorated  carts  emblazoned  with  "  Wenham 
Ice,"  conveyed  it  about  the  streets,  and  that 
cockney  admiration  for  it  was  unbounded. 
His  exuberant  fancy  led  him  to  say  that 
the  yankee  sensationist  had  better  come  to 
England  with  his  pockets  full  of  this,  than  of 
gold.  The  wonder  was,  how  the  fashiona- 
bles had  existed  before  they  discovered  it. 
And  the  late  Alonzo  Lewis,  writing  in  Feb. 
1846,  well  describes  the  interesting  process 
by  which  this  ice  was  cut  and  stored,  [for  the 
details  of  which,  want  of  time  constrains  me 
to  refer  to  the  American  Almanac  for  1849, 
which  contains  a  complete  history  of  the 
American  Ice  trade,]  and  adds  that  during 
that  season,  thousands  witnessed  the  opera- 
tion ;  that  the  ice  was  then  fourteen  inches 
thick,  and  was  cut  in  blocks  twenty  inches 
square.  Six  hundred  thousand  tons  of  it, 
says  Lewis,  could  be  taken  at  one  freezing. 
More  recently,  the  apparatus  used  has  been 
guaged  for  blocks  twenty-two  inches  square, 
and  the  ice  at  Wenham,  having  at  times  at- 
tained an  equal  thickness,  cubic  blocks  have 
been  taken  out,  measuring  thus  nearly  two 
feet  in  each  dimension.  In  the  middle  of 
one  of  these  blocks  a  cavity  was  made,  in 
which  was  placed  a  fine  pickerel,  just  from 
the   pond,  and  water  being  poured  in,   the 


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whole  mass  was  frozen  solid  and  sent  abroad. 
After  Faraday's  beautiful  illustration  of 
the  crystal  clearness  of  Wenham  Ice,  it  is 
poor  praise  to  liken  this  exquisite  conceit 
to  the  designs  of  Bohemian  glass-workers,  or 
the  specimens  of  flies  in  amber,  which  adorn 
our  shelves.  Through  such  blocks  of  ice  the 
figures  have  been  read  upon  a  mason's  rule. 
Says  Allen,  "  The  inhabitants  of  many  a  tor- 
rid region,  who  have  never  heard  of  the  name 
of  Massachusetts,  and  hardly  know  that  there 
is  such  a  place  as  New  England,  are  familiar 
enough  with  Wenham  Lake  Ice.  An  Amer- 
ican gentleman  recently  informed  me  that, 
while  proceeding  up  the  Red  Sea  in  one  of 
the  East  India  Company's  steamers,  an  En- 
glishman, who  had  travelled  much  in  Ameri- 
ca, inquired  particularly  of  him,  where  Wen- 
ham Lake  was  situated,  remarking  that  he 
had  seen  most  of  the  lakes  in  the  United 
States,  but  never  saw  Wenham  Lake.  From 
the  amount  of  ice  which  it  produced,  he  sup- 
posed it  to  be  one  of  the  large  lakes  of  the 
Western  Continent,  and  was  not  a  little  sur- 
prised when  informed  of  its  real  size. 

Just  across  the  pond,  and  between  the  two 
lines  of  ice-houses  easily  discriminated  by 
their  color,  flows  the  brook  which  carries  the 
surplus  water  to  Miles  River,  a  tributary  of 
Ipswich  River  taking  its  rise  near  Beaver 
Pond.  Not  far  from  the  Lake,  this  brook 
crosses  the  highway,  which  here  descends  al- 
most to  the  water-level ;  a  little  farther  to  the 
South,  the  road  meets  the  margin  of  the 
pond,  so  that  it  is  possible,  by  a  slight  diver- 
sion, to  drive  for  some  rods  in  the  water. 

Between  the  outlet  and  this  point  stood 
what  Dr.  Bentley,  writing  A.  D.  1800,  de- 
scribed as  "a  small  conical  hill  near  the 
pond."  It  was  peculiar  in  its  shape  and  po- 
sition, overhanging   the  water — some  thirty 


five  feet  above  it,  —  being  grassy  and  smooth 
except  towards  the  pond,  and  on  that  side 
abruptly  cut  down  and  steep.  This  mound, 
says  Dr.  Bentley,  in  his  ' '  Description  of  Sa- 
lem," Hugh  Peters  chose  for  his  pulpit  when 
he  preached  his  first  sermon  in  America. 
This  was  also  the  first  sermon  preached  at 
Wenham  of  which  we  have  any  record. 
The  hour  forbids  even  so  much  as  a  sketch  of 
this  interesting  historical  personage.  He  was 
a  well-educated  Englishman,  who,  after  preach- 
ing with  great  acceptance  in  London,  his 
congregation  numbering  at  times,  as  it  is  said, 
seven  thousand  souls,  was  driven  from  his 
pulpit  for  non-conformity,  and  after  a  refuge 
of  some  years  in  Holland,  came  to  New  Eng- 
land in  1635.  He  became  pastor  of  the 
first  church  in  Salem  the  next  year,  succeed- 
ing Roger  Williams  in  that  important  charge. 
Here  he  displayed  those  rare  qualities  of  mind 
and  heart  which  signalized  him  as  the  friend 
of  the  colony,  and  which  marked  his  distin- 
guished career  after  his  return  to  England. 
Governor  Winthrop  found  him  to  be  "a  man 
of  a  very  public  spirit  and  singular  activity 
for  all  occasions."  And  Bentley  adds  that 
"a  weak  man  could  not  maintain  the  popu- 
larity he  had,  and  an  ignorant  man  could  not 
execute  what  he  undertook . ' '  Besides  achiev- 
ing success  in  his  pastoral  charge,  he  entered 
largely  into  politics  and  trade,  reformed  the 
police,  organized  the  fisheries,  designing  and 
building  some  of  the  first  vessels  adapted  for 
that  business,  and  was  finally,  in  1641,  sent 
back  to  England  with  two  other  commission- 
ers who  were  charged  to  represent  the  sense 
of  the  colony  upon  the  laws  of  excise  and 
trade.  He  had  been  an  overseer  of  Harvard 
College  in  1637,  and  is  said  to  have  exerted 
a  strong  influence  in  favor  of  planting  the 
College  near  the  present  summer  residence  of 


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the  venerable  Robert  Brookhouse.  In  1638 
he  acted  on  a  commission  for  collecting  and 
revising  the  laws  of  the  colony.  The  return 
of  a  man  so  constituted  and  inclined  to  the 
England  of  1641,  plunged  him  at  once  into 
the  midst  of  that  commotion  which,  next 
year,  took  the  form  of  civil  war,  and  he  be- 
came no  less  conspicuous  in  that  tremendous 
struggle,  than  Vane  who  shared  his  fate — per- 
haps hardly  less  so  than  Milton  himself,  who 
was  at  times  his  room-mate,  and  always  his 
intimate  and  confidential  friend.  Carlysle 
places  him  very  near  the  person  of  Cromwell, 
throughout  the  civil  wars.  As  "  Chaplain  to 
the  Train,"  and  as  "Lieutenant  G-eneral  Crom- 
well's Secretary,"  he  is  in  high  favor,  and, 
being  charged  with  Cromwell's  autograph  re- 
port of  the  capture  of  Winchester,  he  deliv- 
ered it,  with  a  "  relation  "  of  the  aflFair,  to 
the  Commons,  who  voted  him,  October  7th, 
1645,  <£  50  for  his  good  news.  A  week  la- 
ter he  presented  to  Parliament  the  colors  of 
the  Marquis  of  Winchester,  captured  at  the 
storm  of  Basing  House,  with  a  narrative  of 
that  event.  Before  both  Houses,  before  the 
Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  London,  before  the 
Assembly  of  Divines,  as  well  as  before  the 
legions  of  his  great  chief,  he  was  called  from 
time  to  time,  to  deliver  his  terse  and  eloquent 
discourses.  He  followed  "  Lord  Lieutenant 
Cromwell "  into  Ireland  in  1649,  and  is  said 
to  have  successfully  led  a  brigade,  although 
his  position  seems  to  have  been  that  of  Chap- 
lain. Thus  he  entitled  himself  to  be  held 
the  most  odious  of  his  calling,  when,  after 
the  restoration,  the  profligate  and  licentious 
Charles  burned,  in  his  cups,  with  the  desire 
to  "  hang  a  preacher."  He  was  accordingly 
condemned  in  1660  as  a  regicide,  charged 
with  having  been  present  on  the  scaffold,  dis- 
guised in  a  mask,  at  the  execution  of  Charles 


I,  — a  charge  which  he  wholly  denied — and 
at  the  age  of  61,  three  days  after  trial,  he 
was  beheaded,  with  every  circumstance  of 
barbarity,  and  his  head  exposed  on  a  pole  on 
London  Bridge.  He  died  grandly  as  he  had 
lived,  unmoved  by  the  horrors  which  surroun- 
ded him,  and  disavowing  every  unworthy 
act  and  motive.  But  the  Solicitor  Gener- 
al, in  opening  his  prosecution,  had  said 
that  his  influence  with  the  Parliamentary 
party  was  second  only  to  that  of  Oliver 
Cromwell,  and  after  that,  what  defence 
could  avail  him?  In  person,  says  Dr.  Bent- 
ley,  he  was  tall  and  thin,  active  and 
sprightly,  —  his  speech  was  peculiar,  and  he 
had  the  power  of  so  associating  his  thoughts, 
that  they  could  not  be  easily  forgotten.  His 
text  when  he  preached  across  the  Lake,  was, 
•'  At  ^non  near  to  Salira,  because  there  was 
much  water  there."  Bentley  adds,  "  The 
town  held  the  name  till  it  was  incorporated. 
It  is  still  remembered,  and  Peters'  Hill  is  not 
forgotten." 

But  the  landscape  upon  which  Hugh  Pe- 
ters looked  is  sadly  changed  to-day,  and  ev- 
en the  grassy  mound  on  which  he  stood  was 
doomed  to  disappear.  Commerce  had  marked 
it  for  her  own.  First  came  the  Eastern  Rail 
Road  to  disturb  the  solitude  with  its  rumbling 
trains.  Soon  after  a  spur  was  extended  to 
the  very  verge  of  the  lake,  for  the  lading  of 
ice,  and  then  another,  and  now  a  third.  The 
spirit  of  trade  had  possession  of  the  spot  at 
last,  and  paid  no  heed  to  the  ancient  land- 
marks. Finding  that  Peters'  Pulpit  occu- 
pied a  position  eligible  for  its  purposes,  it  did 
not  hesitate  to  say  unto  that  mountain,  "  Be 
thou  removed  and  be  thou  cast  into  the  sea!" 
And  this  being  accomplished,  the  next  step 
was  to  take  profane  and  bodily  possession  of 
an    ancient  meeting-house,  which   for  ninety 


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five  years  had  stood  in  the  village  of  Wen- 
ham,  quietly  listening  to  more  than  10,000 
sermons,  and  to  transport  it  from  its  old  foun- 
dations  to  the  very  spot  where  Peters  preached 
two  hundred  years  before,  and  there,  crowded 
with  ice  and  flanked  with  ice  on  either  hand, 
it  stands  to-day,  enjoying  perhaps  a  pleasing 
contrast  to  the  doctrinal  heat  of  its  earlier  ex- 
perience. 

These  changes  were  made  under  the  super- 
vision of  the  gallant  and  lamented  Lander, 
and  here  he  began  to  attain  that  proficiency 
in  engineering  which  enabled  him  to  connect 
his  name  with  one  of  the  grandest  summits 
of  the  Rocky  mountains.  But  these  changes, 
it  must  be  remembered  with  regret,  were  not 
made  without  first  giving  to  Salem  an  oppor- 
tunity of  saving  the  interesting  relic.  On 
March  3d,  1835,  the  Town  of  Wenham  vot- 
ed to  grant  Hugh  Peters'  Hill  to  the  First 
Church  in  Salem,  on  condition  that  they 
would  erect  thereon  a  monument  to  their  for- 
mer pastor,  the  offer  to  hold  good  for  three 
years.  It  was  not  accepted,  and  after  the 
expiration  of  the  time,  the  town's  interest 
passed  to  the  ice-company  then  formed,  and 
we  know  the  result. 

Close  by,  and  under  a  grand  old  elra,  now 
the  only  monument  which  marks  the  spot, 
lived  not  long  ago  an  interesting  and  venera- 
ble man.  He  was  something  of  an  anchorite 
and  something  of  a  philosopher.  Having 
been  in  early  life  a  teacher  of  youth,  he 
bore  to  his  grave  the  familiar  title  of  "  Mas- 
ter John."  But,  either  from  the  proximity 
of  his  dwelling  to  this  scene,  or  from  the  con- 
stancy u)f  his  affection  for  it,  he  was  quite  as 
well  known  as  "  Pond  John."  His  mem- 
ory was  retentive,  and  with  him  perished  a 
store  of  unwritten  legends  of  the  pond.     Na- 

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ture  rarely  unveils  a  lovely  feature,  but  there 
is  some  responsive  heart  to  be  won  over  and 
filled  with  its  beauty,  and  Pond  John  never 
spoke  of  the  view  upon  which  for  three  quar- 
ters of  a  century,  his  waking  and  his  closing 
eyes  had  rested,  but  with  the  enthusiam  of  a 
lover.  The  smile  of  the  Great  Spirit  seemed 
to  have  weaned  him,  in  a  degree,  from  the 
society  of  his  kind.  A  man  of  contempla- 
tion rather  than  of  action,  he  lived  here 
alone,  and  died  without  descendants.  Yet 
his  kindly  nature  was  continually  manifest, 
and  especially  in  the  swing  which,  every  sum- 
mer, hung  from  the  lofty  boughs  of  the  elm 
tree  before  his  door.  In  this  he  delighted  to 
give  the  passer-by  a  refreshing  flight  into  the 
air.  No  stone  remains,  nothing  but  the  old 
elm  tree,  to  mark  the  spot  where  he  lived 
and  died.  But  no  one  can  fitly  speak  of 
Wenham  Pond  without  a  passing  word  in 
memory  of  Master  John. 

The  next  point  of  interest  in  topographi- 
cal order,  is  Balch  Pasture.  To  reach  this 
we  have  passed  southerly  from  the  outlet  of 
the  pond,  and  upon  the  high  ground  occupied 
by  the  stone  colored  cottage  opposite,  where 
lately  resided  Nehemiah  Brown,  for  many 
years  well  known  as  Deputy  Sheriff  of  the 
County.  Just  beyond  that,  stretched  along 
the  road  upon  the  steep  bank  of  the  Pond, 
lies  a  tract  of  some  twenty  acres  of  pasturage 
and  woodland  of  which  no  member  of  the  le- 
gal profession  can  speak,  but  with  feeling. 
Probably  no  lot  of  equal  size  in  this  vicinity, 
has  been  more  fruitful  of  litigation.  Indeed 
it  should  perhaps  be  known  as  Lawyers'  Par- 
adise or  Goodacre  of  the  Attorneys.  Twice 
within  a  quarter  of  a  century  has  a  large 
fraction  of  it  been  claimed  under  adverse  ti- 
tles, and  at  least  five  counsellors  were  arrayed 
in  each  of  those  cases.     It  is  the  precise  lo- 


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eality  of  the  highway  robbery  and  murder  of 
Hoddy  by  Williams,  who  was  convicted,  and 
executed  at  Boston  ;  and  bow  many  eminent 
advocates  may  have  appeared  in  that  cause, 
we  cannot  well  determine,  in  the  absence  of 
our  learned  President  who  keeps  the  docket. 
This  Balch  Pasture  is,  no  doubt,  a  portion  of 
the  original  grant  to  John  Balch  made  in 
1635,  of  200  acres  near  the  great  pond.  It 
will  be  remembered  that  a  thousand  acres 
were  granted  by  Salem  to  five  ancient  plan- 
ters in  consideration  of  public  services,  and 
Balch,  who  was  one  of  the  five,  settled  upon 
his  grant,  and  died  there  in  1648.  From 
Mr.  Phippen's  very  interesting  account  of  the 
"Old  Planters  before  Endicott,"  published 
in. Vol.  I,  of  the  Institute  Collections,  it  ap- 
pears that  the  widow  of  a  descendant  of 
Balch  married  William  Dodge,  who  was  the 
patriarch  of  the  family  of  that  name  now  so 
numerous  in  that  region.  For  many  years, 
Balch  Pasture  was  in  possession  of  members 
of  that  family,  and  it  was  appraised  at  the 
death  of  Deacon  John  Dodge,  in  1825,  as  a 
part  of  his  estate. 

At  the  Annual  Town  Meeting,  held  on 
the  afternoon  of  March  1st,  1842,  the  town 
of  Wenham,  supposing  itself  the  owner  of 
that  portion  of  the  tract  which  lies  within  its 
limits,  voted  to  take  possession  forthwith,  and 
to  sell  the  wood  standing  thereon,  at  nine  o'- 
clock next  morning,  in  lots  to  be  removed  at 
once.  The  sale  at  auction  being  accordingly 
concluded,  the  purchasers  proceeded,  March 
2nd,  to  cut  their  respective  lots  and  prepare 
them  for  removal.  And  from  far  and  near, 
by  children  returning  from  school,  and  from 
house-tops  across  the  pond,  the  operation  was 
witnessed  and  denounced  by  indignant 
Dodges.  This  work  being  nearly  finished, 
and   the  afternoon    inclement,  the  hewers  of 


wood  suspended  their  labors  early.  Mean- 
time the  word  had  gone  forth,  —  the  friends 
of  the  adverse  claimants  had  been  summoned, 
and  soon  after  night-fall,  under  cover  of  the 
storm,  with  cattle  and  sledges,  with  lanterns 
and  axes,  they  began  to  gather  on  the  ground, 
resolved,  to  a  man,  that  no  stick  of  Balch 
Pasture  fuel  should  ever  warm  the  hearth- 
stone of  a  purchaser  from  the  town  of  Wen- 
ham.  The  wood  was  freely  offered  to  those 
who  would  take  it  away,  and  the  work  of 
hauling  it  from  the  soil  of  the  disputed  terri- 
tory into  the  highway,  and  from  the  highway 
to  the  wood-pile,  went  briskly  on.  Now  the 
moon  broke  through  the  storm,  and  the  heavy 
clouds  rolled  away.  And  there,  from  mid- 
night till  dawn,  in  the  clear  moonlight  of  that 
gusty  March  morning,  load  after  load  of  cut 
wood  disappeared,  and  trees,  left  standing, 
were  felled  and  disposed  of,  so  that,  next  day, 
when  the  claimants  under  the  town  arrived, 
to  their  utter  amazement  and  discomfiture, 
they  found  their  neighbors,  after  enjoying  the 
fruits  of  their  yesterday's  labor,  quietly  break- 
fasting together  by  the  road-side,  while  the 
contested  portion  of  Balch  Pasture,  but  the 
day  before  a  well-covered  wood-lot,  was  now 
transformed  into  pasturage  indeed.  This  state 
of  things  elicited  merriment  on  both  sides. 
And  the  Courts  afterward  decided  the  ques- 
tion, which  had  occasioned  this  excellent 
"  pass  of  practice,"  against  the  validity  of 
he  town's  title. 

The  town's  claim  rested  upon  an  Indian 
Deed  from  the  heirs  of  the  Sagamore  of  Ag- 
awam,  now  lost,  releasing  for  £4,  s  16,  all 
clai-n  to  the  soil  of  the  town  of  Wenham. 
It  was  dated  A.  D.  1700,  and  was  like  other 
deeds  given  by  the  same  parties  to  Beverly, 
the  same  year,  for  £  6,  s  6,  d.8,  and  to  Sa- 
lem   for  £  20,    in  -1686.       The   object   of 


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the  Dodge  claimants  in  their  midnight  raid, 
seems  to  have  been  to  transfer  the  wood  to  es- 
tates where  it  could  only  be  reached  without 
trespass,  by  legal  process  —  a  course  taken 
under  advice  of  no  less  an  authority  than  the 
late  Benjamin  Merrill,  to  the  effect  that  pos- 
session was  nine  points  of  the  law.  The 
late  Joshua  H.  Ward,  at  his  death  a  Jus- 
tice of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  was  of 
coun.sel  in  this  cause,  and  became  so  much 
interested  in  the  locality,  that  he  secured  a 
portion  of  it,  and,  it  was  said,  entertained  the 
purpose  of  building  there,  until  his  death. 
Besides  these,  the  learned  President  and 
Vice  President  of  this  Society,  and  I  know 
not  how  many  humbler  members,  are  among 
that  multitude  of  counsellors,  whose  pockets 
have  been  more  or  less  distended  with  the 
fees  of  which  these  well-contested  acres  have 
been  so  prolific. 

Much  might  be  added,  did  time  permit,  of 
other  objects  of  interest  about  the  pond. 
The  point  at  which  we  left  the  cars  is  the 
highest  point  upon  the  Eastern  Bail  Road, 
for  many  miles.  Just  beyond  it,  but  a  few 
rods  "towards  the  east,  rises  Brimble  Hill, 
second  in  altitude  only  to  Browne's  or  Folly 
Hill  lying  to  the  west.  This  last  is  the  out- 
post of  a  ridge  of  hills,  extending  northerly 
towards  Topsfield,  and  known  at  various 
points  on  the  western  border  of  the  Lake,  as 
Cherry  Hill,  Mt.  Pleasant  or  Prospect  Hill, 
and  Lord's  cue  and  Moulton's  Hills. 

Reaching  the  southerly  extremity  of  the 
pond,  at  a  point  near  the  New  England  Ice 
Company's  works,  we  passed,  on  our  way 
hither.  Boat  House  Cove,  so  called  for  a 
structure  placed  there  when  the  Cherry  Hill 
Farm,  which  comprised  much  of  the  western 
border  of  the  Lake,  was  the  property  of  Jo- 
seph White,  of  Salem.      Here  Mr.  Webster 


came  to  rest  his  great  brain  with  his  favorite 
diversion  of  fishing,  and  no  doubt  other  emi- 
nent men,  who  frequented  that  fine  old  seat, 
after  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  Stephen 
White,  found  in  the  quiet  lake  a  grateful 
contrast  to  the  stormy  sea  of  political  and 
professional  life.  Other  inlets  figure  in  the 
journals  of  the  Ice-men  as  Sandy  Cove,  Back 
Bay,  and  Holmes's  Cove,  the  last  commemo- 
rating a  late  proprietor  of  Cherry  Hill. 
These  journals  read  like  the  log-book  of  an 
arctic  voyager.  "  Bright  moon  to-night. — 
Growing  cool. — Pond  cracking  all  over ;" 
and  again,  "  Glass  8°  below,  this  morning  — 
Grooved  before  daylight;"  and  again,  "  Sun- 
set clear  and  cold, — fresh  N.  W.  wind,  cut- 
ting all  day,  and  from  7  to  12  at  night ;" — such 
are  the  entries,  and  they  need  little  help  from 
the  fancy  to  make  some  pages  sparkle  like  an 
aurora.  

We  must  leave  what'  might  be  said  of  the 
old  House  at  Cherry  Hill  built  by  Herricks, 
an  old  and  honored  family,  whose   initial  let- 
ter appeared  cut  in  its  enduring  frame,  when 
it  was  recently  removed  by  the  present  own- 
er of  the   place.     Here  Willis  felt  some  of 
his  earliest  inspirations,  and  here,  it  is  said, 
began  that  political  combination  which  made 
the  second  Adams  President.     And  if  the 
new  house  yet  lacks  such  associations,   the 
hospitality  which  made  the  place  historic,  has 
not  deserted  it.     To  that  hospitality  we  owe 
much,  gathered  here  to-day  upon  a  portion 
of  the  old  estate.     Mt.   Pleasant,  at  whose 
base  we  meet  and  from  whose  top  we  enjoyed 
perhaps  the  best  panorama  of  this  region,  is 
the  property  of  another.     Its  venerable  pro- 
prietor can  count  there  without  a  glass,  thir- 
ty-six spires,  on  a  clear  day.     It  was  on  such 
a  day,  the  first  afternoon  of  the  summer  of 
1813,  that,  in  the  quiet  hours  toward  sunset, 


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scanning  the  dait  blue  line  of  tide  water, 
which  can  be  seen  from  its  summit,  he  de- 
scried the  haughty  Shannon,  preparing  for 
and  commencing  that  action  with  the  Chesa- 
peake which  made  Lawrence  famous,  even 
through  disaster.  May  his  eyes,  yet  un- 
dimmed  with  age,  soon  behold  the  surround- 
ing hill-tops  ablaze  with  the  signal  fires  of 
that  longed-for  victory,  which  shall  at  last 
^ve  peace  to  a  restored  and  regenerated  peo- 
ple. 


A  COPY  OF  THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF 
MARRIAGES  OF  THE  TOWN  OF 
ROWLEY,  WITH  NOTES. 


,.  CWHHmnCATED  BT  X.  A.  STICKNBT, 

"  Concladed  ttom  Vol.  vi,  page  122. 


Jacob  Jewett  and  Bethiah  Boynton  both  of 
♦Rowley  February  the  second  day,  1741. 

Gidian  Walker  of  Arundel  and  Hannah 
Palmer  of  Rowley  February  ye  twenty  third 
day  1741. 

John  Jewett  of  Ipswich  and  Hannah  Scott 
of  Rowley  June  the  first  day  1742. 

Nathaniel  Brown  of  Ipswich  and  Mary 
Jewett  of  Rowley  June  the  first  day  1742. 

Joshua  Woodman  and  Jane  Hobson  both 
of  Rowley  December  the  second  day  1742. 

Moses  Pickard  and  Jane  Sanders  both  of 
Rowley  December  the  second  day  1742. 

Moses  Smith  and  Martha  Jewett  both  of 
Rowley  December  the  sixth  day  1 742. 

Mr.  Ebenezer  Parsons  of  Gloucester  & 
Mrs.  Jemima  Todd  of  Rowley  December  ye 
twenty  first  day  1742 

John  Platts  and  widow  Sarah  Oreecy  ye 
second  were  joyned  in  marriage  March  ye 
twenty  first  day  1742 — 8. 


William  Stickney  and  Mary  Sawey  both 
of  the  town  of  Newbury  in  the  County  of  Es- 
sex were  married  February  the  thirteenth 
day  1743,  by  John  Hobson  Justice  of  Peace. 

Jeremiah  Hopkinsonand  Martha  Wood- 
berry  both  of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  mar- 
riage January  11  1742. 

Abraham  Foster  of  Ipswich  and  Priscilla 
Todd  of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  May 
the  tenth  day  1 744. 

Daniell  Tenney  and  Rebeckah  Dickinson 
both  of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage 
March  16th  1742. 

Daniell  Chute  of  Rowley  and  Hannah  Ad- 
ams of  Newbury  were  joyned  in  marriage 
Aprill  ye  20th  1743. 

Amos  Stickney  of  Bradford  and  Hannah 
Syles  of  Rowley  were  joined  in  marriage  Jan- 
uary ye  22d  1743. 

John  Frazer  of  Newbury  and  Elizebeth 
Little  of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage 
July  ye  26th  day  1743. 

Thomas  Elsworth  and  Lucy  Hedden  both 
of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  August 
the  fourth  day  1743. 

Jeridiah  Pearson  of  Rowley  and  Rebec- 
kah Plummer  of  Newbury  were  joined  in  mar- 
riage November  ye  30  1743. 

Jonathan  Smith  and  Hannah  Boynton  both 
of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  May  ye 
17th  1744. 

Jonathan  Plummer  and  Mehitable  Heri- 
uman  both  of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage 
June  6th  1744. 

Ebenezer  Chaplin  of  Rowley  &  Bechah 
Poor  of  Newbury  were  joyned  in  marriage 
January  ye  fifth  day  1744. 

Eben  Hedden  and  Sarah  Elsworth  both  of 
Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  August  the 
thirteenth  day  1744. 

Deacon  Benjamin  Gibson  of  Boston  and 


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Mrs.  Mehetable  Hobson  of  Rowley  were  joy- 
ned  in  marriage  September  ye  11th  day 
1744. 

Amos  Jewett  and  Jane  Tenney  both  of  Row- 
ley were  joyned  in  marriage  November  ye 
first  day  1744. 

James  Jewett  and  Martha  Scott  both  of 
Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  November 
the  14th  1744. 

Stephen  Palmmer  and  Mary  Todd  both  of 
Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  December 
the  fourth  day  1 744,  by  Jedidiah  J  ewett. 

Solomon  Wood  and  Hannah  Jewett  both 
of  Boxford  were  joyned  in  marriage  Novem- 
ber ye  twenty  seventh  day  1745,  by  Thomas 
Lambert  Justice  of  Peace. 

Will.  S«rvant  to  Mr.  John  Northend  and 
Juno  servant  to  Mrs.  Dorithy  Dummer  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  July  the  eighth  day 
1745. 

William  Tenney  and  Anne  Jewett  both  of 
Rowley  were  married  November  the  seventh 
day  1745. 

Nero  servant  to  ye  Reverend  Mr.  Batch, 
elder  of  Haverill  and  Lettis  servant  to  Mr. 
George  Hibert  of  Rowley  were  married  Nov- 
ember the  twenty  first  day  1 745. 

Benjamin  Noyce  and  Sarah  Pickard  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  October  1744. 

Samuel  Lowell  and  Anne  Brown  both  of 
Rcwiey  were  married  February  the  fifth  day 
1745,  by  Jedidiah  Jewett. 

Capt.  Daniel  Hardy  of  Bradford  and  Mrs. 
Damaris  Dickinson  of  Rowley  July  the  six- 
teenth day  1746,  were  married  by  Thomas 
Ijambert  Just  of  Peace. 

John  Simons  of  Boxford  and  Ruth  Dorman 
of  Topsfield  were  married  May  the  thirteenth 
day  1746  by  John  Hobson  Just  of  Peace. 

Daniel  Goodwin  of  Newbury  and  Elizabeth 
Smith  of  Rowley  were  married  Aprill  the  10 
th  1746. 


Isaac  Burpee  and  Elizabeth  Dickinson 
both  of  Rowley  were  married  December  the 
2th  1746. 

Nathan  Woodbury  of  Newbury  and  Susan- 
na Johnson  of  Rowley  were  married  December 
the  10  1746. 

John  Adams  and  Mary  Brocklebank  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  August  the  third 
day  1748,  by  me  Thomas  Lambert  Just  of 
Peace, 

John  Simons  of  Boxford  and  Ruth  Dorman 
of  Topsfield  were  married  May  the  thir- 
teenth day  1746  by  John  Hobson  Just  of 
Peace. 

Scipio  and  Bilhah  servants  to  John  Ors- 
bord  of  Rowley  were  married  May  the  four- 
teenth day  1747. 

Nathanael  Tenney  and  Elizebeth  Boynton 
both  of  Rowley  were  married  October  ye 
first  day  1747. 

Mark  Plats  and  Hannah  Kilburn  both  of 
Rowley  were  married  November  the  ninth 
day  1747. 

Thomas  Mighill  and  Hannah  Northend 
both  of  Rowley  were  married  November  ye 
26  1747. 

Samuel  Adams  of  Newbury  and  Mary 
Brown  of  Rowley  were  married  November  ye 
26  1747. 

Benjamin  Adams  and  Elizabeth  Pay  son 
both  of  Rowley  were  married  May  ye  18th 
1748. 

Peter  Moores  and  Mary  Howes  both  of 
Rowley  were  married  January  the  15,  1748, 
by  Revd.  Jedediah  Jewett. 

Moses  Pengree  Anna  Carlton  of  Methuen 
wero  married  March  the  ninth  day  1748,  by 
John  Hobson  Justice  of  Peace. 

David  Brocklebank  and  Sarah  Adems  bcth 
of  Rowley  were  married  May  the  seventeenth 
day  1749,  by  Thomas  Lambert  Just  of  Peace. 

Amos  Dwinel  and  Annah  Pirkins  of  Tops- 


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field  were  married  May  the  26,  1749,  by 
John  Hobson  Justice  of  Peace. 

Philip  Nellson  of  Havirall  and  Mehetable 
Dresser  of  Ipswich  was  married  June  the 
twenty  second  day,  1749,  by  Thomas  Lam- 
bert Just,  of  Peace. 

John  White  of  Wenham  and  Elizebeth 
Todd  of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  Sep- 
tember 22,  1748. 

James  Hedden  of  Rowley  and  Jemima 
Moody  of  Newbury  were  joyned  in  marriage 
September  26,  1748. 

Stephen  Dole  aud  Sarah  Pierson  both  of 
Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  November 
24,  1748. 

Jonathan  Smith  and  Hannah  Barker  both 
of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  May  9^ 
1749. 

Daniel  Hale  of  Newbury  and  Ednah  Pick- 
ard  of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  June 
16,  1749. 

Jonathan  Wood  and  Hannah  Dresser  both 
of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  July  17, 
1749. 

Thomas  Lull  and  Hannah  Cooper  both  of 
Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  November  7, 
1749. 

Moses  Bradstreet  of  Ipswich  and  Luci  Pick- 
ard  of  Rowley  were  joyned  in  marriage  De- 
cember 12,  1749. 

Josiah  Porter  of  Salaham  and  Sarah  Brad- 
street  of  Rowley  were  joined  in  marriage  Jan- 
uary 11,  1749. 

AU  Joyned  in  marriage  by  me  Jedediah 
Jewett. 

Moses  Kimbal  and  Sarah  Prichard  both  of 
Boxford  were  married  January  ye  4th  day 
1750,  by  Thomas  Lambert  Just,  of  Peace. 

Jedediah  Kilburn  and  Hannah  Plats  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  November  ye  7,1794. 

Thomas  Smith  of  Newbury  and  Lydia  Stick- 


ney  of  Rowley  were  married  Aprill  3,   1750. 

John  Palmer  and  Mary  Creecy  both  of 
Rowley  were  married  October  the  third  day 
1750. 

John  Dickinson  Junr.  of  Rowley  and  Me- 
hetable Pickard  of  Boxford  were  married  Nov- 
ember 6,  1750. 

Thomas  Mighill  and  Sarah  Northend  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  November  13,  1750. 

Stephen  Pearson  and  Hannah  Smith  both 
of  Rowley  were  married  December  26,   1750. 

Cato  and  Margaret  servants  to  Thomas 
Gage  of  Rowley  were  married  January  1, 
1750,  by  Mr.  Jedediah  Jewett. 

Benjamin  Cromey  of  Rowley  and  Rebecca 
Davis  of  Ipswich  married  May  6,  1741. 

John  Noyce  of  Haverill  and  Abigail  of  Row- 
ley June  11,  1741. 

Moses  Dole  and  Ruth  Peabody  both  of  Row- 
ley December  9,  1741. 

James  Stewart  and  Mary  Boynton  both  of 
Rowley  January  11,  1741 — 2. 

John  Pillsbury  &  Ruth  Brocklebank  both 
of  Rowley  March  16,  1741—2. 

Samuel  Kezer  &  Abigal  Heriman  both  of 
Rowley  April  20,  1742. 

Mr.  Daniel  Gage  of  Bradford  and  widow 
Margaret  Boynton  of  Rowley  May  12,  1742. 

Benjamin  Quimby  of  Salem  and  Anne 
Plumer  of  Rowley  November  4,  1742. 

Ezekill  Page  of  Haverill  &  Anne  Jewett 
of  Rowley  December  30,  1742. 

Reuben  Hardy  of  Bradford  and  Elizabeth 
Adams  of  Rowley  March  21,  1742-3, 

John  Boynton  and  Martha  Atwood  both  of 
Rowley  March  30,  1742. 

Nathanael  Heriman  of  Rowley  and  Han- 
nah Colraan  of  Newbury  May  21,  1742. 

Thomas  Burpee  of  Lancaster  and  Anne 
Chaplin  of  Rowley  October  19,  1743. 


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Dea.  William  Fisk  and  widow  Lidia  Thurs- 
tian  both  of  Rowley  January  6,  1743-4. 

John  Thurstian  and  Hepzibah  Burpee  both 
of  Rowly  March  15,  17434. 

Isaac  Kilborn  of  Lancester  and  widow  Jo- 
anna Clark  of  Rowley  were  married  May  ye 
10,  1744. 

William  Shapley  of  KiUilyly  and  Martha 
Pengree  of  Rowley  Dacember  11,  1744. 

John  Boynton  of  Dunstable  and  Lydia  Jew- 
ett  of  Rowley  June  4,  1745. 

Thomas  Lull  of  Rowley  and  Hannah  Hale 
of  Bradford  September  25,  1745. 

Joseph  Palmer  of  Bradford  and  wid.  Han- 
nah Hariman  of  Rowley  October  1,  1745. 

Job  Spoford  and  Marr  Rcocklebank  both 
of  Rowley  May  13,  1746. 

Benjamin  Pearce  of  Newbury  and  Lydia 
Pierce  of  Rowley  August  5,   1746. 

William  Brown  of  Rowley  and  Jane  Boyn- 
ton of  Bradford  June  17,  1747. 

Jeremiah  Burpee  of  Lancester  and  Elizebeth 
Brocklebank  of  Rowley  November  5,  1747. 

Jeremiah  Jewett  and  Jane  Searl  both  of 
Rowley  November  26,  1747. 

Joseph  Chaplin  and  Sarah  Seeton  both  of 
Rowley  December  1,  1747. 

Mr.  Job  Toyler  and  widow  Mary  Brockle- 
bank of  Rowley  December  11,  1747. 

John  Tenney  and  Rose  Chandler  both  of 
Rowley  June  1,  1748. 

John  Searjantof  Newburr  and  Lidia  Thurs- 
ton of  Rowley  July  5,  1748. 

Eliphelet  Spaford  and  Lucy  Peabody  both 
of  Rowley  December  27,  1748. 

Sampson  Killborn  and  Rebeckah  Pickard 
both  of  Rowley  Aprill  15,  1749. 

Mr.  John  Stewart  and  widow  Margreet 
Gage  both  of  Rowley  September  5,  1749. 

Mr.  John  Plummer  and  Mrs  Ruth  Burrash 
both  of  Rowley  September  8.  1749.  i 


Joseph  Ordway  of  South  Hampton  and  Sus- 
annah Lull  of  Rowley  March  1,  1749. 

Moses  Wheeler  and  Mary  Wells  both  of 
Rowley  December  11,  1750,  by  James  Chan- 
er. 

Samuel  Thurston  of  Lancaster  and  Priscilla 
Burpee  of  Rowley  maried  Aprill  ye  18th 
day  1751. 

Henry  Poor  of  Rowley  and  Sarah  Hale  of 
Bradford  married  May  ye  20th  dayl751. 

Nathaneel  Smith  of  Boxford  and  Sarah 
Burpee  of  Rowley  married  May  ye  23  day 

1751,  by  James  Chandler. 

Samuel  Plats  of  Rowley  and  Mary  Bennet 
of  Glosester  were  married   May  ye  7th  day 

1752,  by  John  Hobson  Esq. 

Mr.  James  Barker  and  Mrs.  Mary  Jewett 
widow  were  both  of  Rowley  were  married 
Aprill  the  tenth  day  1753,  by  Thomas  Lam- 
bert Just,  of  Peace. 


ERRATA  FOR  ROWLEY  MARRIAGE 

Unnecessary  addition  of  the  Title  on  page  117 
by  the  Printer. 

Vol.  VI.  No.  3.  page  119  Ist  column  2l8t  line 
from  the  top  for  1729-30  read  1730. 

Vol.  VI.  No.  3,  page  119  1st  column,  read  Sam- 
uel Stickney  and  Faith  Plats  both  of  Rowley  mar- 
ried June  the  sixth  day  Anno  Dom.  1733. 

Vol.  VI.  No.  3,  page  121,  2nd  column  2nd  line, 
from  bottom,  for  Taylor  read  Toyler. 


RECORD  OF  BIRTHS  AND    DEATHS. 
IN  THE  TOWN  OF  LYNN.     Vol.   II. 


COMMDNICATBD  BY  IRA  J.  PATCH, 

Continued  from  rol.  vi,  page  186. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  3th  of 
August  1681. 

Abigail  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the  23th 
of  October  1686. 

David  their  Sonn  was  Borne  the  22th  of 
July  1689. 


156 


Jonathan  their  Sonn  Was  Borne  the  7th  of 
January  1691-92. 

1     Mary  their  Daughter  departed  this  Life  ye 
7th  of  October  1704. 


The  Genealoge  of  Joseph  Edmunds  And 


of- 


William  ther  Sonn,  was  born  the  13th  of 
September  1677. 


The  genealoge  of  Moses  Abourne  &  Abi- 
gail his  wife. 

Abigail  their  Danghter  was  borne  ye  7th  of 
May  1680. 

Thomas  their  Sonn  was  born  the  26th  of 
January  1682. 

Hanah  their  Daughter  was  Borne  ye  26th 
of  August  1684. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  Born  ye  19  of 
ApriU  1686. 

James  their  Son  was  bom  the  21  of  Aprill 
1688. 

John  their  Son  was  born  the  17  of  Aprill 
1690. 

Samuell  their  Son  was  born  the  19  of  March 
1692. 

Ebenezer  their  Son  was  born  the  81  of  Jan- 
uary 1694. 


Edward  fFuUer  and  Hanah  Lewis  was  Mar 
ied 'the  12  of  May  1686. 

John  their  Sonn  was  Borne  the  26th  of 
January  1686-87. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  Was  Borne  the  18  of 
September  1689. 

Rebeckah  ther  Daughter  was  Borne  The  13 
day  of  December  1692. 

Edward  ther  Sonn  was  borne  the  29th  day 
of  May  1695. 

Hanah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the   24th 
day  of  June  1698. 


Nathaniell  their  Sonn  was  bom  the  fifth 
of  January  1700-701. 

Abigaile  their  Daughter  was  bom  ye  6th 
of  Aprill  1703. 

Joseph  their  Son  was  bom  the  24th  of  Sep- 
tember 1707. 

John  Fuller  the  Son  of  Edward  Fuller  De- 
parted this  life  June  16th  1752  aged  67  years 
4  mos.  20  days. 


Joseph  ffuUer  &  his  wife  Rebeckah 
Joseph  ther  Sonn  was  Borne   the  14th  of 
August  1688. 


Edward  ffuller  Junr.  Departed  this  Life  the 
8th  of  March  1720-21. 

Edward  ffuller  father  to  the  above  Edward 
departed  this  Life  March  30th  1743  aged  88 
years  2  month-s. 


Benjamin  ffuller  and  Susannah  Ballard  was 
Married  the  5  of  November  1690. 

Abigail  ther  Daughter  was  borne  the  14th 
of  January  1692-93. 

Susanna  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  29th 
of  July   1695. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  11th  of 
August  1698. 

Ruth  ther  Daughter  was  borne  the  21  of 
March  1700-701, 

John  their  Son  was  borne  ye  21  of  August 
1703. 

Elizabeth  their  Daughter  was  borne  ye  28 
of  February  1705-6. 

Samuell  their  Son  was  bora  the  24th  of 
March   1722. 

Benjamin  ffuller  departed  this  Life  August 
3d  1750  in  his  85th  year. 


Mary  Rhodes  died  March  13th  1750-51. 


/ 


157 


The  Genealogie  of  John  ffuUer  And  of  Eliz- 
abeth his  wiff. 

John  his  Eldest  Sonne  was  born  into  this 
world  the  3  of  January  1647. 

Thomas  his  Second  Sqn  was  Born  tlie  15 
of  January  1649.  -      r 

Elizabeth  his  Daughter  was  born  the  Last 
of  May  1652. 

Edward  his  third  Sonn  was  born  the  12  of 
January  1654. 

Elisha  his  forth  Son  was  Born  the  5  of 
fFewbruary  1657. 

Joseph  his  fivte  Sonn  was  Born  the  first  of 
November  1661. 

Benjamin  his  Sixt  Sonn  was  Bom  the  16 
of  December  1665. 

His  Seventh  Sonn  was  Still  Bom  the  3  of 
November  1668. 

Leftent  John  ffuUer  Departed  this  Life  the 
29t'h  day  of  Aprill  1695. 

Elisha  fFuUer  and  Elizabeth  Walden  Was 
Married  the  10  of  September  1690. 

Thomas  their  Sonn  Was  Borne  the  4th  day 
of  JuUy  1691. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  Was  Born  the  9  day 
of  Octtober  1692. 


The  Genealoge  of  Mathew  ffarrington  Junr, 
and  of  Sarah  his  wiff. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  waa  bom  the  begin- 
ning of  ffewbruary  1675. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  Died  the  26  of  Nov- 
ember 1676. 

Sarah  ther  Second  Daughter  was  bom  the 
20  of  September  1677. 

Martha  ther  Daughter  was  bora  the  12  of 
Jullyl679. 

Samuel  ther  son  was  borne  the  29  of  Sep- 
tember 1681. 

Joseph  ther  Sonne  was  borne  the  10  of 
June  16861  '      '  ''' '  '  ■  ?  'to  oyo/poiioO  -iff'l 

(21)  .'tiiv,  -..i., 


Sarah  ffarrington  the  wife  of  mathew  ffar- 
rington was  Buryed  the  14  of  September 
1687.  .<;'.u(l;jt 

Mary  ffarrington  the  Daughter  of  Math- 
ew ffarinton  Junr.  and  of  Mary  his  wife  was 
Bora  the  6  day  of  Martch  1692-3  and  shfe 
Dyed  the  13  of  Martch  1692-3.  'U'l 

Dorritye  thear  Daughter  Was  bora  the  8 
day  of  November  1694.  'I  •T'»Un'*i(i'*h 

Mary  their  Daughter  Was  bom  the  23 
day  of  January  1696-7. 

Prudence  their  Daughter  was  born  the  28 
day  of  August  1700. 

Mathew  the  son  of  Mathew  ffarrington  & 
of  Mary  his  wife  was  bora  the  24th  of  feb- 
ruary  1702-3. 

Kebecka  their  Daughter  was  born  ye  29th 
of  October  1706. 

Jonathan  Merihue  &  Mary  Oakemun  both 
of  Lyn  was  Maryed  October  7th  1701.;  "  ■'" 

Ephraim  Potter  &  Sarah  Witt  was  Mar- 
ried Novemr  the  23  1708.  .,,.,„, 

Thomas  ffarer  Junior  and  Elizabeth  Hood 
was  Maried  the  6  of  December  1682. 

Elizabeth  the  Daughter  of  Thomas  ffar- 
rer  Died  the  25  of  Octtober  1677.  ,, 

Elizabeth  the  wiff  of  Thomas  ffarrer  Died 
the  8  of  January  1680.  .. 

Thomas  ffarrer  an^  Abigail  Collins  was 
Maried  the  3  of  March  1680-81. 

Thomas  ffarrer  Senr  Departed  this  Life 
the  23  day  of  ffebraary  1693-94.'  ,  '  =   '   ^' 

Beniamin  ffar  and  Elizabeth  Burrill  was 
Maried  the  28  of  JuUy  1680.       '       " 
Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  8 

of  Juliy  1681 ....     ..i.  .J. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  28  oi 

Tniiv  i'fefi'i'  '     '"**  *""^' '^^s*^'  '^^*ii'  utjyiiOL. 

'  -''  '•   ili'jq/.  'iij 


158 


Sarah  their  Daughter  was  borne  the  1 8  of 
feburary  1686-87. 

Hanah  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the  1 8th 
of  Aprill  1690. 

John  ther  Sonne  was  Born  the  5  day  of 
July  1692. 

Samuell  ther  Sonn  was  borne  the  29  of 
September  1681. 

Joseph  ther  Sonne  was  borne  the  10  of 
June  1686. 

John  ther  Sonn  Died  the  5  th  of  November 
1692. 

John  ther  Sonn  was  bom  the  11th  of  Sep- 
tember 1695. 

Iillizabeth  ffarr  his  mother  was  bnryed  the 
11th  of  March  1687. 


The  (^enealoge  of  Joseph  Blany  &  Abigail 
his  wife. 

Benjamin  their  Son  was  bom  the  Hth  of 
November  1699. 

Jedediah  their  Son  was  born  the  21  of  Nov- 
ember 1701. 

Jonathan  their  Son  was  bom  ye  6  th  of  Jan- 
uary 1703-4. 

Ambrus  their  Son  was  bora  the  7  th  of 
Aprill  1707. 

Joseph  ffiarre  and  Hannah  Walden  was 
Married  the  22  of  September  1680. 

Elizabeth  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  15 
of  August  1681. 

Hannah  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  8  th 
of  Aprill  1683. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  Last  of 
ffebruary  1685. 

Martha  their  Daughter  was  Bom  the  26th 
of  January  1686-87. 

Joseph  fiiEUT  their  Sonn  was  Bom  the  20th 
of  Aprill  1689. 


Hannah  the  wiff  of  Joseph  ffarr  Departed 
this  Liff  the  9  of  March  1690-91. 

Joseph  ffarr  and  Bebecca  Enight  Was  Mar- 
ried ye  15th  of  September  1696. 

Ruth  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  4th  day 
of  August  1697. 

Buthe  their  Daughter  departed  this  Life 
18  of  June  1705. 

Thomas  Hawks  &  Sarah  Hauen  was  Mar- 
yed  the  16th  of  February  1702-3. 

Joseph  Mshe  and  Elezabeth  Hamman  was 
Maried  the  22  of  May  1677. 
Joseph  ther  Son  was  born  in  Jully  1678. 


Phillip  Gifford  and  Mary  Davis  Was  Mar- 
ied the  Last  of  June  1684. 

Phillip  ther  Sonn  was  bom  the  30  day  of 
July  1685. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  Bom  the  12th 
of  July  1688. 

Phillip  Gifford  departed  this  Life  the  19  th 
of  June  1690. 

Abraham  Sonn  to  Mary  Gifford  the  widdow 
of  Phillip  Gifford  was  Bome  the  25th  of  Jan- 
uary 1690-91. 

John  the  Sonn  of  John  Gustin  &  of  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife  Was  bom  the  5th  of  Novem- 
ber 1691. 

Abigail  the  Daughter  of  John  Gustin 
was  bom  the  9  of  December  1693. 

Ebenezer  ye  Sonn  of  John  Gustin  &  of 
Elizabeth  his  wife  was  bom  ye  4th  of  Octo- 
ber 1696. 

thomas  their  Son  was  bom  the  5  th  of 
March  1698-99. 

David  their  Son  was  born  the  6  th  of  feb- 
ruary  1702-3. 

The  Gknealoge  of  Daniell  Goott  Elizabeth 
his  wiff. 


159 


Thomas  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  22  of 
Jully  1675  and  Died  the  3  of  August  1675. 

Elizabeth  the  wiff  of  Daniell  Gott  Died 
in  January  1690-91. 

Marke  Granes  and  Rebekah  his  wife. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the  11th 
of  June  1690. 

Samuell  ther  Sonn  was  Borne  the  1  of 
June  1692. 

Hanah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  16  th 
of  June  1698. 


Samuell  Grans  and  Sarah  Brewer  was 
Maryed  the  12  of  March  1677-78. 

Crispas  ther  Sonn  was  bom  the  9  of  Jan- 
uary 1678. 

Hanah  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  27 
day  of  August  1681. 

Samuell  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  2  of  Au- 
gust 1684. 

Thomas  their  Sonn  was  Borne  the  16th  of 
December  1686. 

Mark  their  Sonn  Was  bom  the  3  day  of 
November  1689. 

William  their  Sonn  Was  born  the  1st 
day  of  June  1692. 

John  ther  Sonn  was  bom  ye  24th  of  June 
1695. 

Eebecka  their  Daughter  was  bom  The 
29th  of  Aprill  1698. 

Da^Iell  &  Nathaniell  their  Sonns  was 
bora  the  8th  of  february  1700-1. 


Thomas  Granes  Senr  departed  this  Life 
the  24th  of  January  1696-7. 

the  genealoge  of  Samuell  Narremore  &  of 
Eachel  his  wife. 

Samuell  their  Son  was  borne  the  9  th  of 
October  1706. 

Hanah  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  13  th 
Day  of  March  1709-10. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  bom  ye  19th  of 
february  1711-12. 

Lidiah  their  Daughter  was  bom  ye  6  of 
May  1714. 


the  genealogey  of  John  Hillyard  &  of 
Rachell  his  wife. 

Elizabeth  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  4th 
Day  of  Aprill  1695. 

Eachell  their  Daughter  Was  bom  the 
30th  day  of  January  1696-7. 

John  Gowinge  and  Johannah  his  wife. 

Annis  their  Daughter  was  borne  the  13th 
of  March  1683. 

John  their  Sonn  was  Bome  the  first  of 
May  1686. 

Daniell  their  Sonn  was  Borne  the  2th  of 
September  1688. 

thomas  their  Sonn  was  bom  the  30th  of 
October  1690. 

Elizabeth  their  Daughter  was  bom  ye  26th 
of  Aprill  1694. 

Samuell  their  Sonn  was  bom  the  10th  of 
Martch  1695-6. 

Johanna  their  Daughter  was  bora  the 
30th  of  August  1699. 

Lois  their  Daughter  was  bora  the  29th 
of  December  1700. 

timothy  their  ^Son  was^  Bora  the  22  of 
September  1704. 

John  Gowinge  Senr  Departed  this  Life 
May  28th  1720. 

timothy  Gowing  Departed  this  Life  Au- 
gust 16  1720. 

Samuell  Hart  Junr  and  Elizabeth  Ingols 
was  Maried  the  4  of  January  1680. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  bora  The  22 
of  Octtober  1681. 

Elizabeth  the  wiffe  of  Samuel  Hart  Ju- 
nior Died  the  22  of  November  1681. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  Died  the  18  of 
ffewbmary  1682. 

Samuell  Hart  and  Abigail  Lamberd  Was 
Maried  the  9  of  June  1684. 

Samuell  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  17  of 
September  1685. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  bome  the  28th 
of  feburary  1687  (88). 

Hannah  ther  Daughter  was  bora  The  25 
of  January  1690-91 

John  ther  Sonn  Was  bora  the  24  of  Au- 
gust 1693.  '  *'"''•' 


160 


Mychall  their  Sonn  Was  born  13  of  Jully 
1696.       ;^  • 

Balph  their  Sonn  was  born  the  12th  of 
June  1699. 


TWO  OLD  BIBLES. 

There  is  an  old  Bible  in  possession  of  a  la- 
dy of  this  City,  who  is  a  descendant  of  Col. 
John  Higginson.  It  has  come  down  to  her 
by  regular  descent  and  is  in  a  good  state  of 
preservation.  It  has  been  rebound  within  a 
few  years,  and  may,  with  ordinary  care,  be 
preserved  for  many  years  to  come.  On  ithe 
blank  leaves  are  these  inscriptions: 

"Mrs.  Mary  Savage,  widow,  her  book  bought 
at  Mr.  James  Whetcombe  May  8th  1683. 
Cost  30  shillings." 

"John  Higginson,  his  bible,  given  hira  by 
Mrs.  Mary  Stoddard  in  her  last  will,  1710." 

"Mary  Simms,  the  daughter  of  Zachariah 
Simms,  was  born  in  Dunstable  the  9th  Ap- 
ril 1628,  and  died  18th  July,  1710,  in  83d 
year  of  her  age." 

The  names  of  my  children  yt  I  had  by  Ma- 
jor Savage: 

1  Sarah  Savage. 

2  Kichard  Savage. 

3  Rebecca  Savage. 

4  Samuel  Savage. 

5  Zacariah  Savage. 

6  Ebenezer  Savage. 

7  Benjamin  Savage. 

8  Arthur  Savage. 

9  John  Savage. 

10  Mehitabel  Savage. 

11  Elizabeth  Savage. 

12  Elizabeth  Savage. 

"This  is  a  legacy  left  me  by  my  honor'd 
ffather. 

My  dear  wife,  this  day  it  comes  to  my 
mind  I  must  dye;  that  is  certain;  the  time  is 


uncertain,  and  I  have  nothing  that  doth  trou- 
ble my  mind  but  that  I  have  no  more  to  leave 
you  and  my  dear  children.  But  although  I 
have  no  free  tenure  of  land,  nor  much  silver 
and  gold,  yet  I  remember  I  have  a  coppie 
hold.  Ah,  Quoth  the  children,  we  could  be 
glad  to  hear  of  that,  and  that  is,  I  will  be  a 
God  of  thee  and  of  thy  seed,  so  you  but  sware 
your  fealty  to  God  as  your  king,  and  let  God 
choose  your  inheritance  and  carry  this  coppie 
before  the  Court  of  heaven  and  Earth,  and  I 
dare  engage  you  shall  carry  the  cau.se." 


NOTES  BY  B.  F.  B. 

The  foregoing  appears  to  be  in  the  writing 
of  Mrs.  Stoddard,  who  was  the  daughter  of 
the  Rev'd  Zecariah  Simms,  the  second  min- 
ister of  Charlestown.  He  was  the  son  of  the 
Rev'd  William  Sirams  and  was  born  in  Can- 
terbury, 5th  of  April  1599 — was  rector  of 
Dunstable  1625.  He  came  to  New  England 
in  1634  with  Rev.  John  Lothrop;  William 
Hutchinson  and  his  wife,  the  famous  Mrs. 
Hutchinson,  arrived  18th  September. — 
His  wife  Sarah  came  with  him  and  several 
children.  He  lived  with  her  50  years,  and 
according  to  Mather  they  had  13  children  of 
whom  5  were  sons.  Johnson,  who  was  his 
neighbor  in  England,  mentions  the  number 
of  his  children  when  he  wrote  as  being  10, 
and  following  the  example  of  their  father  and 
grandfather.  Savage  says  he  died  28th  of 
January  1672,  and  his  widow  in  1676. 

Mary  Simms,  daughter  Rev.  Zecariah,  was 
the  2nd  wife  of  Major  Thomas  Savage.  His 
1st  was  Faith  Hutchinson,  daughter  of  Wm. 
and  the  celebrated  Ann  H.  By  her  he  had 
7  children.  From  one  of  the  sons  descends 
Hon.  James  Savage,  to  whom  all  antiquarians 
are  indebted  for  that  stupendous  monument 
of  industry  and  accuracy,  the  Genealogical 
Dictionary  of  New  England.     He  came  to 


161 


New  England  in  1635,  was  a  member  of  the 
Artillery  Company  in  1637,  and  its  Captain 
in  1651.  He  was  a  representative  from  Bos- 
ton several  years,  as  also  from  Hingham  and 
Andover;  Speaker  of  the  house  for  four  years; 
was  an  assistant  1681  and  1682  He  was  a 
Major  and  had  chief  command  of  the  forces 
in  the  early  part  of  Philip's  war  in  1675.  He 
was  married  to  Mary  Simms  by  Increase  Now- 
ell,  15th  7,  1652,  and  Farmer  and  Savage 
say  he  had  by  her  11  children,  but  it  will  be 
perceived  that  the  lady  herself  names  twelve. 
Major  S.  died  14th  February  1682,  and  his 
widow  became  the  fourth  wife  of  Anthony 
Stoddard,  who  died  16th  March  1687. 

Col.  John  Higginson,  son  of  Rev,  John, 
married  Sarah  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Simms)  Savage,  (See  Higginson  genealogy 
in  Essex  Institute  Collection  vol.  5,  P.  35) 
to  whom  she  bequeathed  this  Bible.  From 
him  it  went  to  his  grand-daughter  Mary, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  H.,  who  was  married  to 
Nath'l  Andrew,  and  the  present  possessor  is 
the  great  grand-daughter  of  Nathaniel  A. 

The  same  Lady  has  in  her  possession  (also 
an  heir  loom)  a  Bible  that  originally  belonged 
to  Jon?tlian  Gardner,  her  great-grand-fath- 
er, in  which  are  the  following  inscriptions 
made  by  him: 

I  was  born  Feb'y  ye  24th  in  the  year  1697-8 
and  my  wife  was  born  Oct.  10th  in  the  year 
1705— died  20th  April  1752,  and  married 
Dec'rye2ndday  1725. 

A  son  born  Dec.  19th  1726  and  died  soon 
after. 

Jonathan  born  May  25  1728. 

Elizabeth  born  Oct  18  1729. 

Son  born  and  died  Dec'r  24  1731- 

Samuel  born  Jan'y  4  17 32, died  March  15 
1733. 

Sarah  bom  March  25  1734. 


John  born  March,  19,  1736.  vi,  asm 

Dan.  born  and  died  Sept.  28,  1737.- 

Two  daughtaiB  Mary  &  Lydia  bora  Mareh 
19  1739. 

Samuel  born  August  2  1740  and  diied>  Febv 
4  1762  with  the  Small  Pox  at  Monte  Chriati. 

Hannah  born  Aug.  2  1741,  died  October 
6  1742, 

Hannah,  Feb'y  23  1.742-3.       uriW  vibW 

Margaret,  Aug.  28  1744. 

Benjamin,  Oct.  1 1747,.died  Nov.  2  1748. 

Benjamin,  April  11 1749,  died  April  l^tb 
1749, 

Jan'y  8th  1755  was  married  to  Mrs.  Avery 
(Mary)  of  Boston,  and  died  April  20,  1755,, 
58  years  of  her  age. 

Nov.  17  1757,  married  to  Mrs.  Mary  Pal- 
frey of  Salem."  ^  ^  f  j,^^' ' 

Jonathan  Gardner,  the  original  owner  of 
this  Bible,  was  a  wealthy  merchant  and  lived 
in  the  house  on  the  corner  of  Essex  and  New- 
bury streets,  now  owned  and  occupied  by 
George  Creamer.  He  died  Nov.  27th  1783, 
aged  85  years  and  9  months.  His  first,  wife 
was  his  kinswoman,  being  the  daughter  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Weld)  Gardner.  John  was 
the  son  of  Capt.  Samuel  G.  whose  wife  was 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Ruling  Elder,  John 
Browne.  She  was  the  widow  of  Joseph  Graf- 
ton when  he  married  her.  Samuel  was  son 
of  Capt.  George  G.  who  was  the  son  of  Thom- 
as G.  the  first  settler  in  Salem.  Jonathan's 
second  wife  was  a  relative  of  John  Avery  of 
of  Boston  who  was  for  many  years  Secretary  ef 
State,  and  his  third  was  a  daughter  of  Capt. 
William  Pickering  and  Hannah  (Browne)  P . 
She  died  Feb'y  20th  1804,  in  the  90th  year 
of  her  age.  He  was  the  son  of  Abel,  by 
his  wife  Sarah,  daughter  of  Israel  Porter. 
Abel  lived  in  that  part  of  Salem  which  is  now 
South  Danvers,  was  a  respectable  man.  Select- 


162 


man  &c.  His  grave  stone  is  now  in  Harmony 
Grove  Cemetery,  in  the  south  west  corner,  hav- 
ing been  removed  from  the  Gardner  burying 
ground,  when  the  road  from  South  Danvers 
to  the  Grove  was  constructed. .  The  grave 
stone  of  Seetb  Grafton,  daughter  of  the  1st 
Thomas  Gardner,  is  contiguous  to  it  Abel 
was  the  son  of  Samuel  G.  whose  wife  was 
Mary  White,  daughter-in-law  of  George  Cur- 
wen.     Samuel  was  son  of  the  first  Thomas, 

Of  the  children  of  Jonathan  named  in  the 
Bible. 

1st  Jonathan  was  a  ship-master  and  mer- 
chant and  master  of  the  Marine  Society.  He 
lived  in  the  house  that  was  removed  to  make 
place  for  the  brick  house  erected  by  the  late 
Tucker  Daland  Esq.,  and  now  owned  and  occu- 
pied by  Dr.  Benjamin  Cox,  He  mamed 
Jan'y  2nd  1753,  Sarah  Putnam,  and  died 
March  2nd  1791.  Rev  Mr.  Bentley  preached 
a  sermon  before  the  Marine  Society  at  his  bur- 
ial, which  was  published  and  is  now  in  the  Li- 
brary of  the  Essex  Instituue.     (See  Ess.  Ins. 

Coll.  vol.  3  Page  121.) 

I 

i  He  left  one  child,  Jonathan,  who  inhabited 
the  same  house  and  who  married  Nov.  26th 
1791,  first  Sarah  Fairfield  of  Wenham,  and 
second  Oct.  27th  1799.  Lucia,  daughter  of 
Israel  and  Lucia  (Pickering)  Dodge.  He 
died  September  26th  1821,  aged  66,  leaving 
by  his  first  wife,  an  only  child,  William  F., 
who  married  Elizabeth  Barker  of  Marblehead. 
He  died  at  his  house  72  Lafayette  street.  South 
Salem,  June  12th  1851,  aged  57,  leaving  no 
issue,  and  this  branch  is  now  extinct  —  wid- 
ow survives.  (See  Ess.  Inst.  Coil's,  vol.  4, 
,P.  80.) 

■     2nd,  Elizabeth,  died  May  6th  1818,  single, 

3d,  Sarah,  married  Joseph  Bowditch  and 

survived  him.     She  died  Dec.  8th  1797,  leav- 


ing one  son,  Joseph,  who  died  April  29th 
1800,  unmarried. 

4th  John  who  died  Jan'y  3d,  1816.  He 
married,  April  13th  1769,  Sarah  daughter  of 
Richard  and  Mary  (Hodges)  Derby.  She 
died  Sept.  27th  1774,  and  he  did  not  again 
marry.  He  was  a  man  of  most  exemplary 
character,  mild,  genial  and  humane,  and  was 
universally  esteemed  and  respected.  Most  of 
his  latter  days  were  passed  upon  his  farm  on 
the  road  from  Salem  to  Danversport  and  which 
is  now  owned  by  his  grandson  Henry.  His 
children  were  John,  who  married  Nov.  9th 
1693,  Sarah,  daughter  of  William  West.  She 
dred  27th  Dec'r  1846  aged  75,  and  he  Aug- 
ust 25th  1847,  aged  76.  They  were  the  par- 
ents of  John,  late  of  Rio  Janeriro,  of  Thomas, 
who  died  in  South  America,  leaving  issue,  of 
Samuel  &  George,  who  died  unmarried,  and 
of  Henry,  Sarah  and  Elizabeth,  now  living  in 
Salem,  unmarried. 

Richard  married  July  29th  1797,  Elizabeth 
daughter  of  Miles  and  Hannah  (Chipman) 
Ward,  and  2nd  Eliza  daughter  of  Daniel 
Peirce,  at  Gallipolis,  Ohio.  He  was  a  mer- 
chant in  Salem  but  removed  to  Ohio.  Rich- 
ard, clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Salem  Gas  Com- 
pany, is  a  son  by  first  marriage,  and  there  is 
issue  of  the  second  one,  not  resident  in  Salem. 
(See  Ess.  Inst.   Collec's  vol.  4,  Page  86.) 

Sarah  was  married  to  Hon.  Jacob  Crownin" 
shield  M.  C.  She  died  May  18tb  1807, 
aged  34,  leaving  Sarah  who  was  married  to 
Richard  S.  Rogers,  and  Mary  who  married^ 
William  P.  Endieott.  Sarah  died  July  12, 
1835,  aged  35,  and  Mary  died  March  13th 
1838,  aged  33. 

5th,  Mary  married  Jonathan  Andrew,  who 
was  bom  Feb'y  6th  1737-8.  They  were  mar- 
ried June  12th  1760.  He  was  a  Tanner  & 
carried    on    business    where  Andrew  Street 


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now  is.  He  died  16th  May  1781,  and  she 
17th  Jan'y  1830.  Their  children  who  lived 
to  maturity^  we  re  Mary,  born  May  30  1761, 
married  Joseph  Hodges.  She  died  Sept.  6th 
1798,  and  he  7th  Oct.   1826. 

Elizabeth,  born  Sept.  5th  1762,  married 
Benj.  Brcwne.  He  died  February  23  1838, 
she,  Jan'y  10  1843. 

Sarah,  born  26th  June  1770,  married  Mat- 
thew Vincent,  and  died  Jan'y  9th  1811. — 
He  died  May  24th  1821. 
•     Jonathan,  born  April  26th  1773,  died  April 
18th  1844,  unmarried. 

Samuel,  born  Nov.  8th,  1774,  and  died  A- 
pril  27th  1826.  Married  widow  Martha  Col- 
lins who  survives. 

Nathaniel,  born  Dec.  2nd  1777,  died  Oct. 
2d  1795,  unmarried.  (See  Ess.  Inst.  Col- 
lec's.  Vol.  5,  P.  38.) 

6.  Lydia,  twin  with  Mary,  married  Sept. 
13th  1759,  Kichard  Derby.  She  died  Ap- 
ril 28th  1777.  (See  Essex  Inst.  Collections, 
Vol.  1,  166.) 

7th  Samuel  of  whom  see  notices  in  these 
Collections,  vol  2nd,  Page  212;  also  Pages 
249  and  284. 

8th  Hannah  died  May  1786,  unmarried. 
9th  Margaret  married  Dec  11  1864,  Sam- 
uel Barton,  Grandson  of  Dr.  John.  Barton  an 
English  Physician  who  settled  in  Salem  in 
1676.  John  and  Margaret  inhal  ited  a  house 
in  Essex  street,  in  front  of  the  Barton  Square 
Church.  (See  the  last  number  of  these  col- 
lections. Page  108.)  She  died  July  18th 
1803.  Their  children  were  Elizabeth,  born 
Sept.  28  1765,  married  Wm.  Cleveland,  and 
died  July  12th  1805.     No  issue 

Samuel  born  April  22  1767,  and  died  Nov. 
16th  1795,  without  issue.     He  was  a  mer- 
,  chant  in  Boston. 

Margaret  born  August  26th   1678,  mar- 


ried her  cousin,  Samuel  Gardner  Derby,  Jan. 
26th  1791,  and  died  August  11  1802,—  : 
(See  Inst,  Collec's.  vol.  3d,  Page  284.)     'r 

Sally  born  Feb'y  16th  1770,  married  Nov. 
23d  1791,  John  Derby,  son  of  Elias  H.,  and 
died  Jan'y  13th  1798.  (See  Inst.  Coil's 
vol.  3d,  Page  286.)  •  ;:     ...  ■'•... 

Lydia  born  Oct.  29th  1771,  a?r4f4ie4i»luly 
31,  1844,  unmarried.  y-,  .  17;  off 

John  born  June  22nd  1774,  married  Oct. 

17th  1800,  Mary  daughter  (rf.  3^4,  Webb. 

He  died  Feb'y  15th  1818/  Inhaao  ,i.^iitiUml 

.    ';.'•■*  I'ii'i  ;■!  i«u  ^o  osu:;^  i»di  jii  a/'o 


NOTICES  o/rEV.  ASA  DUNBAr! 

As  little  appears  to  be  known  of  this  gen- 
tleman, who  was  settled  over  the  1st  church 
of  Salem  as  colleague  with  the  Rev,  Mr.  Bar- 
nard, July  22d  1772  and  dismissed  29th  of 
April  1779  at  his  own  request,  in  consequence 
of  long  continued  ill  health,  I  have  thought 
the  following  notices  of  him  worth  preservation. 
Mr.  Felt  says  he  giaduated  at  Harvard  in 
1767,  came  to  Salem  from  Weston,  and  mar- 
ried Mary  Jones  of  that  place  in  1772,  The 
first  notice  is  from  a  manuscript  book,  which . 
appears  to  have  been  the  property  of  Joseph 
Bowditch,  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Gardner) 
Bowditch.  It  was  probably  copied  from  some 
newspaper. 

"  Keene,  New  Hampshire,  June  26th  1787. 
Died,  on  the  22nd  inst.  Asa  Dunbar  Esq. 
aged  41,  after  a  short  illness  of  36  hours. — 
On  the  24th,  attended  by  a  large  and  numer- 
ous procession,  his  remains  were  interred. 

He  was  seven  years  minister  of  the  first 
church  in  Salem,  seven  years  past  an  eminent 
practitioner  in  the  law,  and  master  of  the  Ris- 
ing Sun  Lodge. 

He  left  a  disconsolate  widow,  with  five  small 
children  to  mourn  the  loss  of  an  affectionate 


164 


and  obliging  husband,  and  a  kind  and  tender 
parent.  As  a  man  of  philanthropy  and  be- 
nevolence, he  was  universally  known  —  his 
^nius  and  learning  were  acknowledged  by 
men  of  literary  talents  to  be  great  and  respec- 
table —  the  sincerity  and  warmth  of  his  friend- 
ship, added  a  shining  lustre  to  his  virtues. 
\  Independent  of  his  qualities  as  a  great  man, 
he  was  esteemed  by  his  acquaintance,  an  in- 
structive, easy  and  agreeable  companion ;  he 
was  honorable  in  his  practice,  attentive  to  his 
business,  candid  in  his  professions,  and  zeal- 
ous in  the  cause  of  virtue  and  religion.     Such 

is  the  loss  the  world  regrets. 
.ii  < 

"  Peace  be  to  his  ashes ! 

May  the  green  grass  and  flowers 
!  i  Around  his  grave 

-mU     Be  as  his  memory, 
^     I      Flourishing  and  sweet. 

Pass  not  the  spot,  without  heaving  a  sigh, 

Ye  men  of  benevolence, 
'  For  he  was  yonr  friend  and  companion ! 

Brethren  of  the  craft. 

Wet  the  sprigs  on  the  turf 

With  your  willing  tears. 

For  he  was  your  master. 

Imitate  his  life,  emulate  his  virtues ; 
I  For  he  now  lives 

With  our  Grand  Master  in  Heaven. 

The  second  notice,  which  follows,  is  copied 
from  a  paper  (found  among  others)  of  the 
late  Miss  Hannah  Ropes,  and  was  kindly 
loaned  me  by  the  Hon.  Charles  W.  Upham. 
It  was  probably  written  by  her  Father,  Maj- 
or John  Ropes, 

"  Rev.  Asa  Dunbar  was  bom  in  Bridge- 
water,  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  of 
respectable  and  pious  parents;  was  graduated 
at  Harvard    University.       Being  a   young 

'  man  of  much  wisdom  and  very  extraordinary 
talents,  he  was  invited  to  preach  before  the 

'Fn^t  Church  and  Congregation  in  the  Town 
of  Salem,  where  the  Rev'd  Thomas  Barnard 


was  settled  as  Pastor,  who  from  indisposition 
and  the  natural  infirmity  of  age,  was  ren- 
dered incapable  to  perform  the  duties  of  that 
sacred  office.  There  were  several  other  can- 
didates who  preached  occasionally,  and  one, 
the  son  of  the  venerable,  and  very  respecta- 
ble Pastor.  The  Church  and  Congregation 
were  nearly  equally  divided  between  the  two 
candidates,  Mr.  Dunbar  and  Mr.  Barnard, 
and  of  course  a  separation  was  the  inevitable 
consequence.  Those  who  were  in  favor  of 
Mr.  Barnard  built  a  new  Meeting-House  in 
the  street  which  is  now  called  North  Street 
where  he  was  ordained  in  the  year  1773, 
(January  13th.)  Mr.  Dunbar  was  settled 
as  Colleague  with  the  Rev.  Thomas  Barnand 
over  the  First  Church  and  Congregation 
about  the  same  time.  It  is  reasonable  to  sup- 
pose and  keep  truth  on  our  side,  that  Mr. 
Dunbar  was  a  man  of  very  superior  talents, 
as  a  gentleman  who  was  as  respectable  for 
his  talents  and  good  sense  as  any  one  in  the 
opposition,  did  say, "he  never  heard  such 
excellent  sermons  delivered  by  any  one  in 
this  Country!  His  hesitation  in  prayer 
might  be  unpleasant  to  many  who  heard  him, 
but  those  pious,  devout  and  fervent  sentiments 
which  issued  from  the  store-house  of  his  su- 
perior mind  after  that  pause,  raised  him  still 
higher  in  the  estimation  of  those  who  were 
competent  to  decide  on  the  excellency  of 
prayer.  Respecting  his  eccentricities  and  fol- 
lies, (if  he  had  any)  the  boy  who  knew  him 
at  that  day,  knows  nothing  about  them ! 


165 


HALE    MEMORANDA, 


COPIED    BT   E.    8.    W. 


[Continued  from  page  111.] 
Houses   erected    between   May    1723, 
May  1727,  &  who  lives  in  thenj  this  1751. 
From  1723  to  1727.  1751. 

his  Widow 


1  Robert  Stone 

2  Geo  Tuck  Junr 

3  Benj  Lovett  Jr 

4  Danll  Wallis 

5  Tho.  Sallowes  jr. 

6  Isr.  Ober 

7  Jno  Ober  Jr 

8  Jno  Thorndike  Jr 


Ditto 
Ditto 
Benj.  Cleaves  Jr. 


Josi  Stone 
Corns  Woodberry 
Wid  of  Jo.  Poster 
9  Paul  Thorndike  Sr  his  Widow 

10  PI?  Thorndike  Jr.    Joseph  Lovett 

11  Benj  Patch  Jr         his  Widow 

12  Jno  Patch  Jr  Jo.  Foster  . 

13  Benj  Woodb  Jr       Ditto 

14  Tho  Woodberry  Jr  Ditto 

15  Jona  Cole  


16  Joseph  Cole 

17  Edwd  Bond 

18  Edw  Butman 

19  Benj  Butman 

20  Isaac  Grey 

21  Benj  Cleaves 

22  Liv.  Whitredge 

23  Simon  Lovett  Jr 

24  Randul  Preston 

25  Danll  Corning 

26  Wm  Cox 

27  Nicho  Groves 

28  David  Ellingwood 

29  Hewit  Herrick 

30  Benj  Trask 

31  Josiah  Smith 

32  John  Trask* 

33  Dea  Dodge 

34  Benerges  Raymd. 
Tuck? 

From  1727  to  1734. 

35  Hannah  Hoods 

36  Wm  (Gage)? 

37  Jno  Lovett  Jr. 

38  Jno  Giles 


(  Jona  Stanley 
\  Danll  Williams  Jr 
Capt  And  Woodberry 


Ditto 
Ditto 
Ditto 

Mark  Mors 
Jona  Cole 


Petr  Groves  Jr. 
Benj  Ellingwood 
Ditto 

Nath  Clark 
Dea  Wood  Jun 
Jno  Butman 
Jno  Rea 
Wid.  Annable 


1<51. 
Benj  Foster 
Ditto 
Ditto 

James  Giles 
(22) 


39  Gideon  Baker  Rd  Ober 

40  Jno  Groves  his  Widow 

41  Paul  Thorndike  3d  Jo  Lovett 

42  James  Thorndike     Samll  Foster 

43  Tho  West 

44  Jno  West 

45  Riohd  Coye 

46  Robt  Patch 

47  Dixy  Morgan 

48  James  Ellinwood 

49  Jno  Bradford 

50  Josha  Clark 

51  *Josi  Stone 

52  Danll  Bucknam 

53  Henry  Blashfield 

54  Jona  Phelps 


his  Family 
Ebenr  Williams 
Jona  Roberta 


Jno  Bradfd  Jr 
Josi  Woodberry 


55  Josha  Corning 

56  Nicho  Morgan 

57  Benj  Roundy 

58  Josha  Herrick 

59  Josha  Dodge 

60  Benj  Woodberry 

61  Isaac  Dodge 

62  Wm  Preston 

63  Benj  Cres.sey 

64  Nath  Brown 

65  Zebulon  Hill 

66  Benj  Clerk 

67  James  Taylor  3d 


Ditto 
Jno  Hilton 

Simon  Bradford 
Ditto 
Ditto 
Ditto 

Josh  Dodge  Bd 
Caleb  Dodge 
fMoses  Perkins 
Peter  Shaw 
Nath  Brown 


Samll  Clerk 
Ambrose  Cleaves 
Houses  built  between  1734  &  1737. 


From  1734  to  1737 

68  Wid  Pris  Patch 

69  Jona  Thorndike 

70  Hugh  Woodberry 

71  Samll  Harris 

72  Bartho  Brown 

73  Rd  Whitredge 

74  Dn  Jo  Dodge 
From  1737  to  1751. 

75  Wid  Sara  Ellis 

76  Benj  Clerk 

77  Ralph  Tuck 

78  Jno  Porter 

79  Wm  Hyleger 

80  Margaret  Sallis 

81  HerbtThornd      jr 

82  Wid  of  Danll  Clerk 

83  Nicho  Woodberry 


1751. 
Ditto 
his  Widow 


Ditto 
Edrad  Giles 


Ditto 

1761 
Ditto 

bis  Widow 
Ditto 
Jno  Porter 


his  Widow 

Ditto 

Ditto 


*  Jona.?   t  Mr. 


166 


84  Saml  Woodb  Ditto 

85  Jno  Mors  Ditto 

86  Wm  Grovers  Andr  Cole 

87  Jno  Conant  Jr  Ditto 

88  Kichd  Cose  Win  Cox 

89  Nathll  Wallis  Ditto 

90  David  Larkum  Ditto 

91  Paul  Haskels  Ditto 

92  Leod  Slue  

93  Randl  Preston  

94  Wm  Dodge  Ditto 

95  Jo  Picket  Jr  Ditto 

96  Nath  Raymd  Jr  Ditto 

97  Esther  Clerk  === 


98  Wid  Mary  Martin    Ditto 

99  Rob  Woodbrys*      his  widow 

100  Jacob  Woodberry  Widof  Rmd  Presson 
Houses  built  since  May  1751  to 

No  16  pulled  down  &  one  erec:;ed  instead 
"  134  — Ditto 
Nath.  Elwell 
No  50t  pulled  down  &  one  erected. 

si  V, 


1723 

248 

220 

3  X 

22 

1727 

268 

231 

37 

1734 

274 

252 

22 

1750 

267 

252 

15 

Note.    These  by    mistake  are  entered  as  stand- 
ing in   1723  &   1751,  whereas  those  in   1727   are 
pulled  down  &  others  erected  in  their  Room  on  the 
same  spot  between  1727  &  1751,  viz  : 
*3d?    t51?  Wm  Ellinwood. 

James  Patch. 


HALE    MEMORANDA. 


OBJECTIONS  TO  MR.  CHAMPNEY'S 
SETTLEMENT. 

BY  COL.  ROBERT  HALE. 
COPIED  BY  E.  S.  W. 

The  following  is  the  last  of  three  manu- 
scripts  in  Col.  Hale's  hand  writing  hereto- 


fore mentioned  as  having  been  preserved.  It 
bears  the  following  title: 
Seasons  of  dissenting  to  Mr.  Ghampney^s 
Settlement  1729. 
Wee  the  Subscribers   (belonging  to   the 
first  Church  in  Beverly)    being   unwilling 
that  Mr.  Joseph  Champney  should  be  settled 
in  the  Pastoral  office  over   us  offer  therefor 
the  following  Reasons. 

1  He  was  Introduced  in  a  disorderly  Man- 
ner— For  the  Committee  who  apply'd  to  him 
(tho.  chosen  by  ye  Parish)  yet  not  only  out- 
went the  Orders  of  their  Commission  but  also 
never  made  ye  least  return  of  the  Business 
on  which  they  went,  to  this  day,  except  by 
private  hints  and  Intimations  and  these  la- 
den with  very  unjust  reflections  and  Asper- 
sions  bu  t 

2  As  they  were  sent  by  yr  Principals  to  de- 
sire the  Advice  of  the  Ministers  in  the  Neigh- 
borhood with  Relation  to  our  present  Circum- 
stances so  twas  expected  that  ye  Advice 
should  have  been  followed  by  them,  but  in- 
stead hereof  they  never  delivered  the  Let 
ter  from  ye  Ministers  to  ye  Church  and  Par- 
ish and  not  only  so  but  went  directly  to  the 
Man  whom  of  all  others  the  Ministers  told 
them  they  could  not  advise  them  to,  and  as  a 
reward  for  the  Pains  and  trouble  those  Gen- 
tlemen put  themselves  to  with  no  view  but 
to  our  advantage,  it  was  infused  into  ye  Mind 
of  the  People  who  are  but  too  apt  to  be  prej- 
udiced against  ye  Ministers,  that  they  refused 
to  advise  with  the  Comtee  and  would  have 
no  Conferenc  with  them;  That  the  Ministers 
were  desirous  to  be  Lords  over  God's  Her- 
itage and  to  take  away  the  Priviledge  of  ye' 
Church,  in  choosing  a  Minister,  out  of  their 
hands  and  that  they  had  no  regard  in  advis- 
ing bnt  only  to  prefer  their  own  Relations ; 
the  Contrary  of  which  wee  have  since  had  all 


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the  reason  in  the  world  to  believe  is  true ; 
however  'twas  tho't  necessary  to  serve  their 
turn ;  but  for  our  parts  as  we  feel  'tis  a  bad 
cause  that  needs  lies  to  support  it,  so  wee  are 
ready  to  think  that  Cause  bad,  that  is  en- 
deavored to  be  supported  by  Lyes  were  it  for 
no  other  reason. 

3  When  Mr.  Champney  first  came  among 
us  he  was  an  utter  Stranger  to  almost  all  ye 
Parish  nor  had  wee  any  Account  of  him  but 
from  such  as  were  almost  ag  great  Strangers 
as  wee,  and  as  we  had  but  four  Sabbath,  s 
Trial  before  wee  gave  the  Call  so  it  can't  be 
expected  there  was  much  gudgment  us'd  in 
ye  matter,  and  though  a  former  vote  men- 
tioned the  Candidates  preaching  but  four  sab- 
baths before  we  preceded  to  have  a  meeting, 
yet  our  being  Guilty  of  acting  so  rashly  in 
passing  such  a  Vote  could  be  no  Excuse  for 
our  Laying  hands  Suddenly  on  a  man. 

4  When  the  Church  called  Mr.  Champney 
to  ye  Pastoral  Office,  it  was  upon  Condition 
that  he  accepted  of  the  Mode  of  Church  Gov- 
ernment called  Congregational,  as  laid  down 
in  the  Platform  of  Church  Discipline  of  the 
Churches  of  New  England.  But  his  Answer 
of  Acceptance  of  the  Churches  Call  was  on 
Condition  of  the  Churches  not  adhering  to 
the  Platform  and  of  the  Parishes  reconsider- 
ing their  Vote  about  his  Settlement  and  re- 
versing it,  neither  of  which  were  done  and 
therefore  no  Acceptance  of  his  Call,  but  in- 
stead of  that  the  Church  did  then  vote  that 
they  insisted  on  their  first  Vote  relating  to  the 
Platform  as  they  did  at  a  Meeting  once  be- 
fore this.  However  two  or  3  days  after  this 
last  Meeting  the  Church  met,  and  Mr.  Champ- 
ney ofiered  to  accept  of  the  Platform  so 
far  as  was  Agreeable  to  Scripture  and  the 
Church  upon  a  Surprise  Accepted  of  his  offer; 
but  no  man  that  considers  what  the  Church 


had  done  but  two  days  before  can  ever  Imag- 
ine that  they  meant  by  that,  to  recede  from 
one  Article  of  the  Platform;  nor  is  it  any  won- 
der they  should  be  unwilling  to  part  with 
the  Generous  plan  of  power  handed  down 
From  Age  to  Age,  by  our  renowned  Forefathers 
Unless  they  had  had  more  forcible  Arguments 
Us'd  to  dissuade  them  from  adhering  to  it 
than  so  ridiculous  a  one  as  that,  possibly 
one  time  or  another  it  might  be  a  damage  to 
them  as  tho'  it  were  not  time  eno'  to  throw 
it  away  when  they  found  it  did  them  a  Mis- 
chief. And  tho'  some  Churches  in  the  Coun- 
trey  may  be  unwilling  to  observe  every  Ar- 
ticle of  it  yet  if  'tis  what  wee  choose  we 
hope  none  will  be  so  rigid  as  to  compele  us 
to  relinquish  it,  and  -as  unseemly  wee  deem 
it  to  be  obliged  to  have  a  Minister  set  over 
us  of  different  Principles  from  us,  whom  wee 
never  should  (for  our  parts)  have  call'd,  had 
wee  at  first  been  appriz'd  of  it.  Wee  don't 
mean  here,  that  we  wou'd  adhere  to  those 
parts  of  the  Platform  (if  any  such  there  be) 
that  are  disagreeable  with  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures, No:  we  believe  them  to  be  the  rule  of 
our  Faith  and  Practice  ;  and  all  Humane 
Composures  to  be  so,  no  farther  than  they 
are  Agreeable  hereto;  Nor  can  we  suppose 
any  part  of  them  to  be  disagreeable  to  the 
Word  of  God  inasmuch  as  they  were  Com- 
posed and  approv'd  of,  by  all  or  most  of  the 
Primitive  Teachers  and  Eulers  of  the 
Churches  in  this  Land;  men  Eminent  for 
Leanring  and  Piety.  Yet  at  the  same  time 
we  suppose  that  any  Minister  of  what  De- 
nomination soever,  whether  Papist,  Episco- 
palian, Presbyterian  or  Quaker,  wou'd  have 
taken  up  with  the  Platform  on  the  same 
Terms  with  Mr.  Champney,  since  none  (wee 
suppose)  among  Christians  deny  auy  part  of 
the  Bible.     And  the'  the  Churches  accep- 


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tance  of  Mr.  Champney's  Answer  at  last 
might  be  Obligatory  in  point  of  Law,  yet  wee 
Conceive  'tis  not  so  in  point  of  Equity,  in- 
asmuch as  the  Church  m-^ant  nothing  less 
than  the  giving  up  the  Platform  or  any  par- 
ticular Article  of  it,  as  (wee  suppose)  most 
of  them  will  always  affirm. 

5  By  means  of  the  before-recited  Steps 
that  have  been  taken  in  introducing  Mr. 
Champney,  it  comes  to  pass  that  (in  case 
of  his  settlement  among  us)  wee  Miss  of 
choosingoneoutof  those  4  Gentlemen  whom 
we  have  reason  to  believe  to  be  of  the  Worthiest 
the  Country  affords  and  take  one  who  (what 
ever  others  may  esteem  of  him)  does  not  ap- 
pear to  us  to  be  endued  with  the  best  Gifts, 
and  wee  imagine  that  every  man  ought  to 
Judge  for  himself,  of  what  the  Preacher  says, 
&  tho  those  who  were  active  in  bringing  in 
Mr.  Champney  in  such  indirect  Methods  may 
show  signs  of  Eepentance:  yet  as  the  Sin  of 
Stealing  is  not  forgiven  unless  the  thing  ta- 
ken be  restored,  so  we  conceive  that  the  In- 
jury done  us  by  receding  from  the  Advice  of 
the  Ministers  can't  be  repaired  unless  it  still 
be  followed;  &  tho'  wee  may  be  told  that  we 
might  have  mislik'd  him  (of  those  four  whom 
the  Neighbouring  Ministers  nominated)  which 
the  Church  shou'd  have  chosen,  yet  wee  Say 
that  no  man  wou'd  be  willing  to  be  whipt  for 
a  Crime  which  he  never  Committed  only  be- 
cause the  Lashes  would  be  no  heavier  than 
if  he  really  deserv'd  them.  And  here  such 
of  us  as  voted  for  Mr.  Champney  wou'd  say 
in  Addition  to  what  wee  said  under  the  3d. 
Article,  that  tho.  wee  did  not  see  Such  rea- 
son to  Vote  against  him  as  wee  do  now,  so 
wee  hope  wee  are  not  guilty  of  a  2d.  error  in 
being  sorry  for  our  first,  but  we  can't  tell  how 
to  account  for  the  Practice  of  those  who,  (if 
wee  may  believe  them)  would  be  very  glad  if 


Mr.  Champney  would  l[ea]ve  us  of  his  own 
accord  &  yet  bear  the  World  in  hand  that 
they  are  very  desirous  of  his  Settlement. 

And  because  it  may  be  Objected  to  us  by 
Some  that  we  are  about  to  make  a  Division 
&  break  the  peace  of  the  Church;  wee  answer 
that  wee  have  no  such  Desire,  but  on  the  con- 
trary, &  if  wee  had,  as  the  Case  stands,  it 
were  impossible  for  us  to  do  it,  for  'tis  beyond 
our  power  to  begin  a  Quarrel  with  those  who 
first  assault  us ;  &  as  the  Comtee  first 
gave  Occasion  of  Offence,  if  any  arise  they 
themselves  mu=it  Answer  for  it. 

But  upon  the  whole  when  wee  reflect  on 
the  Disorder  that  has  attended  our  Manage- 
ments in  this  affair  as:  That  the  Com'tee  be- 
tray'd  their  Trust,  affronted  the  Ministers  & 
deny'd  them  Common  Civility:  when  the 
Ministers  who  Advised  so  disinterestedly  & 
as  wee  have  reason  to  think  for  the  Honour  of 
Christ  &  the  Good  of  this  People  have  been 
so  Traduced  &  represented  as  so  Unfaithful 
to  the  Interest  of  the  Gospel — When  wee 
have  been  disregarding  the  Plain  &  Positive 
Precepts  of  the  Gospel — wee  have  lain 
hands  suddenly  on  a  Man  to  teach  us  &  in- 
stead of  coveting  earnestly,  have  slighted  the 
best  Gifts,  &  have  not  had  that  regard  to 
those  precepts  which  show  the  Qualifications 
necessary  in  a  Teacher  that  wee  ought;  Wee 
say,  tho^e  things  considered,  inasmuch  as  we 
have  not  acknowledged  God  in  our  wayes,  we 
cant  Expect  he  shou'd  direct  our  Paths,  &  in- 
stead of  hoping  that  the  Mercifule  hand  of 
Providence  is  Active  for  us  in  this  Affair, 
Wee  have  no  reason  to  Expect  any  other  than 
that  the  hand  of  his  judgments  is  putting 
out  against  us.  And  wee  desire  it  may  be 
Considered  whether  (if  the  Sin  of  a  People  as 
such  is  never  punished  but  in  this  Life,  & 
if  every  unrepenting  Sinner  shall    receive 


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Punishment  &  if  there  can  be  no  true  Re- 
pentance without  Ees[titu]tion  that  this 
Church  &  Parish  (as  the  Case  stands)  must 
necessarily  be  followed  by  Divine  Judgments. 
Beverly  Nov:  28,  1729. 


SKETCH  OF  THE  REV.  NATHANIEL 
WARD,  OF  IPSWICH. 


BY   STEPHEN    H.    PHILLIPS. 


The  Supreme  Judicial  Court,  in  a  recent 
case,  (  Ink.  of  West  Roxbury  v.  Stoddard 
et  al.  7  Allen,  158)  have  asserted  the  prin- 
ciple that  all  great  ponds  in  the  Common- 
wealth were  dedicated  to  public  use  by  the 
Old  Colony  ordinance  of  1641,  or,  to  speak 
more  accurately,  that  among  the  principles 
which  the  ''Body  of  Liberties ^^  declared, 
and  which  are  now  acknowledged  to  have  the 
form  of  common  law,  was  the  most  important 
one,  that  great  ponds  should  not  be  the  sub- 
ject of  private  property.  For  the  "  Body  of 
Liberties^'  is  not  strictly  a  statute.  It  is 
chiefly  a  bill  of  rights,  and  was  wisely  so  in- 
tended to  v*^  understood  by  its  framers.  It 
indicates,  but  does  not  define,  rights  of  which 
it  acknowledges  the  independent  existence, 
but  to  which  it  does  not  impart  vitality. — 
Consequently  no  room  is  left  for  captious 
criticism  about  words,  and  great  principles 
cannot  be  frittered  away  by  strict  construction. 
The  case  referred  to  is  an  excellent  illustra- 
tion of  the  eflFect  of  this  declaration  of  rights. 
Our  Court  has  been  called  upon  to  recognize 
the  important  principle  that  great  ponds,  like 
the  air  of  heaven  and  the  waters  of  the  ocean, 
can  never,  under  any  pretence,  or  by  any  con- 
trivance, be  appropriated  to  selfish  purposes, 
which  for  all  purposes  of  public  benefit,  such 
as  the  maintainance  of  public  water  works, 


rational  amusement,  and  sustaining  the  me- 
chanic arts  every  encouragement  should  be 
given.  Our  forefathers  intended  that  we 
should  never  be  vexed  with  game  laws,  or 
forest  laws,  or  similar  oppressive  and  selfish 
sequestrations  of  the  public  domain,  and  they 
were  wise  enough  to  provide  against  such  mis- 
chievous tendencies  in  season,  and  with  a  de- 
gree of  forecast  which  excites  our  warmest 
admiration. 

The  merit  of  this  great  work,  for  such  it 
will  be  admitted  to  be,  even  by  the  wisest 
men  of  the  present  age,  is  chiefly  due  to  an 
Ipswich  minister,  and  it  becomes  the  leading 
historical  society  of  the  county  to  place  upon 
its  records  some  testimonial  by  which  their 
appreciation  of  his  services  and  merits  may 
become  manifest. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  Ward,  the  second  minister 
of  Ipswich.  Y^as  born  at  Haverhill,  England, 
in  1570.  He  was  the  son  of  Rev.  John 
Ward  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  was  ed- 
ucated at  Emanuel  College,  Cambridge,  where 
he  took  the  degree  of  A.  M.,  in  1603.  He 
read  law  in  the  Temple,  and  for  a  short  time 
was  engaged  in  its  practice.  To  the  advan- 
tages of  a  liberal  education  he  added  the  bene- 
fits derived  from  continental  travel,  and  at  the 
University  of  Heidelburg  he  formed  the  ac 
quaintance  of  a  distinguished  doctor  of  divin- 
ity, who  instructed  him  in  theology.  Upon 
his  return  home,  he  becaiAe  a  minister  of  the 
established  Church,  but  having  stated  among 
other  things  equally  heretical,  that  "  the 
Church  of  England  was  ready  to  ring  changes 
in  religion ;  and  that  the  Gospel  stood  a  tip- 
toe to  be  gone  to  America,"  he  was  ordered 
to  recant,  by  high  authority.  His  proud 
spirit  and  unbending  principles  would  submit 
to  no  such  dictation,  and  he  forsook  his  native 
country,  in  1634,  to  assume  the  charge  of  the 


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first  parish  in  Ipswich.  Feeble  health  com- 
pelled him  in  a  short  time  (  1637  )  to  resign 
his  pastoral  charge,  but  his  legal  learning  and 
far  reaching  policy  were  of  great  service  in 
shaping  the  laws  and  institutions  of  the  infant 
colony.  The  fruit  of  his  labors  was  the  Body 
of  Liberties  already  referred  to,  which  was 
rescued  from  obscurity  and  oblivion  by  the  late 
Mr.  Francis  C.  Gray,  (8th  Mass.  Hist.  Coll. 
3d  series  191)  and  which  is  most  approvingly 
noticed  by  the  Supreme  Judiciol  Court  in 
Com.  V.  Alger,  7  Cush.  R.  67,  as  well  as  in 
the  case  of  W.  Roxhury  v.  Stoddard,  already 
cited.  See  also  2  Palfrey's  Hist.  N.  E.  24, 
25,  and  the  '*  Notice  of  the  Author  appended 
to  the  Edition  of  the  Simple  Cobler  iji  Aga- 
wam  by  David  Pulsifer,  Boston,  1843." — 
Felt's  Hist,  of  Ipswich  219.  Mr.  Ward  was 
compensated  for  his  services  by  a  grant  of 
600  acres  of  land  in  Haverhill,  ^hich  he  af- 
terward sold  for  £12,00  (Pulsifer's  notice). 
It  is  not  a  little  amusing  to  contemplate  the 
humble  recompense  which  was  thus  received 
by  this  learned  and  wise  man  for  his  great 
work.  It  is  at  least  incumbent  on  posterity 
grateftilly  to  recognize  his  services  and  to  en- 
deavor to  keep  alive  the  recollection  of  them. 
It  should  not  be  supposed  that  the  task 
performed  by  Mr.  Ward  was  one  which  merely 
fell  to  his  lot  and  which  would  have  been 
performed  by  some  one  else  if  he  had  not  been 
selected.  It  is  a  task  which  but  few  men  of 
any  age  could  have  performed,  and  its  great 
merit  has  been  conceded  by  our  court.  Com. 
V.  Alger,  ut  supra.  For  a  thorough  analysis 
of  its  provisions  the  reader  is  referred  to  Pal- 
frey's History,  vol.  2  p.  26,  and  the  docu- 
ment itself  may  be  found  in  the  8th  vol.  Coll. 
Mass.  Hist.  Soc,  3d  series  utsub.  See  also 
Com.  V.  Bozbury  and  note,  9  Gray's  R.  503. 
Perhaps  it  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  many 


of  the  peculikr  institutions  of  Massachusetts, 
the  love  of  liberty,  the  high  regard  for  private 
right,  the  jealousy  of  monopolies,  the  absence 
of  great  landed  proprietaries  are  due  to  the  rec- 
ognition of  fundamental  principlesby  this  body 
of  law.  The  sovereign  character  of  this  colony 
is  pretty  strongly  asserted,  or  at  any  rate  im- 
plied by  unmistakeable  expression,  and  the 
people  of  the  Maesaehusetts  Colony  were 
thus  early  taught  that  they  had  a  right  to  in- 
dependence, which  even  a  century  of  provis- 
ional rule  could  never  induce  them  to  forget, 
nd  which,  u  pon  the  dutbreak  of  the  revolu- 
tion, they  were  most  glad  to  remember. 

The  history  of  the  Body  of  Liberties  will 
satisfy  any  one  not  only  that  it  was  the  work 
of  Mr.  Ward,  but  that  no  one  else  eould  have 
performed  the  task.  Several  undertook  it. — 
Mr.  John  Cotton,  minister  of  Boston  and  a 
ready  writer,  made  the  attempt  and  signally 
failed.  Other  abortive  atiempts  were  made, 
but  all  were  unsuccessful,  until  Mr.  Ward 
prepared  his  draft,  copies  of  which  were  sent 
into  every  town  in  the  colony,  to  be  carefully 
considered  before  it  was  finally  and  authorita. 
tively  adopted. 

The  soldier  who  conquers  a  country  by 
fire  and  sword,  the  robbing  adventurer,  who, 
tossed  about  by  the  wind  and  waves,  first 
plants  his  foot  on  what  afterwards  becomes  a 
great  country,  is  thought  worthy  of  a  place  in 
history,  but  how  much  greater  claim  has 
any  man  to  kind  remembrance  by  posterity, 
who  shapes  their  civil  institutions  with  a  mas- 
ter hand  and  the  salutary  influence  of  whose 
labors  is  felt  for  centuries  in  all  the  relations 
of  private  life  It  is  hardly  too  much  to 
claim  this  merit  for  Mr.  Ward. 

Mr.  Ward  is  sometimes  spoken  of  as  an 
humble  minister  of  N.  England.  He  was,  it 
is  true,  the  minister  of  a  young  and  probably 


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a  feeble  parish,  but  he  came  here  to  escape 
persecution,  and  was  by  no  means  an  insignifi- 
cant, and  we  incline  to  think  not  a  very  hum- 
ble, man.  He  was  a  person  of  great  attain- 
ments and  fine  talents,  and  it  was  peculiarly 
fortunate  that  the  colony  could  avail  itself  of 
his  services  at  a  critical  moment. 

Mr.  Ward  did  not  long  remain  in  America, 
and  he  died  in  England  (1653).  Before  he 
left  he  prepared  and  published  that  queer  but 
most  severe  and  able  tract  purporting  to  be 
written  by  the  Simple  Cobler  of  America 
and  by  which  he  is  now  chiefly  remembered. 
This  tract  was  reprinted  a  few  years  ago  with 
a  valuable  prefatory  notice  by  Mr.  David 
Pulsifer,  (Boston,  1843),  and  will  repay  a 
careful  perusal.  It  is  spoken  of  by  Dr.  Pal- 
frey as  a  monument  of  the  author's  wit  and 
intolerance,  2  Hist.  26  note,  although  that 
historian,  like  everybody  else,  pays  the  highest 
tribute  to  Ward's  learning  and  accomplish- 
ments and  recognizes  in  the  "Body  of  Liber- 
ties" a  great  act  of  statesmanship. 

Mr.  Ward  was  a  man  of  genuine  wit  and 
humor, — in  fact,  he  had  too  much  of  it  to  suit 
the  rigid  puritans  and  drew  upon  him  some 
little  censure  for  his  frequent  pleasantry.  He 
had  engraved  over  the  mantel  piece  of  his 
house  three  words  Sobrib,  Juste,  Pie,  to 
which  was  added  a  fourth  word,  Lzete. — 
These  words  describe  his  character. 

We  trust  that,  in  view  of  Mr.  Ward's  great 
services  and  merits,  his  name  will  not  soon  be 
forgotten.  At  some  future  time,  it  may  be 
practicable  to  give  a  more  full  and  exact  ac- 
count of  his  life  and  services. 


MATERIALS   FOR  THE  HISTORY  OF 
SHIP  BUILDING  IN  SALEM. 

BY  WILLIAM  LBAVITT. 
NO.  II. 

Vessek  built  by  Enos  Briggs,  in  South  Sa- 
lem, from  1790  to  1819. 
Yard  located  between  Peabody  and  Har- 
bor streets,  west  of  the  Naumkeag    Steam 
Cotton  Mills. 

Enos  Briggs,  son  of  Seth  and  Abigail 
(Church)  Briggs,  was  born  in  Pembroke, 
July  29.  1746.  '-      T, 

His  father,  Seth  Briggs,  a  shipwrigM  by 
occupation,  was  born  at  Scituate,  in  this 
State,  Aug.  28.  1721,  and  died  at  Pembroke, 
July  23.  1801.  He  was  son  of  James  and 
Hannah  (Stoel)  Briggs;  grandson  of  Corne- 
lius Briggs  who  was  an  Ensign  in  King  Phil- 
ip's war  under  his  elder  brothers  James  the 
Lieut,  and  John  the  Captain,  and  died  Oct. 
20.  1694  in  the  67th  year  of  his  age;  a  great 
grandson  of  Walter  Briggs,  of  Scituate,  in 
1643,  who  had  wife  Frances  and  who  died 
about  1684,  and  according  to  Deane,  in  his 
Annals  of  Scituate,  "purchased  a  farm  on  the 
north  side  of  Town  Neck  in  Scituate  prior  to 
1651  of  Mr.  Hatherly;  (The  cove  within  the 
glades  still  bears  the  name  of  Brigg's  Har- 
bour.) he  was  long  an  useful  man  in  the 
Plantation." 

His  mother  Abigail  Church  was  bom  at 
Scituate  Feb.  11. 1726  and  died  at  Pembroke 
Nov.  3.  1795. 

His  wife  Sarah  Thomas  was  bom  at  Pem- 
broke Feb.  6.  1756  and  died  at  Salem  Dec. 
9.  1833;  she  was  the  daughter  of  Edward 
and  Rachel  (Cushing)  Thomas  of  Pembroke; 
and  grandaughter  of  Isaac  and  Anne  (Thom- 
son) Thomas,  who  came  from  Wales  and 
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NunM. 

When  built. 

For  Wbom  Ballt. 

Masters. 

Length. 

Breadth. 

Depth. 

Tonna^, 

Brig  Blakeley 

1816 

William  Fabens 

David  Crafts 

881-2 

24  1-2 

12  1-4 

233 

Ship  G«T.  Endicott 

1819 

Pickering  Dodge 

Benj.  Shreve 

98  1-3 

26  2-12 

131-2 

297  75-95 

Brig  Java 

1820 

Jon.  N^al 
H.  Devereux, 

W.  H.  Neal 

90  1-2 

23  8-12 

11  10-12 

225 

Ship  Aoasta 

1S21 

Jas.  DoTereux, 
Benry  Pickering 

Th.  Cloutman 

100 

25  4-12 

12  8-12 

286 

Brig  Herald 

1322 

Henry  Peirce 

Nath.  Brown 

95 

23  10-12 

11  11-12 

241  69-95 

Ship  Emerald 

1823 

John  Forrester 

James  B.  Briggs 

98  1-2 

24  10-12 

12  5-12 

271 

Brig  Mexican 

1824 

Joseph  Peabody 

Jon.  Batchelder 

95 

23  1-12 

11  13-24 

227  62-95 

Brig  Amazon 

1824 

Joseph  Peabody 

Benj.  Jacobs 

86  2-12 

23 

U  1-2 

202 

Brig  Olinda 

1825 

Gideon  Tucker 

B.  Wheatland  Jr 

88  2-12 

21  2-12 

10  7-12 

182 

Ship  Lotos 

1828 

Pickering  Dodge 

Th.  Moriarty 

108  7-12 

24  1-2 

12  1-4 

296 

Ship  Mandarin 

1828 

Pickering  Dodge 

William  Osgood 

108 

24  13-24 

12  3-12 

295 

Ship  Rome 

1329 

Piokerijig  Dodge 

Samael  Eeanedy 

116 

25  7-18 

12  9-12 

344 

[Continued  from  Page  171] 

purchased  the  upper  parish  of  Pembroke  now 
called  Hanson,  in  Plymouth  County,  —  and 
died  Mch.  16.  1731-32  aged  4:9  years. 

Enos,  the  subject  of  this  notice,  learned  the 
trade  of  a  shipwright  of  his  father, — after 
residing  at  Pembroke,  for  several  years, 
where  his  five  eldest  children  were  born  — 
became  to  Salem  in  1790  and  built  the  ship 
Grand  Turk  for  Elias  Haskett  Derby,  the 
eminent  merchant  of  Salem,  which  was 
launched  Mch.  10.  1791.  He  then  returned 
to  Pembroke  for  his  family  and  they  arrived 
in  Salem  on  the  morning  of  the  4th  of  July 
1791.-^  The  sloop,  in  which  his  family 
came,  brought  also  the  frame  of  his  dwelling 
house,  which  is  standing  in  Harbor  street, 
for  many  years  after  his  decease  occupied  by 
the  family  of  his  daughter  Mrs.  Nathan  Cook; 
it  is  numbered,  He  died  Oct.  10.  1819, — 
having  had  seven  children  —  viz:  Sally,  born 
Oct  25.  1778,  died  April  9.  1856,  at  Sa- 
lem—  let  married  David  Smith,  2nd  John 
BoU;  Enos,  born  Mch.  25.  1781,  died  Oct. 
9.  1837,  married  Lucy  A.  Morse;  Samuel, 
born  Dec.  10.  1783  died  at  Salem  Nov.  10. 
1859,  married  1st  Susan  Whittemore,  2nd 


Mary  S.  Bowles;  Judith,  bom  Aug.  26. 
1786  died  at  Salem  Sept.  3.  1836,  married 
George  Dean;  Polly,  born  Mch  1.  1789, 
died  at  Salem  Mch.  24.  1834,  married  Na- 
than Cook;  Betsey,  bom  at  Salem  Mch.  19. 
1792,  died  at  Salem  Jan.  7,  1814,  unmar- 
ried; Eachel,  born  at  Salem  Feb,  28.  1796, 
died  Sept.  1836,  married  John  Barley — 

The  Salem  Gazette  of  Oct.  12.  1819  thus 
nodces  his  decease, 

"In  this  town,  Mr.  Enos  Briogs,  aged  73, 
one  of  our  most  valuable  and  worthy  citizens. 
He  came  to  this  town  from  Pembroke,  in  the 
year  1791  and  has  been  eminent  as  a  master 
ship  builder,  from  whose  yard  a  great  num- 
ber of  our  best  ships  have  been  launched. 
He  was  also  the  master  builder  of  the  frigate 
Essex,  the  work  of  which  did  him  great  cred- 
it in  the  eyes  of  the  nation.  In  his  death 
his  family  suffer  a  severe  loss," 


Elijah  Briggs,  son  of  William  and  Eliza- 
beth (Copeland)  Briggs,  was  bom  at  Scitu 
ate  July  17.  1762;  married  at  Salem  Aug.  6, 
1789,  Hannah  Buffington  daughter  of  James 
and  Prudence  (Proctor)  Buffington  of  Salem. 


175 


she  was  born  Jan'y.  30.   1767  and  died  at 
Salem  May  29.  1847. 

His  father  William  Briggs,  son  of  James 
and  Hannah  (Stoel)  Briggs,  and  a  brother  of 
Seth,  the  father  of  Enos  ab  >ve  named,  was 
born  at  Scituate  July  23.  1731  and  died  in 
his  native  town,  Dec.  3.  1815,  a  shoemaker 
and  farmer  by  occupation. 

His  mother  Elizabeth  Copeland,  born 
May  6.  1736  and  died  August  1828 
aged  93  —  was  the  daughter  of  Joseph 
Copeland  who  came  into  Scituate  from 
Bridgewater  in  1730,  married  in  1735 
Elizabeth  daughter  of  Capt.  Benjamin  Tol- 
man;  a  son  of  William  who  was  bora  15. 
Nov.  1656  and  married  13.  April  1694,  Ma- 
ry, the  widow  of  Christopher  Webb  and 
daughter  of  John  ^  and  Euth  Bass;  f  and  a 
grandson  of  Lawrence  Copeland  who  married 
12.  Dec.  1651  Lydia  Townsend,  and  had 
Thomas  b.  1654,  William  b.  1656,  John  b. 
1658,  Ephraim  b.  1665  and  several  daugh- 
ters; he  died  in  1699. 

Elijah  Briggs  was  a  shipwright  by  oc- 
cupation— after  his  marriage  he  purchased 
an  estate  in  Scituate  where  his  family 
resided  about  seven  years  when  they  re- 
moved to  Salem,  and  he  located  himself 
in  the  business  of  ship  building;  after 
the  death  of  bis  cousin  Enos,  he  took  the  yard 
in  South  Salem  where  he  superintended  the 
building  of  several  vessels  —  (see  a  list  of 

*  John  Bass  of  Braintree  was  the  son  of  Sam- 
uel, who  was  of  Koxbury  1632,  freeman  16  May 
1634,  removed  to  Braintree  1640,  was  the  first  dea- 
con there  50  years.  Representative  1641  and  oftener, 
and  died  Dec.  30  1694  aged  93  having  seen  162  de- 
scendants. Csee  Savage's  Gen.  Beg. ) 

t  Bath,  third  daughter  of  John  Alden,  one  of 
the  pilgrims  who  arrived  at  Plymouth,  in  the  May- 
flower, 1620. 


them  on  prececding  page).  He  died  24  Au- 
gust 1838,  leaving  sons  James  B.  and  Wil- 
Ham,  and  daughter  Elizabeth  wife  of  Richard 
Wheatland. 


COPY    FROM    THE    ORIGINAL  BOOK 
OF    GRANTS    OF     SALEM. 


COUHUNICATED     BY     PERLKY     OEBBV. 


Continued  trom  Vol.  V.,  page  274. 


18—8—1669. 
The  highe  way  laid  out  at  the  heade  of 
Cowhouse  Kiur. 

1.  The  from  the  Corner  bound  within  the 
fence  near  ffrancis  Lawes  Lett  two  Roods  and 
about  and  halfe  Rood  from  the  upland. 

2.  The  highe  way  in  breadth  neare  the 
flowinge  of  salt  waiter  is  ten  Rods  between 
mr.  Endecots  k  Collonell  Reads  land  and  from 
thence  to  Range  vp  streight  to  the  Country 
Roade  poyntinge  vp  to  the  Corner  bound  be- 
tween mr,  Endecots  &  mr.  Reads  land  abou 
and  there  the  highe  way  about  three  Rods 
and  halfe  broade. 

3.  Wee  hauinge  taken  a  small  quantitie 
of  land  at  vper  end  of  the  way  of  mr.  Reads 
land  for  the  streightning  of  the  way  we  did 
alowe  and  pay  the  same  quantitie  of  the 
townes  land  belowe  neare  the  salt  Marsh. 

4.  Wee  find  ihat  all  the  salt  Marsh  a- 
boute  the  highway  belowe  to  be  the  townes 
that  is  to  say  mr.  Read  has  now  by  any 
grant  or  agreement  from  the  towne.  ..  . 

26—6—69  Highway. 
Agreed  with  Samll  pickman  Marinr  that 
for  a  quantitie  of  land  of  his  that  Runeth  by 
a  streight  line  by  ye  land  wee  exchanged 
with  Henry  Bartholmew  which  is  by  vs 
Borowed  of  him  for  the  towns  vse  all  the  land 
that  Runeth  to  Jno.  Pickmans  fence  next 


1T6 


adjojninge  to  his  dwellinge  house  togeether 
with  the  priuieledge  of  the  highway  next  to 
his  laud  ffor  and  in  Consideracon  thereof  we 
haue  deliuered  to  the  said  pickman  part  of 
that  land  we  bought  of  Edward  Grover,  next 
to  his  house,  further  if  the  towne  see  Cause 
at  any  tyme  to  fence  in  burringe  place  then 
he  the  said  Samull  pickman  is  to  make  and 
maintayne  his  part  of  the  fence,  if  otherwise 
he  the  said  pickman  to  mayntayne  the  whole. 
26—9—69. 

Bought  of  Edward  Grover  all  that  pcell  of 
land  of  his  lying  next  our  Comon  Burringe 
place  neare  Jno  pickman  on  the  East,  for  and 
in  Consideracon  of  twenty  pounds  in  hand 
paid. 

1669. 

Whereas  Nath  and  John  putname  were 
apoynted  to  lay  out  to  Joseph  Houghton  eight 
Acres  accordingly  wee  haue  bounded  mr. 
Aliens  land  and  Joseph  Houghtons  on  the 
North  Mr.  Endecots  land  on  the  East  and 
Nathaniell  putnames  bound  tree  in  the 
swampc  on  the  South  &  from  thence  to  a 
tree  standinge  vpon  the  [f  land]  in  the  thick 
swampe  at  the  Southwest  Comer  and  from 
thence  to  his  owne  bound  tree  standinge  be- 
tween Job  swinerton  &  himselue  at  the 
Northwest  Comer. 

1669  Highway. 

Mr.  Eliezer  Hauthorae  for  &  in  Consider- 
acon of  the  Land  wh  maketh  the  highway 
from  the  said  Hauthoms  house  to  the  Bur- 
ringe place  by  exchange  haue  two  Acres  of 
swampe  land  graunted  and  laide  out  in  the 
swampe  neare  vnfo  the  now  dwellinge  of  Jno. 
Kemey  neare  the  flForest  Riuer  to  him  &  his 
hitxB  for  ever. 
,/   'ii\  ei         1671  Highway. 

Wee 'whose  names  are  vndr  written  being 
Appointed  by  the  Select  men  of  the  Towne  of 


Salem  to  Lay  6ut  k  highway  at  ffrost  ffish 
Bluer  from  the  Road  way  into  Jacob  Bameys 
Ground  two  pole  broad  wch  being  at  a  wall- 
nutt  tree  and  a  stake  &  soe  downe  to  the 
watter  side  &  from  high  watter  mark  foure 
pole  into  the  vpland  Lying  between  two 
points  of  Land. 

12th.  12  mo.  1671.  John  Porter. 
Bich'd  Leach. 
Highway  to  Beverly. 

In  Answer  to  the  Bequest  of  Nicholas 
Howard  made  for  Exchange  of  one  Acre  of 
his  Land  Lying  between  Thomas  Wattsons 
land  on  the  west  and  John  Neal  on  the  East, 
the  Now  high  way  leading  to  Beverly  Wee 
Georg  Corwin  and  Edmond  Batter  being  Ap- 
pointed by  the  Select  men  to  Answer  him, 
haue  laid  out  to  the  Said  Howard  on  the 
North  Side  of  his  land,  a  quantity  of  land  of 
the  Townes  Comon,  thus  bounded  first  begin- 
ning Eastward  near  his  passage  out  of  his 
Inclosed  meadow  by  the  Small  brooke  to  haue 
Six  rodd  into  the  Comon  Northward  into  the 
swampe,  and  from  thence  to  Kunn  vp  streight 
to  a  Ledge  of  Bocks  on  the  brow  of  the  Hill 
when  you  are  ouer  the  first  Swampe  west- 
ward, and  soe  streight  ouer  to  the  fence  of  the 
Come  feild  of  the  Said  Howard  Southward 
together  with  the  out  Skirts  of  land  that  he 
the  Said  Howard  hath  taken  in  of  the  Towns 
land,  and  the  highway  that  now  runneth 
through  his  Inclosed  land  to  run  Likewise 
through  the  Adition  of  land  now  Granted  by 
way  of  Exchange  till  that  it  may  run  into 
the  Towns  Comon,  To  haue  and  to  hold  to 
him  his  heirs  &c.  as  full  Sattisfaction  for  the 
Exchange  of  the  Acre  as  Aboue  Said  to  which 
Agreemt,  the  Sd.  Howard  hath  Sett  to  his 
hand  this  8th  of  may  1672. 

In  P  Signe 

Nicolas  (N  H)  Howard 


irt 


High  ways 
the  Retume  of  those  thatt  wer  Appointed 
to  Lay  out  Land  In  Exchange  with  wiliam 
traske  and  to  Satisfie  the  widow  Eead  for  the 
highway  by  Samuell  Eaberns 

Wee  have  Laid  out  to  wm  traske  5  poles 
of  Land  2  poles  deep  from  his  fence  and  2 
poles  &  half  front  this  betweene  their  now 
dweling  house  and  their  barne  take  for  the 
towne  In  Exchange  about  the  Same  quantitie 
of  Land  Begining  at  his  Barne  Euns  about 
12  Eods  In  Length  upon  a  straight  Line 
leaving  2  of  his  aple  trees  Into  the  Comon  Is 
about  one  pole  Broad  In  the  midst  and  sharp 
of  to  nothing  att  Each  End. 

And  unto  the  widow  Eead  we  have  Laid 
out  about  the  same  quantitie  as  Is  taken 
from  her  for  the  highway  on  the  northwest 
side  of  her  land  It  lies  triangular  1 3  poles  on 
yt  side  next  the  northfeild  fence  and  9  pole 
on  that  side  next  her  Land  soe  a  strait  Line 
from  Each  angle  makes  the  other  Side  we 
have  Laid  out  both  high  waies  4  rod  wide 

15  April  1673  pr,  Jno  Corwin 

Bartlemew  Gedney. 
23;  2  mo  1673 

The  Eettme  of  setling  the  Bounds  Between 
Eeading  and  this  towne 

Know  all  men  By  thees  prsents  that  wee 
whose  names  are  under  written  being  chosen 
by  the  townes  of  Salem  and  Eeading  to  Eun 
a  devitionall  Line  and  to  State  Bounds  Be- 
tweene the  two  townes  abov  mentioned  we 
have  agreed  on  a  small  white  oake  tre  on  the 
south  Side  of  the  Eiver  neere  to  Jno  phelps 
his  house  and  to  Eun  from  that  tree  on  a 
strait  Line  to  Cromwels  Eock  this  to  be  for 
the  towne  of  Eeading  for  their  Line  till  they 
meet  with  the  farm  that  Is  now  In  the  hand 
or  posetion  of  go fuler" 


// 


,.,-;o5/ 


ffor  Salem  £For  Eeading 

Samuell  Gardner    Jonathan  poole      ;  " 

Xath  putnam  Mathew  Edwards 

John  putnam  Jno  Browne 

3  mo  1673 

Laid  out  to  Eichrd  Eobrts  tailor  a  house 
lot  two  pole  wide  In  the  front  so  downe  soe 
far  as  the  upland  goes  towards  the  Cove  this 
next  to  Georg  hodg  his  house  Lott  he  paieng 
to  the  select  men  the  sum  of  fourtie  shilings 
In  mony  within  two  months  after  the  date 
hereof  otherwise  the  Land  to  Eetume  to  the 
towne  againe. 

August. 

Eichrd  Eobrts,  paid  to  the  Select  men  the 
sum  of  40S  In  mony  for  the  above  mentioned 
Land. 

30  August  1673 

we  vnder  writen  being  appointed  by  the 
Select  men  to  Lay  out  unto  mr  Batter  one 
qrter  of  an  acre  of  Land  next  to  Jno  neals 
fenc  att  the  End  of  his  ground  next  the  Com- 
on have  accordingly  done  as  ffoloweth  we 
hav  Laid  It  out  fronting  Even  with  Jno  neals 
ground  next  to  Jacob  pudeaters  hous  three 
poles  and  ^  wide  and  soe  downwards  towards 
Joseph  Gardners  pasture  twelve  Eod  In 
Length  of  an  Equall  Breadth  throughout  for 
and  In  Consideration  of  the  sum  of  five  pounds 
paid  to  the  marshall  for  the  towne  by  the  said 
mr  Batter  hee  Is  to  Enjoy  the  above  men- 
tioned Land  as  his  owne  and  his  heirs  for 
Ever.  ^I'  S'"'' 

Decembr  1673 

Wee  whos  names  are  under  written  Being 
Chosen  By  the  towne  of  Salem  to  Eun  the 
Line  betweene  us  and  thee  ffarmers  according 
to  the  townes  Grant  to  them  22:  march  1671- 
2  have  accordingly  done  ass  flfoloweth  .' 

1.  flFrom  the  wooden  Bridge  at  the  hither 
End  of  mr  Endecotts  plaine  upon  a  strait 


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Line  over  the  swampy  and  miry  Land  Leav- 
ing Jno  filltons  hedg  In  the  swamp  within 
our  Bounds  to  a  small  ash  tree  marked  E  & 
W.  side  Att  the  ffarthcst  part  of  said  swampy 
Land 

2  the  next  Bound  tree  marked  on  the 
East  and  W.  side  Is  a  small  young  walnut 
tree  upon  the  Kising  ground  about  20  or  30 
Rods  distant  from  the  ash  beffor  mentioned 
and  from  thence  £forward  on  a  strait  line  arc 
scverall  trees  marked  fiFor  Bounds  all  the  way 
thorough  Nath  putnam  &  Anthony  Needhams 
Land  Leaving  Anthony  Needhams  house  a- 
bout  50  Bod  within  or  bounds  to  A  white 
oake  tree  marked  neer  the  highway  thatt 
goes  to  widdow  popes 

3  from  thenc  on  a  strait  Line  to  a  small 
walnut  tree  marked  standing  neer  that  which 
Is  now  the  mil  pond 

4.  ffrom  thenc  over  the  millpond  to  a 
drie  stump  standing  att  the  Curner  of  wid- 
dow popes  Cow  pen  Leaving  her  house  and 
the  saw  mill  within  the  farmers  Bange 

5  from  thence  a  Black  or  Bed  oak  tre  we 
have  marked  stunding  on  the  top  of  the  hill 
by  the  high  way  side  neer  to  berry  pond. 

Joseph  Qardner 

John  Pickering 

^^^tlemew  Gedncy. 

December  1673 

the  Select  men  having  Agreed  with  doc- 
tor Knot  for  the  Cure  of  Thomas  Bobinson 
&  mr  John  Corwin  having  Engadged  to  pay 
the  said  Knot  the  sum  of  ffive  pounds  to- 
wards the  Cure  of  Said  Bobinson  wee  under- 
written have  sould  unto  mr  John  Corwin 
Land  Laid  out  on  hous  Lot  In  the  pen  Next 
to  maior  hawthorns  Lot  on  the  East  and 
John  Bobinson  his  lot  on  the  west  to  be  his 
ffor  himself  &  his  heirs  for  Ever. 

Wm  Hathome  Senr. 


liW: 


Edmond  Batter 

in  ye  name  of  ye  select  men. 

29th  January  1673 
1.  Laid  oute  to  mr  John  Browne  senr.  fif- 
ty Acres  of  Land  Bounded  at  the  Northwest 
End  with  a  Bocke  which  is  a  bound  Betwecne 
mr  Hamphrics  fiarme  and  the  Land  which 
was  Bobert  moultons  formerly.  &  at  the  west 
southerly  with  that  Land  which  is  Comonly 
Caled  mr  Uumphryes  ffarme  at  the  East 
Northerly  with  the  Land  which  was  fFormer- 
ly  Bobert  moultons  at  the  south  Easterly 
with  the  townes  Land  and  at  those  twoe  Cor- 
ners with  twoe  trees  marked  the  Easterly  of 
which  is  a  young  white  oake  tree  the  wester- 
ly Comer  with  a  great  oake 

2  Laid  out  to  Jno  pudney  that  Land  that 
was  Granted  to  Wm  Bowdish  thirty  acres  of 
Land  Next  to  Bobert  moultons  Land  only 
Leaving  a  high  way  betweene  of  that  Bod 
wide  att  the  west  southerly  joining  to  the 
Land  of  mr  John  Brownes  at  the  south  and 
east  sides  with  the  townes  Land  with  trees 
marked  at  every  Comer  of  Said  Land. 

3  Laid  oub  to  John  phelpes  ffive  akers  of 
Land  Joining  to  his  owne  Land  and  at  the 
owtrmost  of  or  towne  Bounds  at  that  place. 

Joseph  Gardner 
ffrancis  Nurcer 

Decembr  1673 
Wee  underwritten  have  measured  and  thus 
Bounded  Edward  Bishops  fourty  Acres  of 
Land  the  northeast  Comer  Bounded  with  the 
old  planters  Bound  tiee  being  a  great  Bed 
oake  and  from  thence  on  a  strait  Line  to  the 
North  west  Comer  to  a  walnut  tree  marked 
neer  Jeremiah  wats  his  Land  and  from  thence 
on  a  straite  Line  to  the  southwest  Corner  to 
A  forked  Black  ash  which  is  alsoe  osmund 
trask  his  bound:  from  thence  on  a  strait  Line 


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to  the  southeast  Corner  to  and  old  stumpe  be- 
hind Cornelious  bakers  Barne 

John  putnam 

Francis  Nurce. 

At  a  generall  towne  meeting  held  the  4th 
day  of  decembr.  1673 

Upon  Jno  higginson  Junr  his  Bequest  to 
the  towne  to  sell  him  a  peio  of  Land  Next 
to  Goodman  Rumbals  It  is  voated  that  Leav- 
ing the  way  four  Eod  wide  att  the  flPront  and 
soe  wide  In  the  Rear  as  the  ground  will  give 
Leaving  for  him  ther  thre  Rods  In  Breadth 
that  hee  shall  have  It  home  to  goodman  Rum- 
bals ffence  hee  paying  for  It  after  the  same 
Rate  or  proportion  thas  other  men  have  paid 
for  their  Lots  downwards  and  that  the  select 
men  are  to  Lay  It  owt,  paid  for  it  to  mr. 
Bartho.  Gidney:  31b.  8s.  0. 

Laid  out  to  mr  Jno  higginson  Junr.  his 
land  acording  to  tne  townes  Grant  being  A- 
bout  three  pole  &  half  wide  In  the  flFront  and 
thre  poles  In  the  back  part  of  It  going  soe 
fur  back  as  to  Bee  Even  with  goodman  Rum- 
bals fence  In  a  Rung  with  the  Rest  of  the 
lots. 

Wee  whose  names  Are  underneath  sub- 
scribed being  Chosen  Apointed  and  Impow- 
ered  to  search  out  &  to  bound  what  land  we 
should  find  belonging  to  the  towne  of  salem 
neer  unto  bevorly  and  make  sale  of  It  to  pay 
mr  Higginsons  Debts  and  having  flfound  with- 
in the  Limits  or  Bounds  of  that  Land  which 
Is  Claimed  by  ozmund  traske  As  purchased 
by  Georg  harriss:  fourty  Acres  of  land  but 
haveing  Examined  the  townes  Records  we 
ffind  that  harriss  his  origanall  Right  by  the 
townes  Grant  to  be  but  twenty  Acres 

we  theirfour  have  sould  And  Confirmed  to 
the  said  traske  the  other  twenty  Acres  In 
Question  for  the  sum  of  six  pound  &  ten 
shilings  In  mony  already  pd  to  us  and  this  to 


be  a  full  and  finall  End  of  all  differences  be- 
tween the  towne  of  salem  and  the  said  traske 
about  the  said  land  and  alsoe  between  the  said 
traske  and  harriss  he  the  said  harriss  paieng 
to  the  abov  said  traske  the  sum  of  twenty  shil- 
lings In  sum  Curent  pay. 

the  Above  named  traske  Is  to  have  his  four- 
ty acres  of  Land  measured  out  and  bounded 
out  and  Recorded  In  the  towne  books  to  be 
his  for  himself  and  his  heirs  for  Ever. 

9  December  1673  by  us  Samuell  Gardner. 
Bartlemew  Gedney. 
15:  decembr  1673 

Wee  vnderwritten  have  Laid  out  and  bound- 
ed for  ozmund  traske  ffourty  Acres  of  land  as 
foloweth  Imps  on  the  north  Bound  with  the 
Country  Road  their  being  on  the  No  East  Cor- 
ner a  heap  of  stones  for  Bounds  between  Ed- 
ward bishops  land  and  his  on  the  No  west 
Corner  next  Jacob  barnies  Land  a  walnut  tree 
and  A  heap  of  stons  and  between  both  th.es 
a  stump  of  a  tree  blown  up  by  the  Bootes  and 
a  heap  of  stones  upon  It  thees  three  are  his 
head  bounds  Next  the  Country  Road. 

2  from  the  No  west  Corner  upon  a  strait 
Line  downe  to  the  So  west  Corner  of  his 
Grownd  to  a  birch  tree  marked  and  a  heap  of 
stones  by  It 

3  from  the  heap  of  stones  on  the  No  East 
Corner  upon  a  strait  line  between  Edward 
bishops  Land  and  his  to  the  So  East  Corner  to 
a  forked  black  ash  which  Is  alsoe  marked  for 
bishops  Corner  bounds 

4  from  the  fforked  Ash  on  the  So  East 
Corner  to  thee  birch  tree  on  the  So  west  "Cor- 
ner on  a  strait  Line 

27th  da:  12th  mo.  1674-5 

Half  an  Acre  of  land  laid  out  to  John  Cor- 

win  pr  ye  Selectmen  at  ye  Northeast  end  of 

ye  now  fence  of  ye  land  Sold  pr.  Richard  Hol- 

lingworth  to  philip  Cromwel  for  ye  use  of  ya 


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sd  Corwin  his  Heirs  &  Assignes  for  Ever  web 
land  is  Sold  him  pr  the  Towne  for  &  in  Con- 
sideration of  ye  sum  of  Twelve  pounds  pr  him 
pd  to  the  Widow  Greenslat  allowed  her  for 
keeping  Sarah  Lamberts  Child. 
June  ye  15  da.  1674. 

Laide  out  to  mr.  Peters  one  hundred  and 
fifty  Acres  of  land  by  order  from  the  Select 
men  Bounded  Southerly  with  ye  Land  of  ffarmr 
Porter  &  land  Comonly  called  Joshua  Reas 
Land,  Easterly  wth  ye  Land  of  Wm.  Raimont 
to  a  bound  Tree  at  the  northwest  Cornr,  of  ye 
sd.  Raimonts  land,  Northerly  with  the  Land 
of  Nathaniel  &  Jno  Putnam's  Westerly  wth  a 
little  Riuer  or  brooke  untill  it  meetes  wth  Josh- 
ua Rea's  bounds  and  then  Butts  upon  his  land 
untill  it  Comes  to  the  bound  Tree  yt  belongs 
to  Farmr  Porter  &  Josh.  Rea  ye  land  is  in 
possession  of  Jno.  Corwin 

Joseph  Gardner 

ye  marke  of  The  marke  of 

Richd  y  Leach      Fran.  X  Nurse 

February  ye  15th  1674 
We  whose  names  are  underwritten  being 
Chosen  Appointed  &  Impowered  To  make 
Sale  of  ye  Towns  Comon  land  lying  neere  to 
the  bounds  of  Beverly  to  ye  Valine  of  Eighty 
pounds,  have  accordingly  made  Sale  of  Eighty 
acres  of  land,  and  allowed  to  ye  purchasrs  Two 
acres  for  a  Convenient  high  way  through  ye 
Eighty  acres  of  land  wch  is  Bounded  on  ye 
northerly  Side  wth  ye  land  of  Cornelius  Ba- 
ker, Edward  Bishop  &  Ozmund  Traske,  on 
ye  West  wth  ye  land  of  Jacob  Barney  & 
John  Leech,  Southerly  on  ye  land  of  Geofry 
Massy  &  Nich.  Potter,  Easterly  on  Nicholas 
Howard  &  William  (Parmos)  land  vnto  Cor- 
nelius Baker  Nathaneel  Howard,  John  Dodge 
&  Ozmund  Traske  &  John  Leech  To  Have  & 
to  hold  &  peaceably  to  Injoy  ye  above  men- 
tioned Eighty  acres  of  land  o  o  •  &  Doe  hereby 


acknowledge  to  haue  Received  Sattisfaction  in 
full  According  to  agreement  and  Doe  hereby 
fully  acquit  &  discharge  ye  sd  Baker  Traske 
&;  Leech,  and  Confirme  ye  sd.  Land  wth  all 
ye  appertenances  &  priviledges'  thereof  to  ye 
above  named  partyes  for  themselves  &  theire 
Heirs  forever 

Samuel  Gardner 

Bartlemew  Gedney 

fFrancis  Nurse 

his  X  marke 

Wee  whose  names  are  under  written  Being 
Chosen  and  Appointed  By  ye  Towne  haue 
meswred  and  Laid  out  unto  Manaseth  Mars- 
ton  forty  acres  of  Land  which  is  Bounded  a* 
followeth  from  Jno.  Phelps  bounds  upon  Ips- 
wich  Riuer:  Northerly  To  a  young  white  oake 
neare  sd.  phelpses  Orchard  and  so  Easterly 
from  sd  white  oake  To  a  pine  Tree  upon  the 
Brow  of  a  Hill  Nere  reding  Bounds  and  from 
Thence  about  forty  pole  East  Southerly  to  a 
Rock  and  from  The  Rock  Southerly  To  a  young 
white  oake  upon  the  Edge  of  the  Swamp  Be- 
longing To  Samll  Gardner  Senr  and  from 
Thence  westerly  too  a  pine  Tree  the  Corner 
Bound  of  sd  Gardners  Land  and  So  Range- 
ing  with  sd  Gardners  Line  Downe  To  Ipswich 
Riuer  and  from  Thence  To  The  a  foresaid 
phelps  Bounds  on  Sd  Riuer 

Samwll  Gardner  Sener. 

ye  Mark  R  of 

Richard  Leach 

ye  X  Mark  of 
ffran  Nurs  — 
[To  be  Continued,} 


HISTOEICAL    COLLECTIONS 


OF      THE 


ESSEX     INSTITUTE. 


Vol.  VI. 


October,    1864. 


No.  5. 


CRAFT'S  JOURNAL  OF  THE  SIEGE 
OF  LOUISBURa. 


COUKITNICATBD  BY  W.  P.  UPHAM. 


The  following  Journal  was  kept  by  Benja- 
min Craft,  at  the  siege  of  Louisburg,  in  1745. 
Benjamin  Craft  came  from  Connecticut  and 
lived  in  Chebacco,  now  Essex,  where  he  mar- 
ried Mary  Choate.  When  in  the  early  Spring 
of  1745  a  call  was  made  for  volunteers  to  take 
part  in  the  expedition  against  Louisburg,  he 
enlisted,  with  others  from  Essex,  and  served 
through  the  siege.  After  the  capture  he  re- 
mained at  Louisburg,  "having  the  care  of  the 
commissary  business"  of  his  regiment  and  "in 
considerable  favor  with  several  of  the  great 
men:"  but  in  the  following  Spring,  1746, 
he  died  of  the  disease  which  swept  away  so 
many  of  the  garrison  at  that  time.  He  left 
three  children,  Benjamin,*  Eleazerf  and  Fran- 

*  Benjamin  was  a  Lieutenant  in  the  Revolu- 
tion, and  his  Jonmal  of  the  siege  of  Boston  is  pub- 
lished in  the  Historical  Collections  of  the  Essex  In- 
stitute Vol.  Ill,  page  51.  He  lived  in  Manchester 
to  an  advanced  age  respected  by  all  for  his  integrity 
and  patriotism. 

t  Eleazer  served  through  the  whole  Revolution- 
ary war,  and  attained  to  the  rank  of  Lieutenant 
Colonel.    He  died  at  Manchester  in  1793,  at  the 


cis.  Their  descendants  are  now  living  in  this 
vicinity  and  elsewhere.  The  Journal  together 
with  some  letters  written  by  him  were  pre- 
sented to  the  Institute  by  his  grandaughter 
Mrs.  Martha  Lee,  late  of  Manchester. 

The  following  are  some  extracts  from  the 
letters  — 


Boston  March  ye  14tb  1744-5. 
Dkar  Sir  : 

I  send  you  these  few  lines  to  let  you 
know  that  through  God's  Goodness  I  am 
health —  I  arrived  in  Boston  ye  next  day  af- 
ter I  parted  with  you;  blessed  be  God  that  he 
has  kept  &  preserved  me  so  far  &  I  can  through 
God's  Grace  &  Goodness  toward  me  here  set 
up  my  Ebenezer  &  say  that  hitherto  God  has 
preserved  me  —  Oh  that  God  would  be  pleased 
to  give  me  persevering  Grace  &  Christian 
Courage  #^^:^#  Remember  me  to  your  wife  & 
Mrs  Emerton  &  Abraham  &  all  our  friends  & 


age  of  54,  of  consumption  which  he  had  con- 
tracted in  his  long  service.  He  had  been  in  all 
the  principal  battles  of  the  Revolution  but  was  nev- 
er wounded.  Eleazer  also  kept  a  Journal  through 
the  whole  war,  and  a  portion  of  it,  all  that  is  pre- 
served, has  been  presented  for  publication  by  Mrs. 
A.  H.  Trask  of  Manchester  from  whom  mostof  Uie 
facts  above  stated  are  obtained. 


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brethren  in  Christ  Jesus:  Time  being  short  I 
write  to  my  wife  &  children  in  the  same  &  de- 
sire you  to  communicate  this  letter  to  her  af- 
ter you  have  road  it. 

As  to  the  state  of  the  Church  I  hope  & 
trust  in  God  that  he  will  give  you  prudence 
&  zeal  to  act  in  that  affair  as  becomes  a  Chris- 
tian. 

My  Dear  Wife  &  Children  I  send  you  my 
love  hoping  &  trusting  in  G-od  for  you  that  he 
will  keep  &  preserve  you  in  his  fear  &  in  en- 
tire trust  &  resignation  to  his  will  in  whatever 
he  has  ordered  for  us —  I  send  you,  enclosed 
in  this,  twenty  shillings  :  being  in  a  great 
hurry  I  can  write  no  more  at  present  only  this 
is  Saturday  &  we  are  all  well  — 

So  I  subscribe  myself  your  loving  husband 
Benja.  Craft. 

The  direction  on  the  back  of  this  letter  is 
as  follows 

"To  Mr.  Francis  Cboate*  living  in  Che- 
bacco  in  Essex  —  These  — 

Per  Ensign  Goodhue." 


Sheepscott  River  March  ye  29,  1745. 
Dear  &  loving  wife,  having  by  ye  provi- 
dence of  God  an  opertunity  to  write  to  you  to 
inform  you  that  I  am  by  ye  Goodness  of  God 
in  health  &  all  our  Company  excepting  John 
Marshall,  who  seems  to  be  very  ill  in  body  & 
is  under  very  strong  conviction.  I  believe,  that 
God  is  at  work  with  him  —  We  came  out  of 
Boston  last  Sabath  day  fifty  odd  Sail  of  us,  & 
stood  off  to  sea  that  night.  The  wind  came 
against  us  &  we  put  in  again.  At  night  we  got 
close  in  to  Cape  Ann,  but  ye  wind  dying  a- 
way  we  were  obliged  to  stand  off  to  sea  &  a 
Tuesday  we  arrived  in  Sheepscott  j,^^^^^^ 
Remember  me  to  Mr  Choate  &  his  family  & 


(*A  great  grandfather  of  Rufos  Cboate. 


to  Brother  Eleazer  &  to  all  our  friends  &  tell 
them  I  desire  &  beg  their  prayers  to  God  for 
me — Stephen  Low  William  Allen  &  Joseph 
Emerton  remember  their  love  to  their  wives  & 
families.  Here  is  two  Companies  from  Rox- 
bury;  Nathaniel  Williams  is  Captain  of  one 
&  John  Rugles  of  the  other  &  young  Ebene- 
zer  Newell  is  Lieutenant  of  another  Compa- 
ny —  Dear  Wife  I  recommend  you  to  heavens 
care  &  keeping.  Begging  your  prayers  for  me 
I  subscribe  your  loving  hjisband  till  death. 
Benja.  Craft. 


Canso  April  ye  7th  1745. 
Dear  Wife 

#  «  «  #  4(;  We  arrived  in  Canso  ye  4th  In- 
stant after  a  long  &  tedious  passage  all  in 
health,  blessed  be  God;  and  when  we  shall 
sail  for  Cape  Breton  we  cannot  tell  but  I  be- 
lieve it  will  not  be  long  before  we  shall. 
Capt.  Donahue  &  Capt.  Beckett  have  taken 
3  Indians  whom  our  General  has  examined  & 
they  inform  of  five  or  six  hnndred  Indians  that 
are  about  going  or  are  gone  against  Anapolis; 
who  are  to  be  joined  by  2  or  3  vessels  from 
Cape  Breton,  so  that  we  have  reason  to  think 
that  they  have  no  news  of  our  coming  unless 
it  is  since  our  fleets  arrived  at  Canso  —  Last 
Friday  arrived  in  this  port  Capt.  Fletcher  of 
Boston  with  a  French  prize,  a  large  sloop  la- 
den with  rum  &  molasses  and  bale  goods  of 
considerable  value;  having  letters  for  Cape 
Breton  which  inform  of  four  more  vessels  com- 
ing from  Martinico  under  a  small  convoy.  We 
have  five  vessels  of  force  out  now  upon  the 
cruise  off  Cape  Breton  —  Remember  me  to 
all  friends  especially  to  Mr.  Choate  &  family 
&  to  Brother  Eleazer  &  to  all  our  Brethren 
in  Christ  Jesus  ^n>  #  ^j: 

Benja.  Craft. 


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LouiSBURQ  ye  13th  October  1745. 
Dear  &  Loving  Wife, 

Having  an  opertunity  by  the  providence  of 
Grod  to  write  to  send  you  a  few  lines  to  let  you 
know  my  circumstances.  I  have  been  sick  for 
about  eight  weeks  past  but  blessed  be  God  I 
have  not  been  so  bad  as  to  keep  my  bed,  but  I 
am  pined  away  to  nothing  but  skin  &  bones. 
if.^#  If  I  should  not  come  home  this  winter  I 
believe  that  ye  Captain  &  Lieut.  Gidding 
will  be  discharged  by  whom  I  shall  sc;nd,  if 
I  cannot  get  discharged,  so  that  you  may 
receive  my  wages,  which  will  be  between 
forty  &  fifty  pounds  —  I  am  in  very  good  bus- 
iness &  have  been  for  a  month  past  having 
ye  care  of  the  Commisary  Business  for  our 
Regiment  beside  what  I  do  for  others,  which 
is  a  considerable  income,  not  less  than  fifteen 
shillings  a  day,  beside  my  wages  ^j:  *  ^  #  If  I 
should  tarry  all  winter  I  believe  I  shall  be  in 
good  Business  for  I  am  in  considerable  favour 
with  several  of  the  great  men,  &  which  way  it 
came  I  know  not  —  but  there  is  nothing  is 
any  temptation  to  me  I  long  so  much  to  get 
home  to  see  you  &  my  poor  children  &  dear 

friends  ^  ^  # 

Benja.  Craft. 


;;l5  ■    .  . 

Louisburg  ye  17th  Feb,  1745-6 
Dear  &  loving  wife  ^  ^^  ^  I  am  at  present  in 
a  measure  of  health  save  a  bad  cold  for  which 
I  desire  to  thank  Almighty  God  — 

I  received  your  letter  dated  in  January  with 
a  great  deal  of  satisfaction  to  hear  of  your 
health  &  that  you  are  in  so  good  circumstan- 
ces, e  #  *  I  hope  ye  sickness  in  ye  place  is 
abated.  John  White  is  dead,  he  died  ye  14th 
Instant  with  ye  Distemper  that  has  been  in 
ye  City.  ^  ,,f  Remember  my  love  to  Lieut. 
Choate  &  family  &  thank  him  for  his  kind- 
ness in  taking  care  of  the  things  you  sent;  & 


to  Mr.  Francis  Choate  &  family  &  Brother  i 
(Cho)ate  &  family  &  Brother  Eleazer  & 
wife  hoping  that  none  of  you  will  be  forgetful 
of  me  in  your  adresses  at  ye  Throne  of  Grace 
I  subscribe  your  loving  husband  till  death  — 
Benja.  Craft, 
Remember  me  to  our  dear  children  — 


The  following  is  the  Journal,  beginning 
April  24th  and  ending  Nov.  5th,  1745.  It 
is,  as  nearly  as  possible,  an  exact  copy  of  the 
original  manuscript,  those  words  which  are 
doubtful  or  illegible  being  indicated  by  paren- 
thesis. 

April  24th  being  Wensday,  in  Canso,  all 
in  health  save  ( JonaJ  Burnham  —  &  he  Bet- 
ter this  morning  —  Arrived  in  this  port  the 
Coneticutt  fleet  consisting  of  5  sloops,  2  Brig- 
antines  and  one  schooner  with  about  six  100 
men:  ye  Lord  is  adding  to  our  forces  may  we 
be  enabled  to  look  to  him  for  a  Blessinge. 

April  ye  25th  being  Thursday  in  Canso  all 
in  health  save  Jontahan  Burnham  &  he  is 
growing  Better.  This  morning  Arrived  in  this 
port  a  (Roadsland)  snow  on  board  of  which 
is  Abijah  Wheller  pilot  who  informs  us  that  ye 
(Jue)  is  gone  from  Cape  Bretton  —  this  af- 
ternoon arrived  in  this  port  a  privateer  Sloop 
from  Roadsland.   The  Lord  be  pleased  to  give 


success  to  our  forces — 


.1if^-j'|ir;>'l 


April  ye  26  th  being  Fry  day  in  Canso  all 
in  a  comfortable  (measure)  of  health  this 
morning  was  (Buryed)  one  man  (Rouse)  & 
ye  (Roadsland)  sloop  went  out  of  this  for  a 
cruise.  This  afternoon  Arrived  Capt  Swan 
who  informed  of  Capt,  Warren's  success  in 
taking  a  french  sloop  &  schooner  &  (Shal- 
lop) the  Lord  enable  us  to  trust  in  him  for 
futer  success  —  A  very  rainy  day. 

April  ye  27  th  being  Saturday  in  Canso, 


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I  all  in  health  nothing  remarkable  this  day 
the  Lord  prepare  us  for  hia  holy  day. 

April  ye  28  th  being  Sabath  Day  in  ye 
forenoon  went  to  hear  Mr  Crocker  preach  on 
(Burding)  Island  in  ye  afternoon  went  to 
hear  Mr.  (Newman)  preach  from  ye  1  of 
Kings  20  Chap.  1 1  Verse,  ye  Lord  enable  us 
to  make  a  wise  improvement  of  such  oppor- 
tunitys  &  prepare  us  for  his  holy  Will,  all  in 
health, 

April  ye  29  th  being  Monday  This  morn- 
ing sailed  out  of  Canso  the  —  fleet  with  a 
pleasant  Gail,  the  Lord  go  forth  with  our 
armies  &  Give  us  Courage  &  Resolution  that 
we  may  go  forth  in  ye  name  of  ye  Lord  of 
Hosts  we  are  all  in  health. 

April  ye  30th  being  Tusday  This  morn- 
ing after  a  pleasant  passage  we  are  (arrived) 
to  ye  mouth  of  Gabbarus  Bay.  upon  our 
arrival  (on)  the  (beach)  about  200  sailed 
oute  of  ye  City  to  hinder  us  from  Landing 
but  were  by  a  small  number  of  our  men  De- 
feated &  Scattered  severall  killed  &  taken  : 
our  Army  are  landing  as  fast  as  possible, 
ye  Lord  be  pleased  to  succor  &  prosper  us 
&  enable  us  to  trust  in  him. 

May  ye  1st  being  Wednesday.  We  are 
all  in  health  encamped  on  shear  about  2  miles 
&  ^  Distance  from  the  City.  This  day  we 
ordered  to  march  to  the  sea  side  where  our 
Eegiment  was  drawn  up  &  Exercised.  We 
heard  a  large  Report  of  something  from  ye 
City  with  a  very  large  smoke  Concluding  it 
to  be  a  magazine  blown  up :  the  french  fier 
their  Canon  from  ye  City:  Severall  frenchmen 
&  severall  Cows  &  horses  Taken  this  day  ye 
Lord  be  pleased  to  give  strength  &  Resolu- 
tion &  may  look  unto  and  trust  in  him  at 
all  times  of  difficulty. 

May  ye  2nd  being  Thursday  We  are  all  in 
health  Still  encamped  on  shear.    This  morn- 


ing the  Grand  Battery  was  Deserted  by  the 
french  &  possession  of  it  taken  by  a  small 
number  of  our  men  &  King  George's  Coulers 
Hoisted.  This  day  went  on  board  our  Trans- 
port &  Reed  3  Days  allowance  of  rum.  They 
are  Landing  Artillery  and  provisions,  ye  Lord 
be  pleased  to  dishearten  our  enemies  and  en- 
able us  to  put  our  whole  trust  in  him. 

May  ye  3d  being  Fry  day  Some  of  us  have 
bad  Colds  we  are  still  encamped  on  Shear  — 
This  Day  our  Comp:  called  to  assist  in  clear- 
ing ways  and  hauling  Artillery  to  Green 
Hill  which  is  aboute  A  Mile  Distance  from 
ye  City.  The  Lord  be  (pleased)  to  look 
upon  us  &  give  us  Grace  sufficient  for  us. 

May  ye  4th  being  Saturday  We  have  some 
of  us  still  bad  colds :  we  (are  stillj  encamped 
on  Shear  This  day  our  Artillery  began  to 
play  upon  (ye)  City  from  Green  Hill,  ye 
Lord  be  pleased  to  enable  us  to  look  to  (him) 
&  not  to  trust  to  an  arm  of  flesh :  may  we  be 
prepared  for  his  Holy  Day. 

May  ye  5  th  being  Sabath  Day:  We  are 
all  well  save  Bad  Colds  (this)  day  there  was 
no  preaching  We  were  ordered  to  remove  our 
camp  (in)  order  to  have  our  Regiment  to- 
gether aboute  ( )  this  night   (were) 

taken  &  killed  severall  fren9hmen.  ye  Lord 
seems  to  (prosper  us  may  we)  be  enabled  to 
give  him  the  Glory. 

May  ye  6  th  being  Monday  we  are  all  in  a 
comfortable  measure  of  health  blessed  be  God 
we  are  still  encamped.  This  Day  we  were  or- 
derd  on  a  campaign  for  six  days  but  at  night 
Were  Dismissed  without  going  May  we  be 
prepared  for  ye  Will  of  ye  Lord  in  all  things. 

May  ye  7th  being  Tusday  we  are  all  in 
health  still  encamped  This  morning  ordered 
in  A  Battallion.  A  flag  of  Truce  sent  into  ye 
City  with  a  sumons  Demanding  ye  City  &  of- 
fering Terms;  at  12  Clock  Dismissed  in  ye 


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afternoon  ordered  together  again  to  hear  ye 
Return:  the  sumons  is  Denied — volunteers 
Drawn  out  to  go  on  a  Detachment  to  ye  Is- 
land Battery  12  of  our  men  Listed  ye  (men) 
proving  not  Likely  they  were  Dismissed  ye 
Eest  of  ye  Company  ordered  to  (be)  at  ye 
Q-reen  Hill  This  evening  I  am  much  out  of 
order  ye  Lord  prepare  us  for  his  holy  Will 
This  Day  there  was  very  smart  firing  — 

May  ye  8  th  being  Wensday  I  am  still 
much  out  of  order  ye  Eest  are  in  health  still 
(encamped)  This  forenoon  our  Regiment 
called  together  nothing  Remarkable  This 
Day  I  heare  of  our  Company  called  again  — 
to  Guard  at  ye  Green  Hill  ye  Lord  be  pleased 
to  be  a  Guard  unto  us  on  every  side  &  ena- 
ble us  to  put  our  whole  Trust  &  Confidence 
in  him. 

May  ye  9  th  being  Thursday  I  am  still  out 
of  order  with  the  bloody  flux  —  severall  of 
our  Company  out  of  order :  still  encamped  our 
Company  still  Guarding  at  ye  Green  Hill  — 
This  Day  was  killed  by  a  Grate  shott  Benja. 
Roe  belonging  to  Capt  Davis  &  three  more 
wounded,  one  Lost  his  Leg  another  his  Arm 
&  ye  other  wounded  in  his  hands  —  ye  Lord 
humble  us  under  ye  frowns  of  his  Providence 
&  prepare  us  for  all  events  of  his  Provi- 
dence This  Day  there  was  a  smart  firing. 

May  ye  10th  being  Fryday  I  am  with  ye 
others  still  out  of  order  our  Company  still  on 
Guard  at  ye  Green  Hill  This  Day  ye  french 
fier  their  Canon  very  smartly  from  ye  City 
This  evening  had  ye  news  of  20  of  our  men 
being  Killed  by  the  french  &  Indians  back 
in  ye  woods  who  were  Guarding  some  plun- 
der taken  by  A  scoute  of  our  men  —  Will  ye 
Lord  be  pleased  to  humble  us  &  look  upon 
us  in  ye  multitude  of  his  Tender  mercy s  & 
have  Regard  unto  us. 

May  ye  11  th  being  Saturday  I  still  re- 


main much  of  out  order  with  ye  others :  ye 
Rest  of  our  Company  are  well  still  on  Guard 
at  ye  Green  Hill  This  morning  our  (gr)ani- 
ders  were  called  for  and  ordered  to  go  to 
their  Capt.  nothing  Remarkable  this  (day) 
as  I  hear  of  ye  Lord  prepare  us  for  his  holy 
Will  &  for  his  holy  Day. 

May  ye  12th  being  ye  Sabath  I  am  still 
out  of  order  with  ye  others  ye  Rest  in  health 
there  was  no  preaching  this  Day  as  I  heard 
of  a  Grate  Combustion  amongst  some  officers 
Things  look  dark  at  present  —  This  after- 
noon ordered  to  move  our  camp  near  to  Green 
Hill  —  ye  Lord  pardon  us  &  order  all  things 
in  mercy  for  us. 

May  ye  13  th  I  am  still  out  of  order  with 
ye  others  ye  Rest  of  ye  Company  in  (health) 
ye  Lord  be  pleased  to  Restore  health  where 
it  is  wanting  &  Confirm  it  where  it  is  Injoyed 
This  afternoon  arrived  a  french  snow  into  ye 
horbour :  two  of  our  Canon  split  in  firing  & 
wounded  a  man  one  man  Killed  at  Grand 
Battery  ye  Good  Lord  humble  us  under  such 
Dispensations  of  his  providence 

May  ye  14th  being  Tusday  I  am  still  fol- 
lowed with  ye  blooby  flux  those  that  were 
ill  are  something  Better:  our  Comp :  still  at 
ye  Green  Hill  this  was  a  very  Rainy  Day  it 
being  ye  first  Rain  we  have  had  since  we 
came  on  shoar  nothing  Remarkable  this  Day 
ye  Lord  prepare  us  for  his  holy  Will. 

May  ye  15th  being  Wensday  I  am  some- 
thing Better  with  ye  Rest  blessed  be  ye  Lord 
our  Comp:  still  at  ye  Green  Hill  This  Day 
Reed  ye  sorowfull  news  of  ye  Death  of  Capt. 
Choate  &  ye  illness  of  my  youngest  Child 
The  Lord  be  pleased  to  Sanctifie  unto  (me) 
&  to  us  all  ye  Dispensations  of  his  provi- 
dence &  prepare  us  all  for  futer  events. 

May  ye  16th  being  Thursday  I  am  grow- 
ing better  wth  ye  Rest  that  were  sick  This 


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Day  I  went  up  to  ye  head  of  Chaberouse  Bay 

—  at  night  died  a  Hamshire  man  that  was 
wounded  this  Day  by  a  bum  ye  Lord  be 
pleased  to  sanctifie  all  his  Deling  with  us 
This  evening  arrived  Capt.  Eo(use)  from 
Boston. 

May  ye  17  th  being  Fry  day  we  are  all  in  a 
measure  of  health  our  Camp  still  at  ye  Green 
Hill  This  morning  Died  (bray)  one  of  Capt. 
Davises  men  who  was  wounded  wt  a  (grate) 
shott  and  three  men  wounded  at  ye  Grand 
Battery  and  one  Killed  who  was  Capt.  (Hail) 
of  Newbury  by  the  spliting  of  a  Grate  Gun 

—  ye  Lord  enable  us  to  make  a  sanctified 
improvement  of  all  his  Dealings  wt  us. 

May  ye  18  th  being  Saturday  We  are  all 
well  blessed  be  ye  Lord  our  Comp  :  still  at 
ye  Green  Hill  This  morning  there  was  grate 
fiering  of  (Guns  at  ye  Grand)  Battery  & 
from  our  (^fascine)  Battery  &  from  ye  Walls 
of  yc  City  3  men  Killed  one  of  which  was 
Capt.  Pearce  A  man  of  singular  Courage  sev- 
erall  men  dangerously  wounded  may  we  be 
duly  humbled  under  ye  frowns  of  providence 
and  still  wait  upon  ye  Lord  &  Trust  in  him 
&  may  we  be  prepared  for  his  holy  Day. 

May  ye  19  th  being  Sabath  We  are  all  in 
health  this  morning  was  a  smart  engagement 
(between)  our  batteries  &  ye  City  ye  Lord 
be  our  Sheild  &  Guide  &  (  )  in   the 

Day  of  Battle :  one  man  Killed  by  a  Grate 
shott  &  3  wounded  by  (blowing)  of  a  Barrel 
of  powder  This  forenoon  heard  Mr  Crocker 
preach  out  of  (psalm  144,  2)  in  yc  afternoon 
out  of  ye  144  psalm  last  verse  our  Ships  are 
(engaging  a)  french  Ship  in  sight  of  us  on 
ye  shoar  this  evening  split  (one  of  our  Can- 
on) &  Killed  2  men  &  Wounded  3  yesterday 
was  Killed  (seven  of  Capt.  )  &  3  ta- 

ken by  ye  Indians  up  at  ye  head  of  ye  Bay 
)  wounded  who  soon  after  died 


one  of  them  was  Jonathan  B  (  ) 

May  ye  20th  being  Monday  we  are  all  in 
a  measure  of  health  (considerable  playing  of 
)  ye  City  &  our  Batterys  no  Damage 
Done  as  we  hear  of  blessed  be  the  Lord  ( 

)  preserving  of  us  may  we  still  be  ena- 
bled to  put  our  trust  in  him  We  (  ) 
yet  hear  ye  event  of  Capt^ —  Waren's  Chase 
our  Kegiment  (                ) 

May  ye  21st  being  Tusday  we  are  all  in 
health  this  morning  an  alarm  (  ) 

Discovery  of  some  french  men  by  our  Guards 
this  Day  (  )  to  play  with  two  Guns 

which  we  habd  from  ye  Grand  Battery  ( 

)  Taken  &  brought  in  by  a  Scout  of  onr 
men  We  hear  ye  news  of  (  )  success 

in  Taking  ye  French  Ship  which  mounted 
64  guns  (  J  yc  Lord  give  us  enlarg- 

ment  to  praise  him  (  )  still  be  en- 

abled to  put  our  Trust  in  him  (  ) 

May  ye  22  nd  being  Wensday  we  are  all 
in  health  still  at  ye  f  Green  Hill  )  our 

new  Battery.  We  have  nothing  Eemarkable 
this  Day  (  )  the  Lord  prepare  us 

for  what  he  has  for  us  to  do  or  suffer. 

May  ye  23rd  being  Thursday  We  are  all 
well  blessed  be  ye  Lord  This  Day  (  ) 

smartly:  ye  Enemy  fier  but  little:  Considerable 
Damage  Done  to  (them  &  to)  their  Walls  & 
housen  no  Damage  Done  us  as  we  hear  of  This 
(  )  for  ye  Island  Battery  but  Ee- 

tumed  without  any  (Attempt  to  take  it 
)  a  humble  submission  to  Gods  Will. 

May  ye  24th  being  Fryday  we  are  all  in 
a  measure  of  health  still  remaining  at  ye 
Green  Hill  No  events  Remarkable  this  day 
as  we  hear  of  blessed  be  ye  Lord  who  is  still 
preserving  of  us  may  we  be  enabled  still  to 
put  our  trust  in  him. 

May  ye  25th  being  Saturday  we  are  all  in 
health  this  Day  no  events  Remarkable  ('as  we 


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hear  of)  Listed  Jer-  Andrews  for  ye  Island 
Battery  may  we  be  enabled  to  look  to  ye  Lord. 

May  ye  26th  being  Sabath  we  are  well 
News  of  3  french  men  being  taken  &  one 
Killed  ye  Back  of  us.  this  forenoon  went  to 
hear  Mr  Williams  of  Hartford  preach  from  the 
90  psalm  2  Verse  in  ye  afteernoon  from  ye 
20  Acts  24  Verse  blessed  be  G-od  for  such 
opportunitys  may  we  have  Grace  to  improve 
them  (  )  this  Night  (         )  ye  Is- 

land Battery  but  were  Defeated  a  Grate  num- 
ber Slain  &  Taken  the  (  We  Certain- 
ly Fell  ye  L  humble  us  under  such  frowns  of 
'bis  providence  &  forgive  our  Crying  Sins  for 
his  (  )  sake. 

♦         *         o         o         o         * 

July  ye  4th  being  Thursday  our  sick  men 
Remain  very  ill  The  Lord  prepare  them  for 
his  holy  Will  James  Andrews  taken  sick  We 
have  nothing  Remarkable  this  Day  The  Lord 
give  us  all  thankfuU  hearts  for  all  his  mercy s. 

July  ye  5th  being  Fryday  our  sick  still  re- 
main bad  this  morning  John  Marshall  Gott 
his  Clearance  in  order  to  Return  home  Went 
on  board  the  (  )  sloop  Who  sailed 

in  the  evening.  This  Day  arrived  Col.  Choate 
from  Boston  with  a  Company  of  men  :  sailed 
this  evening  Capt.  ('Sanders J  for  Boston  :  the 
Lord's  name  be  praised  for  all  his  Goodness 
may  we  be  enabled  still  to  put  our  trust  in 
him  who  is  able  to  Deliver  us. 

July  ye  6th  being  Saturday  our  men  still 
Remain  siek  This  morning  sailed  Capt.  ( 

)  for  LondfonJ  came  in  severall  small 
Schooners  &  Shallops  with  (  )  people 

&  Goods  &  Delivered  themselves  up  to  us  Ar- 
rived Capt.  (  )  from  Boston  with  ye 
Rest  of  Col.  Cooate's  Regiment  the  Lord  Give 
us  ThankfuU  hearts  &  prepare  us  for  his  holy 
Day  our  Comp.  ord.  to  mount  Guard  24 
hours. 


July  ye  7th  being  Sabath  a  fair  pleasant 
Sun  may  the  Sun  of  Righteousness  shine  into 
our  Souls  &  prepare  us  to  worship  him  in 
Spirit  &  Truth  this  forenoon  heard  Mr.  Moody 
preach  from  ye  5  Ch.  of  ('Hebrews^  13  Verse 
in  ye  afternoon  Mr.  Williams  of  hartford 
preached  from  ye  5  fCron.  1  B^  12  the  Lord 
be  pleased  to  sett  (home)  his  Word  that  it 
may  become  effectuall  the  sick  men  are  some 
of  them  better  the  Lord  Look  upon  them  all 
&  know  their  ('Casej  &  supply  their  Wants. 

July  ye  8th  being  monday  our  sick  men 
are  something  better  blessed  be  ye  Lord :  This 
Day  arrived  Capt.  Donahue's  Sloop  with  ac- 
count of  his  being  Killed  by  the  Indians  & 
ClO^  more  of  his  men  neare  the  Gutt  of  Can- 
so  :  the  Lord  humble  us  under  all  the  frowns  of 
his  providence  &  may  we  be  prepared  for  all 
futer  events. 

July  ye  9th  being  Tusday  this  Day  I  am 
much  out  of  order-  &  Cor.  Low  &  Wm.  Al- 
len f  The  Rest)  of  our  sick  men  are  Better  ye 
Lord  prepare  us  all  for  his  holy  Will.  Sailed 
(seven)  Transports  for  Boston  with  passen- 
gers some  french  &  some  (Bay  men)  this  af- 
ternoon caryed  in  a  petition  to  ye  Counsil  of 
War  in  order  for  (our  Return  to  New  Eng- 
land) no  answer  yett  the  Lord  over  Rule  all 
to  the  Glory  of  his  grate  name  &  give  us  Con- 
tentment. 

July  ye  10th  being  Wednesday  I  am  still 
much  out  of  order  &  Cor.  Low  &  Wm.  Allen 
The  Rest  of  our  sick  men  are  better  This  Day 
Reed,  of  Mr  E  Proute  sent  by  the  ( 
six)  pair  of  shoes  &  two  shirts  Delivered  one 
pair  to  (  )  Choate  one  pair  to  John 

(Davis)  one  pair  to  Jeremiah  Andrews  one 
pair  to  Caleb  Andrews  one  shirt  to  (  ) 

Gidding  &  one  shirt  to  Jeremiah  (Foster)  the 
Lord  guide  &  direct  us  in  all  affairs  &  prepare 
us  for  his  Will. 


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July  ye  11th  being  Thursday  I  am  still 
much  out  of  order  Cor.  Low  &  Wm'.  Allen 
something  better  Jos.  Thomson  Aaron  foster 
Jer.  Andrews  remEin  Bad  ye  Lord  prepare  us 
all  for  his  Will  &  pleasure.  This  Day  caryed  in 
petition  for  some  of  our  men  Grott  leve  for  ye 
Capt.  &  ^  the  Company  to  go  but  we  could 
not  agree  among  ourselves  The  Lord  order  all 
things  in  mercy  for  us  &  enable  us  to  be  con- 
tented with  all  the  Allotments  of  his  provi- 
dence. 

July  ye  12th  being  Fryday  I  am  better 
with  some  of  the  Rest  blessed  by  ye  Lord  Jo- 
seph Thomson  &  Jer.  Andrews  &  Aaron  fos- 
ter still  Remain  very  sick  the  Lord  be  pleased 
to  Look  upon  them  &  Grant  that  their  Souls 
may  be  in  health  &  prosper  We  could  not  a- 
gree  among  our  selves  to  Release  any  of  our 
Comp.  the  Lord  give  us  grace  sufficient  for 
us. 

July  ye  13  th  being  Saturday  We  are  all 
that  has  been  sick  hotter  save  Jos.  Thomson 
Aaron  foster  &  Jer.  Andrews  This  morning 
our  officers  ordered  on  parade  in  order  to 
chuse  an  Agent  for  our  Regiment  chose  Capt. 
Bagly  This  afternoon  Ensign  went  to  the  Gen- 
erall  with  a  petition  for  himself  &  ten  men  to 
go  home  the  Lord  over  Rule  all  to  Glory  of 
his  Grate  name  This  Day  our  Comp.  ordered 
to  mount  Guard  for  24  hours. 

July  ye  14th  being  Sabath  our  sick  men 
are  better  save  3  which  still  remain  very  ill 
This  afternoon  Mr,  Williams  preached  from 
the  1  Cron  :  5  ch.  from  ye  22  verse,  in  ye  af- 
ternoon Capt.  Tings  Chaplain  preached  from 
the  1  Cron  :  29th  ch.  ye  11  &  13th  verses 
This  Day  had  the  news  of  Capt.  (  ) 

taking  a  large  french  schooner  from  Canada 
of  Considerable  value  mounting  4  Cariage 
Guns  &  12  Swivels  30  men  &  30  small  arms 


The  Lords  name  be  praised  for  all  opertunitys 
&  for  all  mercy s. 

July  ye  15th  being  Monday  our  sick  men 
are  better  save  ye  3  who  still  remain  sick  and 
in  ye  Doctors  hands  This  morning  Ensign 
Goodhue  had  his  petition  granted  for  himself 
&  ten  men  to  go  home  Thos.  Mansfield,  Jer- 
emiah Foster  Jr. ,  Joseph  Thomson,  George 
Martin,  Wm.  Story,  John  Burnham,  Jeremi- 
ah Andrews,  Aaron  Foster,  Pel.  Rust,  Dan- 
iel Goodhue,  in  the  evenieg  Caleb  Cogswell 
&  Tho.  Joans  Gott  their  clearance  Will  ye 
Lord  bo  pleased  to  Conduct  them  (safely^  to 
New  England  &  send  them  a  prosperous  time 
whereby  they  may  be  returned. 

July  ye  16th  being  Tusday  the  3  of  our 
men  Remain  sick  Jer.  Thomson,  Aaron  fos- 
ter, Jer.  Andrews  whereby  they  are  disina- 
bled  from  going  home  the  other  (of  the)  10 
went  on  board  Capt.  Snelling  this  morning 
and  caryed  their  things  in  order  to  Return  to 
New  England  Ensign  Goodhue,  Tho.  Mans- 
field, Jer.  Foster  Jr.,  George  Martin,  Wm. 
Story,  John  Burnham,  Pel.  Rust,  Daniel 
Gopdhue'  Caleb  Cogswell,  Tho.  Joans  :  En- 
sign (Rec.  of)  Mr.  E.  Proute  for  his  own 
particular  one  Gallon  of  Rum  and  two  quarts 
of  Spirits  13s  The  Lord  conduct  them  safe 
home. 

July  ye  17th  being  Wensday  Aaron  foster 
is  something  better  Jos.  Thomson  and  Jer. 
Andrews  Remain  bad  ye  Lord  sanctifie  this 
vissitation  unto  J  them:  This  morning  sailed 
Capt.  Snelling  for  Boston  ye  Lord  send  them 
a  prosperous  gaile  yt  they  may  have  a  spedy 
Return  Arrived  2  sloops  with  men  :  ye  Lord 
fill  us  all  with  a  sense  of  his  Goodness. 

July  ye  18th  being  Thursday  Aaron  foster 
is  better  ye  other  2  Remain  ba^  this  Day  was 
set  apart  for  Thanksgiving  ye  province  gave 
us  some  fresh  meate  and  some  wine :  Mr.  Wil 


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Hams  of  haitford  preachetl  from  ye  145  psai, 
7  verse.  Arrived  a  sloop  from —  with  men. 
sailed  Capt.  Ting  for  Boston  ye  Lord  ( 

)  hearts  for  all  his  raercys  may  we  live 
to  his  Glory. 

July  ye  19th  being  fryday  Aaron  foster  is 
something  better  ye  other  2  Remain  weake  & 
low.  we  have  nothing  Remarkable  thie  Day 
as  we  hear  of  ye  Lord  prepare  us  for  all  events 
of  his  providence. 

July  ye  20th  being  Saturday,  Aaron  foster 
is  growing  better  Jos.  Thomson  &  Jer.  An- 
drews Remain  weak  &  low.  We  have  noth- 
ing Remarkable  this  Day  as  We  hear  of  ye 
Lord  prepare  us  for  whatever  he  has  for  us  to 
do  or  suffer  &  prepare  us  for  his  holy  Day. 
a  Rainy  afternoon  Arrived  ye  Gonetticutt  sloop 
from  Canso. 

July  21st  being  Sabath  our  sick  men  all  of 
them  grow  something  better  blessed  be  the 
Lord;  this  forenoon  was  Rainy  went  to  hear 
Mr.  Williams  of  hartford  who  preached  from 
ye  20  of  John  31  Verse;  in  ye  afternoon 
heard  Mr.  Williams  of  Springfield  from  ye  13 
of  Luke  25  Verse,  ye  Lord  sett  home  his  Word 
upon  our  hearts  that  we  may  bring  forth  fruit 
to  his  Glory. 

July  ye  22  being  Mouday  our  sick  men  are 
growing  better,  this  Day  Arrived  Capt.  Ben- 
nett &  Elwell  from  Boston  &  a  sloop^all  La- 
den with  provisions;  in  ye  aftemo'on  saw  a 
large  Ship  coming  in  from  sea  for  this  harbour 
supposed  to  be  a  french  Man  of  War.  the 
Lord  be  pleased  to  give  us  success  &  prepare 
us  for  his  holy  Will. 

July  ye  28  being  Tusday,  our  sick  men  are 
growing  better.  This  morning  sailed  two  60 
gun  ships  &  the  Gonetticutt  sloop  out  of  this 
harbour  in  Ghase  of  the  Ship  that  was  off  the 
harbour  last  night  &  in  about  3  hours  came 
up  with  her  &  in  fiering  a  few  Guns  took  her 

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in  fair  sight  of  us  upon  the  Wall;  but  they  are 
not  as  yet  arived.  the  Lord  give  us  a  sense 
of  his  goodness  &  thankftiU  Acknowledgments 
therefor.  This  evening  was  buryed  ye  Chief 
Capt.  of  our  (^Bumaners^  attended  with  a 
company  of  soldiers  in  funeral  posture  followed 
by.  ye  General  &  ye  officers. 

July  ye  24th  being  Wednesday  'our  sick 
men  still  Remain  better.  This  morning  Died 
Nathan  Millet  out  of  Capt.  Byles's  Comp: 
&  was  buried  in  ye  "evening:  this  afternoon 
Arived  the  prize  ship  that  was  taken  yester- 
day which  mounted  28  guns;  an  East  India 
man  a  Rich  prize.  Ye  Lord  give  us  thankful 
hearts  and  humble  us  under  a  sense  of  oaf 
unthankfulness  under  all  the  frowns  of  his 
providence  &  prepare  us  for  his  holy  Will. 

July  ye  25th  being  Thursday  our  sick  men 
are  growing  better  blessed  be  the  Lord  may 
he  perfect  his  Goodness.  We  have  nothing 
Remarkable  This  Day:  in  ye  afternooa  Arived 
a  large  schooner  from  RoadJsland  with  provi- 
sions. The  Lord's  name  be  praised  for  all 
his  Goodness. 

July  ye  26th  being  Fryday  our  sick  men 
are  still  growing  better,  this  morning  arived 
Capt.  (New)  man  from  Boston  with  a  Comp. 
of  men:  our  Company  ordered  to  mount 
Guard  for  24  hours.  This  afternoon  arived 
a  sloop  and  schooner  from  Boston  The  Lord 
prepare  us  for  what  he  has  to  do  or  suffer  & 
Give  us  an  humble  submission  to  his  holy 
Will. 

July  ye  27th  being  Saturday  our  sick  men 
are  still  growing  better,  a  very  Rainy  morn- 
ing, this  afternoon  was  sold  by  the  Agents 
at  a  publick  Vendue  22  Vessels  taken  from 
ye  french  The  whole  sum  amounts  to 
The  Lord  overrule  all  to  the  Glory  of  his 
Grate  name  &  prepare  us  for  his  holy  Day. 

July  ye  28  th  being  Sabath  our  sick  men 


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still  growing  better.  This  morning  apeared 
in  sight  of  us  a  large  ship  two  of  our  ships 
sailed  in  Chase  of  her  &  in  about  3  or  4 
houjs  came  up  with  her  &  in  fiering  a  few 
Guns  took  her  in  sight  of  us.  This  forenoon 
heard  one  of  the  Chaplins  of  ye  ships  preach 
from  ye  12  Rom.  18:  in  ye  afternoon  heard 
Mr.  Williams  of  hartford  from  ye  20  proverbs 
27:  may  ye  Lord  set  home  his  Word  &  make 
us  thankfuU  for  all  such  opertunities. 

July  ye  29th  being  Monday,  our  sick  men 
still  growing  better.  This  morning  our  Camp 
together  with  the  whole  army  were  called  to- 
gether to  hear  the  Governors  Letter  the  Gen- 
erals &  Comadors  (speach),  who  Gave  the 
Army  some  Wine  to  Drink  ye  Kings  health. 

5  of  our  men  ordered  to  mount  Guard.  This 
afternoon  arived  the  prize  that  was  taken  yes- 
terday being  an  East  India  man  a  large  &  ver- 
y  rich  ship.  Lieut.  Gidding  was  taken  much 
out  of  order  the  Lord  was  pleased  to  Give 
him  a  Grate  sense  of  Divine  things  &  fill  his 
Boul  with  Love  &  Resignation.  &  Submission, 
blessed  be  God  for  his  Goodness  may  he  Give 
us  all  a  humble  submission  to  his  holy  Will. 

July  ye  30th  being  Tusday,  Liut:  Gidding 
is  still  much  out  of  order:  ye  Rest  are  better. 
This  morning  7  of  our  men  ordered  upon 
guard.     Last  evening  Arived  Capt,  young 

6  Capt.  Smith  from  Boston  in  5  Days.  This 
morning  arived  a  Brigantine  &  a  scooner  from 
New  Hampshire  with  3  Corap:  of  men.  a 
Rainy  Day  fresh  Gale  of  Wind.  This  even- 
ing was  buryed  one  of  Capt.  Edmunds  men. 
The  Lord  prepare  us  all  for  our  Grate  Change. 

July  ye  31st  being  Wensday,  Lieut.  Gid- 
.  ding  still  remains  much  out  of  order,  ye 
Lord  prepare  him  for  his  holy  Will.  Ye  oth- 
ers remain  better.  This  morning  7  of  our 
men  ordered  to  mount  Guard.  This  afternoon 
came  Mr.  Williams  of  Springfield  on  a  visit 


to  Lieut.  Gidding.  It  remains  thick  foggy 
weather.  The  Lord  be  with  us  and  order  all 
things  in  mercy  for  us.  Joseph  Andrews  ta- 
ken sick. 

August  ye  It-t  being  Thursday,  Lieut.  Gid- 
ding still  remains  much  out  of  order:  the  Rest 
are  better.  This  Day  our  Guard  were  (Rec- 
tified) and  ordered  17  men  out  of  a  Regiment 
Every  Day  to  mount  Guard  to  be  ordered  by 
Col:  Bradstreet,  Town  Major.  We  have 
nothing  Remarkable  this  Day  the  Lord  pre- 
pare us  for  all  futer  events  of  his  providence. 

August  ye  2nd  being  fryday,  Lieut  Gid- 
ding still  Remains  sick  &  weak,  ye  Lord 
prepare  him  for  his  holy  Will,  ye  Rest  are 
growing  better  but  Joshua  Andrews  Remains 
bad.  This  morning  appeared  a  large  ship  in 
sight.  2  of  our  ships  went  out  in  chase  of 
her  and  in  aboute  two  hours  came  up  with  & 
took  her  with  fiering  but  one  Gun.  She  is 
a  South  Sea  Man  &  vast  Rich  prize  Reckoned 
to  be  worth  250,000  lbs.  sterling,  the  Lords 
name  be  praised  for  all  his  Goodness  &  mercy 
to  us  may  we  live  to  his  Glory. 

August  ye  3d  being  Saturday  Lieut.  Gid- 
ding &  Joshua  Andrews  still  Remain  very  ill. 
This  Day  Reed,  of  Mr.  Groute  seven  pair  of 
shoes.  Delivered  one  pair  to  Wm.  Marshall, 
one  pair  to  Thos.  Gratton,  one  pair  to  George 
Andpews,  one  pair  to  Solomon  Lufkin,  one 
pair  to  Benja.  Andrews,  one  pair  to  Solomon 
Andrews  &  one  pair  to  Jona.  Burnum  which 
were  province  shoes:  We  have  nothing  Re- 
markable this  Day.  Yc  Lord  prepare  us  for 
his  holy  Day. 

August  ye  4th  being  Sabath,  Lieut.  Gid- 
ding &  Joshua  Andrews  Remain  very  sick: 
ye  Lord  look  upon  &  heale  them  if  it  be  his 
holy  will:  ye  others  are  growing  better:  ye 
Lord  be  praised  for  his  Goodness  to  them- 
This  forenoon  heard  Mr.  Williams  of  Spring. 


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field  preach:  in  the  afternoon  heard 

Mr.  Williams  of  hartford  from  the  32  Deut: 
19  Verse:  the  Lord  be  pleased  to  eet  home 
his  Word  upon  the  hearts  of  his  people  that 
(      it  may  become  effectual. 

August  ye  5th  being  Monday  Lieut.  Gid- 
ding  &  Joshua  Andrews  still  Remain  weak  & 
low:  ye  Lord  be  pleased  to  look  upon  them 
in  their  affliction  &  support  them.  This  Day 
Reed,  of  Mr.  E.  Groute  sent  by  the  province 
five  checkt  linen  shirts  &  four  Gotten  &  linen 
white  shirts  for  the  use  of  C apt.  (Foster's) 
Company.  Delivered  one  chekt  shirt  to  Sar: 
Holmes  &  one  chekt  one  to  Cor:  Emmerton, 
one  chekt  one  to  Stephen  Kentt,  one  chekt 
one  to  Danl:  Andrews  and  one  chekt  one  to 
Benja.  Craft,  one  white  one  to  Benja.  Bur- 
nam,  one  white  one  to  The.  Grotton  &  one 
white  one  to  Joseph  Emerson,  one  white  one 
to  Thos.  Joans  Jr.  we  have  nothing  Remark- 
able This  Day  the  Lord  guide  &  Direct  us  & 
prepare  us  for  his  holy  Will. 

August  ye  6th  being  Tusday  Lieut.  Gid- 
ding  &  Joshua  Andrews  still  remain  bad. 
ye  Lord  be  pleased  to  relieve  &  heale  them. 
This  Day  Gott  a  Clearance  for  six  of  our  men 
to  Return  to  New  England  Wm.  Allen, 
James  Andrews,  Joseph  Thomson,  Aaron  fos- 
ter, Jer:  Andrews  &  Joshua  Andrews.  The 
Lord  grant  them  a  safe  Return  &  be  with  his 
that  tarry  behind.  This  Day  was  a  very 
Rainy  Day. 

August  ye  7  th  being  Wensday:  Lieut. 
Gidding  &  Joshua  Andrews  still  remain  weak 
&  low.  This  Day  Wm.  Allen,  James  An- 
drews, Joseph  Thomson,  Aaron  foster,  Jer: 
Andrews  &  Joshua  Andrews  went  on  board 
of  Capt.  Zebulon  Elwell  in  order  to  Return 
to  New  England.  The  Lord  be  pleased  to 
send  them  a  prosperous  Time  &  Return  them 
a  very  Rainy  Day. 


August  ye  8th  being  Thursday  Lieut.  Gid- 
ding still  Remains  bad,  ye  Lord  give  him  a 
submission  to  his  holy  Will.  This  morning 
15  of  our  men  went  on  board  of  Capt.  Smith 
in  order  to  go  with  Col:  Eveleth  to  Canso: 
Jonathan  Burnam  (jr.)  Jer:  Lufkin,  George 
Andrews,  John  (D)avis,  Nathan  Story,  Beiy: 
Andrews,  Daniel  Lufkin,  Daniel  Andrews, 
Solomon  Andrews,  Solomon  Lufkin,  Stephen 
Kentt,  Wm.  Peabody,  Joseph  Emerson,  Thos. 
Joans,  Jr.,  Caleb  Andrews.  This  evening 
sailed  Capt.  Elwell  &  Capt.  Bennett  for  Bos- 
ton ;  ye  Lord  Grant  them  a  Comfortable  pas- 
sage. 

August  ye  9th  being  fryday ;  Lieut.  Gid- 
ding is  something  better  :  blessed  be  the 
Lord,  may  he  be  pleased  to  perfect  his  Good- 
ness :  We  have  nothing  Remarkable  This  Day 
save  Capt.  Sherburne  losing  his  Scooner  on 
the  Island  Battery.  Ye  Lord  prepare  us  all 
for  his  holy  Will. 

August  ye  10  th  being  Saturday  Lieut. 
Giddings  Remains  weak,  but  we  hope  he  is 
something  better,  ye  Lord  Give  him  &  all  of 
us  a  humble  Submission  to  his  holy  Will. 
This  Day  was  sold  at  publick  Vendue  37 
Vessels  belonging  to  ye  Army  for,  (1419  lb.) 
old  Tennor.  The  Lord  prepare  us  for  his 
Day. 

August  ye  11th  being  Sabbath:  Lieut. 
Gidding  Remains  weak,  ye  Lord  strengthen 
him  both  in  his  outer  &  inner  Man.  This 
forenoon  heard  Mr.  Williams  of  Springfield 
preach  from  ye  9  of  Luke  62  Verse :  in  the 
afternoon  heard  Mr.  Williams  of  hartford 
from  ye  32  of  Deut :  20  Verse  :  ye  Lord  set 
home  his  Word  upon  us  by  the  Divine  Ener- 
gy of  his  holy  Spirit  yt  it  may  become  Effec- 
tually 

August  ye  12th  being  Monday  :  Liout. 
Gidding  Remains  weake  but   is    something 


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Better.  We  have  nothing  Remarkable  this 
Day  as  we  hearc  of:  Rainy  thick  Weather, 
the  Lord  prepare  us  for  his  holy  Will.  ' 

August  ye  13th  being  Tusday,  Lieut.  Gid- 
pings  Remains  Weak  but  Growing  better, 
ye  Lord  be  pleased  to  perfect  his  Goodness  & 
Give  us  all  Grace  to  walk  humbly  before  him. 
We  have  nothing  Remarkable  this  day. 

August  ye  14th  being  Wednesday,  Lieut. 
Gidding  is  growing  better.  We  have  noth- 
ing Remarkable  this  Day.  Tliis  Evening 
s^iarcd  some  Tow  Cloath  &  some  Cod  Lines 
which  were  plundered  :  Reed  for  our  Com- 
pany 14  yards  of  tow  Cloath  at  6  per-yard  & 
two  Cod  Lines  at  I2^d  per-Line  old  tennor. 
ye  Lord  Guide  and  Direct  us  &  prep.^re  us 
.  fqr  his^oly  Will. 

August  ye  15th  being  Thursday,  Lieut. 
Gidding  still  Remains  growing  better,  blessed 
be  ye  Lord.  This  (day)  came  in  from  the 
Island  of  St.  Johns  2  fathers  &  five  Agents 
to  Capitulate  with  our  Counsill.  We  have 
Dot  hoard  the  Event  Ye  Lord  keep  us  in  a 
humble  submission  to  his  holy  Will. 

August  ye  16th  being  fryday,  Lieut.  Gid- 
ding is  still  growing  better,  ye  Lord  be 
pleased  to  go  on  with  his  Goodness  & 
strengthen  him  more  &  more  both  in  his 
outer  &  inner  man:  this  Evening  Arrived 
Governor  Shirly  wih  his  Lady  &  the  Coma- 
doers  Lady  in  the  Man  of  War  (Hunter) 
from  Boston,  the  Lord's  name  be  praised  for 
all  his  Goodness. 

August  ye  17th  being  Saturday,  Lieut. 
Gidding  is  growing  better  :  this  morning  he 
walked  Abroad  as  far  as  ye  parade  to  see  the 
Army,  who  were  Drawn  up  in  order  to  Wel- 
come ye  Govemer  on  shoar:  ye  Lord's  name 
be  praised  for  all  his  Goodness  and  Mercy  to 
ns  &  may  we  have  a  sense  of  it,  ye  Lord 
prepare  us  for  his  holy  Day. 


August  ye  18th  being  Sabath,  Lieut.  Gid- 
ding is  growing  better :  I  am  much  out  of 
order,  ye  Lord  prepare  me  for  his  holy  Will: 
This  forenoon  heard  Mr.  Williams  preach 
from  ye  19  Matt:  22  Verse,  in  ye  Afternoon 
heard  Mr.  Williams  of  hartford  from  ye  1 
Cor-2-12  Verse,  ye  Lord  set  honie  his 
Word  upon  the  hearte  of  his  people.  This 
morning  Arived  Capt.  Ting  from  Boston  in 
whom  came  Col :  Berry  wih  severall  other 
Gentlemen  &  two  Companies  of  men :  the 
Lord  be  pleased  to  Give  us  Grace  to  lave 
Answerable  to  all  his  Mercys^ 

August  ye  19th  being  Monday,  Lieut. 
Gidding  is  still  growing  Better,  so  that  he 
is  able  to  walk  Abroad :  ye  Lord's  name  be 
praised  for  ye  same  :  I  am  still  much  out  of 
order,  ye  Lord  prepare  me  for  wjiat  he  has 
for  me  to  Do  or  sufier :  We  have  nothing 
i>emarkable  this  Day  as  we  here  of:  may 
we  all  be  prepared  for  his  holy  Will. 

August  ye  20th  being  Tusday.  Liout, 
Gidding  is  still  Better  &  able  to  go  abroad, 
This  Day  he  was  able  to  write  severall  peti- 
tions in  order  to  send  in  to  ye  Govemer : 
This  Day  our  Capt.  mounted  guard  with  2. 
of  our  Corporals.  Wc  had  news  this  Day 
from  Chebacco  by  a  Letter  wrote  by  Stephen 
Choate,  Dated  ye  11th  instant:  ye  Lord 
Give  us  Grace  to  Live  Answerable  to  all  his 
mercys.  This  Day  Arived  (Silvanus)  Lak- 
man  from  Ipswich. 

August  ye  21  being  Wednesday,  Lieut. 
Gidding  is  still  mending  &  I  am  something 
better,  blessed  be  ye  Lord,  may  wc  be  ena- 
bled to  Live  to  his  Glory.  This  Day  Jer. 
Choate  was  taken  ill.  We  have  nothing  Re- 
markable This  Day:  the  Lord  Guide  &  Di- 
rect us  &  prepare  us  for  his  holy  Will. 

August  ye  22  being  Thursday,  Lieut. 
Gidding  is  still  Better,  so  that  he  is  able  to 


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go  abroad  to  do  business.  I  am  not  so  well 
as  I  was  yesterday.  Jer.  Ohoate  Eemains 
very  ill.  We  have  notbiug  Remarkable  this 
Day.  Ye  Lord  preparb  us  all  for  his  holy 
Wii,  may  we  be  enabled  to  make  a  sancti. 
fied  improvement  of  all  his  Dealings  with  us. 

August  ye  23  being  fryday,  I  am  some- 
thing Better.  Jer.  Choate  Remains  ill.  We 
have  nothing  Remarkable  this  Day:  This 
Day  I  reed  a  Letter  from  Brother  Eleazer, 
Dated  ye  11  July:  ye  Lord  Give  us  all 
Grace  to  Live  Answerable  to  all  his  Mercys. 

August  ye  24^  being  Sfiiurday,.  We  are  all 
under  Comfortable  Circumstances  save  Jer. 
Choate,  he  Remains  very  much  out  of  order. 
This  Day  we  \vere,  the  whole  Army,  called 
together  in  order  to  hear  ye  Governor's 
speech,  who  after  hearing  ordered  ^  a  pint 
of  Rum  t()  Kach  man  to  Drink  the  King's 
health.  The  Lord  Look  upon  us  and  ena- 
ble us  to  trust  in  him  &  may  he  prepare  us 
for  his  holy  Day. 

August  ye  25  being  S^bath,  Jer.  Choate 
still  Remains  ill.  A  Rainy  morning  This 
forenoon  heard  Mr,  Williams  of  SpringfieM 
preach  from  ye  18  Luke  9  Yerse :  in  the  Af- 
ternoon, heard  Mf,  Williams  of  hartford 
from  ye  8  psalm  i  Yerse :  ye  Lord's  name 
be  praised,  who  has  given  us  to  injoy  anoth- 
er Sabath  &  given  opertunity  to  hear  his 
Word  Dispensed.  Ye  Good  J..ord  sett  it 
home  upon  our  hearts  that  we  may  Bring 
forth  ye  fruit  of  i^.  to  his  Glory. 

August  ye  26  being  Monday,  Jer.  Choate 
Remains  Weak  and  Low.  ye  Lord  prepare 
him  &  all  of  us  for  his  Sovereign  Will  & 
pleasure.  We  have  nothing  Rtmardable  this 
Day. 

August  ye  27  being  Tusday,  Jer.  Choate 
is  somhthing  Better,  blessed  be  ye  Lord  may 
we  all  be  enabled  to  Live  to  his  Glory.   This 


Day  Came  a  small  french  privatere  sloop 
who  took  one  of  our  Traders  neare  this  har- 
bour who  was  going  to  (St.  Ann's)  for  a 
Load  of  (Cole)  &  Robed  them  of  their  pro- 
visions &  Cloaths  &  arms  &  ammunition  & 
Gave  them  their  own  Yossel,  who  Returned 
into  this  harbour:  sent  out  Capt.  fletcher  & 
Racket  in  pe];g^^]l;,of  her, who  are  not  as  yet 
Returned. -,,r,..yi   .      . ,   . 

August  ye  28  being  Wednesday,  Jer. 
Choate  Remains  better.  This  Day  came 
back  Capt.  fletcher  &  Beckett  without  any 
Discovery  of  ye  privateer.  We  have  noth- 
ing Remarkable  this  Day.  YoLord  prepare 
us  for  his  holy  Will. 

August  ye  29  being  Thursday,  Jer.  Choate 
is  still  growing  better.  I  am  very  much 
out  of  order :  the  Lord  prepare  us  all  for 
his  sovereign  Will  &  pleasure:  we  have 
nothing  Remaikable  This  Day  as  we  hear  of. 

August  ye  30  being  fryday,  Jer.  Choate 
is  got  aboute  Again.  I  Remain  much  out  of 
order.  Ye  Lord  bo  pleased  to  sauctifie  all 
his  Dealings  with  all  of  us  for  good  &  may 
we  improve  all  to  his  Glory.  We  have 
nothing  Remarkable  this  Day. 

August  ye  3 1  b^'ing  Saturday,  I  am  still 
much  out  of  order,  ye  Lord  prepare  mo  for 
his  holy  Will.  This  morning 
for  Boston,  in  whome  went  Col.  Berry  & 
Col.  (Hail),  ye  Lord  prepare  us  for  all 
Events  of  his  providence  &  for  his  holy  Day. 

September  ye  1  being  Sabath,  I  am  still 
much  out  of  order.  This  forenoon  heard 
Mr.  Stephen  Williams  preach  from  ye  IS: 
Luke  9  Verse,  in  the  afternoon  from  ye  8  of 
Ecles :  8  Yerse  :  blessed  be  the  Lord  that 
has  Given  us  to  injoy  another  Saboth  and 
opertunity  to  hear  his  Word  Dispensed  : 
may  we  be  enabled  to  Bring  forth  ye  fruit  of 
it  in  our 


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September  ye  2  being  Monday,  Last 
night  I  was  taken  very  Bad,  which  has 
Brought  me  very  Low :  the  Lord  be  pleased 
to  strengthen  me  in  my  inner  man  (that  I 
may)  put  my  whole  Trust  in  him :  may  we 
all  be  prepared  for  his  holy  Will.  We  have 
nothing  Remarkable  this  Day.  Reed  part 
of  plunder,  9  small  tooth  combs. 

September  ye  3:  being  Tusday  I  still  re- 
main very  weak  &  low  in  body,  ye  Jjord 
Grant  that  I  may  Grow  in  Grace  &  may  I 
have  a  humble  submission  to  his  holy  Will, 
ye  Lord  Look  upon  us  all  &  Grant  sufficient 
of  Grace  as  he  sees  needful!.  This  Day  was 
Betaken  one  English  Ship  from  ye  french 
nigh  this  place  which  Taken  by  ye  (  ) 

Bound  from  South  Carolinia  to  ^London 
mounting  14  Guns  Laden  with  Rice  &  pitch 
&  Tar  Retaken  by  Capt.  Richardson  in  Capt: 
(Tucker's)  Sloop  &  brought  into  this  port. 

September  ye  4th:  being  Wensday  I  still 
Remain  weak  will  ye  Lord  be  pleased  to 
Look  upon  me  &  strengthen  me  both  in  my 
inner  &  outer  man  &  enable  me  to  put  my 
whole  Trust  in  him:  by  the  prize  that  was 
(brot)  in  yesterday  we  are  informed  that 
there  is  nigh  this  place  five  sail  of  french 
men  of  war  bound  for  this  place  who  are 
coming  for  ye  Reduction  of  Anapolis  Royall. 

September  ye  5  th:  being  Thursday  I  am 
still  very  weak  will  ye  Lord  be  pleased  to 
Remember  me  in  my  Low  Estate  &  grant  me 
all  needed  Grace.  This  morning  the  whole 
Army  called  together  by 'the  Beat  of  ye 
Drums  under  a  notion  of  the  french  (being) 
in  Gabarus  Bay  but  we 

The  above  is  all  that  remains  of  Benjamin 
Craft's  Journal ;  two  leaves  of  the  original, 
from  May  26  th  to  July  4  th,  and  one  or  more 
leaves  subsequent  to  Nov.  5  th  being  lost. 


His  sons  Benjamin  and  Eleazer  served 
honorably  in  the  Revolution,  and  both,  like 
their  father,  kept  a  Journal.  That  of  Ben- 
jamin has  been  published  in  the  Hist.  Col- 
lections, Vol.  III.  page  51,  and  a  portion  of 
Eleazer's  Journal,  all  that  now  remains,  is 
hereto  appended. 


APPENDIX. 


JOURNAL  OF  ELEAZER  CRAFT. 


This  little  Journal  was  kept  by  my  dear 
father  in  the  last  American  war. 

Martha  Lee. 
November  11,  1811. 


Maj.  Eleazer  Crafts  J.  urnal. 

Manchester  Sept.  9th  1777. 

Left  home  bound  to  join  the  Northern  Ar-- 
my  Reached  Cambridge- 
10th  Rainy  morning:  marched  to  Sudbur- 
y.  Dined  at  John  Tilton's:  after  noon  reached 
Sarsburey  (Shrewsbury). 
11th  Marched  on.  reached  Ware  River, 
put  up. 

12th     This  day  reached  Northampton:  put 
up  at  Mr.  Toppan's. 

1 3th  Set  out  for  Bennington.  Reached 
Worthington  put  up  at  (Col.  Agard's). 
14th  Sabbath  day.  marched  on.  Reached 
New  Providence:  put  up.  lodged  on  the 
floor  for  the  first  time. 
15  th  This  day  reached  Bennington  about  8 
o'clock. 

16th     Tarried  at  Bennington  this  day  to 
rest  myself  and  horse. 
1 7th     Set  out  for  Pawlet:  reached  Manches- 
ter througn  much  fear  of  the  Toreys. 
18th     This  day  reached  Pawlet  found  a  part 
of  our  Regiment.    Joined  them. 


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l^th  This  day  I  drew  provisions  the  first 
time. 

20th  Still  at  Pawlet.  this  day  Reed  News 
that  our  people  entered  Mount  Defiauce  & 
took  293  prisoners. 

20th  This  day  General  Lincoln  came  to 
Gamp  &  ordered  every  man  to  march  next 
morning  to  join  Gen.  Gates. 
21st  Sabbath  morning,  8  o'clock,  began  our 
march,  reached  White  Creek,  a  rainy  day. 
22nd  A  rainy  day  which  hindered  our 
march  this  day. 

23d  Marched  to  Cambridge.  Incamped. 
drew  provisions. 

24th  Marched  on  till  night:  then  received 
express  to  get  in  this  night:  accordingly  we 
arrived  at  and  crossed  Hudson's  Eiver  at  2 
o'clock  at  night,  men  much  fatigued. 
25th  This  morning  our  Division  which  con- 
sisted of  1 6  hundred  men  and  belonged  to 
several  Kegiments  was  subdivided  and  I  and 
my  party  were  joined  to  Col.  Brown. 
26th  I  was  ordered  on  fatigue.  This  day 
our  Indians  brought  in  some  prisoners.  A 
skirmish  happened  to  day  in  which  we  took 
seven  &  killed  one. 

27th  Eecd  our  tents.  This  day  one  of  our 
Indian  Chiefs  was  killed,  more  prisoners 
brought  in. 

28th     Sabbath  day.    the  Camp  was  alarmed, 
lay  at  our  Hues  from  ten  till  3  o'clock. 
29th      This   morning   reed  2  letters   from 
home. 

30th     The  Camp  again  alarmed:  some  shots 
on  each  side  from  our  pickets. 
October  first.     Nothing  new. 

2.  This  day  I  was  ordered  on  picket  guard 
with  2  hundred  men. 

3.  Returned  from  picket.  50  or  60  pris- 
oners were  brought  in  to  day. 

4.  This  day  I  went  on  a  scout  to  Saratoga. 


Returned  about  10  o'clock  much  tired. 

5.  Sabbath  day.  heard  sermon  preached 
by  Mr.  Fairbanks. 

6.  This  day  Col.  Johnson  came  to  camp 
from  Tye.  we  now  joined  our  Regiment. 
7th  This  day  pleasant,  morning  about  12 
o'clock  the  Camp  (at  least)  onr  Regiment 
was  ordered  in  the  rear  of  Col.  Poor's  Brig- 
ade. The  enemy  were  out  of  their  lines. 
We  were  now  all  well  alert  and  gay,  but  a- 
las  hew  soon  was  the  case  altered  with  re- 
gard to  some.  We  marched  out  of  our  lines 
about  4  o'clock,  when  we  heard  the  clashing 
of  arms  and  the  confused  noise  of  war.  we 
all  eagerly  ran  to  the  field,  but  were  soon 
met  by  a  shower  of  grape  shot  and  small 
arm  balls.  Capt.  Flint  fell  close  by  me  tte 
first  minute  we  got  up.  The  engagement 
lasted  2  hours.  We,  through  Gods  goodness, 
drove  them  into  their  lines  and  got  posses- 
sion of  some  of  their  works.  At  dark*  we 
were  ordered  to  retreat :  we  got  in  about  8 
o'clock.  Blessed  be  God  for  his  goodness 
this  day. 

8th  This  day  the  firing  was  renewed  on 
our  side.  We  were  at  our  lines  all  day  but 
no  farther.  General  Lincoln  was  wounded 
to  day. 

9th  This  day  on  picket:  a  rainy  day.  The 
egemy  fled  to  day. 

10th  This  day  Mr.  Burgoyne's  Army  left 
their  strongholds  and  fled  before  the  Ameri- 
can army  which  fast  pursued  them. 
11  th  This  day  our  post  was  left  by  all  but 
3  Regiments,  of  which  ours  was  one,  under 
command  of  General  (Varnum).  Our  breth- 
ren are  in  chase  of  our  enemy.  God  grant 
them  success  and  victory.  This  afternoon  I 
went  into  the  Enemies  encampment  and 
viewed  their  lines  and  their  sick  and  wound- 
ed left  behind,     about  400  in  a  sad  condi- 


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tion.  Prisoners  come  in  fast  to  day  from 
our  Army. 

12  th  Sabbath  day.  remained  on  the 
ground.  About  4  this  afternoon  received 
orders  to  march.  I  went  to  see  Gen.  Lin- 
coln. 

13  th  Marched  in  pursuit  of  the  enemy. 
Marched  7  miles:  encamped  near  them. 
The  cannonade  began  to  day. 

14  th  This  day  a  flag  of  truce  was  sent 
out  from  Mr.  Burgoyne,  which  caused  a  ces- 
sation of  arms.  This  night  I  was  ordered 
on  picket  guard  with  160  men  and  within 
40  rods  of  the  enemies  lines;  our  sentries 
within  3  rods  of  one  another.  This  night  a 
deserter  came  into  my  guard. 

15  th  To  day  remained  on  guard.  The  ces- 
sation continued  and  flags  often  passed  be- 
tween the  enemy  and  us,  but  did  not  com- 
ply till  Gen.  Gates  demanded  a  positive  an- 
swer which  was  given  at  2  o'clock. 

16th     This  day  the  Articles  were  signed  on 
both  sides,  and  to  morrow  at  ten  o'clock  they 
are  to  march  out  of  their  lines. 
17th     A  pleasant  day  and  glorious  for  A- 
mericans.      The    great    General    Burgoyne 
marched  out  of  his  lines  and  lad  down  his 
arms  to  what  he  had  often  called  the  Kebel 
Army.     May  the  glory  be  given  to  God  who 
rules  all  things  as  he  thinks  best. 
18th     The  whole  army  ordered  to  march  to 
Albany.       We    began   our    march   at    12; 
reached  Stillwater;  encamped. 
19th     Sabbath  day  marched  to  Half  Moon; 
at   sunset    ordered   to   proceed   across   the 
Sprouts  to  Albany  flats.     This    was  a  bad 
night;  our  men  got  very   wet;  had  to  wade 
arm  high.     I  had  to  shift  twice  this  night. 
20th       Arrived   at   Albany   at   8    o'clock. 
Drew  provisions,  encamped  on  the  hill  back 


of  the  town.  Col.  Cross  and  myself  got  a 
house  to  lodge  in. 

21st  A  cold  snow  storm,  remained  at  Al- 
bany.    Our  men  complain  much  to  day. 

22.  Kemained  at  Albany.  This  afternoon 
I  was  ordered  to  Spi'ingfield  to  foward  on 
tents  for  our  Brigadd.  Crossed  the  ferry: 
rode  1 2  miles  and  met  the  wagons:  returned 
back  to  Albany. 

23.  Pleasant  day.  We  received  marching 
orders  to  day  to  proceed  to  the  southward, 
my  leg  very  lame  io  day. 

24.  Began  our  march  from  Albany, 
marched  to  Queens  1 3  miles;  put  up  at  a 
Dutch  house,     my  leg  better  to  day. 

25th  Mrrched  down  Kiver  13  miles,  no 
allowance  to  day:  men  grow  mad  for  want 
of  provisions,  lodged  at  an  old  Dutchman's, 
our  men  fjund  geese,  fowls  and  (sas)  in  plen- 
ty to  night. 

26  th  Sabbath  day  remained  at  the  old 
Dutchman's  at  Clintonborough.  Col.  Cross 
poorly  to  day.  "No  provisions,  no  soldiers" 
is  the  cry  to  day.  >■ 

27th  Marched  to  Catskill  10  miles.  a 
hard  rain  all  day.  got  to  Quarters  before 
dark  in  as  fine  a  house  as  any  in  Boston. 
We  left  Col.  Cross  behind  sick.  Our  men 
complain  of  hard  usage,  and  I  think  not 
without  some  cause:  however  we  must  obey 
orders. 

28th  &  29th  Remained  at  Catskill.  a 
very  hard  rain  storm,  bad  for  men.  provi- 
sions short. 

30th  Marched  to  Saugerties  12  miles, 
put  up  at  an  old  Dutchman's  house,  fared 
well  for  milk,  butter  &c. 
31st  Marched  to  Jonas  landing,  crossed 
the  Strand  and  put  up  at  an  English  house, 
it  seemed  as  though  I  had  got  home  we  be. 
ing  so  long  amongst  the  Dutch. 


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November  1st  Eested  to  day  to  wash  and 
rest  I  went  to  see  the  once  famous  town 
of  Esopus,  but  now  a  ruinous  heap,  ^^  150 
houses  burnt  by  the  enemy,  whose  footsteps 
are  marked  with  blood,  plunder  and  destruc- 
tion. 

2nd  Sabbath  day.  marched  22  miles, 
reached  New  Marlborough,  put  up  at  an  En- 
glish house,  fared  well,  had  apple  pie  and 
cheese  for  supper,  pleasant  weather,  our 
troops  in  high  spirits,  want  to  catch  anoth- 
er army. 

3d  .   marched   to    Marlborough,   encamped. 

1  put  up  at  Capt.  Colman's  from  Nantucket, 
a  fine  house,     fared  well. 

4th,  5th  &  6th  Eemained  at  Marlborough. 
A  rain  storm.  We  are  under  marching  or- 
ders to  proceed  to  Tarry  town.  We  are  one 
hundred  miles  from  Albany  and  seventy  from 
New  York, 

7.  Eemained  at  Marlborough.  This  day 
something  unwell,  received  a  letter  from 
home. 

8.  Embarked  our  troops  for  Tarrytown  at 

2  o'clock.  Col.  Gross  and  I  crossed  the  fer- 
ry &  lodged  at  Fishkill  in  the  Highlands  to 
night. 

9.  Sabath  day.  marched  through  Peekskill: 
reached  Col.  Cortland's  manor,  a  fine  situa- 
tion, lodged  herein  this  night,  supped  with 
Alderman  Blake  of  New  York  City. 

10.  Marched  to  Tarrytown.  staid  one 
night,  rained,  bad  weather. 

11.  Marched  to  White  Plains,  encamped 
within  1 2  miles  of  Fort  Independence.  This 
day  left  Col.  Cross  sick. 

12.  This  day  heard  from  General  Wash- 
ington's army  that  they  have  repulsed  the 
enemy,  with  the  loss  of  one  thousand  slain 
and  two  thousand  taken,     very  cold  here. 

13.  This  day  remained  on  the  ground.     I 


sent  a  letter  to  my  brother  Benjamin  to  day. 
14  th  Very  cold  weather,  short  allowance 
of  bread  which  makes  the  soldiers  complain 
much. 

15th  Pleasant  today,  heard  this  day  CoL 
Cross  grows  worse. 

1 6  th    This  day  went  to  see  Col.  Cross  found 
him  very  low  and  sick.     Sabath  day. 
1 7th     Very  cold  for  the  time  of  year,    noth- 
ing remarkable.  '  the  men  complain  much, 
threaten  to  leave  the  Camp. 
18th    This  day  our  Brigade  was  alarmed  by 
about   one   hundred   Tories   coming  out  of 
York  and  burning  4  housen  4  miles  from  us. 
Officer  of  the  day  for  the  first  time. 
19th     Nothing  new  to  day. 
20th     This  day  dined  with  General  Warner 
in  Company  with  all  the  officers  of  the  Brig- 
ade. 

21st  This  night  the  Camp  alarmed^  ^  Col. 
Woodbridge,  Col.  Eice  and  myself  were  or- 
dered to  march  to  Tarrytown,  7  miles,  there 
we  spent  this  night. 

22nd  Eeturned  to  Camp,  nothing  new  to 
day. 

23d  Sabath.  this  day  Col.  (Baldwin) 
and  I  spent  in  moving  Col.  Cross  from  Tar- 
rytown to  Greenwich  in  Connecticut,  dined 
on  roast  turkey. 

24th  Eainy  day.  heard  this  day  that  Col. 
Johnson  is  not  to  join  again  this  Campaign. 
25th  This  day  ordered  to  draw  4  days  pro- 
visions, and  be  in  readiness  to  march. 
26  th  Eemained  on  the  ground,  at  8  o'clock 
received  orders  to  parade  at  sunrise  next 
morning. 

27th  The  whole  Brigade  marched  off  to 
New  Eochelle  &  from  thence  to  East  Chester; 
found  the  enemy  out  of  thc'r  lines,  formed 
our  Army  in  battle  array,  a  small  skirmish 
ensued,  but  nothing  more.     2  wounded  on 

(26; 


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onr  side.     3  killed  on  theirs,     this  night  re- 
turbed  to  Rochelle. 

28th  Remained  at  Eochelle.  A  Council  of 
War  was  held,  the  question  put  whether  to 
storm  Fort  Independence,  passed  in  the 
negative.  This  night  our  Brigade  ordered 
to  repair  to  Quarters.  Our  regiment  and 
myself  got  in  at  8  o'clock. 
29th  A  rain  storm.  The  whole  Brigade  re- 
turned home  to  Quarters  to  day. 
30th  Sabath  day.  this  morning  the  Brig- 
ade discharged  at  9  o'clock,  began  our 
march  for  home.  God  grant  us  a  safe  jour- 
ney, and  to  find  his  candle  shining  on  our 
tabernacles. 

December  1st    This  day  reached  Milford. 
2nd     This  day  proceed  on.     reached  Worth- 
ington:  put  up.     I  am  now  in  Company  with 
Cols.  Brown  and  Eice,  Majors  (Band)  and 
Bowman,  Adjutants  Stickney  and  Hall. 


COPY    FROM  ORIGINAL    BOOK  OF 
GRANTS  OF  SALEM. 


COUJTDKICATKD     BT     PERI.KT     DEBBY. 


Contioned  from  vol.  ri,  page  180. 

Att  a  meeting  of  ye  Select  men  of  Salem 
ye  1:  of  february  1677  being  present  as  in  ye 
margent 

rar  Edmd.  Batter       mr  Bar:  Gedney- 
mr  Wm:  Brown  Jur.  Lt.  Jno.  Pickeringe 
mr  Sa:  Gardner         Cap.  Jno  price 
Know  all  men  whome  these  maye  conceme 
yt  ye  selectmen  of  Salem  whoose  names  are 
sett  in  ye  margent  haue  in  ye  behalf  &  by  ye 
order  of  ye  towne  of  Salem  aforesaid  leaten  & 
sett  to  leace  unto  John  Greene  John  Leach  ye 
son  of  Richard  Leech  &  to  John  Bachelder 
and  to  John  Tompkins  Junr  all  of  ym  of  ye 
towne  of  Salem  aforesaid  all  ye  townes  comons 
on  ryal  side  excepting  forty  fewer  ackers  of  ye 
comons  of  ryal  side  aforesaid  wch  ye  selectmen 


doe  reserae  for  ye  use  and  Benefit  of  those 
neighbors  wch  border  on  ye  said  land  or  townes 
comons  on  ryal  side  and  ye  fiue  next  famillys 
in  ye  north  feild  as  ye  selectmen  shal  order, 
yt  is  to  say  twenty  ackers  of  ye  Said  forty  & 
fewer  ackers  to  be  alotted  out  by  ye  selectmen 
intire  for  ye  use  of  those  fiue  famillys  in  ye 
north  feild  viz  Georg  Jacobs  senr  John  Tom- 
kins  Junr,  John  Waiters,  John  flFoster  Junr 
&  Samuel  fibster  and  the  rest  of  ye  forty  fower 
ackers  for  ye  vse  of  Lt  Richard  ^each,  John 
Leach  John  Greene,  John  Bachelder,  Joseph 
Bachelder  &  Abraham  Warren  Which  ye  se- 
lect men  doe  alott  to  them  as  their  proporcon 
of  ye  townes  commons  ******  dureing  the 
whole  tearme  of  one  thousand  years  &  one  day 
In  consideration  of  ye  premises  ye  aforesaid 
Tenants  *  *  *  *  to  pay  for  each  yeare  Succes- 
sively dureing  ye  whole  tearme  of  one  thou- 
sand years  &  one  day  the  full  &  Just  summ 
of  Twenty  pounds  of  currant  money  of  new 
england  for  ye  first  twenty  years,  after  this 
date  for  each  yeare  Successively  &  soe  for- 
ward to  paye  ye  Just  summ  of  twenty  two 
pounds  Pr  anum  duringe  the  whole  tearme  a- 
foresaid  ***** 

ye  marke  of  John  Bachelor 

Jno  V  Green  John  Tompkins 

John  leach 

Att  a  meeting  of  the  Select  men  of  Salem 
the  19:  12:  1677  being  present  as  in  the 
margt. 

mr  Edmd  Batter  Lt  John  Pickering 

Capt  John  Corwin         Capt.  John  Price 
mr  Willm.  Brown  Jr.   mr  Samll  Gardnei^ 
mr.  Bar.  Gedney 

The  Select  men  then  by  order  &  in  behalf 
of  the  towne  haue  demised  sett  &  to  farme  lett 
vnto  John  Turner  of  ye  same  towne  mrcht  his 
heyers  executors  &c.  all  that  Island  called  or 


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knowne  by  ye  name  of  Bakers  Island  lying  to 
ye  Eastward  of  ye  towne,  containeing  more  or 
less  wth  al  priuieliges  &  apertenances  thereto 
belonging  (excepting  &  it  is  hearby  excepted) 
paueing  stones  reserued  for  ye  use  of  ye  towne 
&  inhabitants  there  of  wth  free  Liberty  to 
come  upon  ye  said  Island  &  fetch  ym  by  ye 
towne  or  any  of  ye  inhabittants  thereof  for 
there  use  as  afore  sd  from  time  to  time  as  oc- 
casion sarues  *  *  *  *  the  said  John  Turner, 
[&c]  yielding  &  ^ayeing  therefore  for  the  vse 
of  ye  said  towne  to  be  improved  for  ye  use  of 
a  Grammer  Scoolmaster  for  ye  said  towne  the 
Just  sum  of  three  pounds  in  money,  to  be  paid 
yearly  to  ye  said  Towne  or  there  order,  as 
aforesaid,  the  tearme  aforesaid  [one  thousand 
years  &  one  day]  every  yeare  from  yeare  to 
yeare  att  or  before  ye  nineteenth  daye  of  ffeb- 
erary  *****  and  further  it  is  agreed  and  ye 
sd  John  Turner  is  hearby  obliged  for  him 
self  his  hoyers  [&c]  that  he  or  theye  shal  not 
sel  nor  dispose  of  any  of  ye  wood  or  timber 
growinge  upon  the  sd  Island  to  any  other  but 
onely  to  ye  inhabittants  of  the  said  Towne  for 
there  owne  use:  And  to  the  true  &  Sure  pform- 
ance  of  all  and  Singular  the  prmisses  the  said 
John  Turner  hath  heervnto  Sett  his  hand  this 
15tb  mth  1677-8 

John  Turner. 

Att  a  Meeting  of  ye  Selectmen  of  Salem 
The  19th  12th  1677-8  Being  prsant  as  pr 
margent 

mr  Edm.  Batter  Lt  Jno  Pickering 

Capt  Jno  Corwine        Jno  Price 
Mr.  Wm  Browne  Mr  Samll  Gardner. 

Mr  Barth  Gedny 

The  Selectmen,  then,  by  ordr  &  In  behalf 
of  ye  Towne,  haue  demised,  Sett  &  to  fanne 
Lett  Vnto  Captn  George  Corwine  of  ye  same 
Towne  merchant,  his  heires  [&c]  all  those  two 


Islands  Called  or  knowne  by  ye  name  of  ye 
great  &  little  Misery,  Laying  to  ye  Eastward 
of  ye  Towne  Containing  more  or  Less  [&c. 
&c]  for  &  during  ye  space  of  one  thousand 
yeares  &  one  day  next  following  from  ye  date 
of  these  prsents,  ye  said  Captn  George  Cor- 
wine, [&c]  yeilding  and  paying  Therefore  for 
ye  vse  of  ye  sd  Towne,  to  bee  Improued  for 
ye  vse  of  a  gramer  schoolmaster  for  ye  sd. 
Towne  of  three  pounds  In  money  to  bee  pd 
yearly  to  ye  sd.  Towne  on  ordr.  *  *  *  *  for  ye 
true  pformances  of  all  &  Singular  [&c.]  ye  sd. 
Captn  George  Corwine,  hath  hereunto  Sett  his 
hand  this  15th:  march  1677-8. 

George  Corwin 

Whereas  we  Richard  Leach  &  francos  nurse 
were  desired  by  the  selectmen  of  Salem  to  lay 
out  upon  Royall  Side  a  parcell  of  Land  for 
mrs  Newman  Containeing  forty  foure  acres 
and  to  make  a  retume  thereof  Wee  haue  ac- 
cordingly, being  desired  by  Daniell  Epps  senr 
of  Ipswich,  upon  the  3  of  July  1678  perform 
ed  the  same  in  maner  following  viz.  afler  the 
point  the  Salthouse  point  was  layd  out  wch 
Contained  about  seaven  acres  the  line  was  run 
neare  wollistons  riuer  Side  leaueing  Abraham 
Reads  land*  being  two  small  necks,  and  is 
bounded  by  a  Cove  on  the  lower  side  about 
three  rod  more  into  the  land  then  the  founda- 
tion of  an  old  Ouen  that  mr  winthrop  built 
many  yeares  agou,  and  from  thence  to  Reades 
line  runs  to  the  Creke  about  six  rod  below  the 
parting  of  the  salt  &  fresh  water  when  the 
tide  is  up  upon  stonie  Brooke  wher  ther  is 
two  -Small  old  stumps  a  litle  aboue  high  wa- 
ter marke,  and  the  aforesd  line  run  by  Wol- 
listons riuer  and  Reads  land  to  the  sd  stumps 
on  hundred  and  foure  rods  and  then  we  turned 
upon  a  kind  of  a  whole  upon  the  north  eight 
rods  where  we  laid  some  stones  upon  a  kind 
of  a  pointing  rock  and  extended  the  line  fifty 


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two  rods  into  the  woods  North  and  by  east 
where  we  came  to  a  little  kind  of  a  meadow 
ground,  &  upon  the  east  and  by  south  of  the 
game  we  marked  two  small  walnut  treese  and 
layd  a  heape  of  stones  betwen  ym  and  from 
thence  the  line  runs  east  &  south  one  hundred 
and  twelve  rods  to  the  brow  of  a  step  rocky 
bill  wher  we  marked  a  small  walnut  tree  & 
layd  Rocks  about  it  the  line  being  about  one 
hundred  &  itwelve  rods  in  length  and  from 
thence  to  yt  part  of  a  stone  wall  that  is  a- 
gainst  a  litle  cross  stone  wall  to  the  uper  end 
of  a  strip  of  marsh  that  lieth  against  a  mudy 
coue  betwene  the  Salt  house  (that  was)  point 
&  it  the  line  contayneing  neare  yt  coue  at  the 
east  south  east  end  fifty  two  Rods  as  woUistons 
riuer  from  sd  step  hill  to  the  place  we  first  Be- 
gan as  wittness  our  hands  This  3  July  1678 
The  R  mark  The  I  mark  Daniell  Epps 
of  of 

*  Richd  Leach      fr.  nurse 

Wee  under  written  haue  according  to  the 
order  of  the  Select  men  acording  to  the  Grant 
of  the  Towne  to  Rubin  Gupy  &  by  order  of 
said  Rubin  Gupy,  laid  out  unto  william  God- 
soe  a  house  lot  to  the  southward  off  will  Lords 
present  dwelling  house,  bounded^wth  the  land 
of  mr  Resolued  white  on  the  East  &  the  house 
&  land  of  Wm  Lord  on  the  north  &  wth  the 
townes  land  on  the  West  &  South  to  Lay  for- 
ty two  fott  longe  from  within  Six  foott  from 
william  Lords  house  Southerly  &  twenty  two 
fott  &  halfe  in  Breadth  East  &  West 

Joseph  Grafton 

dat  6  march  1678-9     PhiHp  Cromwell 

Att  a  Meeting  of  the  Select  men  ffebru.  24. 
1680 

Lett  to  Leese  In  Behalfe  of  the  Towne  vnto 
mr  John  Cromwell  the  hearbadge  of  the  towns 
land  at  the  Burying  poynt  for  Seauen  yeares 


from  the  Date  hearof;  Improuing  it  for  grasing 
to  his  Best  Advantag  Except  Swine  which  wee 
alow  not  of:  paying  to  the  towne  annaly  one 
and  twenty  shillings  in  money  Every  Yeare 
Suckcessiuely  yeare  by  yeare  at  or  before  the 
Nineteenth  of  february  vnto  the  Select  men  or 
theire  order  for  the  vse  of  a  grammer  School, 
and  the  towne  to  make  or  Cause  to  bee  made 
vp  a  fence  to  Inclose  the  Same,  and  the  Sayd 
Cromwell  to  Maintaine  the  fence  Dureing  the 
full  terme  as  abousayd  And  mr  phillip  Crom- 
well is  desired  &  hereby  full^  Impowred  to 
see  a  Sufficient  fence  made  to  Inclose  the 
Same  vpon  the  Towns  acco.  Always  prouided 
that  the  towne  hath  the  Same  liberty  for  Bur- 
iall  as  before  this  Agreement, 

Att  a  meeting  of  the  Selectmen  Decembr 
15th  1680  Being  present  as  pr  margent. 
Capt  Jo:  Corwin  mr.  ph.  Cromwell 
mr  Jona.  Corwin  Jo:  Hathome 
The  select  men  pr  order  &  in  behalfe  of  the 
Towne  haue  demised  sett  &  to  farme  Lett  vnto 
William  Bowdich  of  the  same  Towne  Mercht, 
his  heirs  [&c]  all  the  lower  end  of  that  land 
the  Towne  purchased  of  mr  Edw.  Groue  att 
or  by  the  burreing  place  viz.  from  the  bank 
downwards  to  low  waiter  marke  or  soe  low  as 
the  order  &  custome  of  the  Towne  is  and  Ac- 
cording as  thay  allow  vnto  others  that  border 
vpon  (the  water  or  Riuer,  with  all  the  priue- 
ledges  and  apertenances  thereto  belonging, 
**  *  *  and  shall  therefore  paye  for  the  vse  of 
the  Sayd  Towne,  to  bee  Improued  towards  the 
payeing  a  grammer  Schoolmaster  for  the 
Towne  viz.  the  Just  Summe  of  Eight  shillings 
in  money  to  bee  payd  Yearlye  vnto  the  Sayd 
Towne  or  theire  order  as  aforesayd  Every 
yeare  from  yeare  to  yeare  att  or  before  the 
nineteenth  day  of  ffebruary,  o  o  » *>  o  o  and  to 
the  tru  &  sure  performance  of  ^11  &  singular 


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the  premises  the  Said  Willm  Bowditch  hath 
hearevnto  sett  his  hand  this  14th,  12:  80 
Wm  Bowditch 

Att  a  Meeting  of  the  Select  men  feb.  14: 
16B0,  being  present  as  pr.  Margent 

Capt.  Jo  Corwin  mr  Jona.  Corwin 

mr  ph.  Cromwell  Jo  Hathorne. 

The  Select  men  by  order  &  in  behalfe  of  the 
Towne  of  Salem  haue  demised  **  ^  ^  vnto  Tho- 
mas Maul  soe  much  of  The  Towns  Land  as 
is  taken  in  vpon  which  part  of  his  old  house  & 
part  of  his  New  house  now  stands  togather 
with  the  priueledges  of  his  seller  Dore  accord- 
ing as  itt  is  now  placed,  with  soe  much  of  the 
Towns  Land  to  ye  westward  of  his  now  dwel- 
ling house  as  may  range  with  the  Land  hee 
bought  of  George  Dean;  for  Eight  shillings  in 
money  pr.  Annum  to  bee  payd  Every  year 
Suckcessively  for  the  full  Terme  of  nine  Hun- 
dred ninety  nine  yeares  from  the  nineteenth 
day  of  this  instant  mo,  of  february  1680;  [&c 
&c]  vnto  the  tru  performance  of  which  Tho- 
mas Maul  doth  binde  himselfe  his  heires  [&c] 
as  witness  his  hand 

Thomas  Maule.. 

( In  theJbUowing  sales  no  dates  are  given. 
P.J).) 

Sould  vnto  Joseph  Herrick  a  strip  of  Land 
aboute  fowre  Akers  bee  it  more  or  lesse  lye- 
ing  betweene  Joshua  Rea  his  farme  &  the 
land  which  Joseph  now  Hues  vpon  for  fewer 
pound  in  money  wee  haue  Keserved  of  him 
for  the  Towns  vse. 

Sould  vnto  Joseph  Herrick  a  strip  of  Land 
being  nine  Akers  more  or  lesse  lyeing  be- 
tweene his  brother  Zacaryee  Herrick  his  land 
&;  his  owne  aboute  birch  plaine  for  six  pounds. 
•  ooe 

Sould  vnto  Joseph  Herrick  a  strip  of  Land 


I  eing  Seaventeene  Akers  more  or  lesse  lyeing 
Eastward  of  his  owne  Land  &  Bounding  vpon 
Beverly  line  one  the  other  syde  which  is  alsoe 
neere  birch  plain  for  Eight  pound  Tenn  Shil 
lings  in  money  *•  **  'S 

Sould  vnto  John  Leach  Sonne  of  Leivt- 
Richd  Leach  a  strip  of  Land  being  Eleven  A- 
kers  more  or  lesse  lyeing  betweene  the  land 
of  Leivt  Richd  Leach  &  Nathaniell  &  John 
puttnams,  for  seauen  pound  Three  shillings 
ooo 

Sould  vnto  John  Bennett  a  strip  of  Land 
Oonty  seaven  Akers  more  or  lesse  lyeing  be- 
tweene John  Leach  his  Sarme  &  Beverly  line 
for  three  pounds  twelve  shillings  &  six  pence 
in  money  paid  vnto  vs  for  the  Townes  vse 

Capt.  George  Corwin  In  the  Inclosure  of 
his  meadow  on  the  S.  W.  Side  of  Brooksbey 
haueing  Some  vpland  within  the  line  of  his 
ffence,  Wee  haue  Sould  the  Sd  vpland  to  him; 
Lett  itt  bee  more  or  lesse  within  the  fence  as 
itt  now  stands  for  ffourtey  shillings  in  or  as 
money  to  bee  paid  or  allowed  vnto  the  Towne. 

Sould  vnto  John  Leach  sonne  of  John 
Leach  a  strip  of  Land  being  Tenn  Akers 
more  or  lesse  lyeing  betweene  his  fathers  farme 
and  Beverlye  line  for  five  pound.  **  •  • 

Sould  vnto  Edwd  Bishop  a  strip  of  Land 
being  Two  Akers  &  a  halfe  more  or  lesse  be- 
tweene Joshua  Rea  his  farme  &  the  land  Edw 
Bishop  Now  dwells  vpon  for  flSfflye  shill's  * 
o# 

Sould  vnto  Leivt  Richd  Leach  a  strip  of 
land  being  three  Akers  more  or  less  lyeing 
Betweene  the  land  of  Jacob  Barnys  &  on  ye 
Est  side  of  his  owne  land  hee  now  lives  vpon, 
the  strip  lyeing  alonge  the  whole  bredth  of 
the  land  for  three  pounds  *  *  * 

The  petition  of  Jno  massey  to  thfe  Inhabi- 
tants of  the  towne  of  Salem  now  met  together 


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march  8th  1685-6  Your  patitioner  being  the 
Ancientest  planter  &  oldest  man  now  liueing 
in  Salem  that  was  born  here,  being  by  the 
long  weaknes  of  his  aged  parents  now  de- 
ceased, Reduced  to  great  Straits  &  brought 
very  low  in  Estate  haueing  many  Small  Chil- 
dren to  maintain;  the  only  son  whom  he  hopes 
would  haue  been  a  Comfort  &  Support  in  his 
old  age,  hauing  been  (by  the  prouidence  of 
God)  almost  blind  for  this  many  years:  Doth 
humbly  Request  that  liberty  may  be  granted 
vnto  him  to  keep  a  boat  on  this  Side  the  ferry 
for  the  Easiar  &  Readiar  transportation  of  all 
persons  Early  and  late  as  well  towne  dwellers 
as  Strangers  who  shall  haue  occasion  at  any 
tyme  to  pass  that  way:  which  Request  if  the 
Towne  shal  please  to  grant  it  will  much  In- 
coredge  Strangers  as  well  as  others  who  haue 
much  Retarded  in  their  business  to  their  great 
prejudice  &  damage  by  a  long  Stay  at  the  fei* 
rey  waiting  for  a  boat;  and  haue  many  a  tyme 
Chosen  rather  to  trauail  fine  or  Six  miles  a- 
bout  then  pass  that  way:  the  granting  of  what 
is  desired  will  also  be  very  acceptable  to  ma- 
riy  in  this  Towne  and  will  Exceedingly  oblige 
your  poor  petitioner 

John  Massey. 
this  petition  is  granted. 

At  a  meeting  of  ye  Select  men  of  Salera 
Feb.  29th  1703-4  psent  as  pr  margent. 
Wm  Hirst  Esqr.  mr  Jno.  Higginson 

Sam'll  Browne  Esqr.  mr  Joseph  Herrick 
Major  Steph  Sewall  Danll  Epes. 
Know  all  men  by  These  prsents  That  ye 
sd.  Selectmen  of  Salem  on  behalf  of  sd  To^ne 
haue  Let  &  set  to  Lease  unto  Capt  Jno  Cal- 
ley  of  Marble-head  in  New-England  •  « *»  The 
Ferry  between  Salem  &  Marble  head  Com- 
monly called  Salem  South  Ferry  wth  all  priv- 
ilidges  and  apprtenances  Thereunto  belonging 


for  &  during  the  Term  of  Ten  years  Com- 
mencing ye  Tenth  day  of  March  next  Ensu- 
ing whch  will  be  March  ye  10th  Anno  Dom: 
1703-4  and  Ending  March  ye  10th  Anno 
Dom  1713-14.  «»« 

Nathaniel  Beadle  John  Calley 

Lemman  Beadle 

Att  a  meeting  of  ye  Select  men  of  Salem 
This  19th  day  of  April  1708  prsent  as  pr  mar- 
gent 

Jos  Wolcott  Esqr  Lt  Benja  Putnam 

Capt  Samll  Gardner         Danll  Epes 

Capt  Jno  Browne 

Know  all  men  by  These  prsents  That  ye 
sd..  Select  men  of  Salem  On  behalf  of  sd. 
Towne  according  to  a  Vote  of  ye  Towne  at 
a  Legall  Town  meeting  held  march  15  1707- 
8  Have  Let  &  set  to  Lease  unto  John  Massey 
Junr  of  Salem  afoersd  yeom.  and  Roger  Has- 
kins  of  Beverly  Shipw't,  The  Whole  Ferry  be- 
twixt Beverly  &  Salem  for  ye  Term  of  Twen- 
ty years,  Commencing  from  ye  first  day  of 
March  Last  past.  «>  o  o  «  • 

Signed  Sealed  &  Delivered  In  ye  prsence 
of  us 

Danll  Epes         The  mark  of  \ 

Jno  Emerson     John  Massey  X  Junr. 

Saml  Ropes 


MEMORIALS  OF   THE   WASHINGTON 
RANGERS. 


From  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War 
till  1805,  but  two  uniformed  military  com- 
panies existed  in  Salem.  There  were  two 
at  the  commencement  of  that  war,  but  they 
had  a  short  existence.  The  Salem  Cadets 
were  organized  in  1786,  and  the  Salem  Artil- 
lery the  following  year,  the  latter  company 
emanating  from  some  disagreement  among 


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the  signers  to  the  former.  The  standing 
companies  were  then  far  from  flourishing,  and 
by  1800  were  so  completely  demoralized 
that  at  the  last  parade  of  the  Regiment,  it 
■was  under  command  of  a  company  oflScer  and 
he  the  solitary  one  of  that  grade  then  in 
commission.  In  the  spring  of  1801,  Genl. 
Gideon  Foster  of  Danvers,  then  in  command 
of  the  Division,  issued  orders  to  a  number 
Ly*'  of  gentlemen  of  the  Town,  to  make  an  en- 
rolment of  all  liable  to  military  duty  and  to 
call  meetings  for  the  choice  of  officers.  This 
was  done  and  six  companies  were  organized 
and  officered.  The  Eegiment  was  officered, 
with  E.  Hasket  Derby  as  Colonel,  Benja. 
Pickman  as  1st  Major  and  Wm.  Prescott  (af- 
terwards Judge  Prescott)  as  2nd  Major. 
John  Prince  Jr.  was  adjutant  &  the  militia 
was  thus  placed  on  a  respectable  footing. 
Its  first  parade  took  place,  in  the  autumn  of 
that  year,  in  a  field  in  North  Salem,  near 
where  the  Laboratory  now  stands. 

In  1862  the  Common  was  levelled  and 
graded.  (See  Vol.  4  of  these  Collections 
Page  2  and  onward.) 

In  1805  The  Salem  Light  Infantry  was 
formed  and  at  once  took  that  high  position, 
which  it  has  till  now  maintained,  and  it  cre- 
ated such  a  spirit  of  military  interest,  that  in 
1807,  The  Salem  Mechanic  Light  Infantry 
was  formed-.  Its  members  were  young  Me- 
chanics and  it  has  always  sustained  the  credit 
and  respect  due  to  that  useful  and  respectable 
class  of  our  citizens.  In  the  same  year,  two 
companies  of  youths,  between  1 4  &  1 8  years 
of  age,  not  liable  to  military  duty,  came  in- 
to existence.  They  were  handsomely  uni- 
formed, fully  equipped,  admirably  drilled  and 
disciplined.  Of  one  of  them.  The  Washing- 
ton Blues,  commanded  by  Capt.  George 
Brown,  now  living,  I  have  no  memorials.     I 


think  it  did  not  exist  so  long  as  "The  Wash- 
ington Eangers",  of  which  I  propose  to  offer 
such  meagre  memorials  as  I  have  been  able 
to  collect,  partly  from  my  own  recollection, 
partly  from  some  notices  in  the  newspapers 
of  the  time  and  from  some  memoranda  that 
have  been  furnished  by  two  of  the  surviving 
members,  Ephraim  Emmerton  &  Wm.  Archer 
Esqrs.  I  regret  that  after  the  most  diligent 
enquiries  I  have  not  been  able  to  find  the 
company's  records  or  papers.  They  were 
last  known  to  be  in  possession  of' Miles 
Barnes  who  is  dead  and  who  has  no  near  rela- 
tives known  to  me. 

ORGANIZATION,     FIRST     PARADB    AND    UNIFORM 
OF    THE   RANGERS. 

The  preliminary  meetings  were  held  in  the 
Old  Hunt  House  that  stood  on  the  comer  of 
Court  (now  Washington)  and  Lynde  Streets, 
which  has  recently  been  demolished. 

At  one  of  these  meetings  Joseph  Hunt, 
who  had  been  active  in  getting  up  the  com- 
pany and  who  was  a  proper  person  for  the  sit- 
uation was  elected  Captain,  John  Brown 
Lieutenant  and  Ephraim  Emmerton,  Ensign, 
together  with  George  A.  Ward  and  Wm. 
Proctor  as  Sergeants. 

The  first  parade  under  Capt.  Hunt  w%s  on 
the  18th  of  June,  1807.  The  company  was 
then  uniformed  but  the  ranks  were  thin. 

The  uniform  was  a  white  dimity  jacket  and 
pantaloons,  trimmed  with  red,  a  black  velvet 
cap  ornamented  with  a  red  band  and  tassel, and 
a  half  moon  and  star  of  white  metal  and  sur- 
mounted with  a  red  plume.  The  gaiters 
were  black  trimmed  with  red.  The  arms  and 
equipments  were  such  as  were  then  used  by 
military  companies.  Capt.  Hunt's  health 
was  poor  when  he  took  command  and  it  rap- 
idly failed  and  he  soon  relinquished  it     The 


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late  Michael  Shepard  and  Dana  Lewis   (who 
was  afterwards  Captain  of  one  of  the  stand-  i, 
ing  companies)  were  requested  to  take  the 
vacant  command,  but  they  both  declined. 

In  August  or  September,  1807  Benja.  T. 
Pickman  was  elected  Captain,  and  his  accep- 
tance gave  such  an  impetus  to  the  Company 
as  to  rapidly  fill  its  ranks.  A  committee 
waited  on  him  to  notify  him  of  the  choice  and 
he  sent  a  written  communication  accepting 
it,  of  w)iich  the  following  is  a  copy 

"Young  Gentlemen: 

My  acceptance  of  the 
office  you  have  conferred  upon  me,  renders  it 
necessary  that  I  should  briefly  state  to  you 
the  system  it  is  my  intention  uniformly  to 
pursue  as  your  Commander.  You  cannot 
but  be  sensible  that  upon  a  proper  degree  of 
subordination  to  your  Officers  depends  not 
only  your  respectable  appearance  but  your 
existence  as  a  Military  Institution.  You 
will  not  therefore  be  surprised  that  I  should 
request  of  you  a  strict  and  punctual  obedience 
to  your  officers. 

We,  in  common  with  yourselves,  solemnly 
pledge  ourselves  to  be  guided  by  our  rules  and 
regulations :  And  what  can  be  more  reasona- 
ble than  that  you  should  cheerfully  obey  of- 
ficers chosen  by  yourselves,  and  those  officers 
acting  only  as  the  enforcers  of  your  own 
laws? 

Believe  me,  Fellow  Soldiers,  when  I  say 
that  whatever  measures  I  may  pursue  they 
will  be  dictated  by  a  sincere  desire  of  pro- 
moting your  welfare. 

Your  candor  will,  I  am  sensible,  rectify 
and  excuse  any  trifling  error  in  my  own  con- 
duct. To  most  of  you  I  am  personally  un- 
known, and  with  none  of  yon  have  I  had  the 
pleasure  of  a  particular  acquaintance.  Yet 
we  are  now  united  in  one  common  cause  and 


let  us  engage  in  that  cause  with  zeal,  activity 
and  vigor.  Sincerely  do  I  hope  and  confident- 
ly do  I  expect,  the  friendship  we  now  form 
will  be  sincere  and  lasting,  and  that  we  shall 
perform  our  respective  duties  of  Officers  and 
Soldiers  in  such  a  manner  as  mutually  to 
assist  and  encourage  one  another." 

FIRST   PARADE   UNDER   OAPT.    PIOKMAN. 
From  tho  Salem  Gazette  of  Jaly  5th,  1808.  \ 

' '  Washington  Rangers.  This  military 
Corps  has  been  formed  upwards  of  twelvie 
months  and  is  composed  of  youths  under  the 
age  of  enrolment  in  the  militia.  Their  uni" 
form  is  white,  trimmed  with  red ;  they  are 
completely  armed  and  equipped  in  every  par- 
ticular, and  commanded  by  Mr.  Benja.  T. 
Pickman.  Their  handsonie  appearance  and 
correct  performance  having  attracted  the  at- 
tention of  the  citizens,  they  were  requested 
on  Monday  last  to  perform  the  honors  as  an 
escort  to  the  federal  procession,  and  were  al- 
so introduced  into  the  line  with  the  estab- 
lished Corps,  and  performed  the  march  with 
them  in  the  military  procession,  the  firings 
and  evolutions.  Early  on  Monday  morning 
they  received  from  the  hands  of  their  Cap- 
tain an  elegant  standard,  with  the  following 

Address. 

Soldiers : 

Your  officers  present  you  this 
Standard,  as  a  mark  of  their  gratitude  for 
the  prompt  attention  you  have  evinced  to 
their  commands,  and  the  alacrity  with  which 
you  have  ever  anticipated  their  wishes. 

You  cannot  but  be  sensible  that  volunteer 
institutions  like  our  own,  dependent  for  their 
existence  upon  the  mere  will  of  those  who 
comprise  them,  unrestrained  by  any  obliga- 
tions except  those  which  a  sense  of  pro- 
priety may  impose,  can  be  preserved  only  by 


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strict  subordination  and  a  rigid  adherence  to 
discipline  and  order. 

Our  association,  if  properly  conducted, 
may  be  the  means  of  much  good.  By  thus 
early  disciplining  oursclyes,  we  shall,  when 
we  arrive  at  the  age  of  manhood,  if  ever 
called  upon  to  assert  our  country's  rights,  or 
defend  its  independence,  be  the  better  able 
to  discharge  our  duty. 

I  indulge  the  pleasing  hope  that,  by  your 
close  attention  to  your  duty,  you  will  cause 
this  institution  to  be  distinguished  for  the 
correctness  of  its  discipline  and  render  it  a 
fit  nursery  for  soldiers. 
(To  the  Ensign) 

To  you,  Sir,  as  the  proper 
oflGicer  to  receive  it,  I  commit  this  Standard. 

The  Answer  by  Ensign  Emmbrton. 

"Sir 

In  pursuance  of  the  duties  of  the  office 
with  which  my  fellow  soldiers  have  invested 
me,  I  receive  from  your  hands  this  standard, 
and  assure  you,  that  my  best  endeavors  shall 
be  exerted  to  discharge  with  faithfulness  the 
duties  resulting  from  being  entrusted  with 
its  care.  I  trust  that  yonr  expectations  will 
not  be  disappointed,  but  that  the  Washing- 
ton Eangers  will  ever  distinguish  themselves 
by  the  propriety  and  regularity  of  their  con- 
duct, and  the  correctness  of  their  discipline. 
This  standard  will  always  remind  them  of 
their  duty,  and  animate  them  to  the  greatest 
exertions." 

The  standard  seems  to  be  irrecoverably 
lost.  It  was  last  known  to  be  in  the  custo- 
dy of  Ensign  Barnes  before  noted. 

The  Eangers  continued,  with  varying  suc- 
cess, five  or  six  years,  but  from  the  very  na- 
ture of  its  organization,  permanency  could 
not  be  reasonably  expected.  When  the  mem- 
(27) 


bers  attained  the  age  of  eighteen  they  were  ab- 
sorbed either  in  the  standing  companies,  or 
the  Uniformed  Militia  Corps.  It  was  first 
composed  of  boys  belonging  to  both  the  po- 
litical parties  of  the  time  and  they  cooperated 
harmoniously  for  a  while,  but  as  in  the  time 
of  Hudibras, 

"Party  dudgeon  then  ran  high 

And  men  fell  out  they  knew  not  why." — 
And  the  boys  caught  the  contagion  of  their  ex- 
ample, and  political  disputes  were  introduced 
into  the  Rangers.  The  majority  of  the  mem- 
bers were  Federalists.  They  were  invited  to 
escort  a  procession  of  Federal  young  men, 
July  4  th,  1811,  and  at  a  meeting  of  the  com- 
pany after  an  animated  discussion,  the  ma- 
jority voted  to  do  so.  Upon  this,  most  of  the 
Kepublican  members  |(including  the  writer) 
left  the  company.  There  were,  however,  e- 
nough  members  left  to  make  a  respectable 
appearance  and  after  escorting  the  procession, 
the  company  marched  to  North  Salem  and  par- 
took of  a  dinner  provided  by  Mr.  John  Gran  t 
at  his  hotel  at  Orne's  Point. 

After  this,  I  knew  but  little  of  the  Ean- 
gers. I  left  the  United  States  in  the  Au- 
tumn of  1812  and  with  but  one  or  two  short 
intervals  did  not  return  to  Salem,  till  the 
midsummer  of  1815,  Capt.  James  Gould 
commanded  them  when  I  left  and  he  says  their 
numbers  were  much  diminished  during  the 
war  and,  he  thinks,  they  did  not  parade  after 
he  left  Salem  in  1815. 

The  list  of  members  that  follows  com- 
prises only  a  portion  of  those  who  enlisted 
during  the  first  three  years  of  the  company 
organization. 

List  of  Members. 
1.  Joseph  Hunt  the  first  Captain,  was  son 


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of  Deacon  Lewis  and  Mary  (Bowditch)  Hunt; 
bom  June  28th  1789  and  died  August  7th 
1808,  unmarried.  He  lived  iu  the  old  house 
before  referred  to  and  was  a  young  man  of 
much  promise,  but  early  fell  a  victim  to 
consumption. 

2.  Benja.  Toppan  Pickman,  son  of  Col.  Ben- 
jamin Jr.  and  Anstis  (Derby)  Pickman,  was 
second  Captain,  received  a  mercantile  educa- 
tion, resigned  command  of  the  Bangers  and 
went  to  Europe  about  1809.  Eeturning  he 
settled  as  a  merchant  in  Boston  and  married 
Hannah  daughter  of  Wm.  Smith  of  that  city. 
He  held  a  leading  position  as  a  merchant  and 
citizen,  and  was  much  in  public  life,  holding 
many  important  trusts  in  which  he  was  very 
much  respected.  He  was  president  of  the 
Massachusetts  Senate  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  Born  Sept.  17th  1790  and  died 
March  21st  1836,  without  issue.  (See 
these  Collections  Vol.  3  Page  203,  Vol.  4, 
Page  7  &  Vol.  6,  Page  95.) 

3.  John  Brown,  son  of  Deacon  Edward  and 
Catherine  (Felt)  Brown-  His  father  was 
from  Hamilton  (Mass),  was  a  Carpenter  and 
lived  in  Marlborough  (now  part  of  Federal) 
Street.  His  mother  was  a  native  of  Salem. 
He  was  Lieutenant  of  the  Rangers  under 
Capts.  Hunt  and  Pickman  and  was  ;the  third 
Captain.  On  the  death  of  an  elder  brother, 
he  took  the  name  of  Edward  John  Brown. 
He  was  clerk  in  a  store  and  afterwards  went 
to  Charleston  S.  C.  where  he  died  of  yellow 
fever,  unmarried,  in  1817,  aged  27. 

4.  Ephraim  Emmerton,  son  of  Jeremiah  and 
Elizabeth  (Newhall)  Emmerton.  She  was  a 
widow  Ives  when  Emmerton  married  her. 
Jeremiah  was  for  many  years  master  of  the 
alms  house  which  stood  on  the  north  eastern 
comer  of  the  common.     Ephraim  was  clerk 


to  his  relative,  Capt.  Clifford  Crowinshield 
and  afterwards  went  to  sea  as  Master  and 
Supercargo  and  is  now  a  retired  Merchant 
living  in  the  house  on  Summer  street,  that 
was  occupied,  at  the  opening  of  the  war  of 
the  revolution,  by  Wm.  Pynchon  Esq.,  a 
loyalist  and  eminent  counsellor;  and  subse- 
quently by  James  King  Esq.  He  married 
Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Capt.  Daniel  Sage. 
She  is  also  living  and  they  have  a  large 
family  of  children,  all  but,  one  males. 

5.  George  Atkinson  Ward,  son  of  Samuel 
Curwen  &  Jane  (Ropes)  Ward,  bora  March 
29th  1793,  married  his  cousin,  Mehitabel 
Cushing.  She  died  at  Staten  Island,  New 
York,  October  4th  1862.  (See  Vol.  5th  of 
these  Collections  Pages  213  &  216.)  He 
was  the  first  Sergeant  of  the  Rangers,  being 
then  but  little  over  14  years  of  age.  He 
was  a  clerk  to  Joseph  Peabody  Esq.  He  af- 
terwards carried  on  the  dry  goods  business 
in  Salem,  and  then  removed  to  the  city  of  New 
York.  There  he  carried  on  an  extensive 
business  with  various  fortune.  On  the  open- 
ing of  the  Califoraia  trade  he  went  there,  and 
then  returned  to  New  York  and  lived  at  New 
Brighton,  Staten  Island.  He  never  lost  his 
affection  for  the  place  of  his  nativity  and  re- 
turned here  in  the  autumn  of  1863,  to 
spend  the  remainder  of  his  days.  Here 
with  all  the  ardor  of  his  youth,  he  entered 
into  the  affairs  of  the  city,  and  paid  a  special 
devotion  to  the  interests  of  the  Essex  Insti- 
tute, of  which  he  was  an  original  member. 
Zealous  in  every  thing  he  undertook,  genial, 
kind  and  courteous  in  his  nature.he  never  for- 
got nor  neglected  the  friends  of  his  youth, 
however  humble  their  circumstances.  His 
literary  talents  were  very  respectable.  He 
was  the  editor  of  "Curwen's  Journal  and 
Letters,"  a  new  edition  of  which  he  had 


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completed,  but  a  little  time  before  his  sud- 
den death,  Sept.  22d  1864. 

6.  Wm.  Proctor,  son  of  Capt.  Wra.  and 
Elizabeth  (Masury)  Proctor.  His  father  was 
a  large  grocer  in  Boston  street. 

Wm .  was  an  original  member  and  Sergeant 
of  the  company.  He  was  clerk  to  Pickering 
Dodge  Esq.  and  then  a  merchant  on  his  own 
account.  Removed  to  New  York  where  he 
now  Jives.  Married  Sally  Holman  whose 
mother  was  a  daughter  of  Nathan  Peirce. 
(See  Vol.  4  of  these  Collections  Page  78.) 

7.  James  Gale,  an  original  member  and  Ser- 
geant, son  of  Edmund  &  Margaret  (Stubbs) 
Gale.  The  father  was  an  oflBcer  of  the  revo- 
lutionary army  and  afterwards  a  victualler  in 
Salem.  James  was  a  mathematical  instru- 
ment maker  and  afterwards  taught  the  public 
school  in  South  Salem.  He  then  removed  to 
Haverhill  Mass.  where  he  kept  a  book  store  and 
was  for  some  years  Post  Master.  He  then 
was  several  years  Cashier  of  Haverhill  Bank 
and  is  now  President  of  the  Savings  Bank  at 
H.  He  married  Hannah  daughter  of  Capt. 
Benja.  Webb  of  Salem  and  has  several  chil- 
dren. 

When  I  first  joined  the  Rangers,  James  was 
the  drill  master  and  an  excellent  one  he  was. 
He  taught  us  to  move  and  handle  our  arms  with 
military  and  mathematical  accuracy.  Our  ren- 
dezvous was,  at  that  time,  in  the  back  part  of 
the  building,  then  recently  erected  by  Capt. 
Stephen  Phillips  on  Derby  street,  in  the  front 
of  which  Samuel  Emery  now  keeps  his  Mathe- 
matical Instrument  Shop. 

8.  Ebenezer  Hathorne,  son  of  John  &  Su- 
sannah (Herbert)  Hathorne.  He  went  to  sea 
some  time,  and  then  emigrated  to  one  of  the 
Western  States,  and  afterwards  travelled 
in  Mexico.  Returning  to  Massachusetts, 
he  was  many  years  a  clerk    in   the   Bos- 


ton Custom  House,  and  he  finally  settled 
down  at  the  farm  on  Salem  Neck  at  the 
Point  of  Rocks,  which  had  been  in  posses- 
sion of  the  family  for  several  generations. 
He  was  descended  from  Major  William  Ha- 
thorne, one  of  our  earliest  and  most  prominent 
settlers,  and  also  from  Philip  English  the  emi- 
nent merchant.  He  married  Mrs.  Catherine 
Peace,  and  died  Nov.  6th  1858. 

9.  George  Baker,  a  native  of  Ipswich  Mass, 
son  of  Asa  and  Hannah  (Newhall)  Baker. 
Asa  was  a  native  of  Ipswich,  and  Hannah  of 
Gloucester  Mass.  George  came  to  Salem 
young  and  learned  the  business  of  a  jeweller 
with  Jabez  Baldwin,  who  carried  on  an  exten- 
sive business.  (See  Vol.  4th  of  these  Col- 
lections Page  133.) 

On  the  completion  of  his  apprenticeship,  he 
established  himself  in  the  same  business  at 
Providence  R.  I.  where  he  now  lives.  He 
has  been  many  years  connected  with,  and  is 
now  a  Director  and  Treasurer  of  the  Provi- 
dence Mutual  Insurance  Comp'y.  He  was 
married  Sept.  1814  to  Ednah  Hale  of  New- 
bury Mass  and  again  (October  1840)  in  Bos- 
ton to  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Capt.  Solomon 
Towne  formerly  of  Salem.  Her  mother  was 
Lydia,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Mary  (Hen- 
field)  Goodale  of  Salem. 

10.  Thomas  Porter,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Ruth  (Allen)  Porter,  was  a  native  of  Topsfield 
Mass.  His  father  was  a  shipmaster  of  Salem 
and  his  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Capt.  Ed- 
ward Allen,  who  was  an  extensive  merchant 
some  sixty  years  ago,  and  lived  in  Derby 
street.  Thomas  was  a  clerk  in  the  book  store 
of  Cushing  and  Appleton,  and  afterwards 
kept  a  book  store  for  himself  in  a  wooden 
building, that  stood  where  Sweetser's  shoe  store 
now  is,  next  east  of  Creamer's  Brown  Stone 
Block.    His  younger  brother  Elijah,  and  Seth 


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Low  who  married  his  sister  were  Druggists  in 
Salem  and  afterwards  in  New  York.  Thos. 
was  born  Dec.  31,  1790  and  died  at  New  Or- 
leans Oct.  1818,  unmarried.  (See  Vol.  4 
of  these  Collections  Page  76. 

11.  Aaron  Porter  was  a  native  of  Salem, 
son  of  Aaron  and  Eunice  (Hathorne)  Porter. 
Aaron  senior  was  a  currier,  and  had  his  shop 
and  dwelling  in  South  Salem,  near  where  Mill 
and  Lafayette  streets  intersect.  Aaron  Jr. 
left  Salem  in  early  life  and  died  abroad. 

12.  John  P.  Babbidge  was  a  native  of  Sa- 
lem, son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  (Phippen) 
Babbidge.  Benja.  was  a  retired  shipmaster, 
but  lost  most  of  his  property  by  endorsing  for 
a  relative,  and  went  to  sea  again  as  master  of 
a  vessel  in  1811  and  was  not  heard  from. 
His  wife  died  March  7th  1812.  John  P. 
was  4th  Captain  of  the  Rangers  and  after- 
wards went  to  sea.  He  died  August  2d  1826, 
of  Yellow  Fever,  at  City  Point  Virginia,  where 
he  had  gone  to  take  charge  of  a  ship.  He 
married  Sarah  daughter  of  Francis  Pulsifer. 

13.  William  Babbidge  son  of  John  and  Sa- 
rah (Becket)  Babbidge,  was  a  native  of  Salem 
and  cousin  to  John  P.  His  father  was  a  boat 
builder  and  was  of  the  firm  of  Hawkes  and 
Babbidge,  ship  builders.  He  lived  to  the  re- 
markable age  of  93|  ,  having  died  March 
26  1860  and  his  wife  July  19, 1856,  aged  82. 
Wm.  died  August  27th,  1815,  unmarried. 
(See  Vol.  4  of  these  Collections  Page  9.) 

14.  Benja.  Porter  Chamberlain  son  of  Na- 
thaniel &  Amy  (Porter)  Chamberlain.  She 
was  from  Danvers,  New  Mills.  Nath.  was  a 
mason  and  lived  in  the  house  now  occupied  by 
John  Calef  on  Federal  street.  Benja.  when 
a  youth  was  clerk  in  the  grocery  store  of 
Samuel  Very,  at  Buffum's  Comer.  In  early 
manhood,  he  went  to  Cuba  and  remained  there 


several  years.  Returning  to  Salem,  he  set- 
tled down  as  a  merchant  residing  in  the  house 
on  Federal  street,  now  occupied  by  Stephen 
A.  Chase;  but  doing  business  in  Boston;  in 
the  neighborhood  of  which  he  now  lives.  He 
married  Eliza  S.  Smith  of  Portland  Maine  and 
survives  her. 

15.  Joseph  Very,  son  of  Ephraira  and  Abi- 
gail (Rowles)  Very.  Father  was  a  Shipmas- 
ter. Joseph  was  a  Painter  and  settled 
in  Eastport,  Maine,  where  he  died.  Born  in 
1792.  (See  2nd  Vol.  of  these  Collections, 
Page  37). 

16.  James  Bullock,  now  by  authority  of  the 
Legislature  known  as  James  Ballard.  By 
trade  a  Coach  painter.  Lives  in  Lafayette 
treet.  South  Salem.  Son  of  Isaac  and  Eliza- 
beth (Boyd)  Bullock.  Married  Eliza  Cotton 
Archer,  daughter  of  Col.  Samuel  A.,  and  she 
is  now  living.  (See  Vol.  4  of  these  Collec- 
tions, Page  137.) 

17.  Benjamin  Bullock,  twin  brother  of 
James,  was  a  Harness  maker.  Died  unmar- 
ried.. 

18.  Jesse  Smith,  son  of  Aaron  k  Lucy 
(Baker)  Smith,  was  a  native  of  Ipswich,  but 
came  young  to  Salem  and  learned  the  watch 
maker's  trade  of  Benja.  Balch,  whose  copart- 
ner he  afterwards  was,  now  carries  on  the 
same  business  on  Essex  street,  opposite  Barton 
Square.  He  was  born  12th  Deer.  1789,  and 
married  Priscilla  Treadwell  whom  he  survives. 
(See  Vol.  3  of  these  Collections,  Pages  211 
and  212.) 

19.  John  Punchard,  son  of  Samuel  &  Al- 
ice (Poor)  Punchard,  was  clerk  in  a  store. 
He  removed  to  New  Hampshire  and  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  (Malthus  Ward)  of  Ha- 
verhill N.  H.  He  was  a  stationer  and  lived 
in  Boston  and  removed  to  Florida.     He  was 


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born  August  28th,  1791,  and  died  in  Jack- 
sonville, Florida,  August  27th,  1831. 

20.  Stephens  Baker,  son  of  Joseph  &  Lucy 
(Stephens)  Baker  of  Beverly.  He  came 
from  Beverly  to  Salem  and  learned  the  busi- 
ness of  a  jeweller  from  Jabez  Baldwin.  He 
was  born  Nov.  14th,  1791  and  is  now  living 
in  Beverly.  He  married  Adeline,  daughter 
of  Capt.  Asa  Batchelder  of  B.  He  went  to 
Wilmington  N.  C.  in  1816  and  after  remain- 
ing there  about  two  years  returned  to  Beverly 
and  kept  a  shop  for  the  sale  of  jewelry,  sta- 
tionery, medicines  &c.  He  was  many  years 
Post  Master  and  Justice  of  the  Peace.  A 
few  years  since,  he  removed  to  Sheffield,  Illi- 
nois, but  has  lately  returned  to  Beverly. 

21.  George  Dean  Jr.,  native  of  Salem,  son 
of  George  and  Sarah  (Phippen)  Dean  and 
cousin  to  John  P.  Babbidge  No.  10.  Was 
a  clerk  in  Salem  and  died  in  Boston  Jan'y 
10th,  1830,  unmarried.     Born  1791. 

22.  John  Trumbull,  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Hannah  (Picket)  Trumbull,  born  in  Salem 
Jan'y  29th,  1790.  Married  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  Pelatiah  Brown.  His  father  came  to 
Salem  from  Charlestown  Mass.  and  his  moth- 
er was  from  Beverly.  John  was  a  Tailor  and 
removed  to  Londonderry  N.  H.  where  he  died 
Nov.  8th,  1824. 

23.  John  W.  Archer,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Sarah  (Woodbury)  Archer.  Born  in  Salem 
1790,  and  married  16th  October  1821,  Deb- 
orah H.  Little  of  Beverly,  was  a  mariner  and 
afterwards  had  a  book  store  on  the  corner  of 
Essex  and  Elm  streets,  moved  to  Alton,  Illi- 
nois and  is  now  living.  (See  3  Vol.  of  these 
Collections,  Page  255.) 

24.  Edward  Orne,  son  of  Josiah  and  Alice 
(Allen)  Orne.  His  father  was  a  shipmaster 
and  merchant  and  his  mother  a  daughter  of 


Capt.  Edward  Allen.  Edward  was  born  in  Sa- 
lem in  1790.  Married  1st Williams  niece 

of  Samuel  Williams  the  American  Banker  in 
London,  and  2nd  a  southern  lady.  He  set- 
tled in  Mississippi,  and  died  at  Hernando  in 
that  state  April  7th  1845.  (See  Vol.  3  of 
these  Collections  Page  178,  and  also  Vol.  4 
Page  87.) 

25.  Wm.  Archer,  son  of  Wm.  and  Mary 
(Daland)  Archer  was  a  clerk  to  his  uncle  John 
Daland,  and  afterwards  kept  a  grocery  store 
for  himself,  married  Eliza  Daniels.  Has 
been  an  insurance  agent  and  manager  of  a 
Loan  and  Fund  Association.  Born  August 
13th,  1791.  I  have  before  expressed  my  in- 
debtedness to  him  for  many  facts  in  relation 
to  these  notices. 

26.  Nathaniel  Ladd  was  not  a  Salem  boy. 
I  think  he*  was  learning  the  cabinet  maker's 
trade  from  one  of  the  Sandersons  in  Federal 
street,  but  he  left  Salem  in  a  few  years  and  I 
know  no  more  of  him.     . 

27.  Peter  Gerard  was  born  in  Boston  of 
French  parents.  They  carried  him  to  St. 
Domingo,  where  they  lost  their  lives  by  the  in- 
surrection of  the  blacks  and  massacre  of  the 
whites.  Peter  was  secreted  by  a  black  man, 
who  found  means  to  put  him  on  board  of  a 
vessel  bound  to  the  U.  States.  Arriving  in 
Salem,  he  was  protected  and  educated  by  a 
French  resident  named  Peter  Barras.  He 
was  a  very  intelligent  and  well  behaved  boy 
and  young  man.  He  learned  the  trade  of  a 
Tailor  and  went  South.  I  beard  of  him  af- 
terwards as  living  in  Charleston  S.  C.  and, 
well  to  do  in  the  world,  but  I  know  not  his 
later  history. 

28.  Stedman  Atherton  was  not  a  Salem 
boy  and  did  not  remain  here  long  and  I  can- 
not trace  him  since. 


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29.  Samuel  B.  Derby,  son  of  Genl.  Sam- 
uel G.  &  Margaret  (Barton)  Derby,  born  in 
Salem,  Nov.  30th,  1792.  Educated  as  a 
merchant  and  went  to  sea  as  clerk  and  super- 
cargo. He  early  fell  a  victim  to  consumption 
and  died  at  Weston,  Mass.  Jan'y  14th,  1818. 
(See  3  Vol.  of  these  Collections  Page  285.) 

30.  David  Chever  son  of  Capt.  James  and 
Sarah  (Brown)  Chever  His  father  was  a 
shipmaster  and  afterwards  an  oflBcer  in  the 
Salem  Customs.  David  was  clerk  in  the 
counting  room  of  John  Crowninshield,  and 
went  to  sea  as  clerk  of  the  private  armed  ship 
John.  During  her  chase  by  a  British  vessel, 
he  was  wounded  by  a  splinter,  which  caused 
his  death.  He  was  bom  in  Salem  in  1793, 
and  died  in  Bridgetown,  Barbados,  February 
12th,  1813.  (See  Vol.  4  of  these  Collections 
Page  13.) 

31.  Daniel  Frye,  son  of  Nathan  and  Han- 
nah (Nutting)  Frye.  His  father  was  from 
Andover  and  his  nlother  from  Marblehead. 
Daniel  was  born  in  Salem  May  2nd,  1793. 
He  was  a  seaman  and  was  captain  of  the 
maintop  of  the  private  armed  ship  Grand 
Turk,and  was  shot  during  an  engagement  with 
a  British  Packet  ship,  and  died  the  next  day, 
May  2nd,  1814  being  his  birth  day. 

32.  Daniel  Eopes,  son  of  Daniel  and  Alice 
(Chever)  Ropes.  His  father  was  a  ship  mas- 
ter from  Salem.  Daniel  was  a  cousin  of  Da 
vid  Chever  No.  29.  He  was  a  clerk  in  the 
Dry  goods  store  of  Israel  Kinsman  on  Essex 
street  in  the  old  Franklin  Building.  He  af- 
terwards went  to  sea,  was  captured  and  was 
confined  in  a  prison  ship  at  Chatham  England. 
He  was  born  in  Salem  and  died  at  Chatham 
9th  February  1814  aged  19  years. 

33.  John  Fillelrown  Jr.  son  of  John  and 
Sally  (Chassler)  Fillebrown.     His  father  was 


a  ship  master  and  was  captured  during  the 
war  of  1812-15  and  died  in  prison.  John 
was  a  clerk  in  a  Dry  goods  store;  but  went  to 
Brazil  and  settled  in  business  at  Maranham, 
where  he  died  8th  December  1821.  Was 
born  in  Salem  Nov.  3d,  1792,  and  was  a 
young  man  of  much  intelligence,  activity  and 
genius.  He  was  an  amateur  drawer  and 
painter  and  many  of  the  productions  of  his 
pencil  and  brush  would  have  done  no  discred- 
it to  one  of  thorough  study  and  more  mature 
practice. 

34.  Nathan  Goodale,  son  of  Joshua  and 
Mary  (Henfield)  Goodale,born  in  Salem  Sept. 
19th,  1792.  He  was  bookkeeper  for  Seccomb 
and  Williams  who  did  an  extensive  business 
in  drugs,  groceries,  &c. ,  in  the  brick  building 
on  the  corner  of  Federal  and  North  streets, 
now  occupied  by  B.  R.  Symonds.  S.  and  W. 
were  the  originators  of  the  Salem  Laboratory, 
which  was  at  first  located  on  the  Hunt  estate 
on  the  north  side  of  Lynde  street.  At  early 
manhood,  Nathan  went  to  New  Orleans  where 
he  was  living  a  few  years  since  and  probably 
is  now.  He  married  1st  Ann  Eliza  Walton 
and  2nd  Mrs.  Josephine  Littlefield. 

35.  Samuel  Gardner,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Hannah  (Stevens)  Gardner.  Born  in  Salem 
in  1792.  His  father  was  a  ship  master  and 
was  lost  at  sea  near  the  close  of  the  last  cen- 
tury, and  was  a  descendant  from  Thomas 
Gardner,  the  early  planter.  His  mother  was 
a  daughter  of  Birasley  Stevens  a  Deputy 
Sheriff  who  kept  the  jail  in  County  street  in 
the  last  century.  Samuel  was  an  only  son, 
but  had  a  sister  Rebecca,  who  was  married  to 
Capt.  John  Allen,  another,  Hannah  who  mar- 
ried Capt.  George  Creamer.  He  was  an  ap- 
prentice to  Thos.  C.  Gushing  in  the  Salem 
Gazette  office  and  was  a  very  promising  young 
man.     He  was  5th  Captain  of  the  Rangers. 


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He  left  Salem  at  tbe  expiration  of  his  appren- 
ticeship and  died  abroad. 

36.  Wm.  P.  Gould  son  of  Capt.  Solomon 
Gould  who  at  one  time  was  Captain  of  the 
Salem  Artillery.  Wm.  was  clerk  to  Simon 
Forrester  Esqr.,  an  eminent  merchant.  In 
earlj  manhood,  he  went  to  France  and  was  a 
clerk  in  the  American  Consulate  at  Bordeaux. 
He  returned  to  the  U.  S.  with  Mr.  Lee,  the 
Consul  and  was  a  clerk  in  one  of  the  depart- 
ments at  Washington.  I  heard  of  him  living 
in  Alabama  as  a  planter,  a  few  years  since. 

37.  Wm.  Haskell  Jr.  son  of  Wm.  and  Ab- 
igail (Buxton)  Haskell.  The  father  was 
from  Ipswich,  but  lived  in  Salem  and  was  a 
ship  master ;  the  mother  was  from  Dan  vers. 
Wm.  learned  the  business  of  a  cabinet  mak- 
er from  one  of  the  Messrs.  Sandersons,  but  in 
after  life,  kept  a  grocery  store.  He  married 
Dorcas  Larrabee,  and  died  July  6,  1860, aged 
68|  years. 

38.  James  G.  Hail.  I  know  not  who  he 
was,  recollect  nothing  and  have  not  been 
able  to  obtain  ^ny  information  about  him. 

39.  Elisha  Harrington,  son  of  Elisha  and 
Martha  (Burrill)  Harrington.  The  father 
was  from  Weston,  Mass.  but  lived  in  Salem 
and  was  a  ship  master.  He  commanded  a 
vessel  which  was  cast  away  near  Savannah, 
the  latter  part  of  1800.  He  was  drowned, 
but  the  other  officers  and  the  crew  swam  a- 
shore  and  were  saved.  The  mother  was  a 
widow  Stocker  when  Capt.  H.  married  her, 
and  she  was  afterwards  the  wife  of  Alden 
Burrill.  Elisha  was  born  in  1793,  was  by 
trade  a  tailor,  went  to  Hartford  Conn,  and 
lived  there  many  years,  and  (I  believe)  lives 
now  in  Baltimore,  Maryland. 

40.  Henry  Nichols,  son  of  Ichabod  and 
Lydia  (Ropes)   Nichols.     His  father  was  a 


wealthy  merchant  of  Salem  and  lived  in  early 
life  in  Portsmouth  N.  H.  Ichabod  and  Lydia 
were  parents  of  Ichabod  N.,  D.  D.  of  Port- 
land Maine  and  of  the  venerable  George  N. 
of  Salem.  Henry  was  born  Deer.  18th  1793 
was  some  time  at  sea,  resided  in  one  of  the 
Western  States  and  now  lives  in  Boston. 
(See  Vol.  4  of  these  Collections,  Page  133.) 
Married  his  cousin,  Sarah  Hardy  Hopes, 
daughter  of  George  and  Seeth  (Millet)  Hopes; 
she  died  Mch.  15,  1826,  leaving  no  issue. 

41.  Wm.  Poole,  son  of  Wm.  and  Sally 
(Perry)  Poole.  His  father  was  a  wool  pul- 
ler and  resident  in  that  part  of  South  Dan- 
vers,  near  the  Salem  line. 

Wm.  was  at  one  time  Lieut,  of  the  Ran- 
gers, and  subsccjuently  Lieut.  Colonel  of  the 
Danvers  Regiment.  He  was  of  the  same 
business  as  his  father.  Married  Sally  Smith 
of  Salem.     Died  June  10th,  1821,  aged  28. 

42.  Robert  H.  Parker,  son  of  Daniel  P. 
who  for  several  years  taught  the  Salem  Gram- 
mar School,  and  was  clerk  of  St.  Peters 
Church.  He  had  been  an  officer  in  the 
army  of  the  Revolution  and  came  to  Salem 
from  Haverhill,  Mass.  There  was  another 
son,  Charles  who  became  eminent  as  a  bank 
note  engraver  and  came  to  his  death  by  fal- 
ling in  one  of  the  streets  of  Philadelphia  in 
jumping  over  a  puddle  of  water  March  9th 
1819.  Robert  was  a  clerk  in  the  dry  goods 
store  of  John  Jenks,  left  Salem  early,  and 
died  at  Grenada,  Central  America,  Feb. 
3d,  1830. 

43.  Samuel  S.  Townsend,  son  of  Jacob  & 
Sally  (Symonds)  Townsend.  Was  clerk  in 
a  dry  goods  store  and  an  inmate  of  the  fami- 
ly of  Mr.  Wm.  Gavett  on  North  street,  of 
whom  he  was  a  relative.  He  left  Salem  ear- 
ly and  now  resides  in  Lynn.  Is  a  machinist 
and  has  a  family. 


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44.  Wm.  Webb,  son  of  Benjamin  &  Han- 
nah (Bray)  Webb.  His  father  was  a  ship 
master.  Wm.  at  that  time  was  in  the  apoth- 
ecary's shop  of  his  eldest  brother  Benjamin. 
Established  himself  as  an  apothecary  in  1 823 
in  the  shop  on  Essex,  opposite  Daniels  street 
where  he  now  is.  Was  bom  September,  1793. 
Married  Isabella  daughter  of  Alexander  Don- 
aldson and  survives  her.  ( See  Vol.  4  of 
these  Collections,  Page  11.) 

45.  Richard  Shatswell  Goodhue  was  a  na- 
tive of  Ipswich  Mass.,  but  came  early  to  Sa- 
lem to  learn  watch  repairing  of  Mr.  James 
Dairy mple.  Left  Salem  and  went  to  Port- 
land, Maine,  to  Mr.  Dalrymple's  brother 
John,  who  was  in  the  same  business  there. 
Of  the  rest,  I  am  ignorant. 

46.  James  R.  Buffum  was  a  native  of  Sa- 
lem, was  salesman  in  a  grocery,  afterwards 
in  a  book  store.  Kept  a  book  and  stationery 
store  for  himself  on  the  Western  cor- 
ner of  Essex  and  Central  street,  now  oc- 
cupied as  a  hat  and  fur  store  by  Stephen  Os- 
borne, then  kept  a  tavern  at  Orne's  point. 
North  Salem.  He  married  Susan,  daughter 
of  Jonathan  Mansfield,  who  came  to  Salem 
from  Lynn.  In  his  latter  days,  he  was  very 
infirm.     Died  Feb'y  14th,  1863,  aged  68. 

47.  Daniel  Treadwell  Goodhue,  son  of 
Capt.  Jeremiah  and  Elizabeth  (Treadwell) 
Goodhue,  both  of  Ipswich.  His  mother  was 
half-sister  to  Judge  Treadwell  of  Salem. — 
(See  vol.  4  of  these  CoUectione,  page  129.) 
Daniel  came  early  to  Salem  and  learned  the 
business  of  a  Jeweller  of  Caleb  Warner, 
went  to  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  and  es 
tablished 'Simself  in  the  same  business  and 
now  lives  there,  married  Mary  Hale  of  New- 
bury, Mass.,  sister  of  the  first  wife  of  George 
Baker,  No.  7. 


48.  Benjamin  Howard,  son  of  John  and 
Jemima  (Ashby)  Howard.  (  See  vol.  4  of 
these  Collections,  page  85).  Benjamin  be- 
came a  merchant  in  Boston  and  was  well 
known  for  his  activity,  intelligence  and  integ- 
rity. He  married  Harriet,  daughter  of  Wm. 
Lang,  of  Salem,  and  died  at  Boston,  sudden- 
ly, while  at  church,  August  1860.  The 
Episcopal  Bishop  Clark,  of  Rhode  Island, 
married  one  of  his  daughters,  and  Rev.  Geo. 
D.  Wildes,  of  Salem,  another. 

49.  Jeremiah  Pervear,  was  not  (I  think^ 
a  Salem  boy.  Married  Clarissa  H.  Richard- 
son. He  was  a  Joiner,  and  fell  from  a  sta- 
ging of  the  yacht  Cleopatra's  Barge,  on  which 
he  was  at  work,  and  was  killed,  Sept.  1816. 

50.  John  Quarles,  was  the  son  of  a  car- 
penter who  resided  in  Salem  many  years,but, 
I  think,  was  not  of  a  Salem  family.  John 
was  a  clerk,  but  none  of  the  family  are  here 
now  and  I  know  no  more. 

51.  Benjamin  F.  Browne,  the  collector  of 
these  memorials,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Eliza- 
beth (Andrew)  Browne,  was  an  apprentice 
to  Edward  S.  Lang,  Apothecary.  (See  vol. 
3  of  these  collections,  page  215,  and  read 
Assistant  Surgeon.  See  also  vol.  4  page  87) 
Was  a  Prisoner  of  War  at  Barbados,  W.  I., 
and  at  Dartmoor,  England. 

52.  John  Archer  3d,  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Rachel  (Woodman)  Archer.  (See  vol.  4  of 
these  Collections,  page  134).  John  tended 
in  his  father's  Grocery.  Went  to  sea  in  the 
war  of  1812-15  and  was  captured  and  im- 
prisoned. After  the  peace,  he  had  a  Ship 
Chandlery  Store  on  Derby  Street,  but  has 
now  retired  from  business  and  lives  at  leis- 
ure in  Daniels  Street.  Married  Abigail  B. 
Woodward,  who  still  lives.     No  issue. 

53.  John  Winn  jr.,  son  of  Joseph  and 


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Mary  (Hunt^  Winn.  (See  vol.  4  of  these 
Collections  page  137.  He  was  engaged  in 
mercantile  affairs,  and  carried  on  a  candle 
.manufactory.  Was  for  several  years  Presi- 
dent of  the  Essex  Insurance  Company.  He 
then  removed  to  Bmgor,  Maine,  and  was 
largely  engaged  in  the  lumber  trade.  He 
was  captain  of  the  Salem  Cadets,  as  his  fath- 
er had  been  previously.  He  married  Sarah 
W.  Flint  of  Salem  and  died  in  Salem,  at  the 
house  of  his  son-in-law, .  Henry  J.  Pratt, 
April  15th,  1858,  Aged  62. 

54.  Samuel  Endicott  jr.,  son  of  Samuel 
and  Elizabeth  (Putnam)  Endicott.  (See 
4th  vol.  of  these  Collections,  page  132.)  He 
was  born  March  1795  and  died  May  1828. 
Was  never  married. 

55.  Jeremiah  Norris,  son  of  Edward  and 
Sarah  (Lee)  Norris.  His  father  was  Town 
Clerk,  Notary  Public,  &c.  (See  vol,  4th  of 
these  Collections,  page  88.^  Jeremiah  went 
to  sea  and  sailed  from  Baltimore  in  a  vpssel 
which  was  heard  from  no  miore.  Married 
Dolly  Safford,  who,  as  also  Charles  H.  Nor- 
ris, his  son;  still  lives. 

56.  Henry  T.  Whittredge,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Sarah  (Trask)  Whittredge.  (See  vol. 
3  of  these  Collections,  pages  178  and  214.) 
Bom  1794  and  died  Ist  Sept.  1830.  Mar- 
ried Ruth  P.  Webb,  daughter  of  Stephen. 

.  (See  also  voL  4  of  these  Collections,  page 
137.; 

57.  Tarrant  Putnam  Flint  was  a  native 
of  Damvers,  but  learned  the  watchmaking 
and  jewelry  business  of  Theodore  Morgan  in 
Salem.  He  went  to  Providence,  R.  I.,  and 
worked  there  awhile  and  then  settled  in  the 
same  business  in  Nashville,  Tennessee.  He 
married,  at  Reading,  Mass.,  Nov,  1819,  Eu- 

[28] 


nice  Healey,  and  died  in  Belmont  County, 
Ohio,  October  6th,  1822,  aged  29, 

58.  Joseph  Goss,  son  of  Thomas  and  Abi- 
gail (Bullock;  Goss,  native  of  Salem.  Was 
clerk  to  Joseph  Howard  and  died  at  the 
house  of  Daniel  Dutch  Esq.,  to  whose 
daughter  he  was  engaged,  Nov.  1824. 

59.  Miles  Barnes,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Hannah  fDriverJ  Barnes.  Thomas  was  a 
Major  in  the  Array  of  the  Revolution,  but 
when  I  knew  him  worked  at  cabinet-making. 
Miles  was  some  years  in  a  dry  goods  store 
in  Salem,  but  went  West  and  died  there,  un- 
married.    Was  Ensign  of  the  Rangers  and 

afterwards  a  member  of  the  Salem  Cadets. 

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60.  Jonathan  Webb,  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Mary  fKingj  Webb,  born  22nd  January 
1795  and  died  2nd  August  1832,  married 
5th  January  1825,  Harriet,  daughter  of  Abi- 
jah  Northey.  He  was  in  the  Drug  Store  of 
Seccomb  and  Williams,  and  afterwards  kept 
an  Apothecary's  shop  on  Essex  Cold  paved; 
Street.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Salem  Ca. 
dets,  and  then  adjutant  and  subsequently 
Colonel  of  the  Salem  Regiment.  (  See  vol. 
3  of  these  Collections,  page  215,  also  vol.  4, 
page  139. 

61.  Samuel  Archer  4th,  son  of  Col.  Sam- 
uel &  Susannah  fBabbidge;  Archer.  (See 
4th  Vol.  of  these  Collections,  Page  137.; 
Died  young  and  unmarried. 

62.  Joel  Davis,  was  not  of  Salem.  Was 
salesman  in  a  dry  goods  store.  Did  not  re- 
main in  Salem  long,  and  1  know  no  more. 

63.  James  Gould,  son  of  Josiah  and  Abi- 
gail CWilliams;  Gould.  Josiah  was  a  Sa- 
lem man  but  removed  to  Beverly  and  was  for 
many  years.  Cashier  of  Beverly  Bank.  Ab- 
igail was  daughter  of  Capt.  Henry  Williams, 


214 


who  lived  on  the  eastern  corner  of  Brown 
and  Williams,  streets.  James  learned  the 
jeweller's  trade  of  Jabez  Baldwin  and  went 
to  Baltimore  and  carried  on  his  business,  in 
the  firm  of  Ward  and  Gould  and  is  now  liv- 
ing there.  He  married  at  Beverly,  Deer. 
4th,  1817,  Eliza  Leech  of  that  place. 

64.  John  Foster,  sonof  Abraham  and 
Abraham  lived  in  Boston  street  and  at  the 
close  of  the  last  century  commanded  a  Sa- 
lem Company  of  Militia..  John  graduated 
at  Havard  College  in  1813,  and  was  an  At- 
torney and  Counsellor  in  Salem,  married 
Kuth,  daughter  of  Billy  Emerson  of  Tops- 
field.  He  had  an  elder  brother,  who  removed 
to  Andover  and  was  unmarried.  John  died 
in  New  York  Jan'y  1836. 

65.  Samuel  Endtcott,  son  of  John  and 
Mary  (TutnamJ  Endicott.  His  father  was 
a  ship  master  and  resided  mostly  in  Danvers. 
Samuel  was  clerk  to  Joseph  Peabody  Esqr. 
then  went  to  sea  as  clerk  and  supercargo. 
He  was  born  Oct'r  1793,  married  Caroline, 
daughter  of  Capt.  John  Collins  and  died 
very  suddenly  May  1828.  He  left  a  widow 
and  two  sons,  and  a  daughter,  who  is  the  wife 
of  James  B.  Curwen  Esqr.,  the  daughter  on- 
ly survives. 

66.  Joseph  H.  Lord,  son  of  Daniel  and 
Sarah  ('HollandJ  Lord.  He  was  a  native  of 
Ipswich,  but  came  to  Salem  and  tended  in 
the  grocery  of  S.  &  J.  Peabody.  Then  kept 
a  glass  and  crockery  store,  afterwards  re- 
moved to  Boston  where  he  now  resides. 
He  married  Judith  daugter  of  Ellis  Mans- 
field of  Salem. 

67.  Benjamin  Diman,  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Suth  fSmithJ  Diman.  His  father  died 
young  and  his  mother  married  Captain  Wm. 


Mugford.  She  was  of  the  family  of  Smiths 
in  Broad  Street,  a  sister  to  Mrs.  Robert  Peele 
and  Mrs.  John  Bott.  Benjamin  was  a  clerk 
in  the  Salem  Custom  House  and  afterwards 
went  to  .sea  and  died  in  1821,  with  yellow 
fever,  on  his  passage  from  Wilmington  to 
Salem,  Aged  27.     Bom  Dec.  12th  1794. 

68.  James  Mansfield,  son  of  James  and 
Mary  CBickfordJ  Mansfield.  His  father  was 
a  shipmaster  and  commanded  the  private 
armed  schooner  Eegulator  in  the  war  of 
1812-15.  James  was  born  in  Salem,  May 
1795.  Was  a  clerk  and  afterwards  went  to 
sea.-    Died  June  8th,  1815,  unmarried. 

69.  Mathew  Woodbury,  son  of  Josiah  and 
Elizabeth  Woodbury,  His  father  was  a  car- 
penter. Mathew  went  to  sea,  and  was 
drowned  in  Salem  Harbor,  Oct.  1813,  un- 
married. He  was  in  a  fishing  boat  that  cap- 
sized. 

70.  John  Joye,  son  of  John  and  Mary 
fMarston^  Joye.  His  father  was  a  shoe- 
maker, tythingman,  janitor  of  the  East  In- 
dia Museum,  &c.  John  was  clerk  in  a  Hard- 
ware store,  afterwards  took  profiles,  kept  a 
refreshment  room,  &c.  He  died  in  Boston 
June  1826. 

71.  Nathaniel  Knight,  son  of  Nath'l  and 
Sarah  f WardJ  Knight.  His  father  was  a 
shipmaster  and  in  his  latter  days,  wharfinger 
of  Derby  Wharf,  f  See  vol.  4  of  these  col- ' 
lections,  page  12 J.  Nathaniel  was  a  clerk 
to  Edward  S.  Lang,  Apothecary,  a  year  or 
two,  then  went  to  sea  and  died  about  1€09. 

72.  George  Leavitt,  son  of  Joshua  and 
Eunice  (EichardsonJ  Leavitt.  The  parents 
were  not  natives  of  Salem.  George  was 
clerk  in  a  ship  chandlery  store,  and  after- 
wards went  to  sea  and  was  killed  in  1819, 


215 


off  Corsica,  by  falling   from  aloft  on  board 
ship  Eliza  of  Salem,  Capt.  Wm.  Osgood. 

73.  Joshua  Strout,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mar- 
garet fBatonJ  Strout.  His  father  was  not  a 
native  of  Salem,  but  resided  here  many  years 
and  died  here.  His  mother  was  a  daughter 
of  John  Baton,  a  Huguenot  from  the  Isle  of 
Oleron.  (See  vol.  3  of  these  Culiections, 
page  125.)  Joshua  was  born  in  Salem  and 
was  a  clerk  in  a  dry  goods  store,  afterwards 
went  to  sea  and  was  captured  and  sent  to 
Halifax  Prison,  where  he  met  his  father  and 
brother,  also  captives.  The  father  was  sent 
home,  but  the  brothers  were  transferred  to 
England  and  confined  at  partmoor.  After 
the  peace,  Joshua  kept  a  grocery  in  the 
northern  end  of  the  old  Franklin  Building. 
He  left  Salem  after  a  few  years  and  went  to 
Virginia,  where  he  taught  a  school  and  is 
supposed  to  have  died  there,  as  he  has  not 
been  heard  from  since  1830.  The  family  is 
now  extinct  in  Salem. 

74.  John  Saville  came  from  Gloucester 
and  learned  the  tailoring  business  of  John 
Derby.  He  went  to  Boston  when  of  age  and 
established  himself  in  business,  and  prose- 
cuted it  there  for  many  years  with  apparent 
success.     He  is  now  (I  believe^  dead. 


KECOKD   OF   BIKTHS  AND   DEATHS, 
IN  THE  TOWN  OF  LYNN.     Vol.  II. 


COUKUHICATED  BY  lEA  J.  PATCH. 


Continued  fVom  vol.  vi,  page  160. 


Joseph  ther  Son  was  born  the  11  th  of  Au- 
gust 1703. 


Sarah  the  Daughter  of  John  Hawks  &  of 
Abigail  his  wife  was  born  ye  14th  of  De- 
cember 1699. 


Abegail  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  7  th 
of  June,  1701. 

John  their  Son  was  borne  the  18th  of  No- 
vember 1706.   , 


Thomas  Hawks  son  to  Thomas  Hawlis 
Departed  this  Life  September  ye  4thf  1736, 
was  Dronded. 


The  Genealoge  of  Samuel  Hart. 

Samuel  Hart  Senr  and  Mary  Witterige  was 
Maried  the  29  of  January  1673. 

John  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  and 

Died  the  4  of  January  1675. 

William  ther  Sonne  was  born  the  30  of 
July  1676  and  died  in  August  78. 

Samuel  Hart  Senior  Died  the  25  of  June, 
1683. 

Joseph  Hart  and  Kuth  Chad  well  was  Mar- 
led the  24  of  June  1685. 

Euth  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the  4th 
of  July  1687. 

Joseph- their  Sonn  was  borne  the  12th  of 
September  1689. 

Moses  4;her  Sonn  was  bom  the  25  of  De- 
sember  1691. 

Ely  as  their  Sonn  was  born  the  30  th  of 
September  1695. 

Euthe  their  Daughter  was  born  the  3  of 
April  1697. 

Aaron  their  Sonn  was  born  ye  17  of  Au- 
gust 1700. 

Edmond  ye  Son  of  Joseph  Hart  &  Ruth 
his  wife  was  born  ye  18  day  of  October 
1702 

Benjamin  their  Son  was  born  ye  21  of  A- 
pril  1705. 

Samuel'  the  son  of  Joseph  Heart  &  Euth 
his  wife  was  bora  the  15  of  Novem'r  1707. 


216 


John  Hauen  and  Hanah  Hichins  was  Mar- 
led the  third  October  1682. 

John  their  Sonn  was  born  the  8th  of  June 
1G83. 


The  Genealoge  of  Richard  Hauen  Junior 
and      w 

Hannah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  10  of 
August  1677. 

Joseph  ther  Sonne  was  born  the  17  of  Au- 
gust 1680. 

Susannah  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the 
first  of  October  1686. 


fhe  Genealoge  of  Richard  Hauen  Senior 
and  of  Susanna  his  wife  taken  out  of  ye  old 
Book. 

Hannah  their  Daughter  was  born  the  22 
day  12  mo.  1645. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  12th 
day  1  mo.  1647. 

Joseph  their  Sonn  was  born  22  day  12  mo. 
1649. 

Richard  their  Sonn  was  born  tha  25  day  of 
the  3  mo.  1651. 

Susana  their  Daughter  was  born  the  24  day 
2  mo.  1653. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  born  the  4  day 
4  mo.  1655. 

John  the  sonn  of  Richard  Hauen  Senr  and 
of  Susana  his  wife  was  born  the  10  day  of 
10  mo.  1656. 

Martha  their  Daughter  was  born  the  16 
day  12  mo.  1658. 

Martha  their  Daughter  Departed  this  Life 
the  14  day  4  mo.  1659. 

Samuell  their  Sonn  was  born  the  Latter  end 
of  May  1660. 

Samuell  their  Sonn  departed  this  Life  1  day 
10  mo.  1660. 


Jonathon  their  Sonn  was  born  the  18th  of 
January  1662. 

Jonathon  their  Sonn  Departed  this  Life  a- 
bout  ye  30th  of  July  1664. 

Nathaniell  their  Sonn  was  born  the  30th  of 
June  1664. 

Moses  their  Sonn  was  borne  the  20th  of 
May  1667. 

Susannah  the  wifF  of  Richard  Hauen  Sen- 
ior Dyed  the  7  of  ffewbruary  1682.. 


Ebinezur  Hawthorne  and  Ester  Witt  Was 
maried  the  26  of  December  1683. 

Sarah  the  Daughter  of  Ebinezer  Hawthorn 
was  born  the  26  of  October  1684. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the  4th  of 
March  1687  and  the  Said  Mary  was  Buryed 
the  5th  of  June  1687. 

John  their  Son  was  Borne  the  first  of  May 
1688. 

Samuell  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  17  of  A- 
pril  1691. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  Bom  the  1  day  of 
May  1694. 

Hepzabeth-  their  Daughter  was  borne  the 
5th  of  May  1697. 

Ebenezer  their  Sonn  was  born  the  7tl/of 
July  1705. 

The  Genealoge  of  Nathanell  Hathorae  and 
of  Mary  his  wife. 

Elizabeth  there  Daughter  was  Born  the 
first  day  of  October  1691. 

Mary  there  Daughter  Was  Born  the  5th  of 
November  1693. 

Mary  there  Daughter  Dyed  ye  30th  of 
January  1693. 

Nathanell  Hathorae  Son  to  Nathanell  Ha- 
thorae was  born  December  ye — 1698. 

Eleazer  their  Son  was  born  January  19th 
1706-7. 


217 


The  geneloge  of  Samuell  Laugh  ton  Junr 
and  Esther  his  wife. 

James  their  Son  was  born  agoust  ye  25th 
1713. 

Moses  Hudson  and  Sarah  Collins  Was  Ma- 
ried  the  12  of  November  1685. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the  29th 
of  August  1687  and  was  Buryed  15th  of 
September  1687. 

Sarah  there  Daughter  was  Borne  the  12th 
of  October  1688. 

Ruth  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the  12th 
of  May  1690. 

Jonathan  ther  Sonne  Was  Borne  the  15th 
day  of  September  1691. 

Ruthe  their  Daaghter  Was  Borne  the  4th 
day  of  Martch  16934. 

Ruth  their  daughter  depart  this  Life  the  22 
of  April  1694. 

Moses  their  Sonn  was  bom  the  8th  of  Sep- 
tember 1695. 

Moses  their  Sonn  departed  this  Life  ye  28 
day  of  January  1695-6. 

Moses  their  Sonn  Was  bom  the  29th  of 
September  1696. 

Mary  their  daughter  was  bom  the  27th  of 
May  1699. 

Thomas  their  Son  was  born  the  14th  day 
of  April  1702. 

Joseph  the  Sonn  of  Moses  Hudson  &  Sa- 
rah his  wife  was  born  ye  15  of  October  1704. 

Elizabeth  their  Daughter  was  born  the  14th 
day  of  July  1707. 

John  their  Son  was  bora  the  27th  of  Sep 
tember  1709. 


The  Genealoge  of  John  Hawks  and  his  wif 
Sarah. 

Susannah  Anna  and  Rebeckard  ther  chil- 
dren Deseesed  the  last  of  November  1675. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  borne  the  14  of 
November  1675. 

Mr  John  Hawks  Sen.  Departed  tlUs  Life 
the  5  of  August  1694. 

Samuell  Drummer  Desesed  the  last  of  No- 
uember  1675. 

Mr  Handforth  was  Buryed  the  13th  of 
September  1687. 

The  Genealoge  of  John  Cole  &  Sarah  his 
wife. 

Samuell  their  Son  was  bora  the  27  of  De- 
cember 1687. 

Anna  Aeir  Daughter  was  born  the  5th  of 
August  1690. 

John  "Coall  Senr.  departed  this  Life  Octo- 
ber 8th  1703. 

The  genealoge  of  John  Coall  Junior  &  of 
Mary  his  wife. 

Daniell  their  Son  was  born  the  20th  of  June 
1703. 


Elizabeth  Hudson  the  wife  of  Jonathan 
Hudson  departed  this  Life  ye  26th  of  April 
1698. 


John  Lewis  Junior  and  Elizabeth  Braer 
was  Married  the  18  of  April  1683. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  bora  the  7  of 
April  1684. 

Hannah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  22  of 
January  1685-6. 

Sarah  their  daughter  was  borne  the  5th  of 
April  1688. 

John  ther  Sonn  Was  bora  the  23th  of  Sep- 
tember 1690.  — 

Nathaniell  ther  Sonn  was  bom  the  18  of 
January  1692-93. 


218 


Edmond  ther  Sonn  Was  born  the  8th  of 
Decemr  1695. 

Rebekah  ther  Dafter  was  Born  June  18th 
1699. 

Tabothy  their  Daughter  was  Bom  July  22 
1702. 

Thomas  their  Sonn  was  bom  the  10th  of 
May  1708. 

Richard  Hood  Junior  &  his  wife. 

Samuell  their  Sonn  was  Born  the  18th  of 
October  1690. 

Richard  ther  Sonn  was  Borne  The  30th  of 
March  1692. 

Zebulun  thear  Sonn  was  born  ye  13  of  Sep- 
tember 1693. 

Zebulun  ther  Sonn  Dyed  the  2  day  of  De- 
sember  1693. 

Zebulun  ther  Sonn  Was  bornjre  28th  of 
febraary  1694. 

Zebulun  ther  Sonn  Dyed  ye  12  of  July 
1695. 


The  Genealoge  of  Richard  Hood  and  of 
Mary  his  wife. 

Richard  Hood  Senr  Departed  this  Life  Sep- 
tember ye  12th  1695. 

Joseph  ther  Sonne  was  born  the  8  of  July 
1674. 

Benjamin  ther  Sonn  was  bora  the  3  of  Jan- 
uary 1677. 


The  Genealoge  of  John  Hood  &  of  Sarah 
his  wife. 

Barberry  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  10th 
of  June  1694. 

Hulde  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  28th 
of  November,  1697. 

Beniamin  their  Sonn  [was  bom  the  14  of 
June  1700. 


Lydia  there  Dafter  was  Born  April  17tb , 
1714. 


Mr.  Isaac  Hartt  Departed  this  Life  ye  10th 
of  flfebruary  1699-1700. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hart  ye  wife  of  Mr.  Isaac 
Hart  Departed  this  Life  ye  28th  of  Novem- 
ber 1700. 


The  Genealoge  of  Joseph  Newhall  And  of 
Susanah  his  wiff. 

Jemina  ther  Daughter  ^as  born  the  31  of 
December  1678. 

Thomas  ther  Sonn  was  "born  the  6  of  Jan- 
uary 1680. 

Joseph  their  Sonn  was  born  ye  6th  of  flfeb- 
ruary 16834. 

Elisha  their  Sonn  was  bora  ye  20  of  No- 
vember 1686. 

Ephram  their  Sonn  was  bora  ye  20  of  flfeb- 
ruary 1688-9. 

Daniell  their  Sonn  was  bora  ye  5  of  febru- 
ary  1690-91. 

Ebenezer  their  Sonn  was  born  ye  3  of  June . 
1693. 

Susanah  their  Daugliter  was  born  the  19  of 
December  1695. 

Benjamin  the  Sonn  of  Joseph  Newhall  was 
born  April  ye  5th  1698. 

Samuell  their  Sonn  was  Born  March  ye 
9th  1700-1701. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  born  ye  11  July 
1704. 

Joseph  Newhall  father  to  the  above  chil- 
dren Departed  this  Life  January  ye  29th 
1705-6. 


Elizabeth  Hart  daughter  of  Samuel  Hart 
&Sarah  his  wife  was  borne  the  16th  of  No- 
vember 1686. 


219 


Thomas  theii  Sonn  was  bora  ye  12  of  Au- 
gust 1696. 

Samuell  their  Sona  was  born  the  30th  of 
October  1698. 

John  their  Son  was  borne  the  25  day  of 
March  1703. 

Jonathan  yr  Son  was  bora  ye  2  of  Novem- 
ber 1710. 

The  Genealogye  of  John  Atwill  &  Mar- 
grett  his  wife. 

Joseph  their  Sonn  was  born  the  12  day  of 
December  V694. 


The  genealoge  of  John  Ballard  junr  &  of 
Sarah  his  wife. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  bora  the  26th  of 
October  1704. 

Ebenezer  ther  Son  was  bora  the  28th  of 
October  1716. 


Joseph  Hull  and  Elizabeth  Rand  was  Mar- 
ried the  3  of  March  73-74. 

Elisabeth  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  12 
of  January  1674. 

Joseph  their  Sonne  was  borne  the  2  of  No- 
vember 1676. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  borne  the  first 
week  of  April)  1679. 

Zachariah  their  Son  was  born  the  9  day  of 
November  1684. 

Richard  his  Sonne  by  Mary  his  wiff  was 
born  the  2  of  November  1689. 

Isaac  their  Sonn  was  born  the  22  of  July 
1698. 


The  Genealoge  of  Adam  Hawks  &  of  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife. 

John  ther  Sonn  was  bora  the  10th  of 
Aprill  1690. 


The  Genealogy  of  Joseph  Hichin. 

Martha  the  Daughter  of  Joseph  Hichin 
was  born  in  the  year  1674. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  w|is  bora  the  24 
of  October  1676. 

Elnathan  ther  Sonne  was  borne  the  first  of 
January  1678. 

Ruth  ther  Daughter  was  bora  the  18  of 
March  1680-81. 


Samuel  Hichins  the  Son  of  Joseph  Hich- 
ins  &  his  wife  had  one  Sone  called  Samuel 
Borne  the  20th  of  October  1688. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  bora  the  first  day 
of  November  1691. 


Joseph  Hichins  Departed  this  Life  the  Last 
of  July  1693. 

Ebenr  Hiching  Departed  this  Life  the  10 
day  of  September  1694. 


William  ffarrington  and  Liddy  Mansfield 
was  Married  the  6  of  Aprill  1683. 

William  ther  Sonn  was  Born  the  16  of 
May  1684. 

William  ther  Sonn  Died  the  7  of  June 
1686. 

Elizabeth  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the 
14th  of  May  1687. 

Elizabeth  their  Daughter  departed  this  Life 
the  8th  of  May  1689. 

William  ther  Sonn  was  bora  the  25  of  Oc- 
tober 1689. 

John  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  25  of  Au- 
gust 1691. 

Theophilua  ther  Sonn  was  bom  the  24th 
day  of  September  1695. 

John  ther  Sonn  Departed  this  Life  the  10 
of  August  1698. 

John  ther  Son  was  born  the  12th  of  No- 
vember 1698. 


220 


The  Grenealoge  of  John  Goddard  &  Sarah 
his  wife. 

Giles  their  Sonn  was  bora  the  28th  of  De- 
semr  1698. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  born  ye  14th  of 
November  1700. 


The  Genealoge  of  Joseph  HoUoway  and 
Mary  his  wiff. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  16  of 
Aprill  1675. 

Samuell  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  2  of  No- 
uember  1677. 

John  their  Sonn  was  Borne  the  lltb  of 
Ootober  1686. 

Edward  thear  Sonn  Was  born  the  1  day  of 
ffebruary  1683. 

Joseph  HoUoway  Senr  Departed  this  Life 
ye  29  of  Nouember  1693. 


The  Genealoge  of  Hananiah  Huchason  & 
Martha  his  wife. 

Thomas  thear  Sonn  was  born  the  6  day  of 
April  1690. 

Martha  thear  Daughter  Was  born  the  14 
of  April  1692. 

Mary  thear  Daughter  was  born  the  20th  of 
March  1700-701. 

Anna  thear  Daughter  was  born  ye  27th  of 
May  1703. 


John  Marshall  sonn  to  Capt.  Thomas  Mar- 
shall was  borae  the  14th  of  January  1659* 

John  Marshall  Sonn  to  John  Marshall  was 
Borne  the  28th  of  August  and  depart  this 
Life  the'llth  of  September  1687. 


Edward  Huchason  Departed  this  Life  ye 
8th  of  Desemr  1694. 

Mary  Huchason  Departed  this  Life  the  27 
of  Desemr  1707. 


Benjamin  Huchason  Departed  this  Life 
May  25th  1716. 

Mary  Hutchason  Departed  this  Life  Janu- 
ary ye  17th  1738-9. 


Mr.  Moses  Hauks  of  Lyn  &  Mrss.  Marge- 
rit  Cogswell  of  Ipswich  wer  Married  by  Mr. 
William  Hubbard  Minister  of  Ipswich  May 
10th  1698. 

Moses  ther  Son  was  born  ye  4th  of  March 
1698-99. 

Margerit  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  5tb 
of  November  1700, 

Addam  their  Son  was  born  the  15th  of 
Desemr  1702. 

John  their  Son  was  born  27  of  January 
1704-5. 

Rebecka  their  Daughter  was  born  the  12 
of  August  1708. 

Mr.  Moses  Hawks  Departed  this  Life  the 
first  of  January  1708-9. 

Addam  Hawks  departed  this  Life  July  ye 
22d  1729. 

Samuel  Ingolls  and  Hannah  Bruer  was 
Maried  the  2th  of  ffewbruary  1681. 

Hannah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  26  of 
January  1681  and  Died  the  6  of  October 
1682. 

Hannah  ther  Daughter  was  Born  the  10  of 
JuUy  1683. 

Abigail  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  13  day 
of  August  1685. 

Samuell  their  Sonn  was  borae  the  23d  of 
february  1687-88. 

Samuel  their  Sonn  Departed  this  life  the 
25th- of  December  1688. 

Samuell  their  Son  was  Borne  the  17th  of 
february  1689-90. 

David  there  Sonn  was  born  the  14th  of 
April  1693, 


221 


Mary  there  Daughter  was  born  the  15  of 
Aprill  1697. 

Sarah  Ingalls  daughter  to  Robert  Ingolls 
Senior  was  Buryed  the  3th  of  January  1688- 
89. 

Sarah  Ingolls  the  Wife  of  Robert  Ingolls 
Senr  Departed  this  Life  the  8th  of  Aprill 
1696. 

Robert  Ingolls  Junr  and  Rebecka  Laugh- 
ton  was  Maried  the  10th  of  June  1675. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  19  day 
of  September  1677. 

Roberd  ther  Sonn  was  borne  the  10  of  July 
1679. 

Rebecka  ther  Daughter  Died  in  fFewbruary 
1679. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughtet  was  bom  the  10 
of  fFewbruary  1681. 

James  ther  Sonne  was  born  the  16  of  Ju- 
ly 1684. 

Robert  Ingolls  Rebecka's  husband  was 
Buryed  the  2d  of  feburary  1688-89. 

the  Genealoge  of  John  Jefierds  and  of 
Johana  his  wife. 

Elizabeth  their  Daughter  was  bom  ye  14th 
of  June  1690. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  bom  ye  23d  of 
March  1693. 

Tabatha  their  Daughter  was  born  the  8th 
of  Decembr  1696. 

Alse  their  Daughter  was  born  the  9th  of 
June  1700. 

John  their  Sonn  was  bora  the  20th  day  of 
May  1702. 

Abigaile  their  Daughter  was  born  ye  20th 
of  June  1704. 

Joseph  their  Son  was  born  the  26th  day  of 
October  1706. 

[29]      V 


Benjamin  their  Son  was  bom  ye  10th  of 
July  1714. 

The  Genealoge  of  John  Ingolls  Junior  And 
of  Elizabeth  his  wiflfe. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  departed  this  LifFe 
the  29  of  October  1676. 

*  Capt.  Samuel!  Hart  of  Lynn  Departed 
this  Life  December  ye  30th  1780. 

*  Mr.  Thomas  Hart  his  brother  departed 
this  Life  March  ye  8th  1731. 

The  Genealoge  of  Nathaniel!  IngaUs  & 
of  Anna  his  wife. 

Nathaniel!  their  Son  was  bom  the  25th  of 
December  1692. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  Iwrn  the  14th 
of  April  1693. 

Euthc  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  26th 
of  June  1695. 

Edward  lerston  Died  about  the  l)eginning 
of  December  1675. 

Beniamin  lerston  and  Mary  Leach  wm 
Married  the  1  of  August  1680. 

Edward  ther  Son  was  Bom  the  9tii  of 
April!  1681. 

Edward  ther  Sonn  Died  the  first  week  in 
May  1681. 

Samue!  Jynkes  &  Elizabeth  his  wife. 

Samuel  their  Sonn  was  Borne  the  11th  of 
November  1687. 

John  Jynks  the  Sonne  of  Samue!  Jenks  & 
of  Elizabeth  his  wife  was  bom  the  10th  of 
October  1689. 

Elizabeth  there  Daughter  was  Bom  the 
28th  of  January  1692. 


*  In  the  handwriting  of  Alonzo  Lewis. 


222 


Joseph  their  Sonn  was  born  the  13  th  of 
December  1695. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  bom  yo  27th  of 
December  1697. 

Abigaile  their  Daughter  was  born  ye  2  of 
November  1702. 

Nathan  their  Son  was  Bom  the  25  th  of 
March  1705. 

Samuell  Jencks  of  Lyn  and  Elizabeth  floid 
of  Maiden  was  married  May  5th  1709. 

Elizabeth  the  wife  of  Samll  Jenck  dyed 
the of . 

Elizabeth  the  wiff  of  Joseph  Jenks  Senr 
died  in  Jully  1679. 

Joseph  Jinks  Senior  Died  in  March  82-83. 


Elizabeth  the  wife  of  Richard  Johnson 
departed  this  Life  March  8th  1749-50. 


John  Jinks  and  Sarah  Meriam  was  Mar- 
led the  11  of  Jully  1681. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  bom  The 
last  of  March  1683. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  12  of 
Jully  1686. 

Deborah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  5  of 
June  1690. 

Hannah  their  Daughter  Was  bom  the  20 
of  January  1693-4, 

John  their  Sonn  was  bom  the  6  day  of 
Aprill  1697. 

Kichard  Johnson  and  Elizabeth  Newhall 
was  Married  July  3d  1705. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  born  the  25th 
day  of  february  1706-7. 

Samuel  their  Sonn  was  bom  the  1 7  th  of 
March  1708-9. 

Joseph  and  Benjamin  their  sons  twins 
were  bom  ye  20th  of  May  1715. 

Benjamin  their  Son  Departed  this  Life 
May  ye  24th  1716. 


The  Genealoge  of  Samuel  Johnson  And  of 
Mary  his  wifiF. 

Eichard  their  Sonn  was  bom  the  8  of  No- 
vember 1674. 

Buth  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  6  of 
March  76-77. 

Samuell  their  Sonne  was  born  the  18  of 
March  1678-79. 

Mary  the  wiff  of  Samuell  Johnson  died 
the  9  of  ffewbruary  1682. 

David  the  Sonn  of  Samuell  Johnson  was 
Borne  the  last  of  January  1688-89. 

Samuell  Johnson  Departed  this  Life  the 
first  Day  of  Novembar  1723. 

Samuell  Edmons  Junior  and  Elizabeth 
Ehoads  was  Joyned  in  Marrage  December  ye 
4th  1705. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  16th 
of  July  1708. 

Bichard  Mowre  &  Thankful  Seuer  was 
Married  the  29th  of  March  1705. 

ThankfuU  their  Daughter  was  bom  ye 
27th  of  January  1705-6. 

Daniell  Johnson  and  Martha  Parker  was 
Joined  in  Mariag  the  2  of  March  1673-74. 

Abigaile  ther  Daughter  was  Borne  The  21 
of  Aprill  1674-75. 

Stephen  and  Nathanell  their  sonns  both 
were  bom  at  one  birth  the  14  of  ffewbruary 
1677.     Stephen  being  the  eldest. 

Sarahe  ther  Daughter  was  bome  the  15  of 
June  1680. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  7th 
of  March  1681-82. 


y 


Simou  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  25  of  Jan- 
uary 1683. 

Daniell  their  Son  was  Borne  the  22th  of 
August  1676. 

Beniamin  their  Son  was  borne  the  7th  of 
June  1686. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the  21th 
of  June  1688. 

Martha  the  wife  of  Daniell  Johnson  de- 
parted this  life  the  23th  of  January  1690- 
91. 

Daniell  King  Junr  and  Tabithah  Walker 
was  Maryed  the  11th  of  March  1662. 

Eichard  the  Sonne  of  Daniell  King  Junior 
and  of  Tabitha  his  wiff  was  born  the  ffirst 
of  March  1667. 

TaHthah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  6, 
of  January  1669.  ..  ^  .  f  I 

John  ther  Sonn  was  bom  the  4  of  Sep- 
tember 1670. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  11  of 
April  1672. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  Bora  the  19 
of  March  1673-74. 

Mst.  Daniell  King  Senior  departed  this 
Life  the  27  of  May  1672. 

Elizabeth  the  wiffe  of  Mst.  Daniell  Keng 
Senior  Departed  this  Life  the  26  of  fiFewbru- 
«ry  77, 

Samuel  Potter  and  Elisabeth  Hart  were 
married  April  1  1709. 

The  Generaloge  of  Daniell  King  and  of 
Hanah  his  wife. 

Ealph  their  Sonn  Was  born  the  9  th  of 
Desember  1695. 

Jane  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  14  day 
of  April  1698,  •.,'.-.ir,i,  ■ 


Nathaniell  Kirtland  Senior  was  Boryed 
the  27th  of  December  1686.  .^^ 

Parnell  Laughton  Departed  this  Life  the 
20th  of  September  1694. 

Mst.  Balph  King  and  Elizabeth  Walker 
was  Maried  the  2  of  March  1663.    >::•..•»/ 

Elizabeth  his  Eldest  Daughter  was  bom 
the  23  of  Nouember  1664. 

The  Abouesayd  Ealph  King  had  a  child 
bom  about  the  18  of  August  1666  and  de- 
parted this  Hue  about  the  19  of  August 
1666. 

Ealph  his  Sonn  was  Bom  the  13  of-  Au- 
gust 1667.  -.     ••r(J'7:v'=  t'  •■■:•:'  { 

Daniell  his  Sonn  was  Bom  the  first  of  Ooi- 
tober  1669. 

Sarah  his  Daughter  was  Bom  The  25  of 
Nouember  1671. 

Eichard  ther  Sonn, was  la^am  the  3  of  May 
1677.  .:,„,,,.}i  r.jTcir: 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  28  of 
July  1679. 

Tabitha  ther  Daughter  was  bom  About 
the  28  of  March  1682. 

Ealph  their  Sonn  was  Boryed  the  24th  of 
September  1688.  .h'l  rh  •./ TLt:.. ; 

Capt.  Kinge  was  Buryed  the'17th  of  Jan- 
uary 1688-89. 

>I  'jdi  6lfJ  aidl  hvhmph  iihiajii'.iml 

The  Genealoge  of  Eoberi'Qray  &  ])orytee 
his  wife. 

Doratie  their  Daughter  was  bom  ye  23  of 
August  1701. 

Deborah  their  Daughter  was  bom  ye  24 
of  Nouember  170i.  "^ 

Eobert  their  Son  was  born  the  27  of  June 
1708. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  bom  ye  25  of 
Nouemr  1713, 


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Nathaniell  Kertland  Junr  and  Mary  Rand 
was  Marled  the  20  of  June  1675. 

Nathaniell  ther  Sonne  was  borne  the  3  of 
May  1676. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  borne  the  first  of 
ffewbruary  1679. 

Prissilla  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  9  of 
April  1683. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  borne  the  22 
of  June  1685. 

^  John  their  Sonn  was  Borne  the  last  of 
April  1688. 

The  Oenealoge  of  Jacob  Enight  and  Sarah 
his  wiflF. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  4  of 
August  1677. 

Jacob  Knight  had  a  cheld  dead  bom  About 
the  10  of  ffewbraary  1681. 

Sarah  -the  wiff  of  Jacob  Knight  died  the 
14  of  ffewbraary  1681. 

Jacob  Enight  and  Hannah  Band  was  Ma- 
ried  the  18  of  September  1682. 

Hannah  their  daughter  was  bom  the  22  of 
August  1683. 

Hannah  the  wif  of  Jacob  Enight  Died  the 
29  of  August  1683. 

Ester  ye  daughter  of  Jacob  Enight  &  Re- 
beoka  his  wife  was  bom  ye  6  of  October 
1694. 

Jacob  Enight  departed  this  Life  the  17th 
day  of  June  1695. 

John  Bancroft  Junior  of  Lyn  and  Mary 
Clark  of  Reding  was  Marled  by  Mr.  Fear, 
pont  of  Reding  Apr.  19th  1704. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  11th  of 
June  1706. 

John  their  Son  was  bom  the  25  th  of  June 
1708. 

*  In  the  handwriting  of  Alonzo  Lewis. 


Elizabeth  their  Daughter  was  bora  the 
28th  of  May  1711. 

Susannah  their  Daughter  was  bom  216  of 
October  1714. 

Timothy  their  Son  was  bom  25  of  Decem- 
ber 1717. 

TJness  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  18 
Day  of  febraary  1719-20. 

Joan  their  Daughter  Was  Bom  July  ye 
8th  1722. 

Hannah  their  Daughter  was  bora  Septemr 
ye  28  1728. 

°  The  Genealoge  of  Nathan  Lewis  and  of 
Mary  his  wiflFe. 

Lois  their  daughter  was  born  February  12th 
1747. 

Nathan  their  Sonn  was  bora  Feb.  26 
1750. 

John  their  Sonn  was  bora  Jan.  10  1752. 

Thomas  their  Sonn  was  born  July  19 
1755. 

David  their  Sonn  was  bora  Feb.  19  1757. 

Hennery  their  Sonn  was  bora  Sept.  16 
1759. 

o  The  Genealoge  of  Nathan  Lewis  And  of 
Mary  his  wife  continued. 

Benjamin  their  Sonne  was  born  ye  4  of 
September  1762. 

Zachariah  their  Sonn  was  bora  the  15  of 
October  1765. 

Stephen  their  Sonn  was  bora  ye  4  of  May 
1770. 

William  Burke  their  Sone  was  born  the  23 
of  May  1773. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Laugbton  wife  to  Thomas 
Laughton  Senior  departed  this  Life  the  16th 
of  June  1691. 


*  In  the  handwriting  of  Alonzo  Lewis. 


225 


Mr.   Thomas   Laughton   Senior  Departed 
this  Life  the  8th  day  of  August  1697. 


The  Genealoge  of  Thomas  Laughton  Junior 
and  of  Sarah  his  wifF.  The  said  Thomas 
Laughton  Junior  and  Sarah  Rednap  was  Mar- 
ied  the  28  of  Desember  1670. 

Thomas  their  Sonn  Was  born  the  15th  of 
Octtober  1671. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  born  the  16  of 
Septtember  1673. 

Joseph  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  14  of  Oct- 
tober 1675. 

Marget  ther  Daughter  was  born  The  13  of 
June  1677. 

Sarah  the  wiff  of  Thomas  Laughton  Jun- 
ior departed  this  Liff  the  26  of  ffewbruary 
1679. 

Thomas  Laughton   Junior   and   Hannah 
Silsby  was  Maried  the  2  of  Desember  1680. 

John  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  3  of  January 
1682. 

Hannah  the  wiff  of  Thomas  Laughton 
Junior  Died  the  8  of  January  1682. 

Thomas  Laughton  Junior  and  Sarah  Brown 
widow  was  Maried  the  24  of  Nouember  1685. 

Jemima  their  Daughter  was  Born  the  12th 
of  October  1686  and  shee  was  Buried  the 
25th  of  October  1686. 

Joseph  Laughton  sonn  to  Thomas  Laugh- 
ton Junior  was  Buried  the  12th  of  March 
1688-89. 

Ester  their  daughter  was  bom  the  3th  of 
December  1689. 

Abegall  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  24  of 
JuUy  1692. 

Hannah  ther  Daughter  was  bora  the  26 
day  of  October  1694.  - 

Deacon  Thomas  Laughton  Departed  this 
Life  Desemr  19  1713. 


Sarah  Laughton  which  was  wife  to  Thomas 
Laughton  Departed  this  Life  August  ye  9th 
1726. 


Samuell  Laughton  and  Sarah  Graues  Was 
Maried  the  14  fewbruary  1680. 

Elizabeth  their  daughter  was  borne  The  30 
of  Octtober  1681. 

Samuell  their  Sonn  was  Borne  the  10  of 
ffewbruary  1683. 

Samuell  ther  Sonn  Died  the  12  of  ffewbru- 
ary 1683. 

Samuell  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  17  day  of 
March  1685-86. 

James  their  Sonn  was  borne  the  9th  of  A- 
prrll  1690. 

Rebeckah  thear  Daughter  was  born  ye  28 
of  May  1693. 

Sarah  Laughton  wife  to  Samuell  Laughton 
departedthis  Life  March  ye  24  17234. 

Samuell  Laughton  Departed  this  Lif6 
March  ye  10th  1729-30. 


Left.  John  Lewis  &  Mrs.  Sarah  Jenks  was 
Marryed  the  10th  of  february  1706-7. 

Benjamin  their  Sonn  was  born  the  23  of 

April  1708. 

The  Genealoge  of  John  Lewis  Senior  And 
of  Hannah  his  wife. 

Samuell  ther  Sonn  was  bome  the  25  of 
Jully  1675  And  Died  tlie  12  of  August 
1675. 

Abigail  ther  Daughter  was  bora  the  16  of 
May  1679.  , 

Ebinezur  ther  Sonne  was  lorae  the  16  of 
Jully  1681. 

Rebeckah  ther  Daughter  departed  this  Life 
ye  22th  of  Nouemr  1692. 


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Nathanell  their  Sonn  Departed  this  Life  ye 
25th  of  November  1692. 

Abigaile  their  Daughter  departed  this  life 
ye  30th  of  May  1700. 
^Hannah  ye  wife  of  Left.  John  Lewis  de. 
parted  this  life  the  15th  day  of  May.  1699. 


MATEKIALS  FOR  THE  HISTORY  OF 
SHIP  BUILDING  IN  SALEM. 


BY   TflLLIAM   LBAVITT. 


NO.  ni. 


Notet  to  the  tables  on  pages  172,  173,  174. 

All  the  above  vessels  were  built  at  Mr. 
Brigg's  Ship  yard,  in  South  Salem,  excepting 
three,  viz:  Ship  Grand  Turk,  Ship  Henry, 
Frigate  Essex. 

The  Ship  Grand  Turk  was  built  on  the  lot 
of  land  next  east  of  Mr.  Isaac  P.  Foster's 
store,  so  near  to  Derby  Street,  that  her  bow- 
sprit projected  partly  over  the  street. 

The  Ship  Henry  was  built  on  the  Derby 
wharf,  between  the  Blacksmith's  shop,  near 
Mr.  L.  B,  Hatch's  scales  for  weighing  coal 
and  the  first  store,  she  was  launched  sidewise 
and  was  commonly  called  the  Pine  ship  be- 
cause Pine  wood  was  largely  used  in  her  con- 
struction. 

The  Frigate  Essex  was  built  on  Winter  Is- 
land. G.  L.  Streeter  read  a  historical  sketch 
of  the  building  of  this  Frigate,  at  a  meeting, 
of  the  Institute,  on  Friday  Deo.  12,  1856, 
and  which  was  printed  in  the  proceedings. 
(See  vol.  2,  p.  73).  An  insertion  of  the  di- 
mensions of  the  mast  and  spars  of  some  of 
the  vessels  built  at  this  period,  may  not  be 
inappropriate  in  this  connection. 

Dimensions  of  the  Masts  and  Spars  of  the 
Ship  Grand  Turk. 

Fore  mast,  71  feet  &  23  inches  diameter. 


Fore  topmast,  43  feet  &  14  inches  diame- 
ter. 

Fore  top  gallant  mast,  24  feet. 

Fore  yard,  55  feet  &  13^  inches  diameter. 

Fore  topsail  yard,  43  feet. 

Fore  top  gallant  yard,  31  feet. 

Main  mast,  78  feet  &  24  inches  diameter. 

Main  topmast,  45  feet  &  14^  inches  diam- 
eter. 

Main  top  gallant  mast,  26  feet&  7^  inches 
diameter  &  10  feet  head. 

Main  yard,  60  feet  &  14^  inches  diameter 

Main  topsail  yard,  45  feet  &  9^  inches  di- 
ameter. 

Main  top  gallant  yard,  33  feet&  6^  inches 
diameter. 

Mizenmast,  67  feet  &  16^  inches  diameter- 

Mizen  topmast,  32  feet  &  9^  inches  diam- 
eter. 

Cross  jack  yard,  45  feet  &  9  inches  diam- 
eter. 

Bowsprit,  48  feet  &  24  inches  diameter. 

Spritsail  yard,  45  ^i  &  9  inches  diame. 
ter. 

Jib  Boom,  35  feet  &  10  inches  diameter. 

Dimensions  of  the  Masts  and  Spars  of  the 
Ketch  Eliza. 

Mainmast,  60  feet  &  18^  inches  diameter. 

Main  top  mast,  33  feet  &  1 1-^  inches  diam- 
eter. 

Main  top  gallant  mast,  22  feet  &  8  feet 
head. 

Main  yard,  50  feet. 

Main  topsail  yard,  33  feet. 

Main  top  gallant  yard,  25  feet. 

Mizen  mast,  50  feet. 

Mizen  topmast,  23  feet. 

Mizen  yard,  35  feet. 

Mizen  topsail  yard>  25  feet. 

Mizen  Boom,  52  feet. 

Bowsprit  35  feet  and  Jib  Boom  28  feet 


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Dimensions  of  the  Masts  and  Spars  of  the 
Ketch  Brothers. 

Main  mast,  54  feet. 

Main  top  mast,  30  feet. 

Main  top  gallant  mast,  16  feet  &  7  feet 
head. 

Main  yard,  40  feet. 

Main  top  sail  yard,  29  feet. 

Main  top  gallant  yard,  19  feet. 

Mizen  mast,  54  feet. 

Mizen  top  mast,  22  feet  &  10  feet  head. 

Mizen  yard,  30  feet. 

Mizen  topsail  yard,  20  feet. 

Bowsprit,  32  feet  and  Jib  Boom  25  feet. 

Dimensions  of  the  Masts  and  Spars  of  the 
Ship  Martha. 

Fore  mast,  54  feet. 

Fore  top  mast,  36  feet 

Fore  top  gallant  mast,  20  feet&  12  feet 
head* 

Fore  yard,  45  feet. 

Fore  topsail  yard,  35  feet. 

Fore  top  gallant  yard,  26  feet 

Main  mast,  64  feet. 

Main  top  mast,  40  feet. 

Main  top  gallant  mast,  22  feet  &  12  feet 
head. 

Main  yard,  52  feet 

Main  topsail  yard,  39  feet. 

Main  top  gallant  yard,  28  feet. 

Mizen  mast,  54  feet 

Mizen  top  mast,  29  feet 

Mizen  top  gallant  mast,  16  feet  &  9  feet 
head. 

Mizen  yard,  38  feet 

Mizen  topsail  yard,  28  feet 

Mizen  top  gallant  yard,  18  feet. 

Mizen  Boom,  36  feet. 

Bowsprit,  35  feet. 

Jib  Boom,  32  feet. 

Spritsail  yard,  35  feet 


The  Ship  Palladium  was  built  under  the 
superintendence  of  Capt.  John  White,  and 
was  considered,  at  the  time,  as  the  best  built 
ship  that  Salem  had  produced.  She  was  in- 
tended to  be  a  regular  Packet  between  Salem 
and  Liverpool.  The  enterprise  originated 
with  the  Traders  on  Essex  Street,the  dealers 
in  Dry-Goods  aud  Hardware,  and  could  they 
have  kept  it  in  their  own  hands,  the  enter, 
prise  might  have  been  successful,  but  they 
called  in  the  assistance  of  other  parties 
who  changed  the  whole  programme  of  the 
voyage,  and  the  vessel  was  sent  to  Calcutta 
instead  of  Liverpool.  .i 

^^. !  r 

BAPTISMS  OF  THE  FIRST  CHURCH 
IN   SALEM. 


COMHUKICATXD  BT  HBNBT  WHEATLAND. 


A  Catalogue  of  the  Names  of  the  children 

of  the   Church  that  are  baptised. 
1636. 
25.  10.     Recompense  son  of  John  Home. 

Jonathan  son  of  Peter  Palfrey. 

Jehodan  dau.  of  Peter  Palfrey. 

Zechariah  son  of  Henry  Herrick. 

Hannah  dau.  of  Jon.  Woodbery.  ~ 

Jon.  son  of  George  Williams. 

James  son  of  Will.  Bound.  ^^ 

Abigaile  dau.  of  Will.  Dixy. 

Lydea  dau.  of  Jon.  Black. 

Jerusha  dau.  of  John  Moore. 

Samll  son  of  Samll  Moore. 

John  son  of  Will.  Dodg. 

Difficulty  dau.  of  Jon.  Talby. 

Mehitabell  dau.  of  Will  Kinge. 

Seeth  dau.  of  Thos.  Gardener. 

Abigaile  dau.  of  Rich.  Hucheson, 
1.  11.     Elias  son  of  Sam'l  Sharp. 

Mary  dau.  of  Will  Trask. 
24.  11.     Thehphilus  son  of  Jon.  Humphry. 


22d 


1636. 
W.  11. 


12.  12. 


17. 

12. 

1637. 

21. 

1 

% 

2- 

23. 

2 

80. 

2. 

19. 

4 

11. 

5. 

6.     6. 
20.     6. 


27.    6. 


2. 

8 

12. 

9. 

3. 

10 

24. 

10 

7. 

11 

28. 

11. 

11. 

12. 

1638. 

4. 

1. 

1.     2. 


15. 

2 

3. 

4 

10. 

4 

17. 

4 

8. 

5 

Exercise  dau.  of  Jon.  Blackleech. 
Naomy  dau.  of  Edm.  Marshall. 
Joseph  son  of  Joseph  Grafton. 
Deborah  dau.  of  Charles  Gott. 
Benjamin  son  of  Will.  Ager. 
Benjamin  son  of  Tho.  Smith. 

Nathl.  son  of  Will.  Alford. 
Jonathan  son  of  Roger  Maury. 
Mehitabell  dau.  of  Edm.  Giles. 
Deborah  dau.  of  Will.  Allen. 
Zacha  son  of  John  Marsh. 
Leah  dau.  of  Townsend  Bishopp. 
Barsheba  d.  of  Richard  Rayment. 
Eleazer  son  of  Will.  Hathome. 
Natha'll.  son  of  Rich'd  Waterman. 
Samll  son  of  Tho.  Goldthwaite. 
Exsperience  d.  of  Rich'd  Davenport. 
Nadabiah  son  of  Thos.  Olney 
John  son  of  George  Norton. 
Abigail  dau.  of  John  Woodbery. 
Anna  dau.  of  Will  Robbinson. 
Excercise  son  of  Roger  Conant. 
Mary  dau.  of  Thomas  Browning. 
James  son  of  James  Moulton. 

son  of  Rober  Cotta. 

son  of  Henry  Herrick. 

John  son  of  John  Norman. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Henry  Skerry. 
Ezekiel  son  of  Ralph  Fogge. 
Naomy  dau.  of  Francis  Johnson. 
Ann  dau.  of  Edmond  Marshall. 
Lyddea  dau.  of  John  Black. 
Abigaile  dau.  of  John  Moore. 
Susana  dau.  of  Will  Trask. 
Appia  dau.  of  Roger  Maury. 
Anna  dau.  of  Will.  Dixy. 
2  children  of  Richd  Waterman. 
1  of  Tho.  Anthropp. 


1688 

. 

12. 

6 

19. 

6. 

26. 

6 

2. 

7. 

16. 

7. 

14.     3. 

4.  9. 
11.     9. 

2.  10. 
9.  10. 

20.  11. 
11. 

3.  12. 
10.  12. 
17.  12. 

1639. 
3.     1. 
24.     1. 

1.  2. 

7.  2. 

14.  2. 

28.  2. 

19.  3. 


2.     4. 


7.    6. 


28.    6. 


Andrew  son  of  Will.  Bound. 
Samll  son  of  George  Williams. 
Abr.  s.  of  Edwards  of  Watertowne. 
Tho.  son  of  John  Humphry. 
Bethiah  dan.  of  Will.  Clark. 
John  of  Brother  Fisk. 
John  son  of  Brother  Browne. 
Remembc  dau.  of  Peter  Palfrey. 
Ruth,  Hanna  &  John  8  children  of 

Pickworth. 
Samll  son  of  John  Symonds. 
John  son  of  Will.  King. 
Sarah  dau.  of  Christopher  Young. 
Remembe  dau.  of  Samll  Moore. 
Hanna  dau.  of] Richard  Hucheson. 
John  son  of  Brother  Bachelder. 
Remember  dau.  of  Edm.  Giles. 
Joshua  son  of  Jon.  Blackleech. 
Hanna  dau.  of  John  Tompkins. 
Sam'll  son  of  Will.  Alford. 

Joshua  eon  of  Richa'd  Rayment. 
Natha'll.  son  of  Tho.  Smith. 
Bethshua  da^.  of  Robt.  Cotta. . 
Grace  &  Mary  ds.  of  Robt.  Lemon. 
John  son  of  Samll  Archard. 
Edward  son  of  Samll  Sharp. 
John  son  of  Joseph  Grafton. 
John  son  of  Jon.  Marsh. 
Elizabeth  dau.  of  Jon.  Tomkina. 
Nath.  son  of  George  Norton. 
Charles  son  of  Charles  Gott. 
Jon.  son  of  Sister  Edwards. 
Samll  son  of  Mr.  Walton. 
Sam '11  and  Preserved  children  of 

Edward  Gaskoyoe. 

dau.  of  Moses  Maverick. 
2  children  of  Robt.  Elwell. 
John  son  of  Brother  Haines. 
ITo  be  Continued.] 


HISTOEICAL    COLLECTIONS 


OF      T H  K 


ESSEX     INSTITUTE 


Vol.  VI. 


December,   1864. 


No.  6. 


Memoir  of  Capt.  Williaji  Nichols,  of  New- 
buryport. 


PREPARED  BY  THE  REV.  GEORGE  D.  WILDES, 


Read  at  a  meetiig  of  the   Essex  Ins.,  Dec.  12,  1864. 

It  were  to  be  wished,  that  |n  adrlition  to 
the  memoirs  of  those  distinguished  in  the 
strictly  naval  history  of  our  Country,  those 
of  men,  prominent,  in  what  was  really  a  pow- 
erful agency  for  national  success  in  the  two 
earlier  wars  which  are  identified  with  our  na- 
tional history,  had  of  tener  found  a  place  in  the 
collections  of  the  Biograplier.  In  the  fhture 
records  of  the  existing  civil  strife,  the  an- 
nalist will  find  large  occasion  for  the  mention 
of  deeds  of  valor,  by  no  means  confined  to 
that  ar.u  of  our  service,  technically  termed 
the  Navy.  In  the  war  of  the  Revolution ; 
during  the  rupture  with  France,  and  in  the 
second  war  of  1812-15,  the  naval  service  of 
the  country  was  in  large  measure,  a  volun- 
teer service.  Although  not  incorporated  with 
the  national  and  recognized  marine,  and  rep- 
resented as  an  invidious  instrumentality 
for  purely  selfish  ends,  the  private  armed 
ships  of  the  periods  already  referred  to  are 
in  reality  to  be  classed  and  recognized  as 
among  the  chief  means  for  securing  national 
success  upon  the  ocean.  Among  the  most 
distinguished  in  the  history  of  this  depart- 
ment of  the  national  defence,  no  name  is  wor- 
thier of  record  than  that  of  William  Nichols 
of  Newburyport.  In  the  preparation  of  his 
memoir,  I  have  been  throughout,  indebted  to 
the  notes  of  George  J.  L.  Colby  Esq.,  the  Ed- 
itor of  the  Newburyport  Herald.  The  inti- 
mate friend  of  Capt.  Nichols,  and  efttejI^iD- 


ing  the  highest  regard  for  the  character,  and 
admiration  of  the  brilliant  exploits  of  his  ven- 
erable and  deceased  Mend,  Mr.  Colby  some 
years  since  prepared  extensive  notes  of  the 
personal  history  of  Capt,  Nichols,  with  which, 
I  was  fortunate,  at  a  late  day,  in  being  favor- 
ed, through  the  kindness  of  Capt.  Benjamin 
Hale  of  Newburyport,  a  son-in-law  of  Capt. 
Nichols.  But  for  the  labors  of  Mr.  Colby  and 
the  aid  afforded  by  Capt.  Hale,  I  should  have 
despaired  of  placing  the  present  memoir 
among  the  collections  of  the  Institute ;  Capt. 
Nichols  having  left  no  papers,  which  were 
available  for  the  purpose. 

Capt.  William  Nichols  was  born  in  New- 
buryport in  the  year  1781.  His  father,  at  the 
time,  a  merchant  in  that  town,  had  himself 
been  distinguished  in  the  naval  service  of  the 
country.  In  1779,  while  in  the  command  of 
the  ship  Monmouth,  in  the  well  known  Penob- 
scot expedition,  he  was  compelled,  with  other 
commanders,  to  bum  his  ship,  upon  the  ap- 
proach of  the  English  forces.  On  his  return 
from  an  expedition  which  reflected  no  dis- 
credit upon  himself,  Capt.  Nichols  engaged  in 
mercantile  life  upon  the  same  wharf,  where 
sixty  years  afterwards  in  his  old  age,  his  dis- 
tinguished son  occupied  a  counting  room. 
The  father  died  young,  leaving  among  other 
children,  William  and  Samuel  Nichols ;  the 
latter  of  whom,  widely  and  favorably  known 
as  a  shipmaster  and  merchant,  still  lives,  we 
believe  in  his  native  town. 

It  was  while  William  Nichols  was  yet  a 
school-boy,  that  the  Continental  wars  which 
form  so  marked  a  record  in  the  history  of  the 
close  of  the  last  century,  involved  our  own 
commercial  relations  in  serious  difSculties. 
The  experience  of  young  Nichols,  was  not 
couflued  to  the  war  of  1812-15.    DurL^  the 


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period  of  French  aggression  upon  our  na-  between  the  rupture  with  France  already  re- 
tional  rights  in  1798-9,  he  participated  in  sev-  ferred  to,  and  the  war  of  1812-15,  I  have 
eral  encounters,  calculated  to  test  and  train  j  been  unable  to  identify  more  than  one  or  two 
a  spirit,  which  was  eventually  to  prove  fear- 1  facts  in  connection  with  the  career  of  young 
less  and  feared  in  repeated  conflicts  upon  the  ■  Nichols.  That  during  that  period  he  was  oc- 
ocean,inthe  already  threatening  troubles  with  i  cupied  in  sea-faring  pursuits,  is,  of  course,  to 
England.  From  the  only  authorities  to  which  be  presumed.  The  obstructions  to  commerce 
after  much  inquiry,  I  have  found  access,  I  |  presented  in  the  unsettled  state  of  Europe, 
learn,  that  while  yet  a  youth,  he  had  been  j  and  in  the  operation  of  the  embargo  act,  may, 
twice  captured  by  the  French.  One  of  these  i  for  a  time,  have  interrupted  the  active  exer- 
captures,  that  of  the  ship  Bose,  was  effected  I  else  of  his  chosen  profession.  Of  this  how- 
after  so  desperate  a  fight,  as  to  demand  some-  |  ever,  there  is  no  record.     On  the   contrary, 


what  more  than  the  mention  of  the  fact. 
The  Rose  was  as  usual  at  the  time,  an  armed 
ship,  carrj'ing  eight  guns   and  twenty  men. 


we  cannot  well  doubt,  that  wherever  an  Amer- 
ican ship  could  find  her  way  upon  the  ocean, 
the  ardent  and  fearless  nature  of  young  Jsich- 


On  the  return  voyage  from  Surinam,  with  a  j  ols  would  have  led  him  to  seek  an  opportunity' 
cargo  on  board  estimated  with  the  vessel  at :  for  the  venture.  Besides  this,  it  must  have 
the  viaJue  of  $100,000,  the  Rose  encountered  been  through  frequent  voyages,  during  the  in- 
the  French  privateer  L'Egypt  Conquise  of  j  terval  between  the  French  rupture  aud  the 
very  superior  force.  The  armament  of  the  |  war  with  England,  that  he  had  attained  the 
American  vessel  seems  to  have  been  an  almost  training  for  a  command,  which  we  find  him 
useless  one ;  being  largely  composed  of  guns  '  to  have  possessed  at  some  length  of  time  be- 
which  had  been  used  as  street  posts  since  the  <  fore  the  latter  event.  I  learn  that  while  the 
Revolutionary  war.  Capt.  Chase  of  the  Rose,  i  impressment  acts  of  England  were  rapidly 
rashly  ventured  upon  a  conflict,  in  which,  !  paving  the  way  for  the  war  of  1812,  young 
under  the  circumstances,  he  could  hardly  I  Nichols  was  in  command  of  the  brig  Alert,  at 
have  hoped  for  a  favorable  result.    After  a   Bordeaux,  where,  having  run    the    English 


very  severe  encounter  in  which  several  of  the 
American  crew  were  killed  or  wounded,  the 
privateer  threw  her  men  on  board  the  Rose, 
finding  the  mate,  a  gallant  seaman,  in  corn- 


blockade,  he  had  every  prospect  of  most  suc- 
cessful results  from  the  voyage.  The  'at- 
tempted run  from  Bordeaux,  however,  was 
destined  to  illustrate  that  prompt  decision 


mand,  the  Captain  having  retired  from  the  '  and  utter  fearlessnese  in  the  nature  of  Capt. 
deck.  Refusing  to  surrender,  and  still  con- ;  Nithols,  whith  eventually  rendered  his  name 
tinuing  the  battle,  the  mate  and  several  of  I  so  famous  in  the  annals  of  the  privateer  ser- 
the  crew  were  killed,  while  others  were  se-  j  vice  of  the  war  of  1812.  One  who  knew  him 
verely  wounded.  None  who  ever  knew  Capt.  j  well,  has  said  of  him,  that  for  "daring  and 
Nichols,  can  doubt  that  the  lion  heart  of  the  i  bravery,  he  had  but  few  equals ;  it  was  impos- 
man  did  not  beat  strong  and  resolute,  under  i  sible  to  find  a  superior ;  for  probably  he  never 
the  youthful  frame  of  the  boy.  Foremost  in  j  knew  such  a  sensation  as  fear,  in  his  whole 
all  deeds  of  daring  in  every  emergency  of  i  life ;  it  was  an  absolute  stranger  to  him ;  and 
his  life,  in  this,  as  in  all  other  of  his  naval '  therefore  he  was  suited  to  become  among  pri- 
experiences,  he  strangely  escaped  injury,  aud  I  vateersmen,  what  John  Paul  Jones  is  upon  the 
with  the  crew  of  the  Rose  was  sent  to  Guad- ;  naval  records."     I  well   remember    myself. 


aloupe,  whence,  after  a  variety  of  adven- 
tures, he  arrived  at  St.  Thomas.  Escaping 
from  his  captors,  he  found  refuge  in  the 
mountains  of  the  island,  and  eventually  ob- 
taining passage  on  board  a  Swedish  bing,  re- 
turned by  way  of  Hispaniola  to  New  York. 
It  is  a  remarkable  fact  in  this  connection, 
that  while  on  board  the  Swedish  vessel  in  the 
West  Indies,  young  Nichols  should  have  wit- 
nessed the  gallant  exploits  of  Lieut.,  after- 
ward Commodore  Hull,  then  a  youth  of  his 
own  age,  in  cutting  out  a  French  18  gun  ship ; 
and  should  himself,  after  some  twelve  or  four- 
teen years,  be  captured  in  the  Decatur,  by 
the  same  briliant  ofticer  in  the  Constitution, 
under  the  supposition  that  the  Decatur  was 
a  British  letter  of  marque. 
As  associated  with  the  period  intervening 


that  in  my  own  boyhood  in  Newburj-port,  up- 
on the  return  of  Capt.  Nichols,  then  an  old 
shipmaster,  from  any  of  his  voyages,  there 
was  a  never-satisfied  curiosity  among  the 
boys,  to  see  the  man,  whose  traditional  fame 
was  that  of  one,  "utterly  without  fear." 

The  experience  of  Nichols,  while  attempt- 
ing a  reutum  to  the  United  States  in  the  Al- 
ert, presents  an  early  and  most  marked  ex- 
ample of  his  daring  courage.  Leaving  the 
port  of  Bordeaux  with  a  Aill  cargo  of  French 
goods,  he  was  the  next  daj  captured  by  a 
British  Mgate,  then  upon  the  blockade.  Tak- 
ing, as  I  learn  from  the  narrative  of  one  evi- 
dently familiar  with  the  facts,  all  his  crew  but 
the  mate  and  three  boys,  the  frigate  placed  a 
prize  crew  of  nine  men  on  board  the  Aleit, 
and  unfortunately  for  the  captors,  with  Nich- 


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ols,   still  among  the  prisoners,   ordered  the 
brig  to  Plymouth.     An  uncaged  lion  would 
have  been  safer  freight.    ISichols   at  once  re- 
solved, even  at  desperate  odds,   upon  the  re- 
capture of  his  vessel.     The  mate  he  found 
timid  and  not  to  be  relied  upon :  the  others  of 
his  party  were  but  the  three  boys,   one  of 
whom,   after  a  long  life   of  distinction  as  a 
shipmaster, — Capt.     Benjamin     Pierce,— has 
but  recently  followed  Capt.   Nichols  to  the 
grave.     In  the  narrative  to  which  I  have  re- 
ferred it  is  stated ,   that  before  being  taken, 
Nichols  had  loaded  and  concealed  a  brace  of 
pistols,   and  soon   after  leaving  the  frigate 
gave  notice  to  the  mate,  that  he   should  need 
his  help  about  midnight.     I  do  not  And  that 
the  boys  were  informed  of  his  plans  ;  we  can 
therefore  readily  conceive  the  singularly  bold 
character  of  a  young  officer,  who  with  timid- 
ity  on  the  part  of  his   only  contidant  had 
resolved  to  attempt  the  recapture  of  his  ship. 
It  was  in  tliese,   and  kindred  circumstances 
however^   that  the   character  of  Nichols  al- 
ways found  its  field  alike   of  inspiration  and 
illustration.     About  an  hour  before  midnight, 
says  the  narrator,  finding  that  the  Lieuten- 
ant in  charge  was  asleep,   Nichols   went  care- 
lessly on  deck  to  note  the  state  of  attairs.     In 
the  watch  were  a  quartermaster  and  four  men, 
with  six  pairs  of  pistols  laying  on  the  hen- 
coop, while  another  pair  was  in  the  binnacle. 
After  speaking  of  the  weather,   Nichols  went 
forward  to  the  forecastle,  and  fastening   its 
doors,   retired  as  if  nothing  had  happened. 
Once  in  the   cabin  he  awoke    the  mate,   and 
handing  him  a  pistol,  simply    said,  "Follow." 
Gaining  the  deck,  and  seizing  the  pistols  upon 
the  hen-coop,   Nichols  presented  his   own  to 
the  quartermaster  at  the   helm,  saying  at  the 
same  moment,    "One  word,   and  I  blow  you 
through."    The  helmsman  submitted,  and  the 
men  being  without  arms,  retired  to  the  stem 
boat.      The  quartermaster's  hands  being  at 
once  tied,  the    men,   one  by    one,   were  re- 
quired to  come  out  under  the  muzzle  of  the 
mate's  pistol,   and  at  the  hands  of  Nichols, 
were    made  to  undergo  the   same    process. 
Nichols  then  went  below,   and  throwing  the 
Lieutenant  from  his  hammock,  before  he  was 
well  awake,   told  him  that  every  man  was 
dead,  and  that  he  must  die  or  submit.     Beg- 
ging for  his  life,   he  was  pinioned,   and  the 
boys  being  then   called,  one  of  them — young 
Pierce — was  sent  forward  to  tell  the  remain- 
der of  the  crew,   one  by  one,  that  the   quar- 
termaster wished   them  to  come  aft.    ilach 
one    with  the    exception  of    the  last,   as  he 
came  up,   was  clinched   by  Nichols,   thrown 
upon  the  deck  and  tied.     Nichols   then  de- 
scended to  the  forecastle,  and  placed  the  last 
under  the  same  general  constraints. 


After  thus  securing  control  of  his  vessel, 
Capt.  Nichols,  thought  it  best,  being  near  the 
coast  of  France,  to  free  the  ship  from  his 
prisoners.  Being  placed  in  the  jolly  boat, 
and  furnished  with  supplies,  they  were  at 
liberty  to  pursue  their  way  to  the  coast.  It 
was  afterwards  found  that  on  reaching  it, 
they  were  taken  and  imprisoned ;  France  be- 
uig  then  at  war  with  Great  Britain. 

For  some  daj's  after  the  recapture  of  the 
Alert,  Nichols  pursued  his  homeward  voyage. 
It  was  not  destined  however  to  be  a  success- 
fiil  one.  A  British  Frigate,  the  Vestal,  com- 
ing in  sight,  Nichols  attempted  to  escape  cap- 
ture, by  representing  to  the  commander  of 
the  tVigate,  that  he  had  already  been  boarded 
'by  the  JSemiramis.  The  statement  waajjrue, 
but  with  the  episode  of  the  recapture  onatted. 
Seeing  no  men  on  board  the  Alert,  the  suspic- 
ions of  the  officer  were  awakened,  and  upon 
the  discoveiy  of  the  imprisonment  of  the 
prize  crew  below,  Nichols  with  his  vessel, 
wei*e  taken  into  Portsmouth,  England.  His 
escape  from  imprisonment,  so  well  illustrates 
his  character  for  decision  and  daring,  as  to 
be  worthy  of  a  somewhat  extended  notice. 

Nichols,  upon  his  arrival  in  England,  had 
been  placed  in  confinement  on  board  a  prison 
ship.  On  one  occasion,  he  was  taken  on 
shore  in  charge  of  a  Marine  guard.  On  ar- 
riving at  the  office  of  the  King's  Attorney, 
and  not  finding  it  opened,  Nichols  invited  the 
Sergeant  and  his  party  to  some  not  unwel- 
come refreshment.  Plying  the  bowl  freely, 
he  soon  placed  the  guard  in  a  state  highly  fa- 
vorable to  his  escape.  Ignorant  of  localities, 
afler  traversing  gardens  and  leaping  hedges, 
he  found  himself  eventually  upon  the  road  to 
London.  "Hailing  a  stage  coach,"  says  the 
narrator,  to  whom  I  am  indebted  for  the  inci- 
dent, "he  was  told  that  it  was  against  the  law 
to  take  up  an  unknown  passenger  upon  the 
road."  A  half  guinea  for  the  driver  however, 
and  the  promise  that  he  would  dismount  be- 
fore he  reached  the  city,  satisfied  the  pliant 
scruples  of  the  knight  of  the  whip.  Nichols 
had  been  in  London  but  a  few  days,  when  he 
suddenly  met  the  verj'  Sergeant  from  whom 
he  had  escaped.  "Ah  Mr.  Nichols !"  said  the 
officer,  "the  very  man  I  am  after;  glad  to  see 
you !"  "Glad  to  see  you  Sergeant,"  was  the 
response,  "but  the  very  man  you  can  never 
take.  Here  are  three  guineas  you  can  have, 
but  me  never."  The  suggestion  met  with  the 
Sergeant's  favor,  and  Nichols  was  immediate- 
ly on  his  way  to  Liverpool.  Thence  he  came 
to  Boston,  a  fellow-passenger  in  the  same 
ship  with  Aaron  Burr;  who  having  gone 
abroad  to  escape  the  indignation  occasioned 
by  his  xmfortunate  duel  with  Hamilton,  was 


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retumtng  to  this  his  country  under  the  as-  j  discerned  by  the  cabin  light  that  the  officer 
sumed  name  of  Adolphus  R.  Arnot.*  i  was  in  an  American  naval  uniform.  I  infer  that 

The  events  thus  narrated,  occurred  it  will  I  the  vessel  thus  coming  up  with  him  in  the 
be  seen,  before  the  war  of  1812-15.  Soon  j  night,  was  not  the  frigate  he  chased  dnring 
after  the  declaration  of  war  with  England,  j  the  day;  although  it  has  been  said,  that  it 
Capt,  Nichols,  together  with  some  prominent  I  was  the  Constitution, — the  vessel  into  whose 
merchants  and  others  of  Newburyport,  pur-  j  hands  he  had  fallen — that  was  the  original 
chased  and  equipped  the  fast  sailing  brig  De-  '  pursuer.  That  this  could  not  have  been  the 
catur,  which  had  been  built  some  time  before  case,  is  shown  by  the  fact,  that  it  was  through 
for  running  the  blocltade.  Few  vessels,  it  information  given  by  Nichols  to  Commodore 
will  be  granted  by  those  familiar  with  the  j  Hull  in  regard  to  the  frigate  chasing  him 
history  of  the  private  armed  marine  of  that '  through  the  day,  that  the  Constitution  was 
period,  attained  to  so  niai'ked  a  fame,  as  the  !  enabled  on  the  day  after,  to  meet  and  cap- 
Decatur  under  the  command  of  Capt.  Nich- 1  ture  the  British  frigate  Guerriere.  In  the 
ols.  In  the  naval  history  of  the  war,  the  U.  |  naval  records  of  the  conflict  between  the  Con- 
S.  Brig  Argus,  under  the  command  of  thedis- 1  stitution  and  Gurerriere,  no  mention  is  made 
tingjjished  W.  H.  Allen  of  the  Navy,  proved  j  of  Capt.  Nichols  as  affording  the  information 
a  terror  to  English  commerce  under  the  verj'  j  of  the  proximity  of  the  latter  ship.  It  will 
guns  of  the  squadrons  guarding  the  English  i  be  seen,  fiowever,  that  but  for  that  informa- 
Coasts ;  but  it  may  be  safely  said,  that  the  i  tion,  the  battle,  which  in  the  annals  of  naval 
names  and  exploits  of  Nichols  and  the  Deca-  j  warfare,  stands  marked  as  perhaps  the  most 
tur,  were  quite  as  familiar  to  Englishmen  as  i  brilliant  as  between  single  ships  in  the  partic- 


those  of  Allen  and  the  Argus.  The  cruises  of 
the  Decatur  were  not  confined  to  the  vicinitj' 
of  our  own  shores.  Banging  over  the  ocean 
ft"om  the  track  of  Northern  Commerce,  along 
the  line    of    that  from    the    Indies,   she  was 


ulars  on  the  part  of  the  American,  of  nautical 
skill  and  chivalrous  courage,  might  never 
have  been  fought.  How  much  that  gallant 
encounter  contributed  toward  directing  the 
hopes  of  the  country  for  triumph  in  the  war 


known  and  feared  wherever  an  English  flag  of  1812-15  to  the  skill  and  courage  of  our 
was  spread  to  the  breeze  in  those  waters.  \  little  navy,  is  well  remembered  by  those  who 
-For  the  evidence  of  this,  we  have  only  to  ad-  i  were  coteuiporary  with  the  event, 
duce  the  severe  treatment  to  which  her  bold  j  In  this  connection  it  may  be  remarked,  that 
Commander  was  subjected  upon  the  occa-  I  arrangements  were  made  between  Commo- 
sions  when,  under  unavoidable  circumstan- !  dore  Hull  and  Capt.  Nichols,  for  the  Decatur 
,ces,  he  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy.  j  to  accompany  the  Constitution.     lu  the  event 

The  Decatur,  as  I  learn  from  the  authority  j  of  falling  in  with  the  British  frigate  within  a 
already  quoted,  sailed  from  Newbuiyport  on  i  certain  time,  Nichols  and  his  crew  were  to 
her  first  cruise  on  August  4th,  1812,  mount- 1  act  as  a  boarding  party.     The  arrangement 


ing  14  guns  and  with  a  crew  of  150  men, 
principally  from  Newbuiyport  and  Marble- 
head.  It  was  Capt.  Nichol's  fortune  on  this 
voyage  to  be  chased,  some  four  days  out  of 
port,  by  a  frigate  which  he  supposed  to  be  an 
English  cruiser.  Losing  during  the  chase 
several  of  her  spars,  the  Decatur,  through 
her  fine  sailing  qualities,  was  enabled  to  pre- 
serve her  distance  from  her  pursuer  until  af- 
ter the  night  had  set  in.  Belying  upon  her 
escape,  the  crew  were  suddenly  startled  dur- 
ing the  night  by  the  alarm,  that  the  frigate 
was  close  aboard ;  amid  the  rattling  of  mus- 
ketry, the  stem  voice  of  Nichols  was  heard 
ordering  the  armament  to  be  thrown  over- 
board, with  the  exception  of  two  light  brass 
pieces,  in  order  to  lighten  the  ship.  So  close 
however  was  the  approach  of  the  supposed 
hostile  vessel,  that  all  eiSbrts  at  escape  was 
unavailing,  and  in  response  to  the  hail,  the 
answer  was  given  that  the  brig  was  bound 
from  London  to  Halifax. 

Being  at  once  boarded   from  the   frigate, 
Nichols  supposed  he  was  a  prize,   until  be 


failed  in  consequence  of  not  meeting  the  Guer- 
riereso  soon  as  expected,  and  the  Decatur  kept 
on  her  cruise. 

It  was  under  dififerent  circumstances  how- 
ever, from  those  of  the  start,  that  Nichols 
now  pursued  his  voyage.  It  will  be  remem- 
bered that  in  the  attempt  to  escape  from  the 
Constitution,  he  had  thrown  over  most  of  his 
armament.  With  a  crew  of  150  men,  he  had 
only  two  guns  of  small  calibre  left,  and  but 
few  muskets ;  many  ofthe  men,  in  the  confli- 
sion  of  the  night  attack  having  thrown  away 
their  small  arms.  Under  circumstances,  so 
seemingly  discouraging,  Nichols  himself  was 
not  timid.  He  was  the  man  to  supply  himself 
with  a  new  armament  at  the  expense  of  others 
than  his  owners.  The  opportunities  were 
not  long  wanting;  but  in  the  meantime  he 
was  to  illustrate  Lis  decision  and  energy  of 
his  character  in  the  face  of  an  unexpected 
foe.  His  men  attempted  a  mutiny.  Reflis- 
ing  to  aid  in  shortening  sail,  the  crew  re- 
mained below  when  called  by  the  officer  of 
the  deck     Information  being  given  to  Nich- 


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ols  in  his  cabin,  "he  came  out"  says  the  nar- 
rator from  whom  I  quote,  "with  his  heavy 
brows  lowering  above  his  flashing  eyes,  his 
lips  tight,  and  his  hands  upon  his  pistols  and 
knife  in  his  belt,  and  once  more  ordered  the 
boatswain  to  call  the  men  to  duty."  None 
who  have  ever  seen  Capt.  Nichols,  even  in  his 
venerable  age,  but  can  well  realize  what  a 
spectacle  must  have  been  presented  on  this 
occasion.  For  myself,  I  think  I  never  looked 
upon  a  face,  which  seemed  to  me  so  complete 
a  reflector  of  thorough  pluck  combined  with 
an  iron  will.  Doubtless  of  a  lithe,  compact 
and  muscular  fi-ame  in  youth,  of  about  mid- 
dle stature,  and  with  the  head  of  a  Ney ;  the 
countenance  marked  by  a  bold  square  forehead, 
piercing  eyes,  and  the  strikingly  defined 
lower  face  of  a  lion  hearted  courage ;  quick, 
even  to  old  age,  in  all  his  movements ;  Nich- 
ols unquestionably  appeared  to  multipl}^  him- 
self on  the  eyes  of  his  despondent  and  mutin- 
ous crew.  "Going  to  the  main  hatch  with 
firm  and  measured  step,  he  demanded,  "what 
does  this  mean  ?"  The  reply  was,  "no  more 
duty ;  the  guns  are  overboard,  we  can  take 
no  more  prizes."  Turning  to  his  men  and  say- 
ing, "you  shall  be  masters  of  this  brig  or  I 
will,  and  to  his  officers,  "a  mutiny  can  never 
succeed  on  board  a  man  of  war,  where  the 
oflicers  are  true  to  their  commamler,"  he 
jumped  alone  between  decks,  and  with  a  billet 
of  wood  felled  the  ring  leader  to  the  floor. 
The  oflicers  followed,  and  after  a  short  con- 
flict, order  was  restored. 

But  for  the  boldness  and  decision  of  Capt. 
Nichols  in  thus  repressing  the  mutinous  dis- 
position of  his  crew,  the  cruise,  doubtless, 
would  have  proved  an  unsuccessftil  one,  and 
the  commander  himself,  failed  to  secure  in 
any  future  expeditions  that  character  for  dar- 
ing courage,  which  rallied  some  of  the  bravest 
spirits  of  the  war  about  him.  Singularly 
enough  on  the  very  same  day  upon  which 
the  despondency  of  his  crew  had  thus  led  to 
outbreak, — Aug.  22,  1812, — the  Decatur  cap- 
tured the  barque  Duke  of  Savoy,  of  four  guns, 
and  with  a  large  supply  of  other  arms.  On 
the  next  day,  Nichols  captured  the  brig  Po- 
mona; on  the  25th  the  brig  Elizabeth;  and 
on  tlfe  26th,  the  brigs  Concord,  Hope  and 
Devonshire.  On  the  30th  of  August  he  took 
the  tamsport  barque,  William  and  Charlotte 
of  four  gtins,  loaded  with  500  tons  of  ship 
timber  for  the  English  government.  On  the 
1st  of  September  it  was  his  good  fortune  to 
fall  in  with  and  capture  the  ship  Diana  from 
London  for  the  West  Indies,  with  a  cargo 
valued  at  £80,000.  The  enemy  mounted  ten 
9  and  12  pounders,  but  was  not  disposed  to 
flght.  The  Diana  however  was  afterward  re- 
captured while  in  the  hands  of  a  prizemaster ; 


I  the  only  fruits  of  the  original  capture,  for 
Nichols  and  his  crew,  being  an  addition 
from  her  guns  to  his  now  almost  replenished 
armament.  Immediately  after  the  taking  of 
the  Diana,  the  Decatur  made  prize  of  the  brig 
Fame ;  cutting  her  out  of  a  fleet  of  twenty 
sail,  in  fiijll  view  of  their  convoy,  the  British 
frigate  Amaranthus. 

In  less  than  a  fortnight,  Capt.  Nichols  had 
thus  captured  nine  prizes.  In  the  course  of 
the  cruise,  having  closely  approached  the 
shores  of  England,  the  Decatur  was  on  the 
6th  of  September,  on  her  homeward  voyage. 
It  may  be  supposed  that,  after  placing  so  many 
of  her  men  as  prize  crews  on  board  her  vari- 
ous captures  the  brig  was  hardly  in  a  con- 
dition for  meeting  successfully  anything  but 
an  inferior  force.  Indeed,  I  learn  from  notes, 
with  which  I  have  been  favored,  that  at  the 
date  mentioned,  out  of  the  original  crew  of 
150,  but  27  remained  in  charge  of  the  prison- 
ers, and  to  man  the  guns.  Yet  it  was  pre- 
cisely in  these  circumstances,  that  Nichols 
was  called  upon  to  meet  one  of  the  severest 
tests  of  his  courage  and  skill.  If  it  be  re- 
membered, that  the  exploits  of  these  stalwart 
seamen  of  our  northern  coast  towns,  were  in 
fact  those  of  what  may  well  take  the  title  of  a 
"volunteer  navy,"  it  will  not  be  deemed  out 
of  place,  to  bring  those  of  Nichols  and  others, 
into  fuller  notice  than  they  have  yet  received 
at  the  hands  of  Naval  annalists.  The  fame 
of  Barney,  beyond  that  of  tradition,  has  com- 
manded the  "public  interest  in  later  years,  as 
worthily  illustrated  in  a  volume  by  the  hand 
of  fllial  aflection.  It  is  a  question  whether 
that  of  men  like  Nichols  and  Odiome  of  New- 
buryport,  Reid  of  New  York,  Harraden,  Upton, 
Ropes,  Kehew,  Cheever,  Breed  of  Salem,  and 
others  from  our  seaports  of  the  county  of  Es- 
sex, might  not  flnd  as  worthy  a  place,  in  the 
naval  biography  of  the  country,  as  that  of 
those,  more  widely  known  through  published 
memoirs,  t 

I  have  said  that  the  Decatur  was  on  her  re- 
turn, being  on  the  6th  of  September,  1812,  on 
the  Banks  of  Newfoundland.  The  fog  lift- 
ing, a  large  ship  was  discovered  close  aboard, 
which  hoisting  the  English  flag,  immediate- 
ly tired  a  shot  over  the  deck  of  the  Decatur. 
Whether  the  ship  were  a  merchant  man,  or  of 
the  Navy  was  not  clear ;  and  it  was  a  ques- 
tion which  Nichols  was  not  the  man  to  leave 
unsolved.  In  any  event,  the  odds  would  be 
against  him ;  his  own  vessel  being  at  the  time 
so  feebly  manned.  "Calling  his  few  men  aft 
he  asked  whether  they  would  flght.  The  in- 
quiry was  answered  by  three  cheers,  and  the 
brig  immediately  cleared  for  action.  Hoist- 
ing the  English  flag,  he  hailed  the  ship  to 
the  effect,  that  he  would  send  his  boat  on 


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board.  Two  officers  and  five  men  were  sent, 
leaving  but  twenty  men  on  board  the  Deca- 
tur. Immediately  upon  reaching  the  ship, 
it  was  discovered  that  the  boat's  crew  were 
Americans ;  the  two  officers  wer  made  prison- 
ers, and  an  attempt  made  to  sinii  the  boat 
along  side.  The  Decatur,  in  the  meantime 
forging  ahead  between  the  boat  and  ship,  re- 
ceived the  broadside  intended  for  the  boat.  In 
a  few  minutes  the  two  vessels  were  in  close 
action, 'so  near  together,  that  when  the  enemy 
appeared  at  the  ports  for  the  second  broad7 
side,  several  men  were  siiotjabout  the  head  and 
shoulders.  The  condition  of  things  may  be 
well  realized,  when  it  is  remembered,  that  here 
was  an  illy  armed  and  feebly  manned  brig, 
within  half  pistol  shot  of  an  enemy  of  twice 
her  size,  with  double  the  number  of  heavier 
guns,  and  ftill  of  men  well  equipped  with  small 
arms.  Some  desperate  measures  must  be 
resorted  to,  or  Nichols  must  surrender.  More- 
over the  enemy  being  high  out  of  water,  was 
fast  crippling  the  sails  and  rigging  of  the  De-  j 
catur.  The  first  broadside  had  cairied  away  j 
twenty  square  feet  from  the  foretopsail,  and  i 
other  sails  were  rendered  useless.  j 

The  bold  commander  of  the   Decatur  how- 1 
ever,    was    as  inflexible   in  spirit  as  he  was  j 
always  in  appearance ;  and  amid  the   shower  | 
of  musket-balls,  was  seen  moving  from   the  i 
helm  to  a  small  gun;  which  he  was  assisting  | 
to  work.     In    the  want  of  men,  he  had  both  j 
to  manage  his  vessel  and  work  his  guns ;  and  ; 
it  was  while  thus  doing,  that  Wartts,  the  Eng-  < 
lish  captain,  for  fouiteen  times  took  deliber- 1 
ate  aim,  and  fired  at  Nichols  with  his  musket ;  ; 
at  last  throwing  it  upon  the  deck,  and  swear-  j 
ing  that  the  man  was  never  born  to  be  shot.  | 
Under    these   circumstances,   Nichols  deter- 1 
mined  to  board  the  enemy's  ship,  and  ordered 
the  man  at  the  helm  to  lay  the  Decatur  under 
the  lee    quarter  of   his  huge  antagonist.     I 
doubt  whether  such  another  act  of  daring 
courage  is  to  be  met  with  in  the  naval  annals 
of  any  country.     Ten  of  his  men  were   re- 
quired to  watch  his  prisoners ;  five  of  the 
latter  being  British  officers,  confined  in  the 
cabin.     His  boat's  crew,   from  which  his  two 
officers  had  been  taken  prisoners,  were  still 
in  the  boat,  at  a  distance  from  the   ship,  and 
it  was  with  only  ten  men,   that  Nichols  was 
to  make  the   desperate  attempt  to  take   the 
enemy's  vessel.     The  Englishman  called  his 
crew  to  repel  boarders,  while  Nichols  had 
two  guns  loaded  heavily  to  clear  the  way  for 
the  assault.     The  command  "Eire,"  came  as 
firmly  as  though  he  had  an  himdred  men  for 
the  work;  "Boarders  away,"  was   the  next 
order,  but  a  quick  sea  prevented  the   board- 
ing.    He  then  ordered  the  grappling  irons  to 
be  thrown,  and  to  avoid  that,  the  enemy  or- 


dered his  own  vessel  to  be  placed  before  the 
wind.     Now  came  Nichols'  peculiar  tactics, 
which  changed  the  face  of  the  battle.     Call- 
ing out  as  though  his  force  were  a  large  one, 
he  cried.    "Marines,  cut  away  that  fellow  at 
the   wheel!"     "I've  got  him,"  replied  a  tall 
feUow  with  a  rusty  gun,  his  only  marine  as  it 
would  appear,   as    the  man  fell.     "Another 
man  at  the  wheel,"  said  the   English  com- 
mander.    "Keep  that  wheel  clear,"  said  Nich- 
ols, and  the  response  came,  "Aye !  aye!  sir! 
there  he  goes,"  as  the  second  fell.     A  third 
time  the  fatal  sentence  passed  in  the  ordei', 
"Keep  that  wheel  clear!"    The  British  cap- 
tain himself,  and  a  fourth  man,  then  attempt- 
ed to  manage  the  wheel,  by   lying  upon  the 
deck,  when,  to  have  no  farther  trouble  from 
that  source,   Nichols  ordered  a  broad-side, 
which  thundered    along  the  waters  as  the 
final  report.     The  smoke  clearing  up,  it  was 
discovered  that  the  enemy's  after-spars  were 
disabled,   the   wheel  blown    away,    and  the 
English  captain  desperately  wounded  :  lean- 
ing a  moment   upon  the  hammock-nettings, 
he  waved  a  flag,  and  then  fell  to  the   deck. 
Instantly  not  a  man  was  seen ;  the  English 
crew  retreating  below,  without  even  striking 
their  colors.    Hailing  the  ship  three  times 
without  answer,   Nichols  threatened  to  sink 
her,  if  the  flags   were  not  struck ;  when  the 
enemy  sent  the  Decatur's  two  captured  offi- 
cers on  deck,  who  themselves  wore  ship,  and 
both  vessels  were  put  in  the  direction  of  the 
missing  boat.    Notwithstanding    this  severe 
engagement  of  nearly  an  hour,  the  Decatur 
did  not  loose  a  man ;  and  in  17  minutes  from 
the  time  the   enemy  struck,   she  had  a  new 
topsail  bent  and  the  repairs  of  her  rigging 
going  on.     The  surgeon  of  the  Decatur,  the 
late  Dr.  Brickett,  of  Newburyport,  was   sent 
on  board,  and  remained  during  the  night ;  the 
captain — Watts — dying    in    the  meantime. — 
The  ship  proved  to  be  the   Commerce,  of  14 
guns,  57  men  and  30  passengers,  bound  from 
the  West  Indies  to  Glasgow.     So  few  men 
had  the  Decatur,  that  the  prize  could  not  have 
been  saved,  but  that  nine  Swedes  and  Portu- 
guese from  the  Commerce,  ofiered  to  enlist 
with  Nichols,  on  condition  of  a  share  in  the 
prize-money.     The  prisoners  being  taken  on 
board  the  Decatur,  were  ironed  and  sent  be- 
low as   they  came  over  the  side ;  so  that  the 
weakness  of  the  , captors  might  not  be  earlier 
known.     The  Commerce,  under  the  charge  of 
a  prize-master,  together  with  the  Decatur,  at 
once   sailed  for  home ;   the  former  having  a 
most  valuable  cargo,  arriving  safely  at  New- 
buryport. 

For  the  narrative  of  the  encoimter  with  the 
Commerce,  lam  indebted,  as  in  other  particu- 
lars, to  the  same  authority  already  referred 


'Mb 


to.  I  have  preferred  to  upe  the  language  of  the 
narrator,  rather  than  to  render  less  graphic 
what  is  so  admirably  told.  When  it  is  recol- 
lected that  the  events  of  this  cruise  were 
comprised  within  a  period  of  fifty  days,  and 
that  in  their  most  striking  features,  they 
occurred  under  disadvantages  which  would 
have  appalled  a  feebler  soul  than  that  of  Capt 
Nichols,  I  think  it  will  be  admitted  that  the 
record  of  such  a  cruise  is  well  worthy  a 
prominent  place  in  the  Historical  collections 
of  the  Institute.  At  all  events,  ^^we  can 
hardly  j  oin  in  the  harsh  critique  of  the  Fed- 
eral paper  of  Newburyport  at  that  period, 
which  remarked  tliat,  ''This  town  is  disgraced 
by  two  privateers" — one  of  which  was  the 
Decatur — "fitted  out  by  Democrats;  but 
they  are  not  likely  ever  to  set  the  river  on 
fire." 

Capt.  Nichols  soon  sailed  on  his  second 
cruise  in  the  Decatur.  His  first  exploit  was 
the  cutting  out  of  the  richly  freighted  ship 
Neptune  mounting  12  guns,  from  a  large  Eng- 
lish convoy.  Prize  after  prize  followed,  un- 
til the  Decatur  not  being  in  condition  for  sail- 
ing, was  overtaken  by  tlie  British  frigate  Sur- 
prise of  38  guns,  commanded  by  Sir  Thomas 
Cochrane.  Even  under  such  circumstances, 
Nichols  as  usual,  must  do  something  before 
surrender.  His  little  brig  was  put  into  ac- 
tion, and  her  flag  only  lowered  to  a  new 
and  heavily  armed  frigate,  after  the  latter'had 
lost  one  man  killed  and  several  wounded.  It 
is  said  that  when  Nichols  finally  hailed  that 
he  had  surrenderd,  there  was  not  a  man 
about  him  who  was  not  wounded,  nor  a  whole 
plank  in  that  part  of  the  deck  where  he 
stood.  Being  carried  into  Barbadoes,  where 
werema-ny  captured  Americans,  —  among 
whom  I  may  rem^k,  was  the  worthy  and  re- 
spected Dr.  Browne  of  this  city, — he  was  re- 
garded alike  by  his  enemies  and  countrymen 
with  a  curiosity  and  respect,  which  his  exploits 
already  widely  known,  were  calculated  to  se- 
cure. The  commander  of  the  Sui-prise  ad- 
mitted him  to  parole,  doubtless  feeling,  that 
with  a  ship  at  all  approaching  his  own  in 
force,  his  own  position  would  have  been  that 
of  the  gallant  privateersman.  Those  who  are 
still  alive  of  the  seamen  of  that  period,  well 
remember  how  the  name  and  deeds  of  Capt. 
Nichols  rendered  him,  as  before  intimated,  a 
living  terror  at  the  time,  to  all  foes  but  those 
of  largely  superior  force.  Notwitstanding^the 
parole  granted  him  by  Sir  Thomas  Cochrane 
out  of  respect  to  the  bravery  of  Nichols,  it 
was  unfortunate  for  him,  that  the  frigate 
"Vestal,  from  which,  before  the  war,  he  had 
recaptured  the  Alert,  arrived  at  Barbadoes ; 
and  upon  information,  he  was  immediately 
imprisoned.     "He  was  placed  in  a  cage  upon 


deck,  and  kept  under  constant  guard  day  and 
night,  and  for  thirty-four  days,  allowed  to 
converse  with  no  one." 

From  the  record  already  referred  to,  I  learn, 
that  while  thus  confined,  Nichols  was  visited 
by  an  old  commander  of  a  line  of  battle  ship, 
and  on  being  asked  why  he  was  there,  stated 
the  circumstances.  The  English  oflicer  said 
to  him,  that  he  had  committed  no  crime ;  "on 
the  contrary,"  said  he,  "such  conduct  should 
have  given  you  the  command  of  a  frigate  :  and 
had  you  been  in  the  English  service,  you 
would  have  been  so  rewarded."  Through  the 
isterest  of  this  ofticcr,  he  was  removed  to  an- 
other ship,  and  sent  to  England.  Again  re- 
garded as  a  criminal,  he  was  sent  on  board  a 
prison  ship,  guarded  by  twenty  men,  and 
heavily  ironed.  The  sentence  of  death  im- 
pended over  him;  but  two  British  ofiicers, 
upon  the  news  of  his  treatment  by  our  Gov- 
ernment, were  held  as  hostages  for  him,  and 
the  British  Government  informed,  that  their 
lives  should  be  made  to  answer  for  that  of 
Capt.  Nichols.  Being  then  imprisoned  with 
the  Irishmen  captured  with  Gen'l.  Hull  at  De- 
troit, and  awaiting  the  scafibld  as  deserters, 
our  Government  informed  that  of  England, 
that  two  Englishmen  woxild  be  hung  for  every 
prisoner  so  executed. 

After  several  months,  the  prisoners  were 
called  together,  expecting, — the  Irishmen 
particularly — that  sentence  was  about  to  be 
executed.  On  being  asked  if  he  would  engage 
in  the  war  again,  if  released,  Nichols  replied, 
"Yes,  as  soon  as  I  can  get  a  vessel ;  .and  if  I 
can  do  it  in  no  other  way,  I  will  enter  the 
American  service  as  a  common  seaman."  An 
exchange  of  prisoners  however,  had  been  de- 
termined, and  Nichols  was  sent  home  to  Bos- 
ton in  the  ship  Saratoga. 

He  was  soon  at  sea.  A  brig  of  300  tons, 
the  Harpy  of  Baltimore,  was  then  fitting  out 
at  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  and  Nichols  invited  to 
the  command.  At  once  upon  the  cruise,  he 
was  successful  in  the  capture  of  ten  prizes ; 
two  of  which  were  ships  loaded  with  troops, 
and  respectively  of  the  armamtint  of  20  and  10 
guns.  Destroying  some  of  the  prizes,  and  oth- 
ers being  recaptured  on  the  homeward  voyage, 
he  yet  succeeded  in  sending  in  one  vessel,  with 
a  cargo  valued  at  $300,000,  together  with  66 
prisoners ;  among  whom  were  a  Major  Gen- 
eral and  other  ofiicers  of  the  British  army. 
A  prisoner  for  at  least  one  third  of  the  war 
of  1812-15,  during  his  active  service  he  took 
twenty-eight  prizes ;  and  in  cases,  other  than 
those  mentioned,  through  an  exercise  of  gal- 
lantry and  seamanlike  skill,  such  as  with  the 
instances  mentioned,  might  well  find  record 
in  the  annals  of  the  war. 

At  the  close  of  that  conflict,  of  which  Frank- 


aw 


lin  prophesied  long  before,  that  it  would  come 
as  "the  second  war  of  independence,"  Capt. 
Kichols  engaged  in  the  merchant  service, 
sailing  for  many  years  from  his  native  town 
and  other  ports.  On  returning  from  the  sea, 
he  was  made  Collector  of  Customs  at  New- 
buryport,  under  the  Administration  of  Presi- 
dent Polk ;  manifesting  in  the  discharge  of 
that  office,  an  integrity,  knowledge  and  de- 
cision, which  commended  him  to  the  high  re- 
gard, alike  of  the  administration,  and  those 
with  whom  he  was  called  to  transact  the 
business  of  the  port.  Since  the  present  civil 
strive  commenced,  he  has  been  heard  to  ex- 
press his  regret,  that  his  advanced  years  did 
not  permit  him  to  engage  in  the  service  of 
the  country  upon  the  sea.  Had  his  years 
been  only  those  of  the  noble  hero  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi and  Mobile  Bay,  and  Nichols  been 
placed  in  charge  of  a  volunteer  expedition  for 
attacks  upon  the  strong  holds  of  Charleston 
and  Wilmington,  I  cannot  doubt  that  the  name 
and  fame  of  the  gallant  Farragut  would  have 
found  a  rival  in  those  of  the  never  fearing  and 
dashing  privateersman  of  1812.  For  such 
men  as  the  lion  hearted  Nichols,  neither  the 
casemates  of  Sumpter,  nor  the  batteries  of 
Wilmington  would  have  proved  anything  but 
mighty  constraints  and  arguments  to  the  ex- 
ercise of  a  valor,  which  never  quailed  under 
the  fiercest  terror  of  the  cannonade.  The 
battle  thunder  was  to  him  an  inspiration ;  the 
music  to  arouse  and  energize  such  a  soul ; 
and  the  flag  for  which  he  fought  and  suffered, 
the  prpud  emblem  of  a  nationality  and  a 
home,  for  which  even  in  his  old  age,  he  would 
willingly  and  heartily,  have  expended  the  very 
life  blood  of  his  heart.  As  I  have  seen  him 
since  the  present  war  commenced,  either  in 
his  seat  at  church,  or  in  .his  walks,  still  dis- 
tinguished by  something  of  the  warriors  port 
and  step,  I  have  felt  that  could  the  vigor  of 
his  youth,  be  restored  but  for  a  few  years  of 
closing  life,  the  Republic  that  should  place 
him  upon  the  quarter  deck  of  some  proud 
ship  of  her  navy,  would  need  only  to  point 
out  the  field  for  that  bold  spirit  in  its  career 
of  dashing  and  persistent  courage.  Where- 
ever  men  would  have  dared  to  follow,  Nichols 
in  his  unintermitted  loyality  and  love  for  the 
Union  and  the  flag,  would  ever  have  dared  to 
lead. 

Capt.  Nichols  died  at  his  home  in  Newbury- 
port,  February  12th,  1863,  at  the  age  of  81 
years.  His  wife,  Lydia  B.  Pierce  had  pre- 
ceded him  to  the  grave,  but  two  years  previ- 
ous. His  only  son,  a  skilful  and  well  known 
commander  in  the  merchant  service,  had  died 
at  an  earlier  period,  while  yet  a  young  man. 
Of  the  descendents  of  Capt.  Nichols,  three 
-daughteis  and  two  grand-children  survive; 


one  of  the  former  of  whom,  is  the  wife  of 
Captain  Beii^^ii^iii  Hale,  a  successftd  ship- 
master  of  Newburyport. 

•  For  an  uiteresting  account  of  the  passage  home, 
and  of  Capt.  Nichols  as  a  fellow  passer ger  with 
Bur.,  see  the  'atter's 'Trivate  Journal,"  edited  by 
M.  L.  Davis  of  New  York. 

tForthe  following  notes  in  reference  to  Capts.   ^^ 
Upton  and  Odiorne  I  am  grateful  for  the  kindness 
ot  the  Hon.  B.  F.  Browne  of  this  city ;  himself  for 
a  long  period  a  prisoner  at  Dartmoor  and  other 
places,  during  the  war  of  1812-15. 

Gapt.  John  Odiorne  received  a  mercantile  edu- 
cation at  Newburyport;  of  which  place,  he  was 
I  believe  a  native.  Ho  married  a  daughter  of 
Offin  Boardman,  once  an  eminent  merchant  of  that 
place.  He  had  commanded  merchant  vessels  pre- 
villus  to  Ills  command  of  the  private  armed  schoon- 
er F  olic  ot  Salem.  He  madu  two  ciniises  m  her  and 
on  the  first  he  captured  10  or  12  larKe  vessels,  part 
of  a  convoyed  fleet  bound  to  Miramichi  and  Pictou. 
On  the  2nd,  he  was  captured  by  the  bloop  of  War 
Heron,  nfier  a  most  exciiing;ehase  oi  12  or  14 
hours.  Much  of  the  time  the  Frolic  was  within 
reach  of  the  guns  of  the  Heron  and  part  of  tlie 
ti...e  within  the  range  of  pistol  shots  which  were 
liberally  besto  >  ed  on  that  part  of  the  crew  which 
the  Captain  retained  with  liimself.  No  one  who 
witnessed  liis  conduct  on  that  occasion  (as  did  the 
writer  of  this  note)  can  doubt  that  he  was  brave 
even  to  rasimess.  The  writer  can  bear  testimony 
to  his  activity,  intelligence  and  kindness,  and  no 
one  more  tlian  he  can  regret  that  his  subsequent 
career  w  i  not  more  pi  osi  erous. 

Capt.  Benjamin  Upton ,  v.  hile  in  command  of  the 
Private  aimed  Brig  Moutgouiery  lought  one  of  the 
mo^t  gallant  actions  of  tlie  war-  of  1812-15.  It  oc- 
curred on  the  6th  of  December  1812,  near  iSurina.n, 
with  an  i-ng.ish  Packet  Brig  of  350  tons,  full  of 
^oldiers  and  mounting  18  guns  supposed  from  her 
shot  to  be  18  pounders.  Tlie  Montgomery  was  150 
tuns  and  mounted  10  61b  guns  and  2  18  pounders. 
The  action  lasted  about  2  hours,  and  for  51  mmutes 
the  two  vessels  were  board  and  ooard.  Capt.  Upton 
was  .--everi  ly  wounded  in  the  face,  and  was  carried 
below ;  but  the  Ist  Ldeut.  Henry  Prince  continued 
the  action  witli  much  spirit,  till  the  Montgomery 
being  very  seriou  Jy  dami^od,  hu  hauled  olf  for 
rCf  airs,  intending  to  renew  the  action ;  but  in  the 
meanwhile  his  lotagonist  escaped.  The  Montgom- 
ery had  4  uilled  and  16  wounded. 

JThe  writer  of  this  note,  was  carried  to  Barbadoes 
as  a  captive  in  January  1814.  Mos  of  the  time  of 
his  stay  there,  he  was  at  large  on  parole,  and 
mingled  Ireely  with  some  of  the  residents.  He 
frequently  heard  Capt.  Nichols  spoken  ot,  and  the 
story  of  his  confinement  in  the  cage  narrated.  He 
lett  there,  the  character  of  great  bravery,  amount- 
ing to  audacity.  Tne  vessel  was  dismantled  and 
used  as  a  Prison  Ship ;  and  the  writer  was  confined 
in  her  a  few  days.  Admiral  Laforey  was  in  co  i>- 
mand  on  tlie  tSation,  but  was  relieved  that  summer 
by  Admiral  Durham. 


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BAPTISMS  OF  THE  FIRST  CHURCH 
IN   SALEM. 


COXUITiriCATED  BY  HENBT  WAEATLANS. 


Continued  from  Vol.  vi,  page  228. 


1639. 


28. 

6. 

Natha'U.  son  of  Will.  Hathorn. 

1. 

7. 

Rebec.  &  Thomas  children  of  sis- 
ter Lucy  Page. 

21. 

8. 

Tho.  &  Mercy  children  of  Thomas 
Moore. 

10. 

9. 

Jonathan  son  of  Brother  Ager. 

6. 

10. 

Abraham  &  Sarah  children  of  Per- 
sis  Walker. 

6. 

10. 

Provided  d.  of  Lawrence  Sothwick. 

15. 

10. 

John  son  of  Jacob  Barney. 

15. 

10. 

Mary  dau.  of  Peter  Palfrey. 

11. 

10. 

Nathall  son  of  Will.  Woodbery. 

19. 

10. 

John  son  of  Will.  Dixy. 

26. 

10. 

John  son  of  Benjamin  Felton. 
Samll  son  of  Will.  Robinson. 

2. 

11. 

Isaac  &  Mary  children  of  Mr.  Stee- 
vens. 

16. 

11. 

Mary  dau.  of  Roger  Maury. 
Bethiah  dau.  of  Will.  Allen. 
Henry  son  of  Henry  Herrick. 

23. 

11. 

John  son  of  Robert  Elwell. 
Lyddia  dau.  John  Norman. 

1640. 

1. 

1. 

John  son  of  Ema'U.  Downing. 

8. 

1. 

Eliza  dau.  of  Mr.  Peeters. 

15. 

1. 

David  son  of  Ralph  Fogg. 
Elias  son  of  Elias  Stileman  Jr. 

22. 

1. 

Martha  dau,  of  Robert  Lemon. 

29. 

1. 

Ruth  dau.  of  Francis  Johnson. 
Mary  dau.  of  Jon.  Hurbert. 

5. 

2. 

Joseph  son  of  John  Humphry. 

27. 

2. 

Mehitabell  d.  of  Tho.  Goldthwaite. 

3. 

■  3. 

Remembe  dau.  of  Samll  Cornish. 

Martha  dau.  of  Obadiah  Holme. 
Ruth  dau.  of  Edm.  Marshall 
[31] 


29. 

4. 

26. 

5. 

2. 

6. 

8. 

7. 

19. 

7. 

19. 

7. 

1640. 

10.     3.     Joseph  son  of  George  Williams. 

13.  3.     Eliza  dau.  of  Charles  Glover. 
31.     3.     2  children  of  Esdras  Read. 

1  of  sister  Goodell. 

7.     4.     James  son  of  John  Browne. 
Obadiah  son  of  Tho.  Antrum. 
Peeter  son  of  Will.  Bound. 

14.  4.     Bartholemew  son  of  Jon.  Gedney. 
Mary  dau.  of  Samll  Sharp. 
Sarah  dau.  of  Brother  Fisk. 
Benjamin  son  of  Tho.  Moore. 
Mary  dau.  of  Henry  Skerry. 
Will,  son  of  Will.  Trask. 
Peeter  son  of  John  Woodbery. 

Mary  dau.  of  Robt.  Cotta. 
Will,  son  of  Brother  Dodg. 
Sarah  dau.  of  Sister  Cooke. 
Mary  dau.  of  Joav  Bacheldor. 
10.     8.     Danyell  son  of  Edw.  Gaskoyne. 
1.     9.     John  son  of  John  Sanders. 

Eliza  dau.  of  Joshua  Holgrove. 
27.     9.     Eleazer  son  of  Edm.  Giles, 
dau.  of  John  Black, 
child  of  Richard  Waters. 
7  children  of  John  Barber. 
3.     11.     Lemuell  son  of  Richard  Raymond. 
17.  11.    Jonathan  son  of  Mr.  Corwin. 
7.  12.     Dorcas  dau.  of  Ema'll  Downing, 
14.  12.     Mary  dau.  of  Moses  Maverick. 
21.  12.     Hester  dau.  of  Joseph  Boyce. 
Hanna  dau.  of  John  Tompkins. 

1.     Ruth  dau.  of  Will.  S^eevens. 
1.     3  children  of  Rich'd  Graves. 
Sam'll  son  of  Sam'll  Cornish. 
Sam'U  son  of  Will.  Geere. 
Ruth  dau.  of  Sister  Younges. 
28     1       George  son  of  George  Norton. 
25    2      a  child  of  Miles  Ward.  . 

Lydia  dau.  of  Mr.  Humphry. 


1641. 

7. 
14. 


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1641 
5    3 
16    3 

27    4 

4    5 

18     5 


2     6 


1 

27 

19 

7 

3 

8 

17 

8 

24 

8 

31 

8 

14 

9 

12 

10 

26 

10 

2 

11 

9  11 

20 

12 

27 

12 

1642 

6 

1 

13     1 


20     1 


Ruth  dau.  of  John  Marsh. 
Thos  son  of  Thomas  Vinor. 
Eliza  dau.  of  John  Cooke. 
John  son  of  Brother  Fairfield. 

dau.  of  Sister  Fenn. 
Benjamin  son  of  Jon  Moore. 
Sara  &  Benjamin  children  of  Jane 

Perry  e. 
Mary  dau.  Sr.  Devenish. 
John  son  of  Will.  Hathorne. 
James  son  of  Brother  Haines. 
David  son  of  Jane  Perry. 
Isaack  son  of  Mr.  Bacon. 
Jon.  son  of  Jon,  Marston. 
Experience  dau.  of  Mr.  Sharpe. 
John  son  of  Rich'd  Davenport. 
Jon.  s(rn  of  Robt.  Gutch. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Henry  Bartholemew. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Will.  Dixy. 
John    son   of  sister   Woodbury  ye 

younger. 
Sam'U  son  of  Edw.  Beachura. 
Deliverance  dau.  of  Will.  Kins:. 
Benjamin  son  of  Sister  Codman.| 
Bethiah  dau.  of  Philip  Veren  Jr. 
Eliza  dau.  of  John  Blackleech. 
John  son  of  Sister  Ward. 
Josiah  son  of  Mr    Walton. 
Jacob  son  of  Robert  Goodell. 
John  son  of  Richard  Prince. 
Isaack  son  of  Robert  Elwell. 
Bethiah  dau.  of  Thos.  Weekes. 

Sam'll  &  Tho.  s.  of  Rich'd  Moore. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Joseph  Boyce. 
Jacob  &  Sam'll   sons  of  Brother 

Browne. 
Theophilus  son  of  Sister  Downing. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Walter  Price. 
Sam'll  son  of  Oba.  Holmes. 


1642 
20     1 
27     1 


10    2 
17     2 

24    2 


1     3 


15     3 

22     3 


29  3 

5  4 

26  4 

3  5 


17  5 

24  5 
31     5 

18  7 

9  ■  8 
16  8 
13     9 

20     9 

25  10 
1  11 
1  11 


Mary  dau.  of  Phille.  Dickerson. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Roger  Maury. 
Sam'll  son  of  Robert  Button. 
John  son  of  Robert  Lemon. 
Sam'll  son  of  Francis  Perry. 
Stephen  son  of  Tho.  Ruck. 
Love  dau.  of  Joshua  Holgrove. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Frances  Johnson. 
Mary  dau.  of  Charles  Glover. 
Nath'U  son  of  Joseph  Grafton. 
John  son  of  Brother  Browne. 
Peeter  son  of  Robert  Cotta.    - 
Ann  dau.  of  Sister  Norman. 
Eleazer  son  of  Jon.  Gedney. 
Jon.  son  of  John  Neale. 
John  &  Sarah  children  of  Robert 

Allen. 
Joseph  son  of  Sister  Edwards.  . 
Abigaile  dau.  of  Robert  Moulton. 
Sarah  dau.  of  Edm.  Marshall. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Sister  Pacy. 
Jonathan  son  of  George  Roapes. 
Bethiah  dau.  of  Mr.  Alford. 
Onesiphenas  son  of  Will.  Allen. 
Nath.U  son  of  Tho.  Moore. 
Bethiah  dau.  of  Sam'll  Archard. 
James  son  of  Jon.  Browne. 
Isaack  son  of  Rich'd  Hide. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Brother  Dodge. 
Jon.  son  of  Townsend  Bishop. 
Jon.  son  of  Will.  Trask. 
Sarah  dau.  of  John  Sibly. 
John  son  of  Brother  Stacye. 
Joseph  son  of  Richard  Graves. 
Nath'll  son  of  Sister  Howard. 
Bethiah  dau.  of  George  Williams. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Tho.  Goldthwaite. 
Samuel  son  of  James  Moulton. 
Sarah  dau.  of  John  Tomkins. 
Judith  dau.  of  Sister  Young. 


239 


1642 
12  12 


26  12 

1643 
12    1 


26 

1 

2 

2 

9 

2 

16 

2 

22 

2 

30 

2 

14 

3 

28 

3 

4 

4 

18 

4 

2 

5 

16 

5 

30 

5 

27 

6 

10 

7 

Tho.  son  of  Mr.  Tomson. 
Joseph  son  of  Jon.  Pickwortb. 
Nath'U  son  of  Sister  Bowdish. 
Hanna  d.  of  Henry  Bartholemew. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Eichard  Raymond. 
Abigail  dau.  of  Jobn  Bacbelder. 
Tho.  son  of  Henry  Swan. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Richard  Waters. 

Eliza  &  Hanna  children  of  Jon. 
Kitchen. 

Mary  dau.  of  Will.  Robinson. 

Susana  dau.  of  Will.  Clark. 

Epbraim  son  of  Henry  Skerry. 

Mary  dau.  of  Tho.  Gardner. 

Joanna  dau.  of  Sister  Browne. 

Sara  dau.  of  Sister  White. 

Dorcas  dau.  of  PhilL  Veren  Junr. 

Damaris  dau.  of  Joseph  Pope. 

Lewis  son  of  Ananias  Concklin. 

Mary  dau.  of  Will.  Geere. 

Benony  son  of  John  Blackleech. 

Sara  dau.  of  Edw.  Gaskoyne. 

Patience  dau.  of  Robt.  Gutch. 

Remember  dau.  of  Benja.  Felton. 

Will,  son  of  Will.  Fiske. 

Josiah  son  of  sister  White. 

Eliza  dau.  of  Sam'll  Corning. 

Joshua  son  of  bro.  Edwards. 

Tho.  son  of  sister  Dixy. 

Moses,  Aaron,  &  Deliverance  chil- 
dren of  Jane  Bennett. 

Sara  dau.  of  Will.  Dixy. 

John  son  of  Richard  Hucheson. 

Mary  dau.  of  Tho.  Antrum. 

Joseph  &  Mary  children  of  Sister 
Goyte. 

Benjamin  son  of  bro.  Haines. 

Joseph  son  of  Richard  Prince. 

Obadiah  son  of  Robert  Cotta. 


1643 

10    7      Mary  dau.  of  Edw.  Beachum. 

15     8      John  son  of  Jon.  Hurbert. 

Nath'U,  Sarah  &  Mary  children  of 
Robert  Pease. 
22     8       Mary  dau.  of  Jon.  Cooke. 
30     9       Debora  dau.  of  bro.  Stacy. 

Theodore  son  of  Walter  Price. 

Bethiah  dau.  of  Sr.  Devenish. 

Abigail  dau.  of  mr.  Corwin. 
10  10       Ephraim  son  of  John  Marston. 

Ephraim  son  of  Jon.  Moore. 
17  10       Ann  dau.  X)f  Will.  Hathomfi. 

Eliza  dau.  of  Robt.  Lemon. 

Eliza  dau.  of  bro.  Browne. 

Abigail  dau.  of  Robt.  Button. 

Isaack  son  of  Humphry  Woodbury. 

Christopher  son  of  Sister  Young. 

Eliza  dau.  of  John  Pickering. 
Tho.  son  of  Phillemo  Dickesson. 
Mary  dau.  of  sister  Goyte. 
John  son  of  Jon.  Neale. 
Joseph  son  of  Joseph  Boyce. 
Caleb  son  of  Richard  Moore. 
Rebecca  dau.  of  Richard  Hide. 
14     2      John  son  of  Will.  Goose, 

Abraham  son  of  Bro.  Byam. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Bro.  Browne. 
Arabella  dau.  of  Jon.  Norman. 

2  Timothy  son  of  Will.  Robisson. 

3  Josiah  son  of  Ralph  Elenwood. 
Mary  dau.  of  Mr.  Walton. 

4  Sara  dau.  of  Jon.  Hathorne. 
4  Obadiah  son  of  Oba.  Holme. 
4       Francis  son  of  Fran.  Johnson. 

Edmo.  son  of  Edm.  Marshall. 
23     4      John  son  of  Will.  Geere. 

Robert  son  of  Robt.  Moulton. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Bro.  Bacheldor. 
Sara  dau.  of  Jobn  Gedney. 


24 

10 

7 

11 

4 

12 

18 

12 

1644 

3 

10 

17 

24 

31 

28 
26 

2 

9 

16 


240 


1644 
3    5 
3    5 


28 
4 


11    6 

1    7 
8    7 


3    9 
10    9 

15  10 
29  10 

5  11 
12  11 

9  12 

16  12 
1645 


23 
'6 
20 
11 


18     3 


25 

3 

13 

5 

20* 

5 

6 

6 

31     6 


John  son  of  Bro.  Hathorne. 
Richard  &  Sarah  children  of  Rich- 
ard Dodge. 
Nath'U  son  of  Jon.  Browne. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Jon.  Blaekleech. 
Elisha  son  of  Jane  Perry. 
George  son  of  George  Williams. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Sister  Downing. 
Mary  dau.  of  Jon.  Sibly. 
Ruth  dau,  of  Sister  White. 
Mary  dau.  of  George  Roapes. 
Nath'U  son  of  Mr.  Sharp. 
Jon.  son  of  Henry  Bartholemew. 
Hanna  dau.  of  George  Gardner. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Thomas  Moore. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Tho.  Weekes. 
Abigail  dau.  of  Moses  Maverike. 
Mary  dau.  of  Tho.  Dixy. 
Sam'll  son  of  Rich'd  Pettingaile. 
John  son  of  Jon.  Tomkins. 

Phillip  son  of  Phillip  Veren. 
Lydea  dau.  of  Robt.  Gutch. 
Joseph  son  of  Jon.  Kitchin. 
John  son  of  Edmond  Giles. 
John  son  of  Robt.  Cotta. 
■  John  son  of  John  Browne. 
Abigaile  dau.  of  Jerem.  Vaile. 
Abigaile  dau.  of  Richard  Waters. 
Tho.  son  of  Tho.  Gardner. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Jon.  Bachelder. 
Sam'll  son  of  Rich'd  Raymond. 
John  son  of  Henry  Trew. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Joseph  Pope. 
Joseph  son  of   Henry  Herrick. 
Deborah  dau.  of  WilL  Cleark. 
Benj.    &    Elizabeth    children   of 

Rich'd  Graves. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Robt.  Gt)odell. 
Eliza  dau.  of  J6hn  Pickering. 


1645 
7     7      Manasses  son  of  Jon.  Marston. 

21  7      Eliza  dau.  of  Will.  Trask. 
12     8      Jon.  son  of  Robt.  Lemoa 

Mary  dau.  of  Jon.  Porter. 

7  10       Tho.  son  of  Tho.  Brackett. 
4  11       Hanna  dau.  of  Mr.  Oorwin. 

18  11       John  son  of  Mr.  Price. 

Jeremiah  son  of  John  Neale. 
Benj  a.  son  of  Benj  a.  Feltoru 

8  12      Eliza,  dau.  of  Henry  Swan. 

1646 

1     1       Hanna.  dau.  of  Edward  Gaskoyne. 
8     1       Humphry  son  of  Hum.  Woodbury. 
29     1       Jon.  son  of  Tho.  Antrum. 
John  son  of  Bro.  Stacy. 
8     2       Will,  son  of  Mr.  Hathorne. 

12  .  2       Ephraim  son  of  Richd  Hide. 

Hanna.  dau.  of  Edw.  Bishop. 

19  2       Mary  dau.  of  Bro.  Haynes. 
3     3       Joshua  son  of  Richd  Moore. 

Rachell  dau.  of  Jon.  Sibly. 
Rachell  dau.  of  Jon.  Pickworth. 

17  3       John,  Mary  &  Sarah  children  of 

Robt.  Hibbert. 
Naomi,  Mary  and  Liddea  children 

of  Edmond  Grover. 
Martha  dau.  of  John  Norman. 
31     3      Will,  son  of  Will.  Allen. 
28     4      Danyell  son  of  Charles  Gott. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Will.  Browne. 
Jon.  son  of  Jon.  Kitchin. 
Eliz.  dau.  of  Phillemo.  Dickerson. 

13  7       Eliza  dau.  of  Jon.  Marsh, 

27     7       Benjamin  son  of  Bro.  Marshall. 

18  8       Jon.  son  of  Jon.  Hathorne. 

8     9       Eliza,  dau.  of  Sister  Reddington. 

22  9       Abra.  son  of  Hen.  Bartholemew. 
13  10      Eliza,  dau.  of  Moses  Maverick. 

Mary  dau.  of  Mr.  Parker. 
Jon.  son  of  Sister  Dixy. 


241 


1646 
17  11 
17  11 

31  11 


1647. 

14 

1 

21 

1 

28 

1 

9 

2 

16 

3 

23 

3 

27 

4 

4 

5 

19 

10 

2 

11 

30 

11 

27 

12 

1648. 

12 

1 

19 

1 

26 

1 

26 

2 

23 

2 

30 

2 

7 

3 

14    3 


Benjamin  son  of  Ellen  Downing. 
Magdalen  dau.  of  Kobt.  Gutch. 
Eliza,  dau.  of  Jon.  Tomkins. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Tho.  Moore. 
Deborah  dau.  of  Tho.  Browning. 
Lydea  dau.  of  Miles  Ward. 
Hanna.  dau.  of  Mr.  Sharp. 

Henry  eon  of  Hen.  True. 
Sara.  dau.  of  Jerem.  Vaile. 
Mary  &  Deliverance   children  of 

Hillyard  Veren. 
Ezek.  son  of  Kichd  Waters. 
Benjamin  son  of  Joseph  Boyce. 
Sary  and  Mary  children  of  Jane 

Mason. 
Mary  dau.  of  Edw.  Beachum. 
Deborah  dau.  of  John  Bourne. 
John  son  of  George  Shapes. 
Anna  dau.  of  bro.  Thompson. 
Eliza,  dau.  of  Henry  Herrick. 
Sam'U  son  of  Moses  Maverick. 
Eichard  son  of  Eichd  Eayment. 
Eichard  son  of  Eichd  Moore. 
Mary  dau  of  Eichd  Hide. 
Hanna.  dau.  of  Walter  Price. 
James  son  of  bro.  .Haynes. 

Jonathan  son  of  Jon.  Porter. 
Sara  dau.  of  Jon.  Marston. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Joseph  Pope. 
Deborah  dau.  of  Edmo.  Grover. 
Mary  dau.  of  Eichard  Prince. 
Mary  dau.  of  Eichard  Graves. 
Edward  son  of  Edw.  Bishop. 
Mary  dau.  of  Jon.  Kitchin. 
Edward  son  of  Edw.  Gaskoyne. 
Joseph  &  Eobert  sons  of  Eobert 

Hibbert. 
Jon.  son  of  Jon.  Sibly. 


1648 
14    3 


11     4 


2  5 

9  5 

• 

23  5 

30  5 

6  6 

3  7 


10  7 

24  7 

1  8 

29  8 

19  9 


10  10 

14  11 
4  12 


1649 
1     1 


Samll  son  of  George  (Gardner. 
Jonathan,   Hannah  and  Abigaile 

children  of  Eichard  Stackhouse. 
Jonathan  &  Sara  children  of  bro. 

Haynes. 
Mary  dau.  of  Jon.  Scudder. 
Eliza,  dau.  of  Mr.  Corwin. 
Benjamin  son  of  Jon.  Pickworth. 
Peter  son  of  Phille.  Dickeson. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Edward  Beachum. 
Sarah  dau.  of  Tho.  Putnam. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Joseph  Hardy. 
Moses  &  Mary  children  of  Samuell 

Ebome. 
John  son  of  Nath'U  Eelton.    ; 
John  son  of  Sister  Leach,    i 
Joseph  &  Sarah  children  of  Sister 

Towne. 
Deborah  &  Sarah  children  of  Will. 

Gold. 
Josiah,  Bethiab,  John  &  Susana 

children  of  Joseph  Bootes. 
Abigail  dau.  of  Sister  Dixy. 
Ezekiell  son  of  Jon.  Marsh. 
Euth  dau.  of  Nath'll  Eelton,  ; 
Mary  dau.  of  Eobert  Allen. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Eobert  Gutch. 
John,  James,  Tho.  &  Sarah  chil- 
dren of  Jon.  Pickett. 
John  &  Sarah  children  of  Sister 

Leach. 
Isaac,  Zippora  children  of  Siiter 

Wheeler. 
All    ye  children    of   Mr.    Will. 

Browne. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Sister  Mason. 
Susana  dau.  of  Hum.  Woodbury. 
Lyddea  dau.  of  Henry  Trew. 
Mary  dau.  of  Thomas  Brackett. 

Martha  dau.  of  Miles  Ward. 


242 


164-9 
18  1 


1 

2 

22 

2 

29 

2 

20 

3 

27 

3 

3 

4 

8  5 

22  5 
29  5 


5 
19 
26 
23 
30 


28  8 
30  10 
1650 
24  1 

7  2 

21  2 


28  2 

12  3 

19  3 

26  3 


Aron  son  of  Sister  Eead. 
Jacob  &  Elizabeth  children  of  Sis- 
ter Conklyne. 
Eliza,  dau.  of  Sister  Scudder. 
Susana  dau.  of  Eich.  Waters. 
Eliza,  dau.  of  Tho.  Gardner. 
Mary  dau.  of  John  Tompkins. 
Benjamin  son  of  Roger  Maury. 
Samuell  son  of  Frances  Johnson. 
Billiard  son  of  Hilliard  Veren. 
Jonathan  son  of  Thos.  Moore 
Jon.  son  of  Henry  Skerry. 
Sarah  dau.  of  John  Porter. 
Ruth  dau.  of  Richard  Staokhouse. 
George  son  of  Joseph  Pope. 
Priscilla  dau.  of  Jon.  Hathome. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Mr  Hathome. 
Eleazer  son  of  Hen.  Bartholemew. 
Jonathan  son  of  Will.  Allen. 
Abra.  son  of  Sister  Patch. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Jon.  Scudder. 
Dorcas  dau.  of  Jon.  Bourne. 
Susana  dau.  of  Sister  Read. 
Eliza,  dau.  of  Moses  Mavericke. 
Symond  son  of  bro.  Home. 
Jeremiah  son  of  Jeremiah  Vaile. 

Will,  son  of  Walter  Price. 

Mary  dau.  of  Sister  Foster. 

Hanna  dau.  of  Richard  Hide. 

Lyddea  dau.  of  Jon.  Neale. 

Jon.  James,  Mary  &  Martha  chil- 
dren of  Sister  Chichester. 

Caleb  &  Sarah  children  of  Richard 
Curtis. 

Eliza,  dau.  of  Richard  Raymond. 

Eliza  dau.  of  Joseph  Hardy. 

Susana  dau.  of  Richd  Moore. 

Mary  dau.  of  Thomas  Putnam. 

Jon.  son  of  Henry  Herrick. 


1650 
23     4 


80     4 
7     6 


1     7 

8     7 


6     8 


13 

8 

27 

8 

17 

9 

15 

10 

16 

12 

23 

12 

1651 

9 

1 

23 

1 

6 

2 

20 

2 

4 

3 

18     3 


1  4 

8  4 

15  4 

22  4 


Jon-  son  of  Jon.  Bachelder. 
Sam'll,   Luke,   Joseph,    Benjamin 

sons  of  Robert  Morgan. 
Rebecca  dau.  of  Jon.  Pickett. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Robert  Lemon. 
Mary,   Prances,   Rebecca  &  Jon. 

children  of  Mr.  Filmingan. 
Bethiah  dau.  of  John  Marsh. 
Symond,  Joseph  &  Mary  children 

of  Sister  Lovett. 
Mary  dau.  of  John  Bridgman. 
Abigaile  d.  of  Hen.  Bartholemew. 
Sarah  dau.  of  Jon.  Pickworth. 
Richard  son  of  Richard  Graves. 
Remember  dau.  of  Tho.  Rix. 
Joseph  son  of  Joseph  Pope. 
Jonathan  son  of  Edward  Harnett, 
Robert  son  of  Robt  Morgan. 
Mary  dau.  of  Tho.  Moore. 
Thos.  sou  of  Joseph  Rootes. 
Jon.  son  of  John  Mascall. 

Joanna  dau.  of  Robt  Hibbert. 
Benjamin  son  of  Jon.  Marston. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Robt  Graye. 
Rebecca  dau.  of  Sam'll  Ebome. 
Mary  dau.  of  Nath'U  Felton. 
Rachell  dau  of  Sister  Leech. 
Abigaile  dau.  of  Tho.  Gardner. 
Will,  son  of  Hu,mph'y  Woodbury. 
Tho.  son  of  James  Haynes. 
Sarah  dau.  of  Sister  Chichester. 
Sarall  son  of  Richd  Prince. 
Samll  son  of  Richd  Curtis. 
Martha  dau.  of  Elyas  Mason. 
Hanna  dau.  of  Richd  Brackenbury. 
Deborah  dau.  of  Jon.  Tomkins. 
John  son  of  Tho.  Reed. 
Joseph  son  of  Tho   Brackett. 
Hanna  dau.  of  John  Sibley. 


243 


1651 

29 

4 

20 

5 

14 

7 

6 

8 

12 

8 

26 

8 

23 

10 

4 

11 

25 

11 

8 

12 

1652 

7 

1 

21 

1 

9 

3 

16 

2 

6 

4 

13 

4 

15 

6 

5     7 

17     7 

2     8. 


30 

11 

6 

15 

IS  12 

20 

12 

Sarah  dau.  of  Tho.  Rix. 
Peeter  son  of  Tho.  Thacher. 
Sam'll  son  of  Eich'd  Stileman. 
Jon.  son  of  Mr.  Norton. 
Joanna  dau.  of  Mr.  Johnson. 
Eichd  son  of  Jon.  Norman. 
Mary  dau.  of  Edw.  Bishop. 
Will,  son  of  George  Roap.es. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Mr.  Venus.  (?) 
Henry  son  of  Eichd  Waye. 
Mary  dau.  of  Mr.  Browne. 
Danyell  son  of  Jon.  Pickett. 
Sam'll  son  of  Hugh  Woodbury. 
Joseph  son  of  Henry  Trew. 

Dorcas  dau.  of  Hillyard  Vcren. 

Sam'll  son  of  John  Foster. 

Jon.  son  of  Jon.  Kitchin. 

James  son  of  James  Chichester. 

Joseph  son  of  Eob't  Graye. 

Tho.  son  of  Tho.  Putnam. 

Deborah  dau.  of  Eobert  Gutch. 

Sara  dau.  of  Jon.  Leach. 

Eichard  son  of  Eichd  Hide. 

Bethiah  dau.  of  Jon.  Lovett. 

Jonathan  son  of  Jon.  Neale. 

Hanna  dau.  of  Eichd  Graves. 

Christian  dau.  of  Eich'd  Moore. 

Martha  dau.  of  Joseph  Hardy. 

Eemember  dau.  of  Mos.  Maverick. 

Will,  son  of  Mr.  Bartholomew. 

Sam'll  son  of  Jon.  Marsh. 

Abigaile  dau.  of  Jon.  Pickworth. 

Mary  dau.  of  Sister  Trask. 

Hanna  dau.  of  Eich'd  Waters. 

Jon.  Malaky,  Samuel,  Elizabeth, 
Mary,  Isaack,  Pasca.  Abigaile, 
all  ye  children  of  Pasca  Foote. 

Sam'll  eon  of  Richard  Stackhouse. 

Richard  son  of  Rich'd  Curtis. 


1653 
13     1 
27     1 
10     2 
17     2 


1     3 


8 

3 

15 

3 

22 

3 

29 

3 

5 

4 

3 

5 

10 

5 

7 

6 

8 

7 

27 

9 

4 

10 

29 

11 

19 

12 

1654 
12    1 
26     1 


22 

2 

7 

3 

28 

3 

4 

4 

11 

4 

Stephen  son  of  Jon.  Mascall. 
WUl.  son  of  Mr.  Venus.     (?) 
Mary  dau.  of  Thos.  Read. 
Danyell  son  of  Rich'd  Raymond. 
Sam'll  son  of  Nath'U  Putnam. 
Peeter  son  of  Humph.  Woodbury. 
Hanna  dau.  of  John  Marston. 
Benjamin  son  of  Joseph  Pope. 
Mary  dau.  of  Mr.  Hathome. 
Eliza,  dau.  of  Rob't  Hibbert. 
Eliza,  dau.  of  Na^h'll  Felton. 
Joseph  son  of  Jon.  Bacheldor. 
Will,  son  of  Sister  Chichester. 
Joseph  son  of  Joseph  Houlton. 
Elias  son  of  Elias  Mason. 
Bethiah  dau.  of  Rob't  Morgan. 
Hester  dau.  of  Tho.  Rix. 
James  son  of  Mr.  Browne. 
Mary  dau.  of  George  Gardner. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Mr.  Norton.  , 

Will,  son  of  John  Sibley. 
Joseph  son  of  Sister  Norman. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Sister  Waye. 
Eliza  dau.  of  Sister  Leech. 
Abigaile  &  Joane  dau.  of  Anne 

Woodbery. 
Tho.  son  of  Tho.  Dixy. 
Sarah  dau.  of  Mr.  Johnson. 
Benjamin  son  of  Hen.  Trew. 


Sam'll  son  of  Walter  Price. 
Bethiah  dau.  of  Tho.  Gardner. 
Eliza  dau.  of  James  Chichester. 
Sarah  dau.  of  Hilliard  Veren. 
Nicholas  son  of  Ann  Woodbury. 
Susanna  dau.  of  Jon.  Marsh. 
Hester  dau.  of  Will  Robinson. 
Sara  dau.  of  Rob't  Gutch. 
Bethiah  dau.  of  Rob't  Graye. 


244 


1654 

1655 

12 

4 

Sarah  dau.  of  Hugh  Woodbery. 

24 

12 

Mary  dau.  of  Eliza  Houlton. 

18 

4 

Anna  dau.  of  Mary  Trask. 

1656 

25 

4 

Mary  dau.  of  Rich'd  Stackhouse. 

9 

1 

Hugh  son  of  Hugh  Woodbery. 

2 

5 

Eliza  dau.  of  Henry  Bartholemew. 

16 

1 

Stephen  son  of  Ralph  EUenwood. 

9 

5 

Edmo.  son  of  Tho.  Putnam. 

Margaret  dau.  of  Tho.  Dixy. 

16 

5 

Deliverance  dau.  of  Rich'd  Graves. 

Walter  son  of  Walter  Price. 

30 

5 

Ambross.  son  of  Rebeea  Britt.  (?) 

11 

3 

Tho.  son  of  Rob't  Graye. 

20 

Christian  dau.  of  Rich'd  Hide. 

18 

3 

Sam'U  son  of  Joseph  Pope. 

3 

7 

Jacob  son  of  Jon.  Pickett. 
Mary  dau.  of  Jane  Bennett. 

15 

4 

Richard  son  of  Sister  Leach. 
Sarah  dau.  of  Sam'U  Ebome. 

Eunice  dau.  of  Edw.  Harnett. 

7 

7 

Joseph  son  of  Sister  Norman. 

Mary  dau.  of  Sister  Leech. 

14 

7 

Mary  dau.  of  Jon.  Marsh. 

10 

7 

Jon.  Nath'U,  Ruth  &  Richard  chil- 

Sarah dau.  of  Sister  Trask. 

dren  of  John  Ingersoll. 

5 

8 

Dorcas  dau.  of  Matthew  Dove. 

Hanna  &  Eliza  dau.  of  Sister  Dove. 

7 

10 

Sarah  dau.  of  Jon.  Ruck. 

John  son  of  Henry  Kenning. 

28 

11 

Mary  dau.  of  Mr.  WUl.  Browne. 

24 

7 

George  son  of  George  Gardner. 

Hanna  dau.  of  Rich'd  Curtis. 

29 

8 

Abigaile  dku.  of  George  Roapes. 

1657 

11 

12 

Tho.  son  of  John  Marston. 

8 

1 

Hanna  dau.  of  John  Kenning. 

25  12 

Benjamin  son  of  Jon.  Home. 

15 

1 

Jonathan  son  of 'Rich'd  Prince. 

1655 

Sam'U  son  of  George  Roapes. 

18 

1 

Richard  son  of  Richard  Prince. 

22 

1 

Ann  dau.  of  Jon  Home. 

^s^ 

Eliza  &  Hanna  d.  of  John  Ruck. 

12 

2 

Sam'U  son  of  Jon.  Sibly. 

Abigaile  dau.  of  Sister  Lovett. 

26 

2 

Jon.  son  of  Sister  Dixy. 

1 

2 

Rich'd  son  of  Humph.  Woodbery. 

Ralph  son  of  bro.  EUenwood. 

16 

2 

Rob't  son  of  Jon.  Kitchin. 
Sara.  dau.  of  Richard  Curtis. 

Jemminah  dau.  of  Henry  Trew. 
Remember  dau.  of  Tho.  Read. 

22 

2 

Tho.  son  of  Rob't  Elwell. 

10 

3 

Henry  son  of  Henry  Bartholemew. 

29 

2 

Mary  dau.  of  John  Neale. 

DeUverance  dau.  of  Tho.  Putnam. 

6 

« 

Abigaile  dau.  of  Rob't  Hibbert. 

Sarah  dau,  of  Jon.  Weston. 

13 

3 

Eliza  dau.  of  Sister  Read. 

Susannah  daii.  of  Sister  Chichester. 

27 

3 

Nath'U  son  of  Nath'U  Putnam. 

Thomas  son  of  Jon.  MascaU. 

3 

4 

John  son  of  Sister  Foster. 

30 

6 

Eliza,  dau.  of  Jon.  Marston. 

MehitabeU  dau.  of  Jon.  MascaU. 

6 

7 

Mary  dau.  of  Moses  Maverick. 

26 

6 

Tho.  son  of  Tho.  Rix. 

Jon.  son  of  Jon.  Ruck. 

3 

4 

Sarah  dau.  of  Jon.  IngersoU. 

Jon.  son  of  Nath'U  Putnam. 

21 

8 

Abigaile  dau.  of  Hilly ard  Veren. 

18 

8 

Edward  son  of  Edw.  Norice. 

28 

8 

Joseph  son  of  Joseph  Hardy. 

James  son  of  Tho.  Rix. 

Nath'U  son  of  Nath.  Felton. 

22 

9 

Nicholas  son  of  Nicholas  Woodbery. 

Abigaile  dau.  of  Sister  Ann  Wood- 

24 

11 

John  son  of  John  Neale. 

bery. 

[To  be  Continued.] 

245 


EECOED  V  OF   BIRTHS   AND    DEATHS 
IN  THE  TOWN  OF  LYNN.     VOL.  IL 


COUHVKICATED  BT  IBA  J,  PATCH. 


Coutinued  from  Vol.  vi.,  Pago  226. 


The  Genealoge  of  Mr.  Edward  Belcher  & 
Mary  his  wife. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  departed  this  Life 
the  3d  of  November  1702. 

Jerimiah  their  Son  was  bom  ye  23d  of 
March  1702-3. 

Samuell  their  Son  was  born  the  8  th  Day 
of  March  1704-5. 

Edward  their  Son  was  bom  the  16  th  of 
January  1706-7. 

Preserved  their  Son  was  bom  the  14th 
day  of  June  1 70S. 

CleflFord  their  Son  was  bom  the  12  day  of 
October  1710. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  22  day 
of  November  1713. 

The  Genealoge  of  John  Linsey  and  of 
Mary  his  wiff, 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  Born  the  2  of 
March  1674-75. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  28  of 
November  1677. 

Margett  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  25 
of  ffewbruary  1679-80. 

Bennony  ther  Son  was  borne  the  2  of  Jan- 
uary 1681  and  Died  the  10th  of  January 
1681. 

Mary  the  wiff  of  John  Linsey  Died  the  2 
of  January  1681. 

John  Linsey  and  Amy  Richardson  widow 
was  married  the  beginning  of  Jully  1682. 

Christiuer  the  Sonn  of  John  Linzy  was 
Bom  the  8  of  June  1683. 


Naomi  ther  Daughter  was  bora  the  14th 
of  ffewbruary  1685.  ,  , 

The  genealoge  of  Eleazer  Lynsey  Junr  & 
of  Elizabeth  his  wife. 

Nathan  their  Son  was  Born  the  7  th  of 
November  1695. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  born  ye  1 1th  of 
Juley  1698. 

Hahakkuh  their  Son  was  born  the  —  of 
1700. 

The  Genealoge  of  Elezier  Linsey  and  of 
Sarah  his  wife. 

John  ther  Sonn  was  bom  on  the  last  of 
August  1675. 

Abigail  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  10th 
of  Nouember  1677. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  10  of 
March  1679-80. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  bora  the  4 
of  March  1682. 

Ralph  ther  Sonn  was  bora  the  15  of  De- 
cember 1684. 

Hannah  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the  9th 
of  July  1688  &  was  Buryed  the  21th  of 
July  1688. 

Joseph  ther  Son  was  bom  the  24  of  June 
1692. 

Eleazer  Lindsey  Senr  Departed  ijhis  Life 
May  20  1716. 

Mehill  Lambard  departed  this  Liff  the  18 
of  August  1^76. 

John  Lambard  Departed  this  Liffe  The  28 
of  October  1676. 

The  genealoge  of  Samuell  ffoster  &  Sarah 
his  wife.  .  ihTuU 

Abraham  their  Sonn  was  bom  ye  1  tth  of 
June  1704. 


246 


Sarah  their  Daughter  was  borne  ye  23  of 
July  1706. 

Elizabeth  their  Daughter  was  bom  the 
23  of  December  1707. 

Zacheus  Louill  the  Soun  of  John  Louill 
Died  the  28  of  September  1681. 

Daniell  Hichins  Junr  and  Susannah  Town- 
send  was  Marryed  the  19  th  of  October 
1708. 

Daniell  their  Son  was  born  the  19th  of 
October  1709. 

Susana  their  Daughter  was  born  March 
22  1711. 

Elkna  their  Son  waa  bom  July  23  1712. 

Timothy  their  Son  was  bora  the  23  of 
May  1715. 


Thomas  Newhall  &  Mary  Newhall  bothe 
of  Lyn  was  Marryed  the  9  th  day  of  Decem- 
ber 1707. 

Jerrimiah  their  Son  was  home  the  4th  of 
Nouember  1708-9. 

Ester  their  Daughter  was  borne  the  1  of 
September  1710. 


Marye  the  second  wiflF  of  Andrew  Mans- 
field Senior  Departed  this  LiflF  the  27  of 
June  1681.    ''T-i^'I 

Andrew  Mansfield  Senr  and  Elizabeth 
Connatt  was  Maried  the  10  th  of  January 
1681. 

Daniell  Mansfield  &  Hannah  his  wife. 

their  Sonn  Samuell  was  borne  the  14th  of 
January  1687-88. 

Daniell  their  Sonn  was  Borne  the  6th  of 
March  1689-90. 

Andrew  their  Sonn  was  Bom  the  24  of 
Aprill  1692. 


Bethyah  ther  Daughter  iras  -  bom  ye  4th^  '■ 
of  October  1695     ■'■  '10  VIWOT  ;4I1T  KI 

Hanah  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  14th 
of  October  1698. 

Hanah  ye  wife  of  Danl  Mansfield  Depart- 
ed this  Life  ye  6th  of  September  1714. 

Samuell  Mansfield  &  Mary  Benighton  was;r 
Joyned  in  Marriage  the  9tb  of  September 
1707. 


Samuell  Mansfield  &  Sarah  Barsham  was 
Joyned  in  Mariage  the  3  of  March  73-74. 

Andrew  their  Sonne  was  bom  into  this 
world  the  4  of  January  1674. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  6  of 
Nouember  1676.      •   ito8   tioji,  f»ov'i««ori'^I 

Bethiah  their  Daughter  was  borae'tBe  1-85 
of  March  1678-79. 

Samuell  Mansfield  Departed  this  Liff  the 
10  of  Aprill  1679. 

Capt.  Thomas  Marshall  Departed  this  Life 
23  day  of  December  1689. 

Eebekah  Marshall  that  Was  the  Wife  of 
Capt.  Marshall  Departed  this  Life  the  Lat- 
ter End  of  August  1693. 

Joseph  Mansfield  Sener  Departed  this  Life 
the  22d  of  Aprill  1694. 


Mansfield  Junior  and  Elizabeth 
was   Maried  the  first  of  Aprill 


Joseph 
Williams 
1678. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  bom  th^G 
of  ffiewbruary  1679. 

Thay  had  tow  children  bom  at  a  birth  the 
25  of  Octtober  1680.  -,(;  iy/n  em  p«w 

And  Died  a  day  or  two  after  in  thd  year 
1680. 


247 


Joseph  their  Sonne  was  born  the  18  of 
August  1681. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  22  of 
January  1683. 

Deborah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  21 
of  Aprill  1686. 

John  Mansfield  their  Sonn  was  Born  the 
15  of  October  1688. 

Jonathan  ther  Sonn  Was  bom  the  26  of 
ffewbruary  1690-91. 

Anna  Thear  Daughter  was  Bom  the  16  of 
July  1693. 

Isaac  their  Sonn  Was  born  the  22  day  of 
January  1695-6. 

Roberd  their  Sonn  was  bom  the  3  of  Oc- 
tober 1698. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  born  the  27  th 
of  March  1701. 

Martha  ye  Daughter  of  Joseph  Mansfield 
&  Elizabeth  his  wife  was  bora  february  1: 
1703-4. 


William  Merriam  Senior  was  Buryed  the 
22th  of  May  1689. 

the  genealoge  of  John  Merriam  &  of  Ee- 
becah  his  wife. 

Nathanell.  their  Sonn  was  born  ye  26  of 
March  1696. 

the  Sd  Merriam  had  a  child  Still  born  the 
25th  of  March  1694-5. 

John  their  Sonn  was  bom  the  26  th  of 
October  1697. 

William  their  Sonn  was  bora  the  9  th  of 
Aprill  1700. 

Eebeckah  their  Daughter  was  born  the 
26th  of  March  1702. 

Joseph  their  Sonn  was  born  the  29  th  of 
March  1704. 

Ruth  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  1 2  of 
february  1705-6. 


Abigail  their  Daughter  was  born  the  14th 
of  August  1708. 

Suzana  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  10 
of  November  1710. 

Joseph  Merriam  and  Sarah  Jenkins  was 
Maried  the  19  of  August  1675. 

Joseph  their  Sonne  was  born  the  10  day 
of  July  1676. 

Beniamin  ther  Sonne  was  born  the  28  of 
Aprill  1678. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  born  the  26  of 
flFewbruary  1680. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  bora  the  2  of 
July  1683. 

Ebinezur  ther  Sonn  was  borne  the  1 1  of 
fiewbruary  1685. 

Theophylus  their  Sonn  waa  bora  the  1 6  th 
of  July  1688. 

Joseph  Merriam  Senior  departed  this  Life 
ye  21  day  of  October  1702. 


William  Merriam  &  Hanah  Duggle  Was 
Married  the  3  of  June  1690. 

Hanah  thear  Daughter  was  bora  the  1  of 
Martch  1691. 

Hanah  the  wife  of  William  Merriam  dyed 
the  18th  of  August  1693.  '-- 

William  Merriam  and  Athildred  Berry 
was  Maried  ye  20th  of  Decemr  1695. 

William  their  Sonn  was  bora  the  9th  of 
September  1696  &  Dyed  the  20th  of  Septem- 
ber 1696. 

Jerushah  their  Daughter  was  born  the  21 
of  ffewbruary  1697-8. 

Ichabod  their  Sonn  was  bora  the  20th  of 
Nouembr  1700. 

Eunes  their  Daughter  was  bora  the  18th 
of  May  1704. 

William  their  Sonn  wa?  born  ihe  3 1st  of 
Marteh  1707-8. 


248 


Abigaile  the  wife  of  the  aboue  sd  Willm 
Merriam  Departed  this  Life  the  26  of  febru- 
ary  1710-11. 

William  Merriam  and  Anne  Jonns  was 
Married  the  11  of  October  1676. 

Anna  the  wiff  of  William  Merriam  died 
the  29  of  July  1677. 

',  the  genealogy  of  Samll  Moor  &  Joanna 
his  wife. 

Joanna  the  Daughter  of  Samuell  Moor 
was  born  the  beginning  of  June  1676,  and 
died  3  weeks  after  76. 

Abigail  the  Daughter  of  Samuell  Moor 
was  bom  the  26  of  September  1678. 

Ephraim  the  Sonne  of  Samuell  Moor  was 
bom  the  17th  of  June  1681. 

Sarah  the  Daughter  of  Samuell  Moor  was 
Borne  the  3d  of  June  1687. 

Thomas  thear  Sonn  was  bom  ye  1  day  of 
August  1684. 

Samuell  thear  Sonn  was  bom  the  26  of 
September  1689. 

Richard  thear  Sonn  was  borne  the  22  of 
May  1692. 

Samuell  Moor  Sen  Departed  this  Life  ye 
22  of  Nouembr  1694. 

Richard  Moore  departed  this  life  the  first 
of  January  1688-89.  this  was  the  father  of 
John  Moore. 

Eebecka  the  Daughter  of  Samll  Moore 
was  born  ye  26  of  September  1677  &  dyed 
the  14th  Octo'r  1677. 

Ebenezer  the  Sonne  of  Sam'll  Moore  & 
Joanna  his  wife  was  bora  the  11th  of  Aprill 
1695. 

John  Moore  and  Susanah  Marshall  was 
Marled  the  21  of  Jully  1673. 


Thomas  the  Sonne  of  John  Moore  was 
Born  (he  20  of  Aprill  1674. 

Richard  ther  Sonne  was  bom  the  26  of 
fiFewbruary  1675. 

John  ther  Sonne  was  borne  the  10  of 
ffewbruary  1678. 

Richard  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  22  of 
August  1680. 

Susanah  ther  daughter  was  bom  the  4  of 
March  1684-85. 

John  ther  Sonne  was  Borne  the  23th  of 
May  1687. 

John  ther  Sonne  departed  this  life  the 
24th  of  October  1688. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  Borne  the  5th  of 
December  1689. 

John  Moore  Departed  this  Life  the  22 
day  of  October  1694. 

Edward  Brown  &  Sarah  Ingalls  was  Mar- 
yed  the  4th  of  Decemr  1701. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  bora  ye  29  th  of 
Septemr  1703. 


The  genlogey  of  Simon  a  negro. 

Antony  their  Son  was  bora  agoust  the 
22d  1714. 

Matha  their  Daughter  was  bora  May  12 
1716. 

Phebe  their  Daughter  was  born  July  25 
1717. 

Nicoderaus  their  Son  was  bora  nouember 
ye  5  1718. 

Simon  their  Son  was  bom  Agoust  ye  25 
1720. 

Lazarus  their  Son  was  bora  May  ye  27 
1722. 

John  Phillips  &  his  wife  Hannah. 
John  their  Sonn  was  Borae  the  3th  of  de- 
cember  1689. 


249 


Hannah  thear  Daughter  was  Borne  the 
6  of  June  1694. 

John  Phillips  Departed  this  Life  the  29 
of  September  1694. 

the  genaolige  of  John  Lyscom  &  Abigail 
his  wife. 

Samuell  their  Son  was  born  the  16th  of 
September  1693. 

Thomas  Norwood  and  Mary  Brown  was 
Maried  the  24  of  August  1685. 

firancis  their  Sonn  was  Borne  the  20th  of 
May  1686. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  Borne  the  9th 
of  September  1687. 

Thomas  their  Sonn  was  born  the  5  th  of 
September  1689. 

Ebenezer  their  Sonn  was  Born  the  5  th  of 
Martch  1693-94. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  departed  this  life  the 
17  of  August  1694. 

Thomas  ther  Sonn  departed  this  Life  the 
•17  of  August  1694. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  bom  the  8  th 
of  Martch  1695-6. 

Thomas  their  Sonn  was  bom  the  tenth 
day  of  January  1698. 

Jonathon  their  Sonn  was  bora  the  20th  of 
Nouember  1691. 

Elizabeth  Norwood  ye  mother  of  Thorn. 
Norwood  Departed  this  Life  ye  3  of  August 
1711. 

part  of  ye  genealoge  of  John  Newhall 
quartus  &  of  Rebecka  his  wife. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  bom  ye  19th 
of  July  1703. 

Nathaniell  their  Son  was  bora  ye  7th  of 
October  1706, 


David  their  Son  was  bora  the  29th  of  Au- 
gust 1710. 

lucres  their  Son  Departed  this  Life  ye  last 
day  of  May  1713. 

John  Newhall  quartus  Departed  this  Life 
May  ye  3d  1718-19. 

the  genaolage  of  Joseph  Jacobs  &  of  Sa- 
rah his  wife. 

Sarah  their  daughter  was  bora  Maibh  24 
1696. 

Mary  their  Daughter  was  born  Septemr 
21  1700. 

Joseph  their  Son  was  bora  August  ye  3d 
1705. 

John  their  Son  was  born  the  27th  of  Feb- 
ruary 1708-9. 

Dauid  their  Son  was  born  the  28  day  of 
September  1709. 

Elizabeth  their  Daughter  was  born  the  14 
of  March  1711-12. 

Samuell  their  Son  was  born  the  22  of  Jan- 
uary 1716-17. 

Susanah  their  Daughter  was  born  the  26  of 

Nouember  1719. 

I  ,,, 

Mst  Jone  Needham  aged  about  64  or  65 
Died  the  24  day  of  Octtober  1674. 

M.'.tEdmond  Needham  Died  the  16  of  May 
1677. 


Edmond  Needham  &  Hannah  Hood  was 
Marryed  ye  15  of  March  1702-3. 

Daniell  their  Son  was  born  the  6th  of  De- 
scrar  1703. 

Bathsheba  their  Daughter  was  born  ye  30th 
of  Aprill  1705. 

Samuell  Burrill  and  Margerrit  Jarais  was 
married  ye  14th  of  Septemr  1697. 


250 


Mary  ther  daughter  was  born  the  24th  of 
August  1698. 

Lois  their  Daughter  was  born  the  15th  of 
february  1700-01. 

Liddiah  their  Daughter  was  born  the  11th 
of  february  1702-3. 

Anna  their  Daughter  was  born  the  7th  of 
March  1704-5.  r,,_.,'„  „  ., 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  born  the  14th  of 
March  1706-7. 

Abigail  their  daughter  was  born  the  12 
of  May  1709. 

Ruth  their  daughter  was  born  January 
25th  1711-12. 

Sainuell  Burrill  Departed  this  Life  the  23 
of  May  1718. 

Lois  Robe  the  Daughter  of  the  aboue 
Named  Samuell  Burrill  Departed  this  Life 
february  22  1720-21. 

The  Genealoge  of  Daniell  Needham  and 
of  Ruth  his  wife. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  1  of 
ffewbruary  1674. 

Edmond  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  17  of 
September  1677. 

Daniell  and  Ruth  their  children  both  at 
one  birth  was  born  the  23  of  ffewbruary 
1679. 

Ruth  ther  Daughter  Was  born  the  22  of 
August  1682. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  Departed  this  Life- 
March  ye  2d  1711-12. 

Ebenezer  Burrill  and  Martha  ffarrington 
was  marryed  the  13th  of  October  1702. 

Ebenezer  their  Son  was  born  the  6th  of 
february  1702-3. 

John  their  Son  was  born  the  24th  of  feb- 
ruary 1704-5. 


Martha  their  Daughter  was  born  April! 
the  21st  1707. 

Theofilous  their  Son  was  Born  May  ye  21st 
1709. 

Mary  their  Daughter  Was  born  July  31 
1711. 

Eunis  their  Daughter  was  Born  October 
27th  1713. 

Lois  their  Daughter  was  Born  agousl  ye 
1th  1715. 

Sanuell  their  son  Was  Born  aprill  ye  1st 
1717. 

Sarah  their  Daughter  was  Born  Apr  15tb 
1719. 

Lydia  their  daughter  was  born  february 
ye  25th  1721-2. 

John  their  Son  Departed  this  Life  Desem- 
ber  ye  5th  1724. 


The  Genealige  of  Ezekell  Needom  and  of 
Sarah  his  wiff. 

Ezekell  Neadom  and  Sarah  King  was  Mar- 
led the  27  of  Octtober  1669. 

Edmond  their  Son  was  born  The  2  of  Au- 
gust 1670. 

Thay  had  a  child'  born  and  died  in  Aprill 
1673. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  Born  the  27  of 
May  1674. 

Ezekell  their  Son  was  born  in  December 
'76  And  Departed  this  Life  in  December 
1676. 

Ezekell  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  15  day  of 
November  1677. 

'Daniell  their  Son  was  born  the  15  day  of 
March  1679-80. 

Ralph  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  26  of  Au- 
gust 1682. 

the  genealloge  of  Samuell  Newhall  &  of 
Abigail  his  wife. 


251 


Samuell  their  Sonn  was  born  ye  26th  day 
of  October  1696. 

John  Hennery  Busted  and  Mary  Kertland 
widow  was  married  the  24  of  Aprill  1690. 

Hennery  their  son  was  born  the  3  of  Oct- 
tober  1690. 


The  Genealage  of  Thomas  Newhall  And  of 
Elizabeth  his  wifTe. 

Thomas  Newhall  and  Elizabeth  Potter  was 
Maried  the  29  of  the  10  mo  1652. 

Thomas  ther  Eldest  Sonn  was  born  the  18 
of  the  9th  month  1653. 

John  ther  second  Sonn  was  born  the  14  of 
the  12  mo  1655. 

Joseph  ther  third  Sonn  was  Born  the  22  of 
September  1658. 

Nathanell  ther  fourth  Sonn  was  Born  the 
17  of  March  1660. 

Elishaw  ther  fuite  Sonn  was  Born  The  3  of 
Nouember  1665. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  Born  the  22 
ofOcttoberl667- 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  Borne  The  18 
of  ffewbruary  1669. 

Samuell  ther  Sixt  Sonn  was  Born  the  19  of 
January  1672. 

Rebeckah  their  Daughter  was  Bom  the  17 
of  Jully  1675. 

Elizabeth  his  wife  was  Buryed  ye  22th  of 
februrary  1686.87. 

Elisha  his  Sonn  was  Buryed  ye  the  last  of 
feburary  1686-87. 

Thomas  Newhall  senior  was  Buryed  ye  first 
of  Aprill  1687. 

The  Geneallage  of  Joseph  Newhall  and 
Susannah  his  wife. 

Jemima  ther  Daughter  was  bom  the  last  of 
December  1678.  * 


Thomas  ther  Sonn  was  born  tbfe'  6  of  Jan- 
uary 1680.        .  •'^'  ^"  V^'  ^^  ""'  b'jhiiK  >i:7f 

'■    ■■  '      ,U:ii 


Kendal  Pearson  &  Lidiah  Boardman  ^\^'' 
Married  the  30th  of  March  1709.   ' 


John  Newhall  tertius,  Thomas  his  Sonne, 
and  Estar   Bartram  was  Maried  the  18  oj^r 
June  1677.  ,,  „„^^  ^^^,  .r^^..^^; 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  was  bom  The  12 
of  May  1678. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  born  The  5  day 
of  ffewbruary  1679,  and  died  the  6  day  of 
March  1679-80. 

•7 

Jonathan  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  25  of 
December  1681.  r, 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  23  of 
January  1683.  ^ 

Jacob  ther  Sonn  was  born  tho  27  of  March 
1686.  ., 

Jonathan  ther  Sonn  died  in  December 
1688. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  26  of 
Aprill  1689. 

Jonathan  ther  Sonn  was  bora  the  20  of; 
December  1692.      .-^^  iq'a\^vJJ  toift  rJfiM 

Jonathan  ther  Sonn  Departed  this  Life  the 
4  day  of  Decemr  1709. 

'Ji 

Thomas  Roots  &  Mary  Cox  was  maryed 
December  ye  4th  1701.  . ,  ''T 

:-AK 

John  Newhall  Senior  and  Elizabeth  Laigb-^ 
ton  was  Maried  the  3  day  of  the  12  month 
1657.  ^^ 

Sarah  the  daughter  of  John  Newhall  Sei^<> 
ior  was  bom  and  died  the  9  day  of  Octtober 
1677. 

Elizabeth  the  wiff  of  John  Newhall  Senior'^ 
died  the  22  of  Octtober  1677. 


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John  Newhall  Senior  and  Sarah  fflanders 
Was  Maried  the  17  day  of  July  1659.* 

Hannah  the  Daughter  of  John  Newhall 
Senior  and  Sarah  his  wife  was  horn  the  6  of 
March  1679-80. 

John  the  Sonn  of  John  Newhall  Senior 
was  born  the  13  day  of  Octtober  1681 . 

John  the  Sonn  of  the  said  John  Newhall 
Dyed  the  2  of  Nouember  1681.  ^ 

Joseph  the  Sonn  of  John  Newhall  Senior 
was  born  the  18  of  December  1682. 

Jeremiah  the  sonn  of  John  Newhall  Senr 
was  born  the  12  of  fFewbruary  1684. 

Elizabeth  the  Daughter  of  John  Newhall 
was  Borne  the  28  of  May  1687. 

Elizabeth  ther  Daughter  Departed  this  Liff 
the  12  of  Aprill  1689. 

Sarah  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  6  of 
September  1690. 

John  ther  Sonn  was  born  the  28  of  Janu- 
ary 1692. 

Mary  Their  Daughter  Was  Bom  the  12th 
of  October  1694. 


the  gencalage  of  Mr.  Thomas  Cheuer  & 
Mary  his  wife. 

Mary  ther  Daughter  was  born  the  3  day  of 
Novembr  1702. 

thomas  their  Sonn  was  born  ye  25th  day  of 
february  1704-5. 

William  their  Son  was  born  the  21th  of 
May  1708. 

Abner  their  Son  was  born  the  19th  of  feb- 
ruary 1709-10. 

John  Newhall  quartus  Dyed  May  ye  5th 
1719,  and  Rebecca  his  wife  Dyed  febuary  ye 
8d  1742-3. 

The  Crenealage  of  John  Newhall  Junior 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife. 

•  An  error.    Should  be  1679. 


Elizabeth  the  wife  of  John  Newhall  Junr 
Dyed  the  5  of  Octtober  1612. 

John  ther  Sonne  was  borne  the  11  of  Oct- 
tober 1664. 

John  Newhall  the  father  of  John  Newhall 
quartus  departed  this  Life  January  ye  6th 
1725-6.  '■'"■'  ■■'" 

Piissilla  ther  Daughter  the  24  of  Nouem- 
ber 1676  was  born  into  this  world. 

Prissilla  ther  Daughter  Died    the  31  of 

May  1683. 

To  be  Continued. 


MATERIALS  FOR  THE  HISTORY  OF 
SHIP  BUILDING  IN  SALEM. 


BT  WILLIAM  LKAVITT. 


NO.    IV. 
ELIAS   JENKS. 

Elias  Jenks,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Content 
(Carpenter)  Jenks,  was  bom  at  Pawtucket, 
R.  L,  Aug.  11,  1781. 

His  father,  when  Elias  was  quite  young,  re- 
moved to  Brookfield,  Mass.,  and  married  for 
his  second  wife  Phebe  Hathaway  of  that 
town.  The  children  by  the  fir^t  wife  were 
four  sons.  Welcome,  Nathaniel,  Elias  and 
John,  and  three  daughters,  Nancy,  Content 
and  Catherine  ;  by  his  second  wife  were  Phe- 
be, Tilley,  Ira,  Lyndon  and  Otis.  In  1795 
he  moved  to  Lyndon,  Vt.,  where  he  resided 
until  his  decease,  which  occurred  in  Novem- 
ber, 1830,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years  and 
four  months. 

Elias,  from  earliest  childhood,  evinced  a 
strong  predilection  for  mechanics,  and  was 
often  employed  in  making  models  of  boats 
and  vessels.  We  next  hear  of  him  as  a  ship 
carpenter,  in  Salem,  laying  the  decks  of  the 
ship  Francis  (  a  vessel  owned  by  Capt.  Jo- 
seph Peabody  and  built  by  Enos  Briggs  in 
1807).     He  never  served  a  regular  appren- 


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ticeship  to  this  business ;  with  early  inclina- 
tions, a  most  acute  observation  and  a  dexterity 
in  handling  tools,  he  soon  acquired  a  full 
knowledge  of  the  details,  and  by  a  steady  de- 
votion to  this  one  purpose,  he  rose  to  eminence 
and  took  a  leading  position  among  shipbuild- 
ers. His  vessels  were  all  built  according  to 
true  principles  and  well  adapted  to  the  uses 
for  which  they  were  designed ;  hence  they 
were  called  "  lucky."  During  several 
voyages,  as  ship  carpenter,  the  last  in  the 
Privateer  Brig  Ino,  which  was  built  in  Ports- 
mouth during  the  war  of  1812-15,  he  obtain- 
ed much  information,  by  personal  observation 
at  sea,  of  the  good  and  bad  qualities  of  the 
different  ships. 

He  professed  a  decided  musical  talent,  and 
found  time  amidst^is  laborious  duties  to  cul- 
tivate it  with  success ;  he  was  a  member  of 
the  first  military  band  in  Salem,  formed  un- 
der the  auspices  of  the  Salem  Light  Infantry, 
and  learned  to  play  on  the  clarionet  during 
one  of  his  voyages,  receiving  great  assistance 
and  instruction  from  Jonathan  P.  Saunders, 
the  supercargo  of  the  vessel. 

He  married  Lydia  Harvey,  daughter  of 
John  aud  Lydia  (Lander)  Harvey,*  Sept.  8, 
1811.  She  was  born  Oct.  6,  1788,  and  re- 
sides in  South  Salem.  He  died  May  14, 
1850,  in  the  sixty-ninth  year  of  his  age,  hav- 
ing had  the  following  children  : 

Lydia  Ann,  died  unmarried. 

Catharine,  died  unmarried 

Louisa,  married  Geo.  H.  Emerson,  now  of 
Needham,  Mass. 

Henry  Elias,  married  Ruth  J).  Millet,  1st 
wife ;  Sarah  F.  Safford,  2d  wife. 


•John  Harrey  was  bom  in  Cowes,  Isle  of  Wight, 
and  came  to  Salem  about  1783  or  1784,  and  on  his  ar- 
rival in  Salem  he  was  introduced  to  Mr.  Isaac  White, 
Tallow-chandler,  who  gave  him  employment.  He  con- 
tinued in  Mr.  W.'s  employ  for  many  years ;  in  1788  was 
married  to  Lydia  Lander;  died  about  1820. 

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Maria,  died  unmarried.  "^  *'"" 

Charles  Augustus,  married  Harriet'^. 
Fitz  of  Somerville.  ' ' 

Sarah  E.  H.,  now  living,  unmarried.     ^^^ 

George  FranKlin,  married  Elizaletb ''H 
Bi  own.  '  ^ 

Emeline  Augusta,  married  Capt.  James  C. 
Ballard. 

Ellen  Lander,  maixied  Capt.  John  C. 
Berry.  .  ;;'''. 

Edward  Harvey,  died  when  an  infant. 

Mr.  Jenks  professed  many  good  and  noble 
traits  of  character,  perfectly  unselfish,  free  to 
communicate  information,  upright  in  all  his 
dealings,  and  a  beautiful  childlike  simplicity 
favorably  impressed  all  with  whom  he  held 
intercourse. 

His  grandfather,  Capt.  Stephen  Jenks  of 
Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  married  Sarah  Hawkins, 
and  died  in  1800  at  the  age  of  seventy  four. 
He  was  a  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Lydia  (Ar- 
nold) Jenks,  and  a  grandson  of  Major  Na^ 
thaniel  and  Hannah  (Bosworth)  Jenks. 

Major  Nathaniel  Jenks  was  much  engaged 
in  public  life  and  repeatedly  a  representative 
for  Providence,  R.  I. ;  he  died  in  1723, 
aged  sixty-one;  he  was  the  second  of  four 
sons  of  Joseph  Jenks  Junior,  who  were  all 
eminent  in  their  day  ; — Joseph,  the  eldest, 
filled  many  important  offices  in  the  colony 
and  was  for  five  years  the  Governor,  he  died! 
June  15,  1740,  in  the  eighty-fourth  year  of 
bis  age ; — 2d,  Major  Nathaniel,  above  men- 
tioned ; — 3d  Elder  Ebenezer,  one  of  the  Pas- 
tors of  the  Providence  Church,  died  May  14,' 
1726,  a  man  of  parts  and  real  piety  ; — 4th, 
Judge  William,  died  in  1765,  at  the  venera- 
ble age  of  ninety-one. 

Joseph  Jenks,  Junior,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land in  1632,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  came 
to  this  country  ;  his  father,  having  preceded 


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him  several  yeats,  resided  for  some  time  in 
Lynn,  where  he  married  Esther,  daughter  of 
William  Ballard.  He  then  removed  to  Paw- 
tucket,  R.  I.,  built  the  first  house  in  that 
place,  also  a  forge  which  -was  destroyed  in 
King  Philip's  war.  In  1681  was  an  assist- 
ant in  the  government,  and  died  in  1716  at 
the  age  of  eighty  four. 

Joseph  Jenks  Senior  came  from  Hammer- 
smith in  England,  a  widower,  leaving  two 
sons  *  with  their  maternal  grandparents  (ac- 
cording to  tradition),  and  settled  in  Lynn, 
married  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth  and  had 
several  children.  He  worked  as  a  machinist 
at  the  Iron  Foundry,  and  was  a  man  of  great 
genius,  made  the  dies  for  coining  the  first 
money,  built  the  first  fire  engine,  was  the 
first  founder  who  worked  in  brass  and  iron 
in  the  Western  Continent,  by  his  hands  the 
first  models  were  made  and  the  first  castings 
taken  of  many  domestic  implements  and  iron 
tools.  The  first  article  said  to  have  been 
cast  was  a  small  iron  pot  now  in  possession 
of  the  family  of  the  late  Alonzo  Lewis,  the 
Historian  of  Lynn :  thus  his  name  deserves 
to  be  held  in  remembrance  in  American  His- 
tory. 

(See  Lewis's  History  of ,  Lynn  pages  121 
&c.  Eev.  Dr.  Jenks'  letter  to  Alonzo  Lewis 
in  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Eeg.  Vol.  IX.  page  201 
Benedict's  History  of  the  Baptists  Vol.  1. 
pages  492-5. 

ICHABOD   RANDALL    HOYT. 

was  born  at  Amesbury,  June  21,  1793.  He 
came  to  Salem  in  1818  and  engaged  in  ship- 
building. His  first  wife  was  Abigail  Brown; 
his  second,  Nancy  Herrick. 

His  father,  Stephen  Hoyt,  was  son  of  Da- 


•One  Joseph  Junior  abovenamed,  the  other  is  sup- 
posed to  have  settled  in  "Virginia  and  the  progenitor  of 
the  ftimily  of  the  name,  in  that  section  of  the  country. 


vid  and  Judith  (Currier)  Hoyt,  and  lived  at 
Amesbury,  Pond  Hills  and  Ferry.  His 
mother  was  Ruth  daughter  of  Isaac  Randall 
of  Amesbury.  His  brother,  Stephen  Hoyt, 
resided  in  Salem  for  several  years  engaged  in 
business.  He  afterwards  removed  to  St. 
Louis,  where  he  held  several  important  mu- 
nicipal ofiices  as  Mayor  and  Comptroller. — 
He  is  now  the  Mayor  of  New  Orleans.=See 
Genealogical  History  of  the  Hoyt  Family,  by 
David  W.  Hoyt. 

snip      GEORGE. 

The  Ship  George  was  built  by  an  Associa- 
tion of  Ship  Carpenters,  who  were  thrown 
out  of  employment  by  the  wai*  of  1812,  she 
was  built  in  1814,  for  a  Privateer,  and  her 
model  was  made  by  Christopher  Turner. 

Peace  came  on  before  she  was  sold,  anoth- 
er deck  was  then  raised  on  her  and  she  was 
made  into  a  merchant  ship,  and  she  was 
bought  by  Capt.  Joseph  Peabody  at  ^16. Op 
per  Ton,  who  named  her  the  George. 

Some  of  the  members  of  this  association 
of  Ship  Carpenters  were  Elisha  Day, 

Jacob  Kimball, 
Zachariah  Church- 
ill, 
Charles  Brown, 
Elias  Jenks, 
Lincoln  Stetson. 
Her  length  was  110  feet  and  10  inches, 
Beam  27  feet,  her  depth  of  hold  was  13^  feet 
and  she  measured  828  tons. 

She  proved  to  be  one  of  the  finest  vessels, 
that  ever  sailed  out  of  Salem,  remarkably 
fast  sailing,  lucky  under  all  commanders,  al- 
ways arriving  with  her  cargo  of  Calcutta 
Goods,  in  just  the  nick  of  time,  when  the 
market  for  such  Goods  was  at  the  highest 
rate,  and  the  Goods  in  great  demand;  never 
lost  a  spar  or  met  with  an  accident. 


im 


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Messrs.  Elias  Jenks  and  tchabod  R.  Hoyt  continued  the  business  of  Ship  Building  in 
South  Salem  down  to  the  year  1843.  The  following  vessels  were  built  by  them,  some  of 
them  on  the  same  spot  where  Enos  Briggs  built  his  vessels,  and  some  a  few  rods  to  the 
westward :  ' 


No. 

Names. 

When  built.     For  whom  built. 

Length. 

Breadth. 

Dqpth. 

Tons.  ; 

1 

Brig  Richmond 

1825 

"William  Fabens 
Gamaliel  ^ 

130 

2 

Barque  Richard 

1826 

Joseph      >  Hodges 
John         ) 

97  7-12 

24 

12 

252 

3 

Ship  Sumatra 

1827 

Joseph  Peabody 

105  3^ 

24  1-2 

12  1-4 

287 

4 

Ship  Crusoe 

1828 

N.  L.  Rogers  &  Bros. 

350 

5 

Ship  Italy 

1829 

Page,  Putnam  &  King 

108  1-3 

24  2-3 

12  1-3 

298  85-95 

6 

Ship  Borneo 

1831 

Messrs.  Silsbee. 

108  2-12 

24  7-12 

12  3-12 

297 

7 

Ship  Eclipse 

1831 

Joseph  Peabodv. 

110  3-24 

20  13-24 

12  9-12 

326 

8 

Ship  Saxon 

1832 

j  Th.  P.  Banccroft 
(  R.  E.  Ome. 

116 

25  1-2 

12  3-4 

340  60-95 

9 

Ship  Naples 

1833 

Joseph  Peabody 
Ed.  &  J.  F.  Allen 

113  3^ 

24  1-3 

12  2-12 

309 

10 

Barque  Trenton 

1834 

280 

11 

Brig  Baltimore 

1835 

Nath.  Garland 

130       - 

12 

Sch.  Wm.  Penn. 

1836 

Thorndike  Deland 

125 

13 

Ship  Carthage 

1837 

Joseph  Peabody 

130  1-2 

26  7-12 

13  3-12 

426        ' 

14 

Sch.  Naumkeag. 

1838 

Webb,  Page  &  others 

125 

15 

Ship  Sooloo. 

1840 

Messrs.  Silsbee 

400 

1« 

Barque  Three  Brothers  1843 

David  Pingree 

350 

There  were  several  others  built  on  Long 
Point,  on  the  eastern  side  of  South   Salem 
opposite  Derby  wharf  viz:  BrigM.  Shepherd, 
Barque  Argentine, 
Barque  Arabia, 
Brig  Star, 
Yatch  Mystery. 


CONFESSION  AND  DECLARATION 
OF  FAITH  OF  COL.  JOHN  HIG- 
GISON. 


COMinTNICATKD  BT  B.  F.  BBOWNE. 


This  Confession  &  Declaration  of  faith  of 
Col.  John  Higgison  (son  of  the  Rev'd  John) 
previous  to  his  admission  to  the  Communion, 
is  copied  from  a  paper  still  preserved  in  Sa- 
lem. It  appears  by  the  church  records  that 
he  was  propounded  in  order  to  full  commun- 
ion with  the  church,  Sept.  28th,  1712,  and 
that  on  the  5th  of  October  following  he  was 
received  to  full  Communion  upon  his  renew- 


ing the  Covenant  with  God  and  the  Church, 
the  brethren  consenting. 

"I,  John  Higginson,  being  in  some  meas- 
ure sensible  and  affected  with  the  consideration 
that  I  was  conceived  in  sin  and  brought  forth 
in  iniquity  &  that  my  original  Sin  had  awfiil 
influence  in  the  whole  course  of  my  life  in 
departing  from  God  &  Sinning  against  him  in 
thought  word  &  deed  &  in  many  cases  my 
sins  have  been  highly  agravated  against  light 
and  love  against  mercies  and  means  against 
the  Law  &  Gospel  in  the  consideration  where- 
of I  desire  to  be  greatly  humbled  &  abased 
before  God  &  men  and  being  in  a  lost  and 
undone  Estate  and  condition  by  reason  of  my 
sins  &  not  knowing  which  way  to  deliver  my 
life,  I  desire  to  fly  unto  Jesus  Christ  who  is 
the  refuge  of  poor  sinners,  that  fountaine 
which  is  set  open  for  sin  and  uncleanness  to 
wash  in,  and  to  depend  upon  the  value  and 
vertue  of  the  Death  merits  resurrection  ascen- 
sion &  intercession  of  Jesus  Christ  at  the 
right  hand  of  God  for  the  pardon  of  my  sios 


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&  acceptance  with  him  &  that  alone  as  the 
cause  of  my  justification  before  God. 

I  have  been  for  a  long  time  grieved  & 
ashamed  yt  I  have  turned  my  back  upon  that 
holy  ordinance  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  and 
have  sometimes  thought  I  would  indeavor  to 
Joyne  myself  to  the  Church  on  the  next  Sac- 
rament day,  but  doubts  &  fears  have  arisen 
yt  that  I  had  not  faith  of  the  Right  kind  & 
having  read  most  of  the  books  I  could  lay  my 
hands  on  yt  did  treat  on  ye  subject  doo  find 
that  they  Generally  agree  in  their  opinion  yt 
faith  is  necessarily  required  of  Every  worthy 
communicant  before  he  comes  to  the  Lord's 
Supper,  for  they  say  yt  ordinance  is  not  insti- 
tuted for  the  working  of  faith  but  for  the 
strengrthning  thereof,  it  was  not  instituted  for 
such  as  are  out  of  Christ  to  bring  them  in 
but  for  such  as  are  in  Christ  to  bring  them, 
up  in  him,  but  it  is  not  necessary  that  all 
have  the  same. measure,  but  must  have  the 
same  truth  of  faith,  you  must  bring  some 
grace  with  you  &  come  hither  for  more,  you 
you  must  bring  some  faith  &  love  &  hope  & 
come  hither  for  more  degrees  of  all  these 
which  to  me  has  seemed  as  if  a  man  must 
certainly  know  that  he  has  faith  before  he 
might  approach  yt  holy  ordinance. 

And  some  are  of  opinion  that  it  being  the 
Command  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  that  his 
disciples  should  celibrate  the  Holy  Supper, 
that  a  probable  show  of  faith  is  enough  to 
Embolden  our  coming  to  the  Holy  table  as 
are  commanded,  yea  to  come  though  we  have 
many  doubts  and  fears  upon  us,  for  while-  we 
have  that  probable  hope,  we  do  not  know  of 
any  thing  yt  should  hinder  us  and  there  are 
same  weake  Christians  admitted. 

Now  I  hope  I  have  probable  hope  of  some 
degree  of   Grace  wrought  in  my  Soule,   I 


know  there  has  been  some  change  wrought  in 
me,  I  am  not  the  same  man  that  I  was,  but 
hope  I  have  some  degree  of  sincere  desire, 
hungry  and  thirsting  after  Jesus  Christ,  0 
yet  it  were  more. 

When  I  consider  ye  Command  of  God  an(J 
the  invitation  of  Jesus  Christ  I  think  it  is  a 
sufficient  warrant  for  me  to  come  in  unto  Je- 
sus Christ  &  accept  of  his  terms  &  give  up 
myself  Soule  &  Body,  all  that  I  have  into 
his  hands  to  be  guided  &  ruled  by  him  & 
think  I  can  say  I  believe,  Lord  help  my  unbe- 
lief and  throw  myself  at  the  feet  of  my  bles- 
sed and  Gratious  Savior  &  if  I  perish  I  will 
perish  there. 

And  I  doo  think  it  my  duty  to  lay  myself 
under  stricter  obligations  than  hitherto  &  to 
profess  repentance  toward  God  &  faith  in  Je- 
sus Christ  and  that  I  doo  choose  the  only 
true  God,  ffather  Son  &  holy  Ghost  to  be  my 
God,  &  I  desire  to  be  admitted  to  Commun- 
ion with  this  Church  at  the  table  of  the  Lord, 
that  thereby  receiving  the  Signes  of  Bread 
&  Wine  I  might  have  communicated  to  my 
Soule  things  thereby  signified,  the  Body  & 
blood  of  Jesus  Christ  as  broken  &  shed  for 
me  for  the  remission  of  my  sins  and  increase 
of  Grace  thereby  &  that  by  the  help  of  the 
Spirit  of  Grace  I  may  be  enabled  to  apply 
the  value  &  vertue  of  the  merits  &  death  of 
Jesus  Christ  to  my  own  Soule  for  the  clensing 
purging  &  healing  of  my  Soule  of  all  filth  & 
gilt  of  sin  yt  lies  upon  it,  by  that  previous 
blood  of  sprinkling. 

And  I  desire  ye  prayers,  care  &  watch  of 
ye  Church  over  me  yt  that  I  may  answer  the 
End  of  my  Creation  even  to  Glorifie  God  by 
a  holy  conversation  in  this  present  world. 

Depending  upon  the  assistance  of  Grace  to 
enable  me  to  doo  &  suffer  the  will  of  God. 


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MATERIALS  FOR  A  GENEALOGY  OF 
THE  LANG  FAMILY. 


COMMUiaCATKO    BT  DAVID    P£BEINS. 

Hanna  Simes,  Juner,  was  born  ye  27  of 
August  Anodominy  1707  of  a  Wensday  in 
the  afternoon  at  three  of  the  clock. 

Jeffery  Lang  was  bora  January  ye  16  an- 
odominy 1707  of  a  Friday. 

We  was  married  August  ye  24,  ano'd  1732. 

Our  son  Richard  Lang  was  born  December 
ye  23  1733  of  a  Sabbath  day  morning  at  five 
of  the  Clock. 

Our  Daughter  Hannah  Lang  was  born  May 
the  first  1735  of  a  Thursday  night  at  ten  of 
the  clock. 

Our  son  Nathaniell  Lang  was  born  the  17 
of  October  1736  of  a  Sabbath  day  at  ten  of 
the  Clock  in  the  morning. 

Our  Son  Haskett  Lang  was  born  the  10th 
day  of  August  1738  of  a  thursday  morning, 
and  died  ye  27  of  same  month  17  days  old. 

Our  Dafter  Elizabeth  Lang  was  bora  the 
23  day  of  April  1740  of  a  Wensday  night. 

Our  Son  William  Lang  was  born  ye  24  day 
of  June  1741  of  a  Wensday  morning,  and 
died  at  nine  weeks  old. 

Our  Son  Edward  Lang  was  bora  ye  3  day 
of  September  1742  of  a  friday  about  one  of  the 
Clock. 

Our  Son  Daniel  Lang  was  bora  ye  16  day 
of  May  annodom  1744  of  a  Wensday  about 
Eleven  of  the  Clock  in  ye  forenoon. 

Our  Daughter  Sarah  Lang  was  born  ye  20 
day  of  October  1745  of  a  Sabbath  day  morn- 
ing about  eight  of  ye  Clock. 

Our  daughter  Elizabeth  &  Son  Daniel  died 
in  November  1747  about  24  hours  one  after 
the  other  of  the  throat  Distemper  and  was 
both  Buried  in  one  Grave. 

My  wife  died  the  third  day  of  October  1748 


after  ten  months  confinement  of  the  Rheuma- 
tism then  was  seazed  with  the  Uomiting  and 
purgeins  which  Ended  her  days.  Being  41 
years  one  month  and  seven  days  old. 

JefFry  Lang  died  May  14th  1758  aged  51 
and  four  months. 

I  Rais'd  my  House  ye  9  day  of  June  1740 
and  I  moved  into  it  on  the  10th  day  of  De- 
cember following. 

(House  next  West  of  Mr.  Cabots  in  Essex 
Street  which  is  now  occupied  by  Wm.  C.  En- 
dicott  Esqr.) 

Richard  Lang  and  Hannah  Sims,  R.  Lang 
1755  their  book  1757. 

Hannah  Haskett  was  born  August  ye  sec- 
ond day  1675. 

Hannah  Sims,  Obt.  24th  June  1744  ^ts: 
69. 

I  began  the  bible  11th  June  1755. 


The  old  Bible  from  which  these  memoranda  were 
taken,  belonged  to  JeSrj  Lang. 

It  was  printed  in  Edinburgh,  by  James  Watson,  Prin- 
ter to  the  Kings  most  Excellent  Majesty  MDCCXZII 
( 1722 )  Cnm  PriTilegio. 

,.^^.^^ 

COPY  OF  THE  WILL  OF  JOHN  PER- 
KINS. (The  elder.) 


COMMUNICATED  BY  DATID  PBBEIMS. 


28th  of  the  first  month  called  March 
1654.  "^  ^""^  ^'"-'  '"'"'* 

T,  John  Perkins,  the  elder  of  Ipswich 
being  at  this  tyme  sick  and  weake  in  body, 
yet,  through  the  mercy  and  goodness  of  the 
Lord,  retaining  my  understanding  and  mem- 
ory, doe  thus  dispose  of  and  bequeath  my 
temporall  estate  as  followeth. 

First  I  do  give  and  bequeath  to  my  eld- 
est Sonne  John  Perkins  a  foale  of  my  young 
mare,  being  now  with  foale,  if  it  please  the 
Lord  she  foale  it  well.  Also  I  give  and  be- 
queath to  my  sonn  John's  two  sonns,  John  & 


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Abrabam,  to  each  of  them,  one  of  my  yeare- 
ling  heyfers.  Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to 
my  sonn  Thomas  Perkins  one  cow  and  one 
heyfer.  Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to  his  sonn 
.John  Perkins  one  yew  &  to  be  delivered  for 
his  use  at  the  next  shearing  tyme. 
(^I-Vf  Ailso  I  doe  give  and  bequeath  to  my 
daughter  Elizabeth  Sargeant,  one  cow  &  an 
heyfer,  to  be  to  her  and  her  children  after  her 
■  decease,  as  it  may  please  the  Lord  they  may 
increase:  the  profits,  or  increase  to  be  equally 
divided  amongst  sayde  children. 
r.,  Also  I  doe  give  to  my  daughter  Anna 
Bradbery  one  cow  and  one  heyfer,  or  a  young 
steere,  to  remaine  to  her  and  to  her  children 
in  theyr  increase  or  proffits,  as  it  shall  please  the 
Lord  to  bless  them,  and  to  be  equally  divide d- 
to  their  children. 

Also  I  doe  give  and  bequeath  to  my 

daughter  Lydia  Bennett   one  cow  and  one 

lieyfer  or  steere  to  be  equally  divided  to  her 

children  in  theyre  increase  or  profits  after  her 

"iJecease. 

I  doe  also  give  to  my  grandchild  Thomas 
Bradbery,  one  ewe  to  be  sett  apart  for  his  use 
at  ye  next  shearing  tyme. 

Also  I  doe  give  and  bequeath  unto  my 
Bonn  Jacob  Perkins  my  dwelling  house  togeth- 
er with  all  the  outhousing  and  all  my  lands  of 
I  one  kind  and  other  together  with  all  improve- 
ments thereupon  to  be  his  in  full  possession, 
according  to  a  former  covenant,  after  the  de- 
cease of  my  wife,  and  nott  before,  and  so  to 
remaine  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever.  All 
the  rest  of  my  estate  of  one  kinde  and  other 
I  do  wholly  leave  to  my  dear  wife  Judith  Per- 
kins, apointing  and  ordaining  my  sayde  wiffe 
to  dispose  of  the  cattel  above  mentioned  ac- 
cording to  her  discretion  as  they  shall  prove 
steers  or  heyfers,  as  also  to  dispose  of  some  of 
the  iii^rease  of  the  sheep  to  ye  children  of  my' 


Sonne  Th(?mas/:apd  Qf  my  three  daugbteta  at 
the  discretion  of  rpy  sayde  wyfe.  And  this  I 
doe  ordain  as  my  last  will  and  testament,  sub- 
scribed with  mine  own' band  this  twenty-eighth 
day  of  the  first  month  1654.  ranM 

John  Pebkinb.  ,  ,,„,,/ 
Signed  in  Presence  of 
William  Bartholemew, 
Thomas  Harris. 

Proved  in  Court  held  at  Ipswich  th  26.7 
1654  by  the  oath  of  William^rtholqm^Bjw  & 
Thomas  Harris.  v     •*    ■    -r      . 

for  me  B,obert  Lord  Clerico.  * 

Essex,  ss.  Probate  Office  July  15,  A.  D. 


1841. 


le.in 


The  foregoing  is  a  true  copy  as, on  file'i 
said  office. 

Attest  Nath.  jLord  Jr.  Jtegister., 


BAPTISMS  BY  REV.  BENJAMIN 
PRESCOTT  OF  SALEM,  MIDDLE 
PR^CINT;  NOW  SOU^TH-O^NVERS. 

COKMUNICATBD  BY  HEUKY  WHEATLAND. 


Names  of  Persons  baptised  by  Mr..?res- 
cott  in  their  infancy.  , 

N.  B.  When  both  parents  of  children 
baptised  are  not  in  full  communion  or  have 
not  owned  the  covenant,  the  christian  name 
of  the  person  on  whose  account  the  baptism  Is 
administered  is  printed  in  italics-'^   .  > 

Rebeckah  Felton,  dapi.  to  Skelton  &  Hep- 
sebah  Felton— Bap.  Feb.  7,  1714.  ,     ,    / 

William  Foster,  Margery  Foster,  Lydia 
Foster,  Hannah  Foster,  oh.  of  Eben.  &  Mar- 
gery Foster  bap.  Mch.  28,  1714. 

Abigail  Foster,  Jon.  Foster,  Stephen  Fos- 
ter, Benj.  Foster,  Eben  Foster,  ch.  of  Eben 
&  Anna  Foster  bap.  april  4.  1714.  ; 

Nath'l.  Felton,  son  to  Natb'l  &iElisz.,  F«l- 
ton  bap.  May  16,  1714j  ;>dJ  boib  eiJiw  iK 


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Lois  Waters  dau.  to  Rich'd  Waters"-May 
16,  1714. 

Kezia  Verry,  Ephraim  Verry,  ch  of  Benj. 
&  Jemima  Very  bap.  June  6,  1714. 

Bethyah  dau.  of  John  &  Eliz.  Gardner 
Aug.  15.  1714. 

Susannah  dau.  to  Sam'll  &  Sarah  Cutler 
aug.  15,  1714. 

Nathaniel,  Deborah,  Mehitable,  Ambrose, 
Jerusha,  Adam,  John,  ch.  to  James  &  Deb- 
orah Grould  bap.  aug.  29,  1714. 

Abigail,  Jemima,  Ebenezer,  ch.  to  Daniel 
&  Juda  Mackintire  bap.  sept.  5,  1714. 

Hannah,  Lidya,  Mercy,  Ester,  ch.  of  Sam'll. 
Mary  Stone  bap.  oct.  3,  1714. 

Lisa  dau.  to  Benj.  &  Mary  Parnell  Oct.  3, 
1714. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Sam'll  &  Sarah  Felton  Feb, 
7,  1714-15. 

Elizabeth  dau.  to  Daniel  &  Hannah  Epps 
Feb.  21,  1714-15. 

Anna  dau.  to  Eben'r  &  Anna  Foster  April 
3,  1715. 

Hannah  dau.  to  Abel  &  Sarah  Gardner  May 
1,  1715. 

Huldah  dau.  to  Sam'll  &  Jane  Frayell 
May  1,  1715.    * 

Ebenezer  &  Desire  ch.  to  John  &  Abigail 
Jacobs  bap.  May  15,  1715. 

Timothy  son  to  Sam'll  &  Margery  Foster 
May  15,  1715. 

Daniel  son  to  Ezekiel  &  Rebeckah  Marsh 
June  5,  1715. 

Rebeckah  dau.  to  Sam'll  Goldthwaite  jr. 
July  31,  1715. 

Jonathan  son  to  Nath'l  &  Eliz.  Waters 
July  31,  1715. 

Joseph  son  to  Scelton  &  Hepselah  Felton 
Aug.  14,  1715. 

John  son  to  Jno.  &  EUzaheth  Sharp  Nov. 
6,  1715. 


Ruth  dau.  to  Jno.  &  Elizabeth  Gardner 
May  27,  1716. 

Isaac  son  to  Benj.  &  Jemima  Verry  June 
17,  1716.  .'    Joo 

Israeli  son  to  Israel  &       Porter  of  ye  vil- 
lage June  25,  1716. 

Daniel  son  to  Sam'll  &  Mary  Cook  Sept. 
23,  1716. 

Ebenezer,  Jonathan,  sons  to  Thomdike  & 
Hannah  Proctor  Sept.  30,  1716, 

Jonathan  son  to  Benj.  &  Abigail  Hutchin- 
son, Oct.  7,  1716.  .'f 

Mary  dau.  to  Abel  &  Sarah  Gardner  Oct. 
28,  1716. 

Hafcnah  dau.  to  Sam'll  &   Sarah  Felton 
Oct.  28,  1716. 

Samuel  son  to  Sam^ll.  and  Mary  Woodin 
oct.  28,  1716.  ff  :Hiii{ 

Abigail  dau.  to  Benj,  PameU  and  B&iy 
his  wife  baptised. 

Benj.  son  to  Benj.  and  Elizabeth  Prescott 
born  Jan'y  29,  baptised  Feb.  3,  1716-17. 

Joseph  son  to  Sam'll  Frayelle  jr.  bap.  May 
12,  1717. 

Samuel  son  to  Daniel  and  Haimah  Epps 
bap.  June  9,  1717. 

John,  Sarah,  Samuel,  eh.  of  Sam'l  and  Ann 
Endicott  bap.  June  9,  1717. 

Amos  son  to  Richard  and  Martha  Waters, 
bap.  June  9,  1717. 

Lidya  dau.  to  Samuell  and  Hannah  Small 
bap.  June  9,  1717. 

Isaac  son  to  Nath'l.  and  Eliz.  Felton  bap. 
June  16,  1717. 

Anna  dau.  to  John  and  Hannah  Tarbell 
bap.  July  7,  1717.  <;, 

Stephen  son  to  Edward  and  Hannah  Nichols 
July  7,  1717. 

Sarab  dau.  to  Jno.  and  Abigail  Jacobs  Ju- 
ly  14,  1717.  *  t 


260 


(.Simon  son  to  Jno.  and  Mix.  Slapp  Sept. 
8,  1717. 

Rebekah  dau.  to  Ezek  and  Rebeckah  Marsh 
Oct.  20,  1717. 

Anna  dau.  to;  Scelton  and  Hepsebali  Felton 
1717. 

Benj.  son  to  Benj.  and  Mary  Woodbridge 
ap.  27,  1718. 

Joseph  son  to  Joseph  and  Sarah  Hathome 
May  4,  1718. 

Unice  dau.  to  Nath'l  and  Mercy  Marston  of 
the  town  bap.  July  13,  1718. 

Lydia  dau.  to  Jno.  and  Elizabeth  Oardner 
bap.  July  1718. 

r.  Joseph  son  to  Abell  and  Sarah  Gardner 
bap.  Sept.  28,  1718. 

Sam'll.  son  to  Sam'U.  and  Sarah  Felton 
bap.  Mch.  1,  1718-19. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Sam'll.  and  Ann  Endicott 
bap.  ap.  19,  1719. 

ii<  Abigail  dau.  to  John  and  Abigail  Walden 
bap.  ap.  26,  1719. 

Elizabeth  dau.  to  Jno.  and  Abigail  Jacobs 
bap.  Sept.  27,  1719. 

Eliz.  dau.  to  John  and  Hannah  Tarbell  bap. 
oct.  4,  1719. 

'Hannah  dau.  to  Benj.  and  Eliz.  Prescott 
bom  6th  and  baptised  13th  of  Dec.  1719. 

Benj.  son  to  Skelton  and  Hepsihah  Felton 
bap.  May  8,  1720. 

Mary  dau.  to  Evan  and  Mary  Evans  bap. 
Sept.  25,  1720. 

Hannah  dau.  to  Sam'll  and  Jane  Frayelle 
oct.  2,  1720. 

John  son  to  Daniel  and  Hannah  Epes  oct. 
23,  1720. 

'  Benj.    son  to  Benj.   and  Jemima   Verry 
1720. 

David   son  to  Sam'll.  and  .Sarah   Felton 
1720. 


Elizabeth  dau.  to  Evan  and  Mary  Evans 
Jan'y.  1,  1720-1. 

Hannah  dau.  to  Benj.  and  Mary  Pamell 
1721. 

Samuel  son  to  Nath'l  and  Eliz.  Felton  May 
28,  1721. 

George  son  to  John  and  Eliz.  Gardner  Ju. 
ly  22,  1721. 

Mary  dau.  to  Jona.  and  Eebeckah  Felton 
July  29,  1721. 

Robert  son  to  Sam'll.  and  Ann  Endicott 
Aug.  13,  1721. 

Elizabeth  2d  dau.  of  Benj.  and  Elizabeth 
Prescott  bom  15th  baptised  19th  Sept.  1721. 

Robert  son  to  Robert  and  Margaret  Venner 
Sept.  17,  1721. 

John  son  to  Samuel  and  Hannah  Small 
baptised. 

Hannah  dau.  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Slapp 
Jan'y  1721-2. 

Mary  dau.  to  John  and  Mary  Felton  bap. 
Mch.  1722. 

Abraham  son  to  Sam'll.  and  Hannah  Pearse 
ap.  15,  1722. 

Mary  dau.  to  Joseph  and  Mary  Carrill  Jun. 
ap.  29,  1722. 

John  son  to  Nath'l.  and  Mary  Whittemore 
May  14,  1722. 

Henry  son  to  John  and  Lydia  Jacobs  May 
21,  1722. 

David  son  to  Ezek  and  Ester  GoldthwMte 
May  28,  1722. 

Jonathan  son  to  Jona.  and  PrisciUa  Foster 
July  1,  1722. 

Elizabeth  dau.  to  Sam'll.  and  Sarah  Felton 
1722. 

Samuel  son  Sam'll  and  Mary  Woodin  Sept. 
1722. 

Hannah  dau.  to  Jona.  and  Hannah  Flint 
oct.  21,  1722. 


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Lois  dau.  of  Natt'l.  and  Eliz.  Goold  Sept. 
1722. 

Jolin  son  to  John  and  Eliz.  Waters  Dec. 
2,  1722. 

Mary  dau.  to  Daniel  and  Hannah  Epps 
Dec.  16,  1722. 

Hepsibah  dau.  to  Skelton  and  Hepsihah 
Felton  Jan'y  20,  1722-3, 

Sarah  3d  dau.  to  Benj.  and  Eliz.  Prescott 
bom  Jan'y  29,  baptised  Feb.  3,  1722-3  died 
May  12,  1723. 

Nathaniel  son  to  Jonathan  and  Rebechah 
Felton  May  5,  1723. 

Benj.  son  to  Nath'l  and  Mary  Whittemore 
Aug.  9,  1723. 

John  son  to  John  and  Mary  Felton  Aug. 
9,  1723. 

Ester  dau.  to  Daniel  and  Ester  Marble 
Sept.  22  1723.  ' 

Sam'll  son  to  Sam'll.  and  Hannah  Pearse 
Oct.  1723. 

Mary  dau.  to  Abel  and  Hannah  Kea  Oct, 
27,  1723. 

Eliz.  dau.  to  Sam'll  and  Sarah  Felton, 
1723. 

Robert  son  to  Mary  Wyat  baptised  upon  ye 
desire  of  Eliz  Goold  Dec.  15,  1723. 

Hannah  dau.  of  Eben  Shaw  and  Hannah 
his  wife  baptized  Dec.  29, 1723. 

Eliza  dau.  to  Nath'l.  and  Eliz.  Goold. 

Mehitable  dau.  to  Jos.  and  Mehitable  Pud- 
ney  bapt.  Jan'y  24  1724-5, 

Eunice  dau,  to  Jno.  and  Mary  Felton  bap. 
Jan'y  31,  1724-5, 

Israel  son  to  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Waters 
bap.  1724-5. 

Ruth  dau.  to  Scelton  and  Hepsebah  Felton 
bap.  May  1725. 

Joseph  son  to  Daniel  and  Hannah  Epps 
May  9,  1725. 


Thomas  son  to  Jona.  and  JVwci7?a  Foster 

June  6,  1725,  -'-^^' •'  -'- 

Lydia  dau.  to  John  and  Lydia  Jacobs  ^uly 

25,  1725. 

Hannah  dau.  to  Daniel  and  Ester  Marble 
July  25,  1725. 

Jonathan  son  to  Jonathan  and'  Rebeckah 
Felton  1725.  -'^-''^  ''  '    '''\""* 

d&u.  to  Samuel  and  Hanhah  Piearse 
Aug.  1725. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Jona.  and  Priscilla  Foster 
Sept.  16,  1725. 

Margaret  dau.  to  Sam'l  and  Margaret  En- 
dicott  Jan'y  9,  1725-6. 

Zacharias  son  to  Sam'l  and  Sarah  Felton 
Mch.  20,  1725-6. 

Nathan  son  John  and  Mary  Felton. 

Ebenezer  son  to  Nath'l  and  Mary  Whitte- 
more. 

Joseph  son,  Mehitable  dau.  to  John  and 
Mehitabel  Mackmtire  bap.  Feb.  26,  1726-7. 

Eliz.  dau.  to  John  and  Eliz.  Waters  Mch. 

26,  1727. 

Robert  son  to  John  and  Mehitabel  Mackin- 
tire  Ap.  9,  1727. 

William  son  to  Daniel  and  Hannah  Epps 
June  11  1727. 

Daniel  son  to  Daniel  and  Ester  Marble  June 
25,  1727. 

Ruth  dau.  to  Heniy  and  Ruth  Newman 
Nov.  19.  1727. 

Hannah,  Ann  twin  daus.  to  Samuel  and 
Margaret  Endicott  Nov.  26,  1727. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Sam'l  and  Sarah  Goldthwait 
Nov.  26,  1727. 

Joseph  son  to  Jos,  and  Eliz,  Doughty  Dec. 
17,  1727, 

Joseph,  Benjamin,  John,  Sarah,  Phebe,  oh, 
of  Benj.  and  Sarah  Nurse  Dec.  24,  1727.     " 

Lydia  dau,  to  Jno,  and  Mary  Felton,  Jan*y 
14,  1727-8. 


262 


Eliz.  dau.  to  Sam'l  and  Mary  King,  Jan'y 
28,  1727-8. 

Daniel  son  of  Daniel  and  Hannah  Shaw, 
Jan'y  28.  1727-8. 

Eliz.  dan.  to  Benj.  and  Sarah  Nurse,  May 
12,  1728. 

John  eon  to  Lydia  and  Jno.  Proctor  jr. 
Sept.  15,  1728. 

Mehitabel  dau.  to  Nath'l  and  Eliz.  Goold 
Nov.  10,  1728. 

Lidia-dau.  to  Wm.  and  Lydia  Shillaher 
Nov.  17,  1728. 

Benj.  son  t^o  Benj.  and  Mehitaliel  Foster, 
January  26,  1728-9. 

•John  son  of  John  an'l  MdiilaL'^l  Mackin- 
ti-o  Feb  23,  1728-9. 

Abigail  dau.  to  John  and  Mary  Felton 
Feb.  23,  1728-9. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Joseph  and  Hannah  Veiry 
Mrh.  23,  1728-9. 

Sam'l  son  to  Daniel  and  Ester  Marble,  Ap. 
20,  1729. 

Abell  son  to  Jno.  and  Eliz.  TVaters  3Iay  4, 
1729. 

Eliz.  dau.  to  Nath'l  and  Deliverance  TThif. 
tQinore  Mch.  30,  1729. 

Nath'l  son  to  Benj.  and  Sorah  Nurse,  July 
6,  ■  729. 

David  son  to  Jno.  and  PrisciUa  Foster 
July  20,  1729.  rr.Vfftoff 

Eliz.  dau.  to  WiUia-n  and  Lydia  ShtUaber 
Aug.  24,  1729. 

Joseph  son  to  Daniel  and  Hannah  Epes 
Aug.  31,  1729. 

Hannah  d"u.  to  Jamf  3  and  Margaret  Goold 
1729. 

Loi«  dau.  to  Sam'l  and  Sarah  Goldthwait 
1729. 

Eunice  dau.  ,to  ^.T!t'/:^ag, a([j(i  IJanicp;  iGaid- 
ner  1729.  '  *  o  ►..-r    >  • 


Elias  SOT)  to  Samuel  and  Margriret Eidicott 
Dec.  28,  1729. 

Jona.  son  to  Sam'l.  and  Hannah  Penrse 
Mch.  22,  1729-30. 

Sar."th  dau.  to  Eben'r.  and  3far^  Pr«»'ror 
Ap.  19,  1730. 

Eebeekah  duu.  to  Hemy  and  Sarah  Burton 
Ap.  26,  17 oO. 

Sp.rah,  Abraham,  Isaac  ch  of  Abraham  and 
Sarah  South  wick  Ap.  20,  173u. 

L  dia  dau.  to  John  and  Lvdiii  Pro!?tor  May 
10,  1730. 

l-.li/.  dau.  to  S;im  I.  Marsh  Jnne  7,  1730. 

Sarah  dan.  to  Benj.  and  Charity  ( 5-oldthwait 
An;;.  2,  1730. 

Eliz.  dau.  to  Cornelius  and  Abigail  Cutler 
Sept.  13,  1730. 

Deborah  dau.  to  Nath'l  Mid  Miz.  Gtwld 
1730. 

Mehitabel  dau.  to  Jn.'.  and  Mury  Felton 
Dec.  6,  1730. 

Elizabeth  dau.  to  Isaac  and  Maiy  Abom 
Jany.  24,  1730-1. 

Jonathan  son  to  Da^  iel  and  Ester  Mnrble 
Feb.  28,  1730-1. 

Mary  dau.  to  John  and  Mehitabel  Mackin- 
tireFeb.  28,  130-1. 

John  son  to  Saiu'l.  and  Sarah  (roldthwaite 
M«y  16,  1731. 

{    Benj.  son  to  Joseph  and  Hannah  Verry 
May  30,  17.".1. 

Lydia  daa.  to  Caleb  and  Huth  Wallis  May 
30,  1731. 

Mary  dau.  to  John  i  nd  Eli?..  Waters  Jime 
13.  1731. 

Margarett  dau,  to  Benj.  r.nd  Hannah  Shaw 
July  11,  1731. 

Joseph  son  to  Abraham  and  Sarah  South- 
wick  July  18,  1731. 

■    Elizabeth  dan.  to  Wm.  and  Sarah  Shillaber 
lAug.  15,  1731. 


'^ 


Amos  son  to  James  and  Margaret  Gould 
Sept.  26,  1731. 

Joseji^  son  to  Sara'l  and  Mar-j;arett  Endicott 
Oct.  17,  1731. 

Thomas  sou  to  Thomas  and  Eunice  Gard- 
ner Feb.  13,  1731-2. 

James  son  Benj.  and  S^irah  Nurse  Ap.  16, 
1732. 

Isabel  duu.  to  Sam'l.  and  Hannah  Pearse 
Ap.  24,  1732. 

Beuj.  son  to  John  and  I^dia  Proctor  Ap. 
80,  1732. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Francb  dad  Kezia  Proctor 
July  2,  1732. 

Hannah  dau.  to  John  and  Mary  Felton  Ju- 
ly 16,  1732. 

Jona.  son  to  Cornelius  and  Abigail  Cutler 
July  16,  1732. 

Sam'l.  son  to  Sam'l.  and  Hannah  Trask 
July  30,  1732. 

Hannah  dau.  to  Jno.  and  Priscilla  Foster 
Sept.  3,  1732. 

Caleb  son  to  Caleb  and  Kuth  Wallis  Sept. 

10,  1732. 

Sarah  d;iu.  to  John  and  Eliz.  Waters  Oct. 
15,  1732. 

-    Hannah  dau.  to  Sam'l  and  Mary  King 
Nov.  12.  1732. 

Jona.  son  to  Daniel  and  Esther  Marble 
Dec.  8,  1732. 

G«orge  son  to  Georgie  and  Mary  Goold 
Jan'y  29,  1782-8. 

Mary  dau.  to  Ez.  and  Joanna  Upton  Mch. 

11,  1782-3. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Sam'l  and  Sarah  Abom  Ap. 
8,  1733. 

Hannah  dau.  to  Benj.  and  Hannah  Shaw 
June  3,  1788. 

Isaac  son  to  Isaac  and  Esther  Southwick 
June  24,  1738.  I 


Lydia  dau.  to  Gideon  and  Lydia  Foster  June 
17,  1733. 

Mercy  dau.  to  John  and  Mercy  Giles  Sep. 
2,  1788. 

Mary  dau.  to  John  and  Lydia  Proctor  Dec. 
9,  1733. 

Elisha  son  to  John  and  Mary  Felton  Dec. 

80. 1733. 

Stephen  son  to  Sam'l.  Sarah  Goldthwait  Ap. 
7,  1734. 

James  son  to  Sam\l.  and  Hannah  Pearse 
Ap.  14,  1734. 

Mary  dau.  to  James  and  Margaret  Gould 
May  5,  1784. 

Daniel  son  to  Benj.  and  Sarah  Nurse  May 
26,  1734. 

Lydia  dau.  to  Sam'l  and  Margaret  Endicott 
June  23,  1784. 

Jemima  dau.  to  Jos.  and  Hannah  Very 
Aug.  4,  1784. 

Mary  dau.  to  Thos.  and  Eunice  Gardner 
July  14,  1784. 

Jona  son  to  George  and  Mary  Goold  Aug, 
25,  1734. 

John  son  to  Daniel  and  Esther  Maible 
Sept.  1,  1784. 

William  son  to  Wm.  and  Sarah  Shillaber 
Sept.  22,  1784 

Margaret  dau.  Abraham  and  Sarah  South- 
wick  Oct.  6,  1784. 

Joseph  and  Bachel  children  to  Joseph  and 
Eachel  Osbom  Sept.  29,  1734. 

Ginger  dau.  to  Joseph  and  Sarah  Osbom 
Sept.  29,  1784.  ,   p  j  ^^^^ 

John  son  to  Thomas  and  MargaHt<V'4!i!bQrt 
Oct.  27,  1784. 

Rebeckali  dau.  to  Benj.  and  Hannah  Smn- 
nerton  Oct.  27,  1734. 

Nath'l  son  to  Nath'l  and  Eliz.  (Jould  Nov. 

17. 1734. 


264 


,,,    Jane  dau.  to  Sam'l  and  Sarah  Abom  Nov. 
17,1734. 

Daniel  son  to  Solomon  Stewart  Nov.  24, 
1734. 

'Joseph  son  to  Joseph  and  Sarah  Stacy 
Feb.  9,  1734-5.  V. 

Thomasine  dau.   to  James   and  Susanah 
Upton  Feb.  23,  1734-5. 

William  son  to  Wm.    and   Abigail  Trask 
Mch.  9,  1734-5. 

Mehitabel  dau.  to  Jno.  and  MatyMFelton 
Mch.  30,  1735.  :r.vr  Jf  , 

j.,     Samuel  son  to  Saml'  and  Mary  King  Apr* 
6,1735. 
r,     Benjamin  son  to  James  and  Sarah  Stone 
Apr.  20,  1735. 

Stephen  son  to  James  and  Sueafiah:  Upton 
Apr.  27,  1735.  M'M  ,'^'1  ?Jn>jT. 

Jonathan  son  to  Nath'l  and  Wax.  WBitte- 
more  May  4,  1735. 
,      Mary  dau.  to  Jno.  and   Eliz.  Waters  May 
4,  1735. 

Esther  dau.  to  Isaac  and  Esther  Soutbwick 
June  8,  1735. 

Kuth  dau.  to  Caleb  and  Euth  Wallis  June 
15,  1735. 

Henry  son  to   Benj,  and   Mercy  Prescott 
bom  July  19,  baptized   July  ,^0, 1135  died 
.Jan'y  19,  1735-6.  I.  icn.;"..:. 

Stephen  and   Daniel   oh.    of  Jasper   and 
Mary  Needham  Aug.  31,  1735. 
*    James  son  to  Thos'  and  Margarett  Hal- 
bert  Aug.  31,  1735. 

Elizabeth  dau.  to  John  and  Aphia  Porter 
Oct.  12,  1735.  "''^     ■-  • 

William  son  to  William  and 'Susanna  Pel- 
sue,  baptized  in  the  1st  parish  Salem  Jan'y 
11,  1736.  I  ii   -    - 

Euth  dau.  to  Jos.  and  Sfirah'  Hathome 
Feb.  15.  1735.  . ,    ,. 


Sarah  dau.   to  Jno.    and   Eliz.    Bickford 
Feb.  15,  1735. 

Hannah   dau.  to  Marshall  Feb. 

15,  1735. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Jno.  and  Mercy  Giles  Jan'y 
18,  1735. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Benj.    and  Eliz.  Marston 
Mch.  21,  1735. 

John  son  to  Jno.  and  Eliz.  Gardner  Mch. 
21,  17;{5. 

Isaac,  Mary  and  Elizabeth  ch.  of  Isaac 
and  Mary  Wilson  Mch.  28, 1736. 

Judith  dau.  to  Benj.  and  Love  Pickman 
Apr.  18,  1736. 

Eobert  son  to  Wm.  and  Sarah  Shillabor 
May  16,  1736. 

Daniel  son  to  Isaac  and  Mary  Netdbam 
May  16,  1736. 

John  son  to  Jno.  and  Apphia  Porter  June 
13,  1736. 

James  son  to  James  and  Margaret  Gould 
Julys,  1736. 

Mary  dau.  to  Benj.  and  Hannah  Shaw 
July  25,  1736. 

Sarah  dau.  to   John,  and   Lydia   Proctor 
Aug.  20,  1736. 

Mary  dau.  to  Barthol.  and  Euth  Putnam 
Aug.  22,  1736. 

David  son  to  Nath'l  and  Eliz.  Whittemore 
Sept.  5,  1736. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Wm.   and  Abigail  Trask 
Sept.  12,  1736. 

Samuel  son  to  Downing  Oct. 

3,  1736. 

Hannah   dau.  to  Benj.    and  Good- 

hue Oct.  3,  1736. 

.    Sarah  dau  to  Adoniram  and  Hannah  Col- 
lins Oct.  3,  1736. 

Wm.  son  to  John  and  Mary  Felton  Nov. 
7,  1736. 


265 


Desire  dau.  to  Ezek    and  Sarah  Marsh 
Nov.  28,  1736. 

Susanna  dau  to  Sam'l  and  Sarah    Aborn 
Dec.  19,  1736. 

Eunice   dau.  to   Jos.    and   Sarah  Osborn 
Dec.  19,  1736. 

Jonathan  Son  to  Jona.  and  Rebecca  F  el- 
ton  Feb.  6,  1736-7. 

Anthony  son  to  ditto  (omited  in  the  prop- 
er place  in  ye  record.) 

William  son  to  Solomon  and  Stew- 

art Mch.  1736-7. 

Desire  dau.  to  Jona.  and  Desire  Procter 
April  17,  1737. 

Hannah  dau.  to  Sam'l  and  Hannah  Pearse 
April  24,  1737. 

Daniel  son  to  Daniel  and  Sarah    Jacobs 
May  1st,  1737. 

Lydia  dau.  to  Jno.  and  Eliz.  Waters  May 
29,  1737. 

"^^^  Hannah  dau.  to  James  and  Susannah  Up- 
ton June  26,  1737. 

Henry  2ndsoi^toBenj.  and  Mercy  Prescott 
born  July  25,  bap.  July  31,  1737. 

Hannah  dau.  to  Jos.    and   Mary   Felton 
Aug.  21,  1737. 

Ebon,   son  to  Thos.  and  Eunice   Gardner 
Sept.  4,  1737. 

Eliz.  dau  to  John  and   Mehitabel  Mack- 
intire  Sept.  11,  1737. 

Hannah,  Lydia,  an4  Elizabeth  ch.  to  John 
and  Elizabeth  Trask  Nov  27,  1737, 

Stephen  son  to   Sam'l   and   Mary  King 
"Ai).  2,  1738. 

Eliz.  dau.  to  Nath'land  Eliz.  Whittemore 
Ap.  9,  1738. 

Abigail  dau.  to  Malachi  and  Abigail  Eel- 
ton  Ap.  30,  1738.  '  '  '  "' 

Samuel  son  to  Wm.  and  Sarah  Shillaber 
May  21,  1738. 


Nath'l  son  to  Isaac  and  Esther  Southwick 
May  28,  1738. 

Thomas   son   to  John  and  Mary  Felton 
July  16,  1738. 

Joseph  son  to  Samuel  and  Hannah  Pearse 
July  23,  1738. 

Sarah  dau.  to  John  and  Eliz.   Trask  Aug. 
6,  1738. 

Benj.  son  to  Jasper  and  Mary  Needham 
Sept.  17,  1738. 

James   son  to  David  and  Sarah  Felton 
Oct.  8, 1738. 

John  son  to  Nath'l  and  Eliz.  Goold  Oct. 
22,  1738. 

Benj.  son  to  John  and  Apphia  Porter  Oct. 
22,  1738. 

Sylvester  son  to  John  and  Lydia  Proctor 
Oct.  29,  1738. 

Jonathan  son  to  Jona.  and  Desire  Proctor 
Feb.  25,  1738. 

Benj.  son  to  Joseph  and  Mary  Felton  Ap. 
11,  1739. 

Buth  dau.  to  Sam'l  and  Margarett  Endi- 
cott  Ap.  16,  1739. 

Henry  and  Thomas  sons  to  Sam'l  and  Eliz. 
Cook  Ap.  22,  1739. 

Daniel  son  to  Daniel  jr.  and  Hannah  Epes 
Ap.  29,  1739. 

John  son  to  Jona.  and  Pricilla  Foster  May 
6,  1739. 

William  son  to  Sam'l  and  Sarah  Aborn, 
May  13,  1739. 

Mary  dau.  to  James  and  Susannah  Upton 
May  13,  1739. 

Israel  son  to  Joseph  and  Sarah  Osborn 
May  27,  1739. 

Benj.  son  to  James  and  Margaret  Goold 
July  1,  1739. 

son  to  Benj.  and  Hannah  Shaw 
July  15,  1739. 


266 


Jesse,  Ichabod,  Mary  aud  Rebecca  ch.  to  I 
Jona.  and  Eliz.  South  wick  July  22,  1739. 

Amos  son  to  Wm.  and  Abigail  Trask, 
Aug.  12,  1739. 

Mary  dau.  to  Thos.  and  Adden  Aug. 

12,  1739.  t  .«^^'  '<i' 

Johnathan  and  Sarah  ch.  of  DanT  and"  Sa- 
rah Jacobs  Aug-  26,  1739. 

Anna  dau.  to  Zack.  and  Hannah  King 
Sept.  23,  1739. 

Daniel  and  John  sons  to  David  and  Sarah 
Goldthwait  Oct.  7,  1739. 

Buth  dau.  to  John  and  Eliz.  Waters  Oct. 
28,  1739. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Wm.  aud  Sarah  Shillaber 
Dec.  30,  1739, 

Ez.  son  to  Ezek.  and  Sarah  Mar^h 
1740. 

Archelaus  and  Ruth  ch.  of  John  and  Re- 
becca Felton  May  25,  1740. 

Ester  dau.  to  Esther  and  Isaac  Southwick 
June  15,  1740. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Thos.  and  Eunice  Gardner 
July  6,  1740. 

Mercy  dau.  to  Sam'l  and  Eliz.  Gook  July 

27,  1740.  •*■'"'  —'  •'!'•         ' 
Bette,  Mary,  Hannaiif  iild  JaWfis  ch    of 

James  and  Eliz.  Buffington,  July  27,  1740. 
Eben.  son  to  John  and  Mary  Felton  Sept. 

28,  1740. 

William  son  to  Jno.  Mehit  Mackiutire 
Sept.  28,  1740.  '  '•    '      '  '•'' 

Erancis  son  to  Danl  jr.  and  Hannah 
EpesOct.  19,  1740. 

Prudence  dau.  to  Jno.  jr.  and  Lydia  Proc- 
tor Nov.  23,  1740. 

Abigail  dau.  to  John  and  Apphia  Porter 
Mch.  22,  1740-1. 

Thomdike  son  to  Jon.  and  Desire  Proctor 
Mch.  29,  1741. 


Benj.  son  to  Daniel  and  Sarah  Jacobs  Mch. 
29,  1741. 

Abigail  dau.  to  John  and  Eliz.  Waters 
Ap.  26,  1741. 

Lydia  dau.  to  John  and  Maiy  Giles,  May 
3,  1741. 

Josiah  son  to  James  and  Margaret  Goold 
May  24,  1741. 

John  and  Elizabeth  ch.  of  John  and  Eliz. 
Endicott  June  7,  1741. 

Eliz.  dau.  to  Malachi  and  Abigail  Felton 
June  14,  1741. 

Eliz.  dau.  to  Jno.  and  Eliz.  Southwick 
Aug.  9,  1741. 

Abigail  dan.  to  Zach.  and  Hannah  King 
i  Aug.  23,  1741. 

I     Sam'l  son  to  Sam'l  and  Mehitabel  Poster 
Sept.  27,  1741. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Joseph  and  Mary  Felton 
Oct.  26,  1741. 

Mehitabel  dau.  to  Jos.  and  Sarah  Osbom 
Nov.  15,  1741. 

I     Nathan  son  to  Timothy,  and  Hannah  Up- 
:  ton,  Nov.,  22,  1741.  ' 

Eliz.  dau.  to  Wm.  and  Sarah  Shillaber, 
Jan'y  13,  1741. 

Sam'l  Daniels  son  to  John  and  Mehitabel 
Mackintire  Feb.  28,  1741. 

Sam'l  son  to  Sam'l  and  Eliz.  Cook  Feb. 
28,  1741. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Thos.  and  Jane  Adden  Ap. 
18,  1742. 

Rebecca  dau.  to  Benj.  Prescott  jr.  and  Re- 
becca his  wife,  bom  ye  20th,  bap.  ye  30th 
of  May,  1742. 

Thomas  son  to  Sam'l  Baohellour  Aug.  1, 
1742.  ,^,,   . 

Timothy  son  to  Jno.  and  Mary  Felton 
Deo.  19,  1742. 

William  son  to  John  and  Eliz.  Endicott 
Dec.  19,  1742. 


267 


Mary  dau.  to  Malachi  and  Abigail  Felton 
Jan'y  1742-3. 

Abi^il  dau.    to  Dan'l   and    and  Sarah 
Jacobs  Ap.  17,  1743. 

Hannah  dau.  to  Wm.  and  Sarah  Shillaber 
May  1,  1743. 

Eliz.  dau.  to  Dan'l  jr.  and  Hannah  Epes 
May  1,  1743. 

Abigail   dau.    to  Sam'l  and  Mary  .King 
May  15,  1743. 

Hannah  dau.   to  John  and  Desire  Proctor 
May  15,  1743. 

Hannah  Fowle  offered  by  Apphiah  Porter 
July  3,  1743. 

Timothy  son  to  Timo.  and  Hannah  Upton 
Aug.  7,  1743. 

Hepsebah  dau,  to  Jos.  and  Mary  Felton 
Aug.  28,  1743. 

Joseph  son  to  John  jr.  and  Lydia  Proctor 
Sept.  4,  1743. 

Ezekiel   son  to  David  and  Sarah  Gold- 
thwait  Dec.  18,  1743. 

Daniel  son  to  Jno.   and  Rebecca  Felton 
Mch.  11,  1743. 

to  James  and  Susanna  Upton 
Mch.  11,  1743. 

Nath'l  son  to  John  and  Mehitable  Mackin- 
tire  Ap.  1 ,  1744. 

Desire  dau.  to  Sam'l  and  Eliz.  Cook  Ap.  1 
1744. 

William  son  to  William  and  Abigail  Trask 
Ap.  22,  1744. 

John  son  to  Isaac  and  Esther  Southwick 
May  6,  1744. 

Zechariah  son  to  Zech.  and  Hannah  King 
June  17,  1744. 

Benj.    son  tp  Wm.  and  Sarah  Shillaber 
June  24,  1744. 

Esther  and  Hannah  dau.  to  Jos.  and  Mary 
Goldthwaite  June  24,  1744. 


Ezra  son  to  Jos.  and  Apphia  Porter  July 
1,  1744. 

Israel  son  to  Thos.  and  Eunice  Gardner 
July  22,  1744. 

Susanna  dau.  to  Jos.  and  Sarah  Dennis 
Sept.  30,  1744. 

Eunice  dau.  to  John  and  Eliz.  Waters  Oct. 
28,  1744. 

Benj.  and  William  sons  to  Benj.  and  Han- 
nah Shaw  Nov.  4,  1744. 

Martha  dau.  to  Benj.  jr.  and  Rebecca 
Prescott  born  Nov.  23,  baptised  25th  1744. 

Hannah  dau.  to  Daniel  and  Hannah  Epes 
March  1744-5. 

Jona.  son  to  Samuel  and  Mary  King  Ap. 
7,  1745. 

Malachi  son  to  Malachi  and  Abigail  Felton 
June  16,  1745. 

Mary  dau.  to  Joseph  and  Mary  Southwick 
June  16,  1745. 

Abel  son  to  Jos.  and  Sarah  0 shorn  Aug. 
18,  1745. 

Benj.  son  to  Benj.  and  Eliz.  Daland  Aug. 
25,  1745, 

Mehitabel  dau.  to  Sam'l  and  Mehitabel 
Mackintire  Sept-  8,  1745. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Jno.  and  Desire  Proctor 
Sept.  8,  1745. 

Elizabeth  dau.  to  Sam'l  and  Eliz.  Cook. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Jona.  and  Mary  Tarbell 
Jany.  12,  1745. 

Abel  son  to  Jos.  and  Sarah  Osbom  Nov. 
9,  1746. 

John  son  to  James  and  Susannah  Upton 
Dec.  1746. 

Sam'l  son  to  Dan'l  jr.  and  Hannah  Epes 
Mch.  1,  1746-7. 

Benj.  son  to  Benj.  jr.  and  Rebecca  Prescott 
1st  sabbath  in  March  1746-7. 

Stephen  and  Sarah  ch.  of  Stephen  and 
Dorcas  Felton, 


268 


Eliz.  dau.  to   Jona.    and   Desire    Proctor. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Malachi  and  Abigail  Felton 
Feb.  10,  1750. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Ez.  Marsh  Jun. 

Daniel   son  to  Dan'l   and  Marble 

June  28, 1752. 

Benj.  son  to  Dan'l  and  Hannah  Epes  Ap. 
,29,  1752. 

Rachel  dau.  to  Nath'l  and  Rachell  Tarbell 
Mch.  18,  1753. 

Mary  dau.  to  Jona.  and  Mary  Towne  Oct. 
1753. 

William  son  to  Nath'  and  Rachel  Tarbell 
Mch.  31,  1754. 

Hannah  dau.  to  Dan'l  and  An.  Marble 
Ap.  21,  1754. 

Hannah  dau.  to  Benj.  and  Eliz.  Dealand, 
June  8,  l"*  54. 

Aaron  son  to  George  and  Hannah  Nurse 
Sept.  1754. 

Sarah  dau.  to  Dan'l  and  Hannah  Epes 
Oct.  6,  1754. 

Mercy  dau.  to  Benj.  and  Rebecca  Prescott 
Feb.  9,  1755. 

Mary  dau.  to  Thos.  and  Mary  Giles,  Feb. 
1.  i755. 

Thos.  son  to  Thos.  and  Mercy  Porter,  Aug. 
14,  1756. 

Nancy  dau.  to  Dan'l  and  Ann.  Marble 
Aug.  14,  1756. 


Baptisms  in  adult  age  hy  Rev.  Mr.  Prescott. 

Samuel  Stone  sen.  Mary  Stone  jun.  and 
Sarah  Stone  Jan'y  24,  1713-14. 

Elizabeth  Whittemore  Mch.  14,  1714. 

Richard  Foster,  James  Goold,  Benj.  Goold, 
Sarah  Felton  and  Marg't  Foster  Mch.  21, 
1714. 

Hannah  Southwick,  April  14,  1714. 

Mary  Marsh  July  25,  1714. 


Margery  Foster  and  Mary  Foster  jr.  Mch. 
28,  1714.  1  t"*^'- 

Martha  Pudney  and  Sarah  Green,  Ohi.'Vl, 
1714. 

Hannah  Eaborn  Dec.  19,  1714.         J 

Abigail  Foster  Jan'y  23,  1714-15. 

Sarah  Munion  April  24,  1715?  '• 

Elizabeth  Stockwell,  Abigail  Flynt,  Anna 
Varnura  and  Lucy  Flynt  May  22,  1715. 

Sarah  Twist  and  Martha  Nurse  May  29, 
1715. 
•  Jno.  Nurse  Nov.  6,  1715. 

Samuel  Frayle  jun.  Feb.  7,  1715. .       ' 

Sam'l  Endicot,  Nathan  Proctor,  Thorndike 
Proctor  jr.  and  Hannah  Porter  Sept.  30, 
1716. 

Abigail  Stone  June  15,  1718. 

Eliz.  Wilson,  widow,  Feb.  5,  1720-1. 

Rebeckah  wife  to  Jona.  Felton  Mch.  5, 
1720-1. 

Mary  wife  to  Sam'l  Woodin  Nov.  1721. 

Mary  dau.  to  Mary  and  James  Houlton 
April  29,  1722. 

Mary  wife  to  James  Houlton  May  6, 1722. 

Ester  wife  to  Ez.  Goldthwaite  May  23, 
1722. 

Margaret  wife  to  Jona.  Trask  May  28, 
1722. 

Abigail  Stevens  whose  maiden  name  was 
Proctor  June  3,  1722. 

Eliz.  dau.  to  Isaac  Pease  July  1722. 

Abigail  Carryl  Jan'y  20,  1722-3. 

Nath'l  Whittemore  jr.  Ap.  28,  1723. 

Joseph  Pudney  May  26,  1723. 

Sarah  Reed  Mch.  1,  1723-4. 

Annis  King  sen.  Jan'y  31,  1724-5. 

Hannah  King  her  dau.  Jan'y  31,  1724-5. 

Hannah  wife  to  Jno.  Marsh  June  5, 1726. 

Hannah  Stone  Feb.  26,  1726-7. 

Mehitable  Mackintire  Feb.  26,  1726-7. 


a69 


INDEX     OF     lSrA.MES. 


Abanatha,  112.                       Bailey,  119.                            Bickford,  214,  264.  ir2, 173,  174, 175,  226,  25 

Abat,  115.               •                  Baker,  27,  47,  102,  104,  165,Biglow,   130.  255. 

Abbat,37.                                    179,  180,  207,  208,  209,  212.  Biles,  109.  Bridgman  242. 

Abbot,  26,  81,84,  88,89,  90.  Balch  47,  104,  110,111,  ]26.Binney,  10,  11,  51.  Briscoe  46. 

Aborn,  113,262,263,264,  265.     143,150,208.                        Birtby,  118.  Britt  244. 

Abott,  76,                                Baldwin,  197,  207,  209,  214.  Birthby,  115.  Brittain  47. 

Abourne,  156.                         Baley  75,  115.                           Bishop  72,  117, 178,  179.  180,  Britten  103. 

Acoee,  73.                                Ballard  156,  208,    219,    253,     201,238,240,241,243.  Broadstaeet  72. 

Acie,  73, 74.                                 254.                                        Bishopp.  228.  Brockelbank  37, 75. 

Adams,  27,  28,  31,  35,  36,  91,  Bailey  39,  40.                           Bisshop  117.  Brocklebank   116,153,   155. 

92, 121,  151,  152, 153,  154.    Bally  38.                                *Bisson  47.  Brocklebanko    41,  74,  121, 

Adden,  266.                             Banecroft  255.                         Bixtby  115.  154 

Adems,  153.                             Bancroft  42,  77, 78,  224.         Black  47,  227,  228, 237. .  Brocklbank  40. 

Agard,  194>                              Banks  36.                                  Blake  32, 33,  122,  197.  Brodstreet  41. 
Agassiz,  124.                           Barber  75,  77,  237.                   Blackleech  228' 238, 239, 240.  Brookhouse   102,    105,    148, 

Ager,  228,  237.                         Barker    37,  38,    39,  40,  74,  Blanchard  106.  Brooks  94.  134,  139. 

Alden,  175.                                  75,117.118,    119,120,   154,Blaney  104.  Brown  26,  41,  45,    47,73,98 

Alee,  39,40.                                 155,164.                                 Blany  158.  100,104,119,126,149,152, 

Alford.  228, 238.                      Barnard  106, 162.  163.             Blasdell  117.  153,155,165,173,   174,195, 

■■    ir,  170.                               Barnes,  203, 205, 213.               Blashfield  165.  198,199,203,206,209,248' 

f,  38.                                  Barney  176,  180,  233,  237.      Blowers  109.  249,253,254. 

3,  73.                                  Barnys,  201.                             Blye  1 12.  Browne  37,  39,  41,  76,  93,  94, 

n,  47. 94,  99, 140,  143,  '45,Barr.  139. 140.                          Blythe  128.  96,  98.  99,  100, 101,  104, 115 

r,    172,    176,      182,    187Barras209.                              Boardman  236,  251.  136,  163,  164, 177'  178,  202 

188, 191,  207,  209,  210,  228,Barsham  246.                           Boarman  117.  212,  228,  235,  236,  237,  238 

232,  237, 238,  240,  241,  242,Barstow  42.                              Bointon  74.  239,  240,  241,  244,  243'  255 

255,                                       Bartholemew  238,  239,   240, Bond  109,  165.  Browning  228,  241. 

Alley,  132.                                  242, 243,  244, 258.                 Bosworth,  253.  Bruer  217, 220. 

Anderson,  88,  107.                  Bratholmew,  175.                   Bott,  38,  122, 174,  213.  Bryant  137,  140, 173. 

Andrew,  161,  176,  173,  212.    Bartholemew,  95,  101.           Bound,  227.  228,  237.  Bucknam,  165. 

Andrews,  41,  57,  73,  97,  I16,Bartlet,  96.                              Bourne,  241,  242.  Buffington,  101,  137,138,139, 

117, 132,  187,  188,  189, 190,  Bartlett,  46,  75.                      Bowdich,  200.  173,  174,  266. 

191.                                        Barton,  62,  95,  97,  103,  104,  Bowdish,  178,  239.  Buffum,  107,  208,212. 
Andru,  48.                                   108,  109,  161,  172,  209.          Bowditoh,  42,  59,  60,  61,  76,Bugg,  117. 
Annable,  165.                         Bar  tram,  251.                             94,  97,  101,  104, 137, 138, '62,  Buller,  40. 

Anthropp,  228.                        Bass,  175.                                     164,  201,  206.  Bullock,  36,  172,  208,  213, 

Antrum,  237,  239,  240,            Batchelder,  25,  80,  99,  153,  Bowdoin,  100, 102,  Burbanke,  39,  73. 

Appleton,  13,  20,  48,  84,  87,     174,209.                                 Bewker,  98,  Burbee,  76. 

89,100,103,112,117,207.    Batcheller,  46, 48,  110.          Bowles,  174.  Burchmore,  139. 

Arohard,  228,  238.                   Bates,  105.                               Bowman,  198.  Burges,  135. 

Archer,  98,  105,  106,  107, 113,  Baton,  215.                              Boyce,  237, 238,  239,  241.  Burgoyne,  195,  196. 

114, 139,  203,  208,  209,  212,Batt,  38  122.                           Boyd,  208.  Burkbe,  38,  39. 

213.  Batten,  114.  Boyden,  84.  Burkbee,  73,  122. 
Arnold,  253.  Batter,  103  105, 109,  176'  '77,Boynton,38,  39,  72,  73,74,75,  Burklee,  72,  I2i. 
Arnot,  232.                                 178,  198,  199                            76,  115,  116,   118,  119,  121,  Burley,  84,  174. 

Ashby,  109,  212.                      Bayley,ll6, 117, 119,120,'21.     122' 152,  153,  154,  155.  Burn,  47,  48,  53,  56. 

Ashton,  42,  99,  139, 173.          Baylies,  32.                             Brace  137.  Burnam,  190,  191, 

Aspinwall,  117.                       Bayly,  73.                                Brackenbury  242.  Burnham,25,45,112,'83,'88. 

Assacambuit,(IndianChief)Beachum,  238,  239,  241.          Brackeit  240,  241' 242.  Burnap,  133. 

109.                                        Beadle,  103,  202.                     Bradbery  258-  Burnell,  134. 

Athenton,  209.                        Becket,  137,  208.                    Braddley38.  Burnett,  98. 
Atkinson,  95.                          Beckett,  182,  193.                    Bradford  47,  109,   110,   165.  Burnit,  135. 

Attvill,  219,       .                     Beekford,  106,  139,  173.          Bradley  37.'  Burpee,  118, '21, '53, '54, '55, 

Atwood,  119,  154.                    Belcher,  245.                            Bradstreet  73,  74,84,  97,  101,  Burr,  231,  236, 
Austine,  38.                             Bemis,  123,                                  115,  117,  120,  121,  154,  190,Burrash,  155. 

Avery,   163.                           Benedict,  254.                         Bradstreet  75t,  Burrill,  101, 105, 157, 211 '49, 

Babbidge,  208, 209,  213,         Benighton,  246.                       Bray  173,186, 212.  250, 

Bachelder,  198,228,  239, 240, Bennet,  41,  74,  75,  116,  155,    Brazer  42.  Burtby,  116. 

242.                                        Bennett,   189,1191,  201,  239,  Breck  94.  Burton,  262. 

Bacheldor,  237, 239, 243.            244,258.                                Breed  127, 233.  Busted,  251. 

Bachel lour,  266.                     Bennit,  39,40,  73,  75.               Brewer  39,  77,78,  159.  Butman,  109,  110,  165. 

Bachelor,  198.                         Bennitt,  76                               Brickett  234.  Button,  238,  239. 

Bacon,  238.                             Bentley,  1,  41,  42,  147,  148,Brickworth  114.  Buxton,  55,  118,  211. 

Badcock,  47.                               163.                                        Bridges  117.  Byam,  239. 

Basby,  188.                           Berry,  192, 193,  247,  253.        Briggs  1, 137,  138,  139,  l71,Byle3,  189. 


m 


Cabot,  107, 108,  109, 257. 
Calef,  -208. 
Calhoun,  53. 
Callev,  202 
Ca-npanele,  112. 
Campanell,  74, 112. 
Campbell  139. 
Canclima  119. 
Canna^ie  40. 
Carey  27. 
Carleton  93. 
Carlile42. 
Carlton  118,  123,153. 
Carlysle  14a 
Carpenter  107, 252. 
Carrill  260. 
Carryl  268. 
Cate  101. 

Chadirell  76,133,215. 
Chad  will  133. 
Chanaderlain  203 


P-Hm...  -,  Deane,  171.  Ellingwood,  165. 

Conant,  110,  111,  •41,'43,'65.j)yni^on,  38.  Elliot,  110. 

On^vu^   -««  Dennis,  138,  1^,  267.  KlUa,  46, 165. 

p3""'^-  Derby,  94,   97,   98,  99,   102,Enihorpe,72. 

rnl^niVf  A,?^2-  103,   103,  161,  164,  172,  173,  Eilswortli,  72,  75. 

rnn^f-   .  o^^-  174,  175,  198,  203,  206,  2l0,  Elaworth,  38, 122. 152. 

Cook   I4n  1 74  o=Q   Ofi-   ofifi      215.  Elwell,  47, 166,  189,  191,  2M, 

l/OOk,  140,  174,  259,  2&>,  S66,pgyenish,  238,  239.  237,  238,  244. 

'^'-  Devereux,  174.  Emerson,  38, 88, 120, 191, '202, 

Dickerson,  233,  24a  214,  253. 

Dickeson,  241.  Emerton,  181, 182. 

Dickesson,  '239.  E  uery,  2ti7. 

Dickinson.    33.   41,    72,  73,  Bmiuerton,  191,  203,  205,  206. 
74,  115,   116,   117,  113,    119,  Eadecots,  175, 176. 
120.   121,  122,  152,  153,  154,  Badecott,  177. 
Dickinson,  72.  Eudicot,  263. 

Dike,  87,  106,  llO.  Eiidicott,  43,  91,  lOl.  126,  120 , 

'30,  '41,  '50,  '64,  '73,  213,  '14, 
257,  259,  260,  261,  262,  263, 


Cooke,  237,  238,  239. 
Cooper,  72,  117,  154. 
Coopr,  118,  120. 
Coots,  132.  133. 
Copeland,  174. 176. 
Cornin!C,47,  110,  163,  239, 
Cornfih.  237. 

Cortland,  197.  ,„»„   „,    ,„ 

Corwin.  176,  177, 178.  '79,  '80  D  man   •:.14 

198,200.201,  237,  239,  240  gimon,'  m 


Champney47,  166,  167, 168.^  *-!        ,««  Dinsmoor,  6.  265,266. 

Chandler  106, 120,  155.  0^:7.1;  '^*  Diuen,  134.  Eni^lish,  207. 

Channer  155.  p":"'  '^6.  Dixy,  227,  228,  237,  233,  239,  Epes,  202,  260,  262, 265,- 26«, 

Chaunins;  9,  22,  30,  66.  ^^^**'  ^^^  "^7, 233,  239,  240.     zio]  241,  243  244.  267,  '263.  ^  ^ 

Chaplin  37,  73,  74,  75,  lie,/;".,*"'    I?  Doake,  74.  Eppes,  lOl. 

118,  1-20,  121,  152, 154,  153.p„"*®,!,'  Vli  ..„    ,     ....    Doane,  36.  Epps,  112.  199,  200.  259,  261. 

Chapline.39.  X«J'46   '13,  ,63  .gj,  .66,'5l.  Dodj;.  227,  237.  Ei-fii,  140. 

Chapman  27.  39.  46,74,  118.  Y<2Zn',\^^^'  '^''  Dod^e,  27,   43,   82,  94,  105,Rste8,  100. 

Charles  I,  (  Kins;)  148.  ^,    ','?"•  1'*'  l^l*  l^^,  '83,     I06,  llO,   111,  112,   122,  l50,Esty,  79,  111. 


191,  194. 


Chase,  99,  100,  101,  103,  104p '„ '•  '«;♦• 
146.  173, -203.  230.  p!*"®-  98. 

Chassler,  210.  CruaTt,  132. 

Cheany   74. 
Che-^ver,  103,233, 

Chelmsford,  40.  p   ••- 

Cheney,  39,  7-2, 119,  1-20, 122. p''®®*''''  K6.  152,  154, 
Cheny,  41.  J^reesev,  115. 


151,  163,  165,   166,  174,   180,Eusti8,  '28. 


Creamer  103, 163,  207,210, 
^reasee,  ,39, 
Creasie.  115,  116.117, 


Creessee,  73. 
C-eesv,  76.  HI 
Cressee,  72. 
Cresey,  l|3. 


Chener,  252. 

Chever,  97,  210. 

Chichester,  242,  243,  244. 

Chipman,  48, 110, 164. 

Choate,  103, 127, 181, 182, '83,Cressey,  lei. 

ia%  187. 192, 193.  Crocker.  181.  186. 

Church,  171.  Crorabie,  103. 

Churchill, 254.  Cromev,  l->4. 

Chut,  122.  Cromwol.  179. 

Chute,  115, 162.  Cromwell,  148.  200.  201. 

Chutte,74.  Croshie,  37,  7.3.  115 

Cicero,  13.  Crosby,  .37,  115,  116. 

Clark,42,  73,  76, '105'l09,116,Cross,  1%.  197. 

117,  118,  119,  122, ,  131,  l55Crossbee,  .38. 

16.5,202  224,223,239.  Crowin«hield.  206. 


2)7,  233,  24). 
Dole,  75,  115,  118,  120,  154, 
Dolliver,  173, 
Donahue,  182,  137. 
Dona  dson,  212. 
Dorman,  1-33. 
Doughty,  261. 
Douse,  ll4. 
Dore,  244. 
Dow,  116. 
Downie,  106. 
Downinx,  131,  237,233,  240,  Parra-^ut,  236, 

241,  -264.  Farrington,  133, 135,  219, 

Draper,  106.  Fay,  32. 

Dreassr,  33,  39,    40,  72,  73,  Fellen,  112. 

74,  75,  76,116'  117,  118, 121, Fellows,  112, 


Evans,  121,  26a 
Eveleth,  ll-2,  191, 
Everett,  50,  89,  90. 
Fabpns.  140,  174,  255. 
Fahrenheit,  83. 
Fairbanks,  195. 
Fairefleld,  43.  113. 
Fairfield,  163,  233. 
Faraday.  83,145,  147. 
Farmer,  161. 
Farnham,  73. 


14. 

Driver,  133,  213. 
Drummer,  217. 
Dugsel,  134. 
Duggle,  -247. 
Duinmer,  72,  153. 


Clarke37,  38,39,  74,  75,l07,Crownin.shleld.   77,  97,  101,  Dunbar, 'l6-2,  163. 


u- 

Cleark  240. 
Cleaveland  36. 
Cleaves  89,  109,  110,  165, 
Clerk  46,  165,  166. 
Cleveland  42, 137, 161. 
Clinton  4a 
Clough  130. 
Cloutman  10-2, 140, 174. 
Coall  217. 
Coat  102, 133. 
06atsl34. 
Cobitt  133. 
Coburn  74. 
Goobrane  23.5. 
Codman  238 


114,  137.  1.39.  164.  172,  2ia  Dualap    13-!. 
Curam  nss,  38.  Dutch.  121,  2l3 

Cummins.  76 


Dutton,  32. 
Duty,  40,  75    115,  1-22. 
Dwii^ht,  57. 
Dwinell,  153. 


Currier,  108,  -254. 

Cnrtieas.  40. 

Curtis,  56,  242,  243,  244. 

CuTwen,  99,   101,   104,   163,Dv8on* 

2n6   214.  Eaberns,  177. 

Cn.ihma;,  13,  171,  173.  206,Bahornr268. 

207,  210.  Eames   36 

Cutler,  42,  129,259,262,  263.  Eaton,' 77,' 133,  134  135, 
T)*bney,  103.  ,^,   ^^    ^      Eborne,  241,  242,  243. 
Daland.   102,  163,  209,  267.  Rdmond,  135. 
Dalrymnle,  213.  Edmons,  '2-22. 

Dana,  88.  Edmunds,  156,  190. 

Dano,  31,  34,  42,  HI,  113.    Edwards,  80,  177,  228,  238, Filraingan  242. 
Daniels,  10.>,  209.  239,  Fisk  lol,  l->5, 228, 237, 

Darby,  48,  111.  Elen wood,  239,  Fijike  10.5,  239- 

Dauis,  134.  Elethorp,  40,  73.  Fit* -2.53. 

Davenport,  48,  228,  238.        Elethorpe,  75.  Fletcher  132. 193. 

^'JT"'.?!'  .'*.^„'  .^1'  ?^;    llS.Eletrope,  3:.  Flint 33, 100.103, 113,  172,195 

uoieriage  ba.  ^  185,  186,  137,  191,  213,  236.  Elithorp,  3a  74.  Floid  221. 

Collins  78.  79. 131,  132, 113,  Da  v.  74,  102,  138,  254.  Elithorpe,  75.  Floyd  56, 

134, 139, 157, 164, 214, 217,  Dealand,  268.  Elkins.  135, 

aM.     '     '     '     •      De»n,ii2,i38,m.aoi,ao9.Ku,n^ood^a44. 


Felt,  40,  72,  74,  76,  98,  162» 

170,  ir2,  206. 
Felten,  112. 
Felton,  '237, 239,  240, 24!,  242, 

243,  -244,  -258,  2.39,  260,  '261, 

26-2.  -263,  264,  265,  266,  267, 

268. 
Fenn,  23a 
Ffar,  157. 
Ffarer,  157. 
Ffarr,  158. 
Ffarra,  158. 
Ffarrer,  157. 
Ffkrrlagton,  157,250. 
Ffelton,  178. 
Ffirn,  134. 
Ffiske.  158. 
Fflanders,  252. 
Ffoster,  198,  -245. 
FfuUer  156'  157. 
Field  102,  103. 
Fi  lie  brown  -210. 


Cogswell  188,  220. 

Colburn  48. 

Colby  229. 

Coldum  131, 132. 

Col  0  47,110,165,166,817, 

Colebee  73. 


Flutnt  111. 
FluutUL 


271; 


Flynt  268. 

Fo^  237. 

Fogge  228. 

Folger  140. 

Foote  68,  243. 

Forrester  137, 138, 140, 173, 

174,  211. 
Foster  38,  40,  47.  72,  116, 118,    268. 

119. 138, 152,  l&j,  187. 183      Goose  239, 


189,  191,  203,  214.  226,  242,   Goott  168, 

243,  244,  253^-.9,  260'  26l,Gore3l. 

262,  263,  -26^266,  268.  Go88  213. 

Fowlor  111,  121. 

Fowlvjs  113, 

Fraaklin,  9,  235. 

Frayell,  259. 

Frayelle,  -259, 260. 

Frayle,^  -268. 

Frayser,  118. 

Fraxer,  132. 

FremoDt,  54. 

French,  1,36,41,72. 

Friasoa,  110. 

Friable,  66. 

Frizel,  111. 

Frost,  45,  47,  48, 113 


Goodale,  93,  207. 219.  Hartshome.  76. 

Uood«4i,237.  238,  a40.  Hervey,  25:J. 

Goodhue  93  9S.  93. 112, 113,  Uaaeltine,  72. 
116. 122. 133, 1.39.  173.  1S2,  Haselton.  37. 
183.  210.  212,  240,  261.  H  aske),  47,  109. 110, 166. 

Gooiwin  153.  Haskell.  108,  133, 173, 211. 

Goold  261, 262,  263, 235,  266'  Uaskett,  257. 
Haxkius,  2  t2. 
Hatch,  226. 


Hathau,  109, 

Hathaway,  102, 252. 

Hatherly,  171. 
Gott,  48. 112. 159, 228,  240.  Hathorn,  237. 
Gould.  172, 173.206,211, 213,  Hathorne,  99,  100,  108,  lOS.Holten.  130. 

214. 259. 2S3,  264.  178.  200, 201,  207.  208,  216,  Holyoke,  42,  60,  94 

Goire,  117.  228,  23S,  239, 240,  242,  243,  Homer.  43. 


Hodg,  177. 

Uod^s,  106,  .139.  164,  17»> 

265. 
Hodgkins,  116,  117,  U8. 
Ho.t,  1  2. 
Uolgrore,  237,  238. 
Holland,  112,  214. 
Hollingwortb,  179. 
Ho  loway,  220. 
Holmau,  207. 
Holme,  237,  239. 
Holmes,  37,  191,  238. 
Holms,  117,  122. 


Gowing,  159. 
Gowin?e,  159 
Goyle  239. 
Gradv  110. 
Grafton  97, 

228.  23S. 
Graneit  159. 
Grans  1.59. 
Grant  3S- 4.5,  97.  206 
™  ^,   ,„  .w  Gratton  190, 191. 

FrveT4T437'4V4V46. 85. 101  ^™"**225.  .        ,  , 

fw  1()5  '(16 '-M  '^ '4 )  21 1  ^'■a'es   237.   233,  240,  241,  Hay  ward,  110.  Houghton,  176. 

Fuier   177  242,  243  244.  Hazen.  1,  37,  39,  40,  41,  72,  Houfton,  243,  244.  268. 


260,264. 
Hauen,  168, 216. 
Uauks,  220. 
Hauthorn,  176. 
3, 139, 163,  200,  Hauthurne,  176. 
H  iwkes,  208. 
Hawks,  158,  215, 217, 219. 
Hawkins.  263. 
Hawthorn,  178. 
Hawthorne,  93,  216. 
Haynes,  1,  240,  241. 


Hood,  118, 157, 166, 218,  24».^ 
Hook.  106. 
Hooper,  101,  140. 
Hopkins,  88. 
Uopkinson,  38,  39.  40,  72, 

73.  74,   75,   114,  ,16,   117, 

118.  120  ,22,  1^. 
Horace,  13. 
Home,  227,  242.  2444 
Uorseley,  89. 
Hosetin,  37. 


Fuller  102  1^7   IV!  Gray  26.  32.  93.  93.  99.  108.     76,121 

Gau-e  43  73  74   76*  110   115      ^27.  128, 130,  133. 140, 170,  Hazzen.  75,  116. 
121  ru    \illR',  '  173, 223.  Head,  82, 88, 92. 

Gale;i6t99,U)3?-207,  '"~'""^' "'     "        "' 

Gardener,  227 


House,  110 
Uovey,  75. 
How,  76, 
Graye  242.  243,  244.  Headen,  37.  Howard.  112,  176,  180,  21S, 

Green,  163.  Healey,  213.  213,  238. 

fiardnpr  Qfi  07  Qa    lort    iai  Greene.  193.  Heard,  112.  Howes,  42.  168. 

n^rfSs    il»-  'VM    1^'  {r 'Greenhouse.  72. 122.  Heart,  216.  Howlet,  40. 

1^  iM  177'  iT?  iro    ,a,  'Greenhouw,  122.  Heburd,  134.  Hoyt,  264,  256. 

ios'ioq"  ono'  OM    .Ml    ill'Greenough.  76,  116,  Hedden,  152,  164.  Hubbard.  32,  220. 

9«  9il'  tkt  ^'  ^r  oA-^'Greenslat,  130.  Heden,  117.  Hubon.  100,  101. 

iai  ok-  ^?  ^'.       '        '  Grenon?h.  115.  Hedge  49.  Huchason,  220. 

O^rUnHun^-  Grey,  109. 165.  HenSerson,  189.  Hucheson.  227,  228,  2W, 

Oarrn«id  iii  Groue,200.  Hsnfleld.  104,  207,?lt>.  Huchins,  118. 

GMkovne^  237   239   04n  Groute,  190. 191.  Henly,  132.  Hudson,  135,  217, 

UasKoyne  228,  237,  239,  240,y foy-er  ,00.  IQ%  178. 240,241.  Hjnvrille,  104.  Hugzins,  38,  89. 

«„ti;iQ-iQ«  Groves,  47,  110,  183.  Hir,  110.  Hufi    47.  43.  110,  HI,  219< 

«?E.!.f  in^'  Gupp«e,  102.  Herbert,  207.  230,  232,  235. 

S?I!h«;  Gupy,200.  Hjrie8,78.  Humphry.  227,  228,  287. 

S^^iVi  Gurfey,  117.  rierimin.    72,   76,  116,  121,Uuinphrye8,  178. 

Jf*y  '"~-,  Gustin.  153.  152, 154.  Hunt,  40.  102,  118,  208, 206, 

ftfJ^tloVim   inr    it^    i«  Gutch,233.239, 240,241,248.H3rrick.  87,  110.  111.  151,     206.  210.  213. 

!^o  iL  m  '^17 '  i^'  llo  *!'""'«'■•  **•  1^-  201.  202,  227.  228,  237,  Huntt,  114. 

«  a'     lAo^^'        '  ^^  ^^-  Ua".  186-  193.  240. 241,  242,  254.  Huntington,  106. 

S     ^^Jrroo«  Haines,  233,  239.  Herrman,  120.  Hurbert,  287,  289. 

Geere  237   239  Hains.  113,  228.  HerMy,93.  Hurd,  22,  67. 

George  118.  Halbert,  264.  Hezeltine,  89.  Hutchason,  220. 

S®"i  u'^-,A,  Hale.  36,  41,  46,  72,  73.  94.Hibberd,  109.  Hutchinson,  88,  180,  269. 

Gerrish  99, 107.  99, 109,  ng.  n;,  119,  12'),  Hibbert,  109,  113,  240,  241,  Hyde,  103. 


Gerry  30, 

6ibautl39.  229  233 

Gibbs  42.  Haley.  9 

Gibson  152.  Hall,  21. 108,  193,  211 

Glddinj,  47, 183,  137,l90,191,Himiiton.  6^.  64,  231 

„  19^.      ,„„  H*mphries,  178. 

G  dnev  179.  Handforth.  217. 

Glfford,  109, 158.  Hinman.  153. 

Gilbert,  111.  113.  Harday.  89 


164. 156, 165, 166,  207,  212,    243,  241. 

Hibert,  74,  119,  163. 
Uichiug,  219. 
Uichin8.213.219.246. 


Hyleger,  166. 
lerston,  221. 
Ingalls,  188,  221,  S48w 
IngersoU,  93.  118,  188,  844.- 
Ingerson,  111. 


Hidden.  40,  41,  72,  73, 118 

Hide.  233.  239,  240,  24L  242,Ingoll8.  220,  22L 

243,  244.  Ingots.  169. 

Hiden,  40.  It^es,  127,  206. 

Ui^r^inson.  67. 108. 103, 109.  Jaekman,  89,  118,  117, 


Gilchrist,  137.  Hardy;  33.  74,  122,  168^  154,     123,  142, 180, 161,  179;  202.  Jackson,  29,  87,  iB8,  89,  40, 

Giles,  47, 97,  110, '6.5,  228, '37,     241.242.243,244.  Higgison,  255!  99.119,146, 


240,  263,  264,  266,  263. 
GUI,  94. 

Gilman.  1,  6, 106. 
Glover.  Itr2,.237,  238,- 
Ooddard,  220. 
Godsoe,  209. 
Gold,  110,  241. 
Goldsmith.  21. 


Hariman,  156. 
Haris,  72. 
Harnett,  212.  244. 
Hairaden.  104,  233. 
Hanes,  S'i. 
Uarriman,  39. 
Harrington,  62.  211, 


Hi<Hbirt,  76. 

Hill,  89,  90.  94,  133,  166. 

Hillyard,  169. 

Hilton,  165. 

Hirst.  93,  101,  202. 

Hnaj.  32.  66. 

Hobkinson.  72. 


Jacobs,  m,  140,  174,  198, 
249.  259,  260,  261,  266r 
266,  267. 

Jamison.  111. 

Jarvis,  249. 

Jarvis,  115. 

Jeffards,  221 


Harris,  39.  40,  48,  109.  llS.Hobson,  87.  40,  41,  72,   78, Jefferson,  81. 
Goldthwaito,   2^8,  237,  233,    118.  118.  165.268.  76.  116.  117.  118.  119, 120,  Jeffery.  97. 

269,  26^),  261,  262,2^ 266,  Haniss,  179.  152.  163,  164,  166.  Jeffrey,  41,  100. 

267,  268.  Hart, 47, 169, 215,  '13.  "Zl.  '23.  Hoddy,  143,  150.  Jeffry,  100.  101. 


272 


Jencks,  m.  Lane,  137.  265,266,267.  Mueford,  130, 137,  214. 

Jenkins,  103,  247.  ^_  Lang,  76,  96,  105,  212,  214,  Madison,  30,  31.  Muliiken,  103,  104. 

Jenks,  105, 107, 108, 211,  222,     257.  Mann,  45,  55, 136, 137, 188.    Munion,  268. 

225,352,253,264,255.         Langley,  38.  Manning,  95,. 100,  102,  112,Munroe,  30,31,  76. 

Jewet,  38,  40,  74,  7'5, 118.       Larkum,  47, 109, 110, 165.  113,  nY.     '        '        '         'Muttleberry,  lio. 

Jewett,41,  72,  73, 74, 76, 108,  Larrabee,  45,  46^11.  Mansfield,  104, 108,  188, 212,Myrick,  96. 

115,  116, 117, 118, 119,  m,  Laughton,  217,  221,  223,  224,    214, 219,  246,  247.  Narvemore,  159. 

121, 122, 152j^  153,_  154, 165.      22o.  Marble,  261, 262,  263, 268.      Neadom,  250. 

Law,  37,  88,  40.  Marcy,  36.  Neal,  104, 173, 174,  176. 

Lawes,  175.  Marsh,  228, 238,  240, 241, 242,Neale,  238,  239,  240,  242,  243. 

Lawrence   1^.  243, 244, 269, 260, 262,  265,    244.  >       '       . 

■'i  Qs  '1  of  ij^'Jii    wi  '  pJi '    266,  .268.  Needham,  106, 178,  249, 250, 

198, 199,  200,  201,  221,  241,  Marshall,  64,  182,  187, 190,     264,265!  '.'^.■«^. 

„„„„„,_„.  243,244.  220,228,  237,238,239,  240, Needom,  250. 

Johnson,  37,  40,  56,  72,   (8,  Lear,  74.  248  264  Neilson    in? 

IJVVq't-'^'Is' ^'  237'te?H'^lhf'lW'm-  214  Marston'ri04,  107,  109,  180.NelC:  37,'38,  115,  116,  119. 
Jo§'  oon'  ^'  ^(J        '        '  ^^c^l    o'J    '        '        '         '     214, 238, 239, 240, 241,  242,     120, 121,  154.  ' 


Jewit,  37,  38,  39,  74,  76. 
Jewitt,  72,  74. 
Jinks,  222. 
Joans,  188,  191. 
Jones,  111,  162, 172,  230. 
Jonns,  248 


238,  239,  242, 
Johonnot,  144. 
Jowder,  33. 
Joye,  214. 
Jranes,  132. 
Jynkes,  231. 
Kehew.233. 
Keies,  39. 
Kelle,  38 
Kelley,  117. 
KeUum,  48. 
Kennedy,  174. 
Kenning,  244. 
Kent,  173. 
Kentt,  191. 
Kerney,  176. 
Keny,  47. 

Kertland,  131,  224,  251. 
Kesar,  120. 
Kezer,  164. 
Kilborn,  74.  75, 155. 
Kilborne,  41,  74. 
Kilburne,  40,  74. 
Killapi,  47 


226,  252. 
Le  Britton,  48 
Lechmere,,  98. 
Lecount,  120 
Lee,  43,    " 


^»«at.v/u,   J.W-X,    *v,,     iv.^,     *v^v,j.iv^xxovij,  t,/,    OO 

214,  238,  239,  240,  241,  242,     120, 121,  154. 
243,  244,  260.  264.  Nelson,  39,  40,  72.  73,  74   75 

Martin,  46, 118, 166, 188.  76,  115, 116.  117 

Mascall,  242,  243, 244.  Newoomb,  32. 

1  in?  1IA  iq7  171  Mascey,  111.  Newell,  182. 

''l?''Ji*'13''-^'3»Mason.96. 10 "."-•"-      -     '- 


VarYoi  '9Ti"9iq 'Mason,  96, 109,  241,  242,  243. Newhall,    98,  lOO,  101,  102, 

181, 1?4>  211,  213. ^  Maasey,  201, 202.  103,  104,  108,  127,  206  207 

'>Masav.  180.  9AR  9X>  Odn   ojq   oca'  n-,' 


^'^^  2m'  '^''  ^^^'  ^"'  ^'Sa^sy^m ' 


Lefavour,84.  ?i^.'"7,  lpl.207.  252.' 


218,  222,  246,  249^  250,'  25l! 


Leland.  32. 
Lelland,  173 
Le  Masters 


Mather,  160. 
Maul,  201. 
Maule,  201. 


Killborn,  116, 117, 155.  „, ,  _„ 

Killbum,  74,  116,  117,  US.Liton,  41. 

119,121,122,163,164. 
KjUiam,  111. 
Killim,  40. 
Killings,  101. 

Killum.  47,  48,  112,  113        , . 

Kjmball,12,  16,  17,  67,  75,  Long,  82. 

100, 119, 164,  254.  Longfellow,  121. 

Kimble,  39.  Longhorne,  37,  39. 

King,  32,  42,  76.  94,  95, 100,  Longinus,  9. 

105,106,117,  206,  213,  223,LooEe,  74. 

228,  238.  250,  255,  262,  263,  Lord,  20,  200,  214,  258. 


264,  265,266,267,268 
Kinge,  223,  227. 
Kinsman,  108,210. 
Kirtland,  223. 
Kitchen,  239. 
Kitchjn,  240, 241,  243,  244 
K^aapp,  97 


Newman,  48,   117,  135,  184. 
189   199  261        '         '         » 

Le  Masters  96  _3_  MaTi^^m  237,  238,  242.^^4^^ 2lt'4°l' ^^' ^I' 

lSr'242     '         '        '  ^'MaverVck,  228,  28^240',  241,232,  23^,  ik.lbsf^ef^g' 

T     !•'    itit\  243,244.  •*  Noah,  45. 

Leslie,  129.  Mavericke,  242.  "  -  - '    - 

Lever,  iio.       .♦  Mn^roritp  •an 

Lewis,  48,  132, 146, 166,  204, ««!  1(¥! ' 
217,  221,  224,  225,  226,  254.  Mavffi  100 

Lighion,  37,  72,  74,  75.  Mp  ^r  p«^  m 

Lincoln,  29,  32, 54, 195, 196.  ^^  Kea^ST  88 

Lindall,  95^.  101, 106. 109.  ^c  Ke^n,^87,  88. 

Lmdsey,  246.  Mercht,  il2. 

Merriam,  222. 
Merihue,  167. 
Merriam,  135,'247,  248. 
Merrill,  18,  42, 161. 
Messervy,  l73. 
Metcalf,  119. 
MJghell.  |8,  39.  40.  Noyce.  120,121,  122, 163,  154 

*^i§n'%  ^122  153  '       '   '*'Noyes,103.  ^ 

120, 121,  lii,  loa.  Nurce,  179. 

Miller,  75. 
Millet,  263. 
Millett,  108,189,  211. 
Mills,  134. 
Milton,  148. 
Mingo,  47. 
Minot,  9. 
Mitchel,  140. 
Moers,  116. 
Monroe^  131. 


Linsey,  245. 

Linton,  47. 

Linzy,  245. 


Little,  98, 122, 162,  209. 
Littlefield,210. 
Loader,  109. 
Locke,  9,  58. 
Lodder,  109. 


Norice,  244, 

Norman,  228,  237,  238,  239. 

240,243,244. 
Norris,  102  106,  108, 109,  138, 

139,213.  ' 

Northend,  37,  39,  40,  72,  77, 

115,116,117,118,119,121,127, 

153,154.      '      '      '      '       • 

Northey,102,  '03, '06. '07, 213. 
Norton,  228.  237,  243. 
Norwood,  132, 249. 
Nourse,  80, 84. 
Nowell,  161. 


Loring,  93, 106. 

Lothrop,160. 

Lougee.  108. 

Louni;  246. 

Lovermg,  111.  -.r     i         a 

Lovett,  §5,27,  46,  110,  139,  Montagu,  9 
.^_rr .  -  •  166, 172, 242,  24^,  244.         Montesquieu,  9. 

KSigiit,105.  113,  188,  158,Lovit,47.  xr^^^^^^lT^^sT  ^ 

214,  224.  Low,  34, 45,  46, 139, 182, 187,  il°°^h}^'  ^^7. 

Knot,  178.  188,  208.  Moor,  248, 

Kuhn,  33.  Lowder,  109. 

Ladd,  209.  .  Lowell,  29, 107, 120, 153 

Lafayette,  33.  Luf kin,  190, 191  „  ,,„ 

Laforey,  236.  Lull,  116, 118, 122, 154,  155.   Moores,  153. 

Laighton,  251.  Lumas,  112. 

Lakeman,  192.  Lume,  38. 

Lambard,  245.  Lundy,  23. 

Lamberd,  159.  Lunt,  40,  73, 113,  116 

Lambert,  38,  39,  41,  72,  74,  Luscomb,  98. 
102, 117, 118,  119,  121,  153,Lyell,  82, 145. 
154,  155,  180.  Lynch,  46. 

Lamson,  27,  33,  78, 104.  Lynde,  96, 106. 

Lancaster,  73, 116, 118.         Lynsey,  246. 
Lander, 96, 105, 137, 139. 140,Ly8com,  249 

lACk   oeo  ii._i.i_ij 


149, 253. 


Mackintire,    259,    261,  262,Mowre,  222. 


Nuroer.  178. 

Nurs,180. 

Nurse,  180, 199,  200,  261,  262, 
263,268. 

Nutting,  210; 

Oakemun,  157. . 

Oakes,  82,  83. 130. 

Obear,  89, 140. 

Ober,  36,  46,  47, 165. 

O'Connell,  107. 

Odiorne,  233,  236. 

Olney,  228. 

Oliphant,  81,  89. 
moor  a48  Oliver,  96,  99, 106.       * 

Moore,    100,  227,  228,  287,  S'^^^^^'i Jl' 
238,  239,  240,  241.  242,  243,  g^.^^^fg;  \l%^^  j^j^  ^^^  ^^^ 

nrlt^.     IRQ  109, 139,  140,  209,  255. 

MorgTn,^S,  109,  110.  181,  Or.^'l"'"' ^^3,  263,   265,  266, 

165,  213,  2^,  243.  q^^^;^^^  9  94  212. 

Moriarty,  174.  Osburn    121 

Mn^^Tfik^iJsfi  Osgood'  12,  85,  98,  105,   109, 

&;>  ?f  i  128,129,174  213. 

Morse,  1/4.  f.^..  '109 

Morshead,95.  Pacy  238. 

Mor8s,116.  Pao-o's^  K4  p-ir  Qfls 

Mgt'on,139,i73,  228.  23S.|-F^8o,^154,237,255. 


Paison,  75. 


2T3 


Palfirey,  143,  163,  171,  227,  Pilgrim,  96. 

228,  237.  Pilfebary.  120. 

PaUmer75.  ,  Pinel,  140. 

Palmer,  37,  39,  40,  72,  73,  74,  Pingree  97,  266. 

75,100.115,  116,  118,  laijPirkins,  153. 

122, 162, 164, 165.  Plaistead,  95. 

Palmmer  163.  Plaisted  96 

Parker,  211,  222,  240. 
Parkman,  48, 107, 109,  111. 
Parish,  125. 
ParmoB,  180. 
Parnell,  259,  260. 
Parrat,  68. 
Parrot,  29,  38. 
Parsons.  66, 122, 140, 152. 

Patch,' 47^  77,  109,  110, 131,PoTk,  256. 
156, 165, 166,  215,  242,  246.  Pool,  135. 


Bamsdill,  47.  Samson,  99. 

Eamyd,  166.  Sanders,  106, 116, 131, 162, 287* 

Kandf,  106,  198, 219,  224.        Sanderson,  309,  211. 

Randall,  254.  Sandus,  187. 

Kantoul,  25, 30,34, 76, 79, 80,  Sar-eant,  258. 

92, 101, 141.  Sargent,  4, 93,  94, 172, 

Kawlins,  95, 112.  Saunders,  100, 106,  26a 

Plats,  37,  39,  40,   115,  116,  Rawlsson,  104.  Savage,  45, 160, 161, 174. 

116, 117, 118,  119, 121, 153,  Ray,  74, 162.  Saville,  215. 

164, 155.  Rayment,  228, 241.  Sawer,  74, 75. 

Platta,  72,  73,  74,  115,  116,Raymnd,  110.  Sawey,  152. 

162.  Raymond,  111,  237, 239, 240,  Sawyer,  75,  76, 1 18, 1 19. 

Plumer,  40,  73,  75,  76, 121,    242.  Scails,  40. 

122, 154.  Raymynd,  HI.  Scot,  39,  40, 115,  lia 

Plummer,  50,  64,  67,  78, 74,Rayner,  122.  Scott,  23,  56,  73,  75,  76, 116, 

162, 165.  Raynor,  37.  118, 1120, 162,  153,  173. 

Rayner,  73, 122.  Scudder,  241,  242. 

Eea,  27,  102,  HI.  127,  166,  Searels,  76. 


Payson,  il5,  116,  117,  119,  Poole,  136,177,  211.  173,1^,201,261.  Searl,  12-2, 155. 

120, 121, 153.  Poor,  39,  89.  121,  162,  156,  Read,  127, 175,  177, 199, 287,Searle,  75,  121. 

Peabody,  6, 22,32,42,76,84,90    195  2O8, 214, 262.  242, 243, 244.  ~      .     .    -  __ 

97,  98,  100,  126,  127,  128,  Poore,  39.  Reddington,  240. 

154, 155,  172, 173, 174, 191,PoDe.  9.  43,  46,  102, 106, 178,  Rednap,  226. 

—  -^ Reed,  §7, 242, 268. 


206,  254,  255. 


239,  241,  242,  243, 244. 


Peace,  20i  Popkin,  15,  66.                       Reid,  233. 

Pearce,  127, 155, 186.  Pore,  76.                                 Reiley,  37. 

Pearley  120.  Porter,  47,  48,  104,  114, 154,  Remington,  8 

Pearpont  224.  163, 165, 176,  180,  207,  208,  Remond,  94. 
Pearson,  89,  40,  41,  66,  73,    240, 241,  242,  259,  264,  266,  Rentall,  94. 

121,  lfi2, 164,  251.  266,  267, 268.                        Rertland,  134 

Pearse,  260,  261,  262,  263,potter,-78, 118, 167, 180,  228,Reyner,  38. 

265.  261.                                      Rhoades,  2^. 

Pease,  289,  268.  Pjat,  99,  lOn.                          Rhodes,  1667 

Peck,  105, 137.  Pratt,  96,  99,  213.                   Rice,  197, 198. 


Peele,  102, 108, 106, 173. 214.  Preble,  173. '  Richardson,  9, 123, 194, 212,  Sharpe,  238, 

Peeters,  237.       .._  Prescott,  25,  31,  32,  85.  37,    214;  246.  " 


Searjant,  155. 
Seaver,  39, 122. 
Saavey,  48. 
Seawall.  72. 
Seccomb,  210,  213. 
See  ton,  155. 
Seuer,  222. 
Sewall.  106, 109, 202. 
Seward,  54. 
Shakespeare,  9. 
Shapleigh,  61. 
Shapley,  155. 
Sharp,  227, 228, 237,  240,241 
259. 


Peirce,  139, 140, 164, 174,207. 
Peirson,  73,  74, 76, 116. 
Pelaue,  264. 
Pemberton,  118. 
Pengre,  75, 116. 
Pengree,  119, 153, 155. 
Pengrey,  120,  122. 
Pepperell.lOS 


Shattuek,  109. 
203.  258,  259,  260,  261,  264,  Richlson,  76.  Shaw,  32,  69,  165,  261,  262 

265, 266, 267, 2G8.  Rielie,  73.  263, 264, 265,  B67. 

Presson,  166.  Eindge,  96.  Shepard,  38, 107, 116,  204. 

Preston,  47, 165, 166.  Rix,  242,  243,  244,  Shepord.  118. 

Price,  96,  100,  101, 103, 109,  Eoapes,  288,   240,  241,  a48,siierburne,  191. 
117,198,199,238,239,240,    244.  _  ShiUaber,  45,  46,  101,  131, 

241,  242,  243,  244.  Robbinson,  228.  145,  262,  263,  2M,  !^65, 266 , 

^«Pi,..v..,.v„.  ,^    Prichard,  164.  Robe,  260.  267 

Perkins,  115,  121,  126,  166,Pride,  47, 109.  Roberts,  47,  94,  98, 166.  Shirlv,  192. 

172,257,258.  Priestley,  9.  Robertson,  9.  Slireve,  173. 174. 

Prime,  39,  74,  116,116, 118,  Robinson,  59,  96,  99,100, 117,  gibley,  242.243  244. 

119.  178,237,239,243.  Slbly,  238, 240. !«». 

Prince,  26,  42,  60,  61,  89,  90.  Robisson,  239.  SiewersT^, 

93, 100,  108,  109,  111,  189,Bobrt8, 177.  Silsbee,  42.  77.  139, 140,  172 

172, 17^,  286,  288,239,  241,  Rogers  22,  37,  74,  102,  115, ''^s'     '     '       '       ' 
242, 244.  iro,  140, 164, 173,  265.  silver,  39, 73, 140. 

j^'-octoj.'-l??!  137a  M-  IVt'  Koe,  m.___  _._  Slmes,^7. 


Perley,  39,  78, 106, 114. 
Perrson,  115, 116,117. 
Perry  211,  238, 240. 
Perrye,  W8. 
Person,  115. 
Perveae,  212. 
Peters,  147, 148, 149, 180. 
Pettingaile  240. 
Pettingall,  118. 
Phelpes,  178. 
Phelps,  76, 165, 177, 180. 
Phihps,  40,  94 


•roctor,  rso,  lai,  isa,  in,  Koe,  1S6. 
203,  207,  25§,  262,  263,  264,  Rootes,  241,  242. 


Ross,  112. 
Roundy,  89,  166. 
Roundey,  110. 
Rouse,  183,  186. 
Rowles,  208. 
Rowse,  115. 


265,  266,  267,  268. 
Proute.  187.188. 
Pudeater,  177. 
,  ,     .  Pudney,  178,  261,  268 

PMUipe,  1,  75, 126,  169,  172,  Pulling,  100. 

207,  248,  249.  Pulsifer,  170, 171,  208 

Phippen,  97,  129,  160.  208,Punohafd,  208. 

209.  Purinton,  45,  46. 

Pickard;  37,  39,  40,  41,  72,Purley,  117. 

73,  76,  115,  116,  117.  119,Putnam,  9, 18,  21,  46,  60,  76,  Roy,  90,  91. 

120, 121, 152, 158, 164,  165.    81,  85,  96,  97, 101. 107, 108,  Ruck,  104,  238,  244. 
Pickering,  13, 15, 19,  42, 69,    128, 131. 136,  163, 177, 178,  Rugg,  45. 

60.  61, 76, 163, 174, 178, 198,    179, 180,  202,  218,  214,  241,  Rumbals,  179. 

199,  239,  240.  242,  248.  244,  256,  264.         Russell,  30,  31,  76, 

Pickeringe,  198.  Putname,  176.  ~     .    —     —     — 

Picket,  110. 166,  209.  Putnum,  47. 

Pickett,  2Air  2A2,  248, 244.     Pattnam,  120. 
Pickman,  42,  45,  76,  77,  93,Pattuam8,  291, 

95,  96,  100,  102,  103,  104,Pynchon.206. 

105, 106, 109,  173,  175, 176,Quarie3,  111,  212, 

203,  204,  206,  264.  Quimby,  154. 

Pickworth,228,239,240,241,Quincy,  42,  129. 

242  243.  Rack  77. 

Pierce,  47,  96, 138, 165,  231,Raikes,  90. 

236.  Raiment,  180. 

Pierson,  164.  Bamsdell,  172. 


Roots,  251.  i^imnn    QR 


Skerry,  228, 237,  239, 242. 

Slapp,  260. 

Slue,  46, 166. 

Small,  259,  260. 

Smith,  12,  30,  38,  89,,  40,  47, 
73,  74,  75,  79,  80,  82,  96,  lOft 
101,  102,  104.  106,110,  111, 
121,  137,  142,  152, 153,  154, 
155,  165,  174,  190,  206,  203 
211,214,228. 

Rust,  93,  ioi,   108,   104,  108,l°^'^V°fii'e796, 101. 

wiw  97  Sothwick,  237. 

^h%'  117  Southwlck,  130, 262, 263, 264, 

SoSfil'  tI*  265 ,  266, 267,  268. 

Safford    72    lift    179   218  oRfl  ^Paford,  116,  120. 

Q!„f  orJ  '    "'    "  '  ^^»^^-Sparhawk'  99,  103. 

Sage,  206..  Spark  s,  30,  54. 

Spaul  ding,  88, 102. 

Spofifa  rd,  73. 115,  120. 

Spoffo  rd,  39. 

Spoffortb,  41. 


Sallis,  47,  165. 
Sallowes,  47, 166. 
Sallust,  13. 
Salter,  133. 
SaltonstaU,  42, 60, 61 


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274 


Spoford,  75,  119, 155-  Thlrston,  114. 

Sprague,  131, 138, 139.  Thissel,  27, 172. 

Sprigs,  111.  Thistle,  47. 

Staokhouae,    241,   242,  243,  Thomas,  171 

244. 
Stacy,  239,  240, 264 
Staoye,  238. 

Stanley,  47, 109,  110, 165. 
Stanton.  97. 

Stearns,  100,  101, 103, 105. 
Steerens,  237. 


Vergnies.  63. 

Verry,  259,  260,  264. 

Very,  lOl,  138,  208,  263. 

Victoria,  (Queen;  82. 
Thompson.  241.  Vincent,  164. 

Thomson,  171, 188,  189,  191.  Vindeat,  104. 
Thorla,  38.  Virgil,  13. 

Thorndike.  26,  30,  31,  35,46,Vinor,  238. 
47,  77, 139, 165, 172,  173.       Wade,  72. 


Thorston,  4b.     '  Wadlelgh,  73. 

Thurley,  75.  Waid,  38. 

Stephens^  27, 46,  47,  80,  88,Thurstian,  116, 118'  155.  Waite,  172. 

127,  209.  Thurston,  74. 122.  Walden,  157, 158,  260. 

Stetson,  254.  Til  ton,  112, 194.  "     "'     -------- 

Stevens,  114,  210, 268.  Ting,  189, 192. 

Stewart,    73,   116,    117,  118, Tod,  41,  73,  75,  76, 115.  *,^,  ^, . 

119,120.121,154,  155,  264,Todd,  116, 117,  119,  120,  121,Wallace,  138. 

t265.  122.152,153,154.  Wall  cut,  116, 


101,   114,  119,  139,  151,  154 

163,  173,  183,  200,  227,  239, 

240,  253. 
Whitefleld,  5. 
Whitmrn,  89. 
Whitney,  26,  90,  91. 
Whitten,  122. 
Whitredge,  109,  165. 
Whitridge,  27. 
Whittemore,  174,  260,  261, 

262,  264,  265,  268. 
Whittredge,  140,213. 
Whittridge,  111. 


Waldo,  94, 100,  101, 103, 105.  Wiat.  38. 
Walker,  1,  38,  73,  107,  152,Wicom,  72,  73,  74,  75, 115. 
223,  237.  Wicome,  38. 

Wigglesworth,  112. 

Wignal,  114. 


Stickno,  74, 75, 115.  Tolman,  175.'  Walling'ford',  41, 74.  Wiloomb,112. 

Sioknee,72.  Tomkins,198,  228,  238,  240,Wallis,  27,  46,  47,  110,  165,  Wilder,  15. 

Stiokney,27,  37,  39.  40,  72,       241,  242.    -  166,  262,  263,  264.  Wildes,  212,  229. 

78,75,114,115,   116,  117, Tompkins,  198,  228,  237, 242.  Walton,  210,  228,  238,  239,     Wilmer.  82. 

119, 122,  l37,  152,  154,  l55,Tompsen,  73.  Ward,  1,  41, 42,46,46,  98,103,WiUard,  49,  71. 

198.  Tomson,  239.  104,107,  109,  114,  137,  15l,Willett,  117. 

Stiokny,  114.  Toppan,  95. 118, 194.  164,  169,  170,  l7l,  203,  200,  Williams,  4,  34,  47,  98,  106, 

Stileman,  237,  243.  Towne,  128, 130,  207,  241, 268.    208. 214,  237,  238,  241.  134, 138,  143,  147,  150,  165, 

Stimpson,  45.  Townsend,  138,  139,  173,  l75,Waren,  186.  172, 173, 182,  187,  188,    189, 

Stooker,  211.  211,246.  Warfield,  115.  190,191.192,193,209,210, 

Stockwell,  268.  Toyllr,  155.  Warner,  115, 197,  212.  213,  227,  228,  237,  238,  240, 

Stoddard,  160,  161,169, 170.  Tracy,  129.  Warren,48, 183,  198.*  246. 

Stoel.  161, 175.  Trask,  27.  45,  80,,97,  110,  111  .Washington,  8,  54,  56,  61,  Willis,  146, 151. 

Stone,  27,  33,  46,  47,  76,  109,    130,  165,  177,  181,  213,  227,     197.  Willoughby,  95, 99, 101. 

110,  129, 165,  269,  264,  268.      228,  237,  238,  240,  243,  244,  Waterman,  228.  Wilson,  264,  268. 

Storer,  40.  263,  264,  265,  266,  267.  268.  Waters,  114,    237,  239,  240,  Winchester,  45, 148. 

Story,  42,  60,  61,  73,  77,  131,  Traske,'143, 177, 179, 180.  241,  242,  243,  259,  261,  262  Windeat,  104. 

188,191,  Treadwell,  76, 105,  131,  208,     263,264,265,266,267.  Winn,  25,  76,  137,  140,  212. 


Streeter,  226. 
Strout,  215. 
Stuart,  30. 
Stubbs,  207. 
Sturgis,  129 
Sullivan,  26, 114. 
Sumner,  56, 57 


212. 
Treuit,  132. 
Trevett,  172. 
Trew,  240,  241,  243,  244. 
Trow,  110,  HI, 
Trowbridge,  94, 
True,  241., 


Waters,  198, 
Wats,  178.- 
Watson,  172. 
Watts,  234. 
Wattson,  176. 
Wave,  243. 


213. 

Winthrop,  94, 142,  147,  199. 
Wintworth,  74,  116. 
Wise,  108, 112. 
Witt.  157,  216. 
Witherden,  132. 


Webb,  99,101,  109,  139,  l62,Witteridge,  215. 

^ 175,  207,  212, 213,  255.  Wolcott,  100,  202. 

Trumble,  37,  38    39,  40,  73,  Webber,  27, 110.  Wood,  37, 40,  72.  75,  76,  89, 

116.  Webester,  116,121.  110,  114,  115,  117,  119,  120, 

Trumbull.  209.  Webster,  32,  33,  35,  93,  110,    153, 154. 

Tuck,  46, 110,  165.  130,151.  Woodb,  110, 165, 166. 

Tucker,  42,  45,  105,  107,  lll.Weekes,  238, 240,  Woodbary,  119. 

138,139,173,174,194.  Weld,  163.  Woodberry,  47,  74,  76,  109, 

.       .      .      .       .  Tudor,  146.  Wellington,  10, 61.  110,111,143,152,165,166. 

Symonds,  46,  127,  210,  211,Tumer,  94, 99,  137,  140,  198.Wellman,  138,  Woodbery,  227,    228,    237, 

228.  199,254.  Wells,  40, 155.  243,244. 

Talby,  227.  Tuttlo,  115, 120.  West,  39,  47,  84,  97,  99,  107,  Woodbridge'  197, 260. 

Taney,  56.  Twist,  268.  109,139,164,165,172,173.    Woodbrys,  166. 

Tappan,  37. 128.  Upham,  101,  162,  181.  Weston,  244.  Woodbury,  119,138,153,209, 

Tarbell,  259,  260.  267,  268.    Upton,  140,  173. 233, 236,263,Wetmore,  21,  25.  214, 238,  239,  210, 241,  242, 


Swan,  37,  33,  39,  40,  72,  l07,Trumbal,  116. 

183,239,240.  ~  -      — 

Sweat,  m. 
Sweetser,  207. 
Sweet,  26. 
Swinerton,  176. 
Swinnerton,  263 
Syles,  115, 116, 118,152. 


Tarbox,  47,  48.  264,  265,  266,  267, 

Tarrant,  238, 139.  Vaile,  240, 241,  242. 

Tate,  140.  Vanbibber,  112. 
Tylor,  109, 110, 121, 155,165.    Vane,  14a 

Teage,  102.  Van  Sohalkwyck,  15. 

Templeman,  101.  Vanum,  116. 
Tenney,38,  74,  115, 116,  I22,Varney  45. 

152,  153, 155.  Varnum,  1 1 5, 195,  268 

Tenny,  74, 115.  Velbert,  263. 

Teny,  38, 40, 41,  76.  Venner,  260. 

Thacher  243.  Venus,  243. 
Thayer,  81. 
Tbirston,  U5. 


Wheatland,  43. 122, 123,  124,     243. 

125,  173, 174, 175, 227, 237, 258.  Woodin,  259,  260,  268. 

Wheeler,  72,75, 119,241.        Woodman,   37,  41,  73,  118, 


Wheler,  40,  72, 117.  152,  212. 

Wheller,  41, 155, 183.  Woodward,  212, 

Whetoombe,  160,  WoOSter,  38. 

Whetten,  120.  Worcester,  59, 88. 

Whipple,  112, 127.  Worster,  74. 

Whitaker,  95, 102, 105,  Wycome,  39,  74, 1 15. 

White,  1, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18,  19,  Wyat,  261. 
20  21  22  23  24  25  42  49  Yell   121. 
Veren,  104,  238,  239,  240,241,    53,' 54,' 57,' 58,' 59,' 60.' 62,'  63'Young,  190,  228,  238,  239. 
242,  243,  244.  64,  65, 71,  76, 77, 96, 97,  98,YoungeB,  237. 


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